Ford C-MAX Hybrid / Energi (2016 year). Manual - part 6

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNINGS

Always drive and ride with your
seatback upright and the lap belt
snug and low across the hips.

To reduce the risk of injury, make
sure children sit where they can be
properly restrained.

Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while your vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot

protect the child from injury in a crash.

All occupants of your vehicle,
including the driver, should always
properly wear their safety belts, even

when an airbag supplemental restraint
system is provided.

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a
cargo area, inside or outside of a
vehicle. In a crash, people riding in

these areas are more likely to be seriously
injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride
in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and safety belts. Be
sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat
and using a safety belt properly.

In a rollover crash, an unbelted
person is significantly more likely to
die than a person wearing a safety

belt.

Each seating position in your vehicle
has a specific safety belt assembly
which is made up of one buckle and

one tongue that are designed to be used
as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder belt on the
outside shoulder only. Never wear the
shoulder belt under the arm. 2) Never
swing the safety belt around your neck over
the inside shoulder. 3) Never use a single
belt for more than one person.

When possible, all children 12 years
old and under should be properly
restrained in a rear seating position.

WARNINGS

Safety belts and seats can become
hot in a vehicle that has been closed
up in sunny weather; they could burn

a small child. Check seat covers and
buckles before you place a child anywhere
near them.

Front and rear seat occupants,
including pregnant women, should
wear safety belts for optimum

protection in an accident.

All seating positions in this vehicle have
lap and shoulder safety belts. All
occupants of the vehicle should always
properly wear their safety belts, even when
an airbag supplemental restraint system
is provided.

The safety belt system consists of:
•

lap and shoulder safety belts

•

shoulder safety belt with automatic
locking mode, (except driver safety
belt)

•

height adjuster at the front outboard
seating positions

•

retractor and anchor pretensioner at
the front outboard seating positions

•

belt tension sensor at the front
outboard passenger seating position

•

safety belt warning light and chime

•

crash sensors and monitoring system
with readiness indicator.

The safety belt pretensioners are designed
to activate in frontal, near-frontal and side
crashes, and in rollovers. The safety belt
pretensioners on the retractor and anchor
at the front seating positions are designed
to tighten the safety belts firmly against
the occupant's body when activated. This
helps increase the effectiveness of the
safety belts. In frontal crashes, the safety
belt pretensioners can be activated alone
or, if the crash is of sufficient severity,
together with the front airbags.

FASTENING THE SEATBELTS

The front outboard and rear safety
restraints in the vehicle are combination
lap and shoulder belts.

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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.

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2. To unfasten, press the release button

and remove the tongue from the
buckle.

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When in use, the rear safety belts should
be placed in the belt guides on the
outboard seatbacks.

Using Safety Belts During
Pregnancy

WARNING

Always ride and drive with your
seatback upright and the safety belt
properly fastened. The lap portion of

the safety belt should fit snug and be
positioned low across the hips. The
shoulder portion of the safety belt should
be positioned across the chest. Pregnant
women should also follow this practice.
See the following figure.

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Pregnant women should always wear their
safety belt. The lap belt portion of a
combination lap and shoulder belt should
be positioned low across the hips below
the belly and worn as tight as comfort will
allow. The shoulder belt should be
positioned to cross the middle of the
shoulder and the center of the chest.

Safety Belt Locking Modes

WARNINGS

After any vehicle crash, the safety
belt system at all passenger seating
positions must be checked by an

authorized dealer to verify that the
automatic locking retractor feature for
child seats is still functioning properly. In
addition, all safety belts should be checked
for proper function.

Belt and retractor assembly must be
replaced if the safety belt assembly
automatic locking retractor feature

or any other safety belt function is not
operating properly when checked by an
authorized dealer. Failure to replace the
belt and retractor assembly could increase
the risk of injury in crashes.

All safety restraints in the vehicle are
combination lap and shoulder belts. The
driver safety belt has the first type of
locking mode, and the front outboard
passenger and rear seat safety belts have
both types of locking modes described as
follows:

Vehicle Sensitive Mode

This is the normal retractor mode, which
allows 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 about 5 mph
(8 km/h) or more, the combination safety
belts will lock to help reduce forward
movement of the driver and passengers.

In addition, the retractor is designed to lock
if the webbing is pulled out too quickly. If
this occurs, let the belt retract slightly and
pull webbing out again in a slow and
controlled manner.

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.

When to Use the Automatic Locking
Mode

This mode should be used any time a child
safety seat, except a booster, is installed
in passenger front or rear seating positions.
Children 12 years old and under should be
properly restrained in a rear seating
position whenever possible.  See Child
Safety (page 15).

How to Use the Automatic Locking
Mode

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1.

Buckle the combination lap and
shoulder belt.

2. Grasp the shoulder portion and pull

downward until the entire belt is pulled
out.

Allow the belt to retract. As the belt
retracts, you will hear a clicking sound. This
indicates the safety belt is now in the
automatic locking mode.

How to Disengage the Automatic
Locking Mode

Unbuckle the combination lap and
shoulder belt and allow it to retract
completely to disengage the automatic
locking mode and activate the vehicle
sensitive (emergency) locking mode.

Safety Belt Extension Assembly

WARNING

Do not use extensions to change the
fit of the shoulder belt across the
torso.

If the safety belt is too short when fully
extended, a safety belt extension assembly
can be obtained from an authorized dealer.

Use only extensions manufactured by the
same supplier as the safety belt.
Manufacturer identification is on a label
located either at the end of the webbing
or on the retractor behind the trim. Also,
use the safety belt extension only if the
safety belt is too short for you when fully
extended.

SEATBELT HEIGHT
ADJUSTMENT

WARNING

Position the seatbelt height adjusters
so that the belt rests across the
middle of your shoulder. Failure to

adjust the seatbelt correctly could reduce
the effectiveness of the seatbelt and
increase the risk of injury in a crash.

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To adjust the shoulder belt height, squeeze
the button and slide the height adjuster up
or down. Release the button and pull down
on the height adjuster to make sure it is
locked in place.