Air Bags - (High Level Vehicles) - Ford RANGER 2015 Body And Equipment Mounting Manual

5.2.2 Air Bags - (High Level Vehicles)

Front Seats
Side airbags are not compatible with swivelling
front seats.
Do not specify the base vehicle with side airbags
when planning to retrofit a swivelling device on
the front seats and/or an armrest on the outer
side of the front seats, this may affect the
function and/or deployment of the side airbags.
FORD RANGER 2015
The acceleration based airbag sensors for side
airbags are located nearby the bottom of the
C-pillar inner for Super Cab and Double Cab
vehicles. The pressure based airbag sensors for
side airbags are located near the centre of the
front doors' inner door sheet metal for all Cab
styles.
WARNING: Modifications or
reinforcements in the area of the sensors
may affect the side airbag fire timing and
result in uncontrolled side air bag
deployment.
Please note that vehicles not equipped with side
airbags but equipped with front airbags only are
not affected.
Drilling or grinding operations in this area are only
permitted when battery cables are disconnected.
Date of Publication: 02/2017