Occupant Protection; Principle Of Operation - Ford Transit Owner's Handbook Manual

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

Airbags
WARNINGS
Do not modify the front of your
vehicle in any way. This could
adversely affect deployment of the
airbags.
Original text according to ECE
R94.01: Extreme Hazard! Do not use
a rearward facing child restraint on
a seat protected by an air bag in front of
it!
Wear a seat belt and keep sufficient
distance between yourself and the
steering wheel. Only when you use
the seat belt properly, can it hold you in a
position that allows the airbag to achieve
its optimum effect. See Sitting in the
correct position (page 68).
Have repairs to the steering wheel,
steering column, seats, airbags and
seat belts carried out by properly
trained technicians.
Keep the areas in front of the
airbags free from obstruction. Do
not affix anything to or over the
airbag covers.
Do not poke sharp objects into
areas where airbags are fitted. This
could damage and adversely affect
deployment of the airbags.
Use seat covers designed for seats
with side airbags. Have these fitted
by properly trained technicians.
Note: You will hear a loud bang and see
a cloud of harmless powdery residue if an
airbag deploys. This is normal.
Note: The front passenger airbag
protects both positions of a double seat.

Occupant protection

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Note: Only wipe airbag covers with a
damp cloth.
Driver and front passenger airbags
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The driver and front passenger airbags
will deploy during significant frontal
collisions or collisions that are up to 30
degrees from the left or the right. The
airbags will inflate within a few
thousandths of a second and deflate on
contact with the occupants, thus
cushioning forward body movement.
During minor frontal collisions, overturns,
rear collisions and side collisions, the driver
and front passenger airbags will not
deploy.