2003 Ford Thunderbird Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 74
2003 Ford Thunderbird Manual
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Seating and Safety Restraints • This seat belt system has a retractor assembly that is designed to pay out webbing in a controlled manner. This feature is designed to help reduce the belt force acting on the occupant's chest. The safety restraints in the vehicle are combination lap and shoulder belts. The safety belts have two types of locking modes described below. Vehicle sensitive mode The vehicle sensitive mode is the normal retractor mode, allowing 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 approximately 8 km/h (5 mph) or more, the combination safety belts will lock to help reduce forward movement of the driver and passengers. Automatic locking mode How to use the automatic locking mode • Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. 74 2003 Thunderbird (tbr) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)