2001 Ford F250 Owner's Manual - Page 99

Seating and safety restraints 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 may be equipped with safety belt pretensioners at the driver and front outboard passenger seating positions. The Seat Integrated Restraints (SIR) seat 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 seatbelts are equipped with a retractor pretensioner. The 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 in such a way that they fit more snugly against the body. The driver and front outboard passenger safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be replaced if the vehicle is involved in a collision that results in the activation of the safety belt pretensioners. Refer to the Safety belt maintenance section in this chapter. Failure to replace the safety belt assembly under the above conditions could result in severe personal injuries in the event of a collision. Front safety belt height adjustment If your vehicle has seat integrated restraints you will not have safety belt height adjustments. Your vehicle may have safety belt height adjustments for the driver and front passenger. Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so the belt rests across the middle of your shoulder. 99