2010 Mercury Grand Marquis Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 297
2010 Mercury Grand Marquis Manual
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Crown Victoria Severe Duty Airbags must be allowed to fully deploy without restriction. The deployment of airbags is not compatible with any configuration of police equipment mounting that places objects in the airbag deployment path. Equipment mounted or placed in the deployment path area of an airbag will reduce the effectiveness of the airbag, damage the airbag and potentially damage or dislodge the equipment. Further such items could become projectiles in the event of an airbag deployment. WARNING: Always use safety belts with the airbag supplemental restraint system. There are four very important reasons to always use seat belts with the airbag system. Safety belts: • help restrain the occupant to increase the effectiveness of the airbag when it inflates. • reduce the risk of injury in rollover, side or rear impact accidents for which airbags are not designed to inflate. • reduce the risk of injury in frontal collisions that are not severe enough to activate the airbag. • reduce the risk of passengers being thrown from the vehicle. SOME COMMON POLICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT AIRBAGS Will there be any way to special order police vehicles without the airbag systems? No. Based on the federal law (FMVSS #208), after August 31, 1993, the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will not be able to sell passenger cars that do not contain passive restraint systems. Can the installation of push bumpers on the front end of the vehicle affect the deployment of an airbag? Different push bumper designs may each have different deformation characteristics in a crash situation that may or may not affect the deployment of airbags. Without the benefit of crash tests on vehicles equipped with push bumpers (there are a number of different styles available), it is Ford's opinion that installation of some push bumpers could affect the timing of the airbag deployment. Use of a push bumper that mounts solely to the vehicles bumper should not have a significant effect upon airbag deployment. 297 2010 Crown Victoria (cro) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus)