Combination Lap And Shoulder Belts; Vehicle Sensitive Mode; Automatic Locking Mode - Ford 1998 Mustang Owner's Manual

Seating and safety restraints

Combination lap and shoulder belts

1. Insert the belt tongue
into the proper buckle
(the buckle closest to
the direction the tongue
is coming from) until
you hear a snap and feel
it latch. Make sure the
tongue is securely
fastened in the buckle.
2. To unfasten, push
the release button and
remove the tongue
from the buckle.
The front and rear outboard safety restraints in the
vehicle are combination lap and shoulder belts. The
front and rear seat passenger outboard safety belts
have two types of locking modes described below:

Vehicle sensitive mode

The vehicle sensitive mode is the normal retractor
mode, allowing free shoulder belt length adjustment
to your movements and locking in response to
vehicle movement. For example, if the driver brakes
suddenly or turns a corner sharply, or the vehicle
receives an impact of 8 km/h (5 mph) or more, the
combination safety belts will lock to help reduce
forward movement of the driver and passengers.

Automatic locking mode

In this mode, the shoulder belt is automatically
pre-locked. The belt will still retract to remove any
slack in the shoulder belt.
The automatic locking mode is not available on the
driver safety belt.
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