2003 Mercury Marauder Owner's Manual - Page 91

Seating and Safety Restraints Press to move the rear portion of the seat cushion up or down. SAFETY RESTRAINTS Personal Safety System 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 air bag-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 the following items: • Driver and passenger dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints • Driver and front passenger side air bags • Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors, and safety belt usage sensors • Driver's seat position sensor • Passenger occupant classification sensor • Front crash severity sensor • Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors • Restraint system warning light and back-up tone • The electrical wiring for the air bags, crash sensor(s), safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position sensor, passenger occupant classification sensor, and indicator lights How does the personal safety system work? The Personal safety system can adapt the deployment strategy of your vehicle's safety devices according to crash severity and occupant conditions. A collection of crash and occupant sensors provides 91