Ford Escape: 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. This helps increase 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 airbags.
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 airbag ...
Safety belt energy management retractors
The front and rear 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 moment ...
See also:
Ashtray / coin tray
The front ashtray/coin tray may be opened by
pushing and releasing the ashtray lid. To remove
the ashtray to empty or clean it, lift the
ashtray upward and pull it out. The ashtray coin
tray ...
High-pressure headlight washing
High-pressure headlight washing consumes a
large quantity of washer fluid. To save fluid, the
headlights are washed using two alternatives:
• Low/high beam headlights on. The headlights
will ...
Recommended towing weights
See 197, WEIGHTS, for details of the Gross
Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross train weight
(GTW), axle weights and maximum payload.
Europe only:
When towing, the maximum permissible Gross
Vehicle Weig ...
