Ford Escape: 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 deployment and safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage.
Refer to Safety restraints section in this chapter.
Front passenger sensing system
For airbags to do their job they must inflate with great force, and this
force can pose a potentially deadly risk to occupants that are very close
to the airbag when it begins to inflate. For some o ...
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 ...
See also:
Engine compartment
(2.7 Gasoline)
1. Power steering fluid reservoir
2. Brake & Clutch fluid reservoir
3. Air cleaner
4. Fuse and Relay box
5. Windshield washer fluid reservoir
6. Engine oil level dips ...
Exhaust Emissions Controls
The exhaust emissions controls
include three systems: PGM-FI,
ignition timing control, and three
way catalytic converter. These three
systems work together to control the
engine’s combusti ...
Tires
Use a stiff brush with tire cleaner to clean the tires.
Notice: Using petroleum-based tire dressing products on the vehicle may damage
the paint finish and/or tires. When applying a tire dressing, ...
