Mercury Mountaineer 2005 User Manual download pdf (Page 99)

Energy Management Feature — Outboard

• This vehicle has a safety belt system with an energy management

feature at the front seats to help further reduce the risk of injury in

the event of a head-on collision.

• This safety belt system has a retractor assembly that is designed to

extend the seat belt webbing in a controlled manner. This helps

reduce the belt force acting on the user’s chest.

Failure to inspect and replace if necessary the Belt and

Retractor assembly after an accident could increase the risk of

injury in a collision.

Vehicle sensitive mode

This is the normal retractor mode, which allows free shoulder belt length

adjustment to your movements and locking in response to vehicle

movement. For example, if the driver brakes suddenly or turns a corner

sharply, or the vehicle receives an impact of approximately 5 mph (8

km/h) or more, the combination safety belts will lock to help reduce

forward movement of the driver and passengers.

Automatic locking mode

When to use the automatic locking mode

In this mode, the shoulder belt is automatically pre-locked. The belt will

still retract to remove any slack in the shoulder belt. The automatic

locking mode is not available on the driver safety belt.

This mode should be used any time a child safety seat is installed in a

passenger front or outboard rear seating position (if equipped). Children

12 years old and under should be properly restrained in the rear seat

whenever possible. Refer to Safety restraints for children or Safety

seats for children later in this chapter.

2005 Montego (mgo)

Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)

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Seating and Safety Restraints

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Mercury Mountaineer 2005 User Manual Page 99