Airbag Disposal - Ford Escape Owner's Manual

Supplementary Restraints System
The safety belt pretensioners and the
airbag supplemental restraint system is
designed to activate when the vehicle
sustains longitudinal or lateral deceleration
sufficient to cause the restraints control
module to deploy a safety device or when
a certain likelihood of a rollover event is
detected by the rollover sensor.
The fact that the safety belt pretensioners
or airbags did not activate for both front
seat occupants in a crash does not mean
that something is wrong with the system.
Rather, it means the restraints control
module determined the accident
conditions (for example, crash severity,
belt usage) were not appropriate to
activate these safety devices.
• Front airbags are designed to activate
only in frontal and near-frontal crashes
(not rollovers, side impacts or rear
impacts) unless the crash causes
sufficient longitudinal deceleration.
• The safety belt pretensioners are
designed to activate in frontal,
near-frontal and side crashes, and in
rollovers.
• Side airbags are designed to inflate in
side-impact crashes, not rollovers, rear
impacts, frontal or near-frontal
crashes, unless the crash causes
sufficient lateral deceleration.
• The Safety Canopy is designed to
inflate in certain side impact crashes
or rollover events, not in rear impact,
frontal or near-frontal crashes, unless
the crash causes sufficient lateral
deceleration or rollover likelihood.

AIRBAG DISPOSAL

Contact your authorized dealer as soon as
possible. Airbags must be disposed of by
qualified personnel.
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