Ford Escape: Safety belt height adjustment
Your vehicle has safety belt height adjustments at the front outboard seating positions. Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so the belt rests across the middle of your shoulder.
To adjust the shoulder belt height, squeeze and hold the buttons on the side and slide the height adjuster up or down. Release the buttons and pull down on the height adjuster to make sure it is locked in place.
WARNING: Position the safety belt height adjusters so that the belt rests across the middle of your shoulder. Failure to adjust the safety belt properly could reduce the effectiveness of the safety belt and increase the risk of injury in a collision.
Safety belt locking modes
All safety restraints in the vehicle are combination lap and shoulder belts. The driver safety belt has the first locking mode and the front outboard passenger and rear seat safety belts have both t ...Safety belt pretensioner
Your vehicle is equipped with safety belt pretensioners at the driver and front passenger seating positions. The safety belt pretensioners activate during frontal collisions, and in side collisio ...See also:
Scan (type A, B and C audio)
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track/file in succession.
Press the “SCAN” button to start
scanning upward beginning with the track/
file(s) following the cu ...
How your vehicle differs from other vehicles
SUVs and trucks can differ from
some other vehicles in a few
noticeable ways. Your vehicle may
be:
• Higher – to allow higher load
carrying capacity and to allow it
to travel over rough te ...
Seat belts
Do not allow any water,
cleaning
products, or fabric from cloths to enter
the seat belt mechanism. Any
substance which enters the
mechanism may affect the
performance of the seat belt in an
i ...