Mercury Mountaineer 2005 User Manual download pdf (Page 96)

(child size) occupants from air bag deployments when they are

improperly seated or restrained in the front passenger seat contrary to

proper child-seating or restraint usage recommendations. Even with this

technology, parents are STRONGLY encouraged to always properly

restrain children in the rear seat. The sensor also turns off the passenger

front air bag and seat-mounted side air bag (if equipped) when the

passenger seat is empty to prevent unnecessary replacement of air

bag(s) after a collision.

Front safety belt usage sensors

The front safety belt usage sensors detect whether or not the driver and

front outboard passenger safety belts are fastened. This information

allows your Personal Safety System to tailor the air bag deployment and

safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage.

Refer to Safety belt section in this chapter.

Front safety belt pretensioners

The safety belt pretensioners at the front outboard seating positions are

designed to tighten the safety belts firmly against the occupant’s body

during frontal collisions, and in side collisions and rollovers when the

vehicle is equipped with the Safety Canopy娂 system. This maximizes the

effectiveness of the safety belts. In frontal collisions, the safety belt

pretensioners can be activated alone or, if the collision is of sufficient

severity, together with the front air bags.

Front safety belt energy management retractors

The front outboard safety belt energy management retractors allow

webbing to be pulled out of the retractor in a gradual and controlled

manner in response to the occupant’s forward momentum. This helps

reduce the risk of force-related injuries to the occupant’s chest by

limiting the load on the occupant. Refer to Energy management feature

section in this chapter.

Determining if the Personal Safety System is operational

The Personal Safety System uses a warning light in the instrument

cluster or a back-up tone to indicate the condition of the system. Refer

to the Warning light section in the Instrument cluster chapter. Routine

maintenance of the Personal Safety System is not required.

The Restraints Control Module (RCM) monitors its own internal circuits

and the circuits for the air bag supplemental restraints, crash sensor(s),

safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt buckle sensors, driver seat

position sensor, and passenger occupant classification sensor. In addition,

2005 Montego (mgo)

Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)

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Seating and Safety Restraints

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