Ford Escape: Energy Management Feature - Safety Belt System - Seating and Safety Restraints - Ford Escape Owner's ManualFord Escape: Energy Management Feature

• This vehicle has a safety belt system with an energy management feature at the front and rear outboard seating positions to help further reduce the risk of injury in the event of a head-on collision.

• The front and rear outboard safety belt system has a retractor assembly that is designed to extend the safety belt webbing in a controlled manner. This helps reduce the belt force acting on the user’s chest.

    Combination lap and shoulder belts
    1. Insert the belt tongue into the proper buckle (the buckle closest to the direction the tongue is coming from) until you hear a snap and feel it latch. Make sure the tongue is securely fastened ...

    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 ...

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    Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
    1. Make sure the headlamp switch is in the off position. 2. Press the lever and carefully pry the license plate lamp assembly (located above the license plate) from the liftgate. 3. Rotate the b ...

    Seek in PTY (Program type) group (type D audio)
    In the PTY selection mode, when the preferred PTY group has been selected, turning the “TUNE/TRACK/CH” dial seeks within that PTY group. Turning the dial clockwise seeks up. Turning the di ...

    Indicators for operation
    The design of the warnings and alerts may differ depending on the model. 1. Door open warning This warning appears if any of the doors are open or not closed securely. The vehicle icon indic ...