Driver Dual-Stage Airbag Supplemental Restraints; Front Crash Severity Sensor; Driver’s Seat Position Sensor; Front Passenger Sensing System - Ford Escape Hybrid 2006 Owner's Manual

(driver's side only) and/or either the single stage passenger airbag or
both stages of the dual-stage driver airbag supplemental restraints based
on crash severity and occupant conditions.
The fact that the pyrotechnic dual retractor (driver's side only),
pretensioners or airbags did not activate for both front seat occupants in
a collision does not mean that something is wrong with the system.
Rather, it means the Safety System determined the accident conditions
(crash severity, belt usage, etc.) were not appropriate to activate these
safety devices. Front airbags, pretensioners, equipped with a pyrotechnic
dual retractor (driver's side only) are designed to activate only in frontal
and near-frontal collisions, not rollovers, side-impacts, or rear-impacts
unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration.
Driver dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints (driver seating
position only)
The dual-stage airbag offers the capability to tailor the level of airbag
inflation energy. A lower, less forceful energy level is provided for more
common, moderate-severity impacts. A higher energy level is used for
the most severe impacts. Refer to Airbag supplemental restraints
section in this chapter.

Front crash severity sensor

The front crash severity sensor enhances the ability to detect the
severity of an impact. Positioned up front, it provides valuable
information early in the crash event on the severity of the impact. This
allows your Safety System to distinguish between different levels of crash
severity and modify the deployment strategy of the dual-stage airbag and
safety belt pretensioners.
The driver's side only is equipped with dual pretensioners.
Driver's seat position sensor
The driver's seat position sensor allows your Safety System to tailor the
deployment level of the driver airbag based on seat position. The system
is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting close to the driver
airbag by providing a lower airbag output level.

Front passenger sensing system

For airbags to do their job they must inflate with great force, and this
force can pose a potentially deadly risk to occupants that are very close
to the airbag when it begins to inflate. For some occupants, like infants
in rear-facing child seats, this occurs because they are initially sitting
very close to the airbag. For other occupants, this occurs when the
occupant is not properly restrained by safety belts or child safety seats
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