Seating and safety restraints – FORD 2006 Ranger v.1 User Manual

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
recommends a minimum distance of at least 25 cm (10 inches)

between an occupant’s chest and the driver air bag module.

Never place your arm over the air bag module as a deploying air
bag can result in serious arm fractures or other injuries.

Steps you can take to properly position yourself away from the airbag:
• Move your seat to the rear as far as you can while still reaching the

pedals comfortably.

• Recline the seat slightly (one or two degrees) from the upright

position.

Do not put anything on or over the airbag module. Placing
objects on or over the airbag inflation area may cause those

objects to be propelled by the airbag into your face and torso causing
serious injury.

Do not attempt to service, repair, or modify the Airbag
Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. See your authorized

dealer.

The front passenger airbag is not designed to offer protection to
an occupant in the center front seating position.

Modifying or adding equipment to the front end of the vehicle
(including frame, bumper, front end body structure and tow

hooks) may affect the performance of the airbag system, increasing the
risk of injury. Do not modify the front end of the vehicle.

Additional equipment may affect the performance of the airbag
sensors increasing the risk of injury. Please refer to the Body

Builders Layout Book for instructions about the appropriate
installation of additional equipment.

2006 Ranger (ran)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA
(fus)

Seating and Safety Restraints

79

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