Safety Belt System: Notes

WARNING: All safety belt components must be inspected and corrected as part of any collision repair. Inspect all safety belt components as prescribed by Safety Belt Inspection and Repair After a Collision . Failure to follow this instruction may result in incorrect operation of the safety belt system and increase the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.

All safety belts, except the second row outboard seating positions with inflatable safety belts, are continuous-loop, 3-point systems. The combination lap and shoulder belt (continuous-loop) uses a common slip tongue and retractor.

Second row outboard seating positions with inflatable safety belts are a 3-point system which consists of a lap belt and retractor and a shoulder belt and retractor. The 2 are joined together at the buckle tongue and can be separated for service. The buckle tongue is unique to the inflatable safety belt system and is part of the inflatable shoulder belt and retractor.

All retractors are designed to allow the webbing to move freely in and out at all times, except during vehicle hard braking, hard cornering or an impact of 24 km/h (15 mph) or more, when it is automatically locked by a mechanically actuated inertia sensor (ELR).

Refer to the SYMPTOM CHART in Safety Belt System for any concerns regarding safety belt buckle or retractor function.

After any crash, new safety belt system parts (including retractors, buckles, height adjusters [if equipped] and inflators [if equipped]) must be installed. If deployment of a safety belt system part occurs, a new assembly must be installed. When replacing safety belt parts, use only the replacement parts specified in the Ford Catalog™ Advantage or equivalent.

For safety belt system disposal with deployables, Refer to SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM .

The active restraint system consists of the following serviceable items:

Front safety belt shoulder height adjusters
Front row safety belt buckle and pretensioners attached to the inboard side of the seats
Front row adaptive load limiting safety belt retractor located behind the passenger B-pillar trim panel
Front row safety belt retractor pretensioner located behind the driver B-pillar trim panel
Second row safety belt inflator attached to the 40 or 60 percent seat (if equipped with inflatable safety belts)
Second row and third row outboard safety belt retractors located behind the quarter trim panels
Second row 60/40 seat center safety belt retractor and LH safety belt buckle assembly integrated into the 60 percent seat back (without inflatable belts)
Second row 60/40 seat center safety belt retractor integrated into the 60 percent seat back (with inflatable belts)
Second row 60/40 seat LH safety belt buckle attached to the 60 percent seat (with inflatable belts)
Second row safety belt buckle assembly attached to the seat frame (without inflatable belts)
Third row safety belt buckle assembly attached to the seat frame
Lower anchors and tethers for children located at the second row outboard seating positions and third row RH seating position, welded to the seat cushion frame
Child safety seat tether anchors located at each second row seating position and third row RH seating position, welded to the seat cushion frame