Active Restraint System Components

Safety Belt System

WARNING: After any crash, all of the following safety belt assemblies and attaching hardware must be inspected by an authorized dealer to verify correct function:
- Retractors
- Buckles
- Belt tension sensor (BTS) (if equipped)
- Front safety belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped)
- Safety belt shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped)
- Child safety seat tether bracket assemblies
- Automatic locking retractor (ALR) feature for child safety seats (passenger seating positions only)
If any safety belt assembly is damaged, does not operate correctly or does not pass all of the Functional Tests in the Diagnosis and Testing portion, a new safety belt assembly must be installed. If any safety belt assembly attaching areas are damaged or distorted, the sheet metal must be restored to its original structural integrity and new safety belt assembly and attaching hardware must be installed. Failure to install new safety belt assemblies and attaching hardware may increase the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.

After any crash that results in deployment of the driver and/or front outboard passenger safety belt pretensioners, new driver and/or front outboard passenger safety belt systems (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be installed. Failure to install new safety belt systems increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.

The safety belt retractor is designed to let the webbing move freely in and out at all times, except during vehicle hard braking, hard cornering or an impact of 24 km/h (15 mph) or more, when it is automatically locked by a mechanically actuated inertia sensor.

When installing new safety belt buckles and/or retractor assemblies, use only the replacement parts specified in the Ford Customer Service Division Master Parts and Accessories Catalog.

Active Restraint System Components

The active restraint system consists of the following serviceable items:

- Front safety belt shoulder height adjusters
- Front safety belt buckle and pretensioners attached to the inboard side of the seats
- Front safety belt retractors located behind the lower B-pillar trim panels
- Rear center safety belt retractor with cinch tongue attached to the parcel shelf sheet metal and LH safety belt buckle assembly attached to the floor pan under the rear seat cushion
- Rear safety belt retractors (outboard) attached to the parcel shelf sheet metal
- Rear dual safety belt buckle assembly (RH and center safety belt buckles) attached to the floor pan
- Child safety seat tether anchors located on the parcel shelf at all 3 seating positions
- Lower anchors and tethers for children attached to the floor pan at the rear outboard seating positions