Safety Restraints; Safety System; To Install The Rear Cushion; How Does The Safety System Work? - Ford Escape Hybrid 2006 Owner's Manual

Seating and Safety Restraints

To install the rear cushion

1. Push the cushion to the inboard
side of the vehicle.
2. Make sure that the hinges are
locked into place.

SAFETY RESTRAINTS

Safety System

The Safety System provides an improved overall level of frontal crash
protection to front seat occupants and is designed to help further reduce
the risk of airbag-related injuries. The system is able to analyze different
occupant conditions and crash severity before activating the appropriate
safety devices to help better protect a range of occupants in a variety of
frontal crash situations.
Your vehicle's Safety System consists of:
• Driver dual-stage airbag and single stage passenger airbag
supplemental restraints
• Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors,
and safety belt usage sensors
• Front passenger sensing system
• "Passenger airbag off" or "pass airbag off" indicator lamp
• Front crash severity sensor
• Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors
• Restraint system warning light and back-up tone
• The electrical wiring for the airbags, crash sensor(s), safety belt
pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position
sensor, front passenger sensing system, and indicator lights

How does the Safety System work?

The Safety System can adapt the deployment strategy of your vehicle's
safety devices according to crash severity and occupant conditions. A
collection of crash and occupant sensors provides information to the
Restraints control module (RCM). During a crash, the RCM activates the
safety belt pretensioners, equipped with a pyrotechnic dual retractor
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