2014 Ford Focus Owner Manual Printing 1 - Page 36

Safety Belts 35 WARNING: When possible, all children 12 years old and under should be properly restrained in a rear seating position. Failure to follow this could seriously increase the risk of injury or death. WARNING: Safety belts and seats can become hot in a vehicle that has been closed up in sunny weather; they could burn a small child. Check seat covers and buckles before you place a child anywhere near them. WARNING: Front and rear seat occupants, including pregnant women, should wear safety belts for optimum protection in an accident. All seating positions in this vehicle have lap and shoulder safety belts. All occupants of the vehicle should always properly wear their safety belts, even when an airbag supplemental restraint system is provided. The safety belt system consists of: • lap and shoulder safety belts. • shoulder safety belt with automatic locking mode, (except driver safety belt). • height adjuster at the front outboard seating positions. • safety belt pretensioner at the front outboard seating positions. • belt tension sensor at the front outboard passenger seating position. • safety belt warning light and chime. See Safety belt warning light and indicator chime later in this chapter. • crash sensors and monitoring system with readiness indicator. See Crash sensors and airbag indicator in the Supplemental Restraints System chapter. The safety belt pretensioners at the front seating positions are designed to tighten the safety belts when activated. In frontal and near-frontal crashes, the safety belt pretensioners may be activated alone or, if the crash is of sufficient severity, together with the front airbags. The pretensioners may also activate when a side curtain airbag is deployed. 2014 Focus (foc) Owners Guide gf, 1st Printing, October 2012 USA (fus)