2013 Ford Fiesta Owner Manual Printing 2 - Page 56

Supplementary Restraints System 55 The safety belt pretensioners and the airbag supplemental restraint system are designed to activate when the vehicle sustains longitudinal deceleration sufficient to cause the restraints control module to deploy a safety device. The fact that the safety belt pretensioners or front airbags did not activate for both front seat occupants in a crash does not mean that something is wrong with the system. Rather, it means the restraints control module determined the accident conditions (such as crash severity, belt usage) were not appropriate to activate these safety devices. • Front airbags are designed to activate only in frontal and near-frontal crashes (not rollovers, side impacts or rear impacts) unless the crash causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. • The safety belt pretensioners are designed to activate in frontal and near-frontal crashes, and may also activate when a side curtain deploys. • The knee airbag deploys from under the instrument panel when the passenger airbag activates in a crash. • Side airbags and side curtain airbags are designed to inflate in side-impact crashes, not rollovers, rear impacts, frontal or near-frontal crashes, unless the crash causes sufficient lateral deceleration. AIRBAG DISPOSAL Contact your authorized dealer as soon as possible. Airbags MUST BE disposed of by qualified personnel. 2013 Fiesta (fie) Owners Guide gf, 2nd Printing USA (fus)