Seatbelts -> Principle of Operation for Your Ford Ecosport SUV 2020

Seatbelts  
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION  
WARNING: Each seating position  
in your vehicle has a specific seatbelt  
assembly which is made up of one  
buckle and one tongue that are designed  
to be used as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder  
belt on the outside shoulder only. Never  
wear the shoulder belt under the arm. 2)  
Never swing the seatbelt around your  
neck over the inside shoulder. 3) Never  
use a single belt for more than one  
person.  
WARNING: Always drive and ride  
with your seatback upright and the lap  
belt snug and low across the hips.  
WARNING: To reduce the risk of  
injury, make sure children sit where they  
can be properly restrained.  
WARNING: Never let a passenger  
hold a child on his or her lap while your  
vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot  
protect the child from injury in a crash.  
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: All occupants of your  
vehicle, including the driver, should  
always properly wear their seatbelts,  
even when an airbag supplemental  
restraint system is provided. Failure to  
properly wear your seatbelts could  
seriously increase the risk of injury or  
death.  
WARNING: Seatbelts 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: It is extremely  
dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside  
or outside of a vehicle. In a crash, people  
riding in these areas are more likely to be  
seriously injured or killed. Do not allow  
people to ride in any area of your vehicle  
that is not equipped with seats and  
seatbelts. Be sure everyone in your  
vehicle is in a seat and using a seatbelt  
properly.  
WARNING: Front and rear seat  
occupants, including pregnant women,  
should wear seatbelts for optimum  
protection in an accident.  
All seating positions in your vehicle have  
lap and shoulder seatbelts. All occupants  
of the vehicle should always properly wear  
their seatbelts, even when an airbag  
supplemental restraint system is provided.  
WARNING: In a rollover crash, an  
unbelted person is significantly more  
likely to die than a person wearing a  
seatbelt.  
The seatbelt system consists of:  
Lap and shoulder seatbelts.  
Shoulder seatbelt with automatic  
locking mode, (except driver seatbelt).  
Height adjuster at the front outboard  
seating positions.  
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EcoSport (CBW) Canada/United States of America, Vehicles Built From: 17-06-2019, LN1J-19A321-ZFA enUSA, Edition date: 201904, First-Printing  
Seatbelts  
Seatbelt pretensioner at the front  
outboard seating positions.  
Belt tension sensor at the front  
outboard passenger seating position.  
· Seatbelt warning light and  
chime.  
· Crash sensors and monitoring  
system with readiness indicator.  
The seatbelt pretensioners at the front  
seating positions are designed to tighten  
the seatbelts when activated. In frontal  
and near-frontal crashes, the seatbelt  
pretensioners may be activated alone or,  
if the crash is of sufficient severity, together  
with the front airbags. The pretensioners  
will activate when the Safety Canopy is  
deployed.  
2. To unfasten, press the release button  
and remove the tongue from the  
buckle.  
Using the Sliding Clip (If Equipped)  
FASTENING THE SEATBELTS  
The front outboard and rear safety  
restraints in the vehicle are combination  
lap and shoulder belts.  
Slide the clip away from the seatbelt  
tongue so there is no loose webbing when  
an occupant or child restraint is fastened.  
You can also use the sliding clip to raise  
the seatbelt tongue and prevent it from  
rattling or to ease access to the seatbelt  
tongue.  
1. Insert the belt tongue into the proper  
buckle (the buckle closest to the  
direction the tongue is coming from)  
until you hear a snap and feel it latch.  
Make sure you securely fasten the  
tongue in the buckle.  
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EcoSport (CBW) Canada/United States of America, Vehicles Built From: 17-06-2019, LN1J-19A321-ZFA enUSA, Edition date: 201904, First-Printing