Front passenger sensing system, Supplementary restraints system – FORD 2015 F-150 User Manual

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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 crash.

If two adults and a child occupy a Regular
Cab, properly restrain the child in the
center front unless doing so would interfere
with driving your vehicle. This provides lap
and shoulder belt protection for all
occupants, and airbag protection for the
adults. A child or infant properly restrained
in the center front seat should not incur
risk of serious injury from the airbags.

FRONT PASSENGER SENSING
SYSTEM

WARNINGS

Even with Advanced Restraints
Systems, children 12 and under
should be properly restrained in a

rear seating position. Failure to follow this
could seriously increase the risk of injury or
death.

WARNINGS

Sitting improperly out of position or
with the seatback reclined too far
can take off weight from the seat

cushion and affect the decision of the front
passenger sensing system, resulting in
serious injury or death in a crash. Always
sit upright against your seatback, with your
feet on the floor.

Any alteration or modification to the
front passenger seat may affect the
performance of the front passenger

sensing system which could seriously
increase the risk of injury or death.

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The front passenger sensing system uses
a passenger airbag status indicator which
will illuminate indicating that the front
passenger frontal airbag is either ON
(enabled) or OFF (disabled). The indicator
lamp is located in the center stack of the
instrument panel.

Note: When the ignition is first turned on,
the passenger airbag status indicator OFF
and ON lamps will illuminate for a short
period to confirm it is functional.

The front passenger sensing system is
designed to disable (will not inflate) the
front passenger frontal airbag under
certain conditions:

The front passenger seat is
unoccupied.

The system determines an infant is
present in a child restraint.

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