Crash Sensors And Airbag Indicator - Ford Mustang 2017 Owner's Manual

Supplementary Restraints System
CRASH SENSORS AND
AIRBAG INDICATOR
WARNING
Modifying or adding equipment to
the front end of the vehicle (including
hood, frame, bumper system, front
end body structure, tow hooks and hood
pins) may affect the performance of the
airbag system and deployable hood
system, increasing the risk of injury. Do not
modify the front end of the vehicle.
Your vehicle has a collection of crash,
occupant and pedestrian sensors which
provide information to the restraints
control module. The restraints control
module deploys (activates) the front
seatbelt pretensioners, driver airbag,
passenger airbag, knee airbag(s), seat
mounted side airbags, side curtain airbags
and deployable hood system (for
pedestrian protection). Based on the type
of crash (frontal impact, side impact,
rollover or pedestrian impact), the
restraints control module will deploy the
appropriate safety devices.
The restraints control module also
monitors the readiness of the above safety
devices plus the crash, occupant and
pedestrian sensors. The readiness of the
safety system is indicated by a warning
indicator light in the instrument cluster or
by a backup tone if the warning light is not
working. Routine maintenance of the
airbags and deployable hood system is not
required.
A difficulty with the system is indicated by
one or more of the following:
The readiness light will not
illuminate immediately after the
ignition is turned on.
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• The readiness light will either flash or
stay lit.
• A series of five beeps will be heard. The
tone pattern will repeat periodically
until the problem, the light or both are
repaired.
If any of these things happen, even
intermittently, have the supplemental
restraint system and deployable hood
system serviced at an authorized dealer
immediately. Unless serviced, the system
may not function properly in the event of
a crash.
The seatbelt pretensioners and the front
airbag supplemental restraint system are
designed to activate when the vehicle
sustains frontal deceleration sufficient to
cause the restraints control module to
deploy a safety device.
The fact that the seatbelt pretensioners
or front airbags did not activate for both
front seat occupants in a crash, or the
deployable hood system did not activate
in a pedestrian crash does not mean that
something is wrong with the system.
Rather, it means the restraints control
module determined the accident
conditions (crash severity, belt usage)
were not appropriate to activate these
safety devices.
• The design of the front airbags is to
activate only in frontal and near-frontal
crashes (not rollovers, side impacts or
rear impacts unless the crash causes
sufficient frontal deceleration).
• The seatbelt pretensioners are
designed to activate in frontal,
near-frontal and side crashes.
• The knee airbag(s) may deploy based
on crash severity and occupant
conditions.
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