2003 Ford F350 Owner Guide 5th Printing - Page 82

Seating and Safety Restraints In the event of a collision, the colored label (REPLACE BELT) may become visible. If this occurs, the safety belt must be replaced. Whenever the yellow portion of the label is visible, the safety belt must be replaced. Failure to follow these instructions will affect the performance of the safety belts and increase the risk of personal injury. Safety belt pretensioner Your vehicle is equipped with safety belt pretensioners at the driver and front outboard passenger seating positions. The Seat Integrated Restraints (SIR) seat (which has shoulder belts attached to the corners of the front seat back) is equipped with a buckle pretensioner. Do NOT place objects between the seats, this could interfere with the functioning of the pretensioner. For the SuperCab and CrewCab base bench seats and all Regular Cab seating positions, the safety belts are equipped with a retractor pretensioner. The driver and front outboard passenger safety belt pretensioners are designed to activate only during certain frontal or near-frontal collisions with sufficient longitudinal deceleration. A safety belt pretensioner is a device which tightens the webbing of the lap and shoulder belts during some collisions in such a way that they fit more snugly against the body. 82 2003 F250/350/450/550 (f23) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)