Children and airbags; How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work?; 2006 Five Hundred- Page 125

2003 Ford Mustang User Manual

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Entertainment Systems
Driver Controls
Locks and Security
Seating and Safety Restraints
Tires, Wheels and Loading
Driving
Maintenance and Specifications
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Children and airbags

Children must always be properly
restrained. Accident statistics
suggest that children are safer when
properly restrained in the rear
seating positions than in the front
seating position. Failure to follow
these instructions may increase the
risk of injury in a collision.

Airbags can kill or injure a
child in a child seat.

NEVER

place a rear-facing child

seat in front of an active airbag. If
you must use a forward-facing
child seat in the front seat, move
the seat all the way back.

How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work?

The airbag SRS is designed to
activate when the vehicle sustains
longitudinal deceleration sufficient
to cause the sensors to close an
electrical circuit that initiates airbag
inflation. The fact that the airbags
did not inflate in a collision does not
mean that something is wrong with
the system. Rather, it means the
forces were not of the type
sufficient to cause activation. Front
airbags are designed to inflate in
frontal and near-frontal collisions, not rollover, side-impact, or
rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal
deceleration.

2006 Five Hundred

(500)

Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA

(fus)

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  • If you must use a forward-facing child seat in the front seat, move the seat all the way back. How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work?