2009 Ford Taurus X Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 170

Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: The third row seat is NOT designed to be used in tailgate mode. Placing the seat in this position could result in damage to the seat, surrounding components, or injury. WARNING: The tailgate position is not a position suitable for driving. Do not drive the vehicle with the seat in the tailgate position. The safety belts are not functional when the seat is in the tailgate position. SAFETY RESTRAINTS Personal Safety Systemா The Personal Safety System௡ provides an improved overall level of frontal crash protection to front seat occupants and is designed to help further reduce the risk of airbag-related injuries. The system is able to analyze different occupant conditions and crash severity before activating the appropriate safety devices to help better protect a range of occupants in a variety of frontal crash situations. Your vehicle's Personal Safety System௡ consists of: • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints. • Front outboard safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors (first row only), and safety belt usage sensors. • Driver's seat position sensor. • Front passenger sensing system • "Passenger airbag off" or "pass airbag off" indicator lamp • Front crash severity sensor. • Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors. • Restraint system warning light and back-up tone. 170 2009 Taurus X (219) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus)