2007 Mercury Mountaineer Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 183
2007 Mercury Mountaineer Manual
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Seating and Safety Restraints • A headliner that will flex to open above the side doors to allow Safety Canopy deployment. • The same warning light, electronic control and diagnostic unit as used for the front airbags. • Two side crash sensors mounted at the front doors (one on each side of the vehicle). • Two side crash sensors located at the c-pillar behind the rear doors (one on each side of the vehicle). • Roll over sensor in the restraints control module (RCM). The Safety Canopy system, in combination with safety belts, can help reduce the risk of severe injuries in the event of a significant side impact collision or rollover event. Children 12 years old and under should always be properly restrained in the second or third row seats (if equipped). The Safety Canopy will not interfere with children restrained using a properly installed child or booster seat because it is designed to inflate downward from the headliner above the doors along the side window openings. The Safety Canopy system is designed to activate when the vehicle sustains lateral deceleration sufficient to cause the side crash sensor to close an electrical circuit that initiates Safety Canopy inflation or when a certain likelihood of a rollover event is detected by the rollover sensor. The Safety Canopy is mounted to the roof side-rail sheet metal, behind the headliner, above the first and second row seats. In certain lateral collisions or rollover events, the Safety Canopy system will be activated, regardless of which seats are occupied. The Safety Canopy is designed to inflate between the side window area and occupants to further enhance protection provided in side impact collisions and rollover events. The fact that the Safety Canopy system did not activate in a collision does not mean that something is wrong with the system. Rather, it means the forces were not of the type sufficient to cause activation. The Safety Canopy is designed to inflate in certain side impact collisions or rollover events, not in rear impact, frontal or near-frontal collisions, unless the collision causes sufficient lateral deceleration or rollover likelihood. Several Safety Canopy system components get hot after inflation. Do not touch them after inflation. 183 2007 Mountaineer (mnt) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)