2017-Fiesta-Owners Manual

Supplementary Restraints System

SIDE CURTAINAIRBAGS WARNINGS Do not place objects or mount contact with a deploying side curtain airbag. Failure to follow these instructions may increase the risk of personal injury in the event of a crash. Do not lean your head on the door. The side curtain airbag could injure you as it deploys from the headliner. Do not attempt to service, repair, or modify the side curtain airbags, its fuses, the A, B, or C pillar trim, or the headliner on a vehicle containing side curtain airbags. Contact your authorized dealer as soon as possible. All occupants of the vehicle including the driver should always wear their safety belts even when an airbag supplemental restraint system and side curtain airbag is provided. Failure to properly wear your safety belt could seriously increase the risk of injury or death. To reduce risk of injury, do not obstruct or place objects in the deployment path of the side curtain If the side curtain airbags have deployed, the side curtain airbags will not function again. The side curtain airbags (including the A, B and C pillar trim and headliner) must be inspected and serviced by an authorized dealer. If the side curtain airbag is not replaced, the unrepaired area will increase the risk of injury in a crash. equipment on or near the headliner at the siderail that may come into airbag.

In certain sideways crashes, the side curtain airbag on the side affected by the crash will be inflated. The side curtain airbags are mounted to the roof side-rail sheet metal, behind the headliner, above each rowof seats. The side curtain airbags are designed to inflate between the side window area and occupants to further enhanceprotectionprovided in side impact crashes. The system consists of the following:

E75004 • Side curtain airbags located above the trimpanels over the front and rear side windows identified by a label or wording on the headliner or roof-pillar trim. • A flexible headliner which opens above the side doors to allow side air curtain deployment. Indicator (page 44). Children 12 years old and under should always be properly restrained in the back seats. The side curtain airbags will not interfere with children restrained using a properly installed child or booster seat because it is designed to inflatedownward from the headliner above the doors along the side window opening. E67017 · Crash sensors and monitoring systemwith readiness indicator. See CrashSensorsandAirbag

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