Ford 2000 Ranger Manuel d'utilisateur télécharger pdf (Page 90)

The safety belts for the driver and right front passenger seating

positions have been specifically designed to function together

with the air bags in certain types of crashes. When you turn OFF your

air bag, you not only lose the protection of the air bag, you also may

reduce the effectiveness of your safety belt system, which was

designed to work with the air bag. If you are not a person who meets

the requirements stated in the NHTSA/Transport Canada deactivation

criteria turning OFF the air bag can increase the risk of serious injury

or death in a collision.

Always use safety belts and child restraints properly. If a child in

a rear facing infant seat must be transported in front, the

passenger air bag must be turned OFF. This is because the back of the

infant seat is too close to the inflating air bag and the risk of a fatal

injury to the infant when the air bag inflates is substantial.

The vast majority of drivers and passengers are much safer with an air

bag than without. To do their job and reduce the risk of life threatening

injuries, air bags must open with great force, and this force can pose a

potentially deadly risk in some situations, particularly when a front seat

occupant is not properly buckled up. The most effective way to reduce

the risk of unnecessary air bag injuries without reducing the overall

safety of the vehicle is to make sure all occupants are properly

restrained in the vehicle, especially in the front seat. This provides the

protection of safety belts and permits the air bags to provide the

additional protection they were designed to provide. If you choose to

deactivate your air bag, you are losing the very significant risk reducing

benefits of the air bag and you are also reducing the effectiveness of the

safety belts, because safety belts in modern vehicles are designed to

work as a safety system with the air bags.

Read all air bag Warning labels in the vehicle as well as the other

important air bag instructions and Warnings in this Owner’s Guide.

NHTSA deactivation criteria (excluding Canada)

1. Infant. An infant (less than 1 year old) must ride in the front seat

because:

• the vehicle has no rear seat;

• the vehicle has a rear seat too small to accommodate a rear-facing

infant seat; or

Seating and safety restraints

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