Safety Belt System: Notes
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WARNING:
After a crash, the following safety belt components and attaching hardware must be inspected and tested to verify correct function:
Components that do not operate correctly or pass all Functional Tests in the Component Tests of this information must be replaced with new components.
Safety belt assembly attaching areas must be inspected. Damaged or distorted attaching areas must be restored to their original structural integrity and a new safety belt assembly with new attaching hardware must be installed.
After deployment of the front safety belt pretensioners, a new safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be installed.
Failure to follow this instruction may result in incorrect operation of the safety belt system and increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
- Retractors
- Buckles
- Child safety seat tether bracket assemblies
- Automatic locking retractor (ALR) feature for child safety seats (passenger seating positions only)
- Belt tension sensor (BTS) (if equipped)
- Front safety belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped)
- Safety belt shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped)
Components that do not operate correctly or pass all Functional Tests in the Component Tests of this information must be replaced with new components.
Safety belt assembly attaching areas must be inspected. Damaged or distorted attaching areas must be restored to their original structural integrity and a new safety belt assembly with new attaching hardware must be installed.
After deployment of the front safety belt pretensioners, a new safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be installed.
Failure to follow this instruction may result in incorrect operation of the safety belt system and increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
When installing new active occupant restraint components, use only replacement parts specified in the Ford Catalog Advantage™ or equivalent.
The active restraint system consists of the following serviceable items:
- Front safety belt buckles, attached to the inboard side of the driver and passenger seat tracks
- Front center safety belt retractor attached to the RH side of the front center seat back frame
- Front center safety belt buckle attached to the LH side of the front center seat base frame
- Detachable safety belt anchor attached to the RH side front center seat base frame
- Front safety belt retractors and pretensioners, located behind the B-pillar trim panels (Crew Cab and regular cab) or in the rear door (SuperCab)
- Belt Tension Sensor (BTS), located at the safety belt anchor point of the front passenger outboard safety belt
- Rear outboard safety belt retractors, located behind the B-pillar trim panels (SuperCab) or C-pillar trim panels (Crew Cab)
- Rear center safety belt retractor attached to the back panel of the cab
- RH rear safety belt buckles, attached to the floor pan (SuperCab)
- RH rear safety belt buckles, seat mounted and attached to the seat risers (Crew Cab)
- LH rear safety belt buckles attached to the floor pan (SuperCab and Crew Cab)
- Rear child safety seat tether anchors, at all seating positions, attached to the back panel of the cab
- Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) attached to the rear seat risers (Crew Cab and SuperCab only)