Safety belt maintenance, Air bag supplementa l restraint system (srs) – FORD 1999 Taurus User Manual

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WARNING

Failure to follow these instructions will
affect the performance of the safety
belts and increase the risk of personal
injury.

Safety Belt Maintenance

Chec

k th e safet

y bel

t

system

s

periodicall

y t o make

sur

e tha

t

the

y wor k properl

y an d ar e no t

damaged.

Al l

safet

y bel

t

assemblies

, includin

g retractors,

buckles

, fron

t

sea

t

bel

t

buckl

e suppor

t

assemblies

(slid

e bar

) (i

f equipped)

, shoulde

r bel

t

height

adjuster

s

(i

f equipped)

, chil

d safet

y sea

t

tether

bracke

t

assemblie

s

(i

f equipped)

, an d attaching

hardware

, shoul

d b e inspecte

d afte

r an y collision.

For

d recommend

s

tha

t

al l

safet

y bel

t

assemblies

use

d i n vehicle

s

involve

d i n a collisio

n b e replaced.

However

, i f th e collisio

n was

mino

r an d a qualified

technicia

n find

s

tha

t

th e belt

s

d o no t

sho

wdamage

an d continu

e t o operat

e properly

, the

y d o no t

need

t o b e replaced

.

Safet

y bel

t

assemblie

s

no t

i n use

durin

g a collisio

n shoul

d als

o b e inspecte

d and

replace

d i f eithe

r damag

e o r imprope

r operatio

n is

noted.

Air Bag Supplementa

l Restraint

System (SRS)

Important Air Bag Precautions

You r vehicl

e i s

equippe

d wit h a supplemental

restrain

t

syste

m designe

d t o wor k wit h th e safety

belt

s

t o hel

p protec

t

yo u an d you r righ

t

fron

t

seat

passenge

r i n th e even

t

o f a collision

.

Th e Ai r Bag

Supplementa

l

Restrain

t

Syste

m i s

primaril

y designed

t o reduc

e certai

n uppe

r bod y injuries.

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Update:Wed Jun 19 15:04:39 1996

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