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.

All outboard safety belts, and second and third row center safety belts (if equipped) are continuous-loop, 3-point systems. The combination lap and shoulder belt (continuous-loop) uses a common slip tongue and retractor.

The shoulder harness 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 8 km/h (5 mph) or more, when it is automatically locked by a mechanically actuated inertia sensor.

When replacing 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 components in the locations described:

- Front row safety belt buckles and pretensioners, attached to the inboard side of the seats
- Front seat safety belt retractor with adjustable D-ring attached to the B-pillar behind the trim panel
- Second, third, fourth and fifth row (if equipped) outboard safety belt retractors, located behind the rear quarter trim panels
- Center safety belt retractor located in the 3-passenger bench seat backrest (all vehicles except cargo van)
- Fourth and fifth row (if equipped) LH and RH center safety belt retractors located in the 4-passenger bench seat backrest (12- and 15-passenger vehicles only)
- Second, third, fourth and fifth row (if equipped) safety belt buckle assemblies, which are secured to the seat frame or seat riser (bucket and bench seats)
- Child safety seat tether anchors, at the front passenger seat and all second row seating positions, attached to the seat cushion frames or risers (bucket and 3-passenger bench seats)
- Third and fourth row (if equipped) child safety seat tether anchors, at the center seating position of each 3-passenger bench seat, attached to the seat cushion frame
- Child safety seat tether anchor at each bench seat riser (serviced only with a new seat riser)
- Second row lower anchors and tethers for children on the LH bucket seat (if equipped), attached to the seat riser
- Second, third and fourth row (if equipped) lower anchors and tethers for children at the center seating position of 3-passenger bench seat (if equipped), attached to the seat frame (also RH second row position of 5-passenger vehicle)