Supplementary Restraints System -> Principle of Operation for Your Ford Ecosport SUV 2020

Supplementary Restraints System  
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION  
WARNING: Do not attempt to  
service, repair, or modify the  
supplementary restraint system or  
associated components. Failure to  
follow this instruction could result in  
personal injury or death.  
WARNING: Airbags do not inflate  
slowly or gently, and the risk of injury  
from a deploying airbag is the greatest  
close to the trim covering the airbag  
module.  
WARNING: Several airbag system  
components get hot after inflation. To  
reduce the risk of injury, do not touch  
them after inflation.  
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 seatbelt could  
seriously increase the risk of injury or  
death.  
WARNING: If a supplementary  
restraint system component has  
deployed, it will not function again. Have  
the system and associated components  
inspected as soon as possible. Failure to  
follow this instruction could result in  
personal injury or death.  
WARNING: Even with advanced  
restraints systems, properly restrain  
children 12 and under in a rear seating  
position. Failure to follow this could  
seriously increase the risk of injury or  
death.  
The airbags are a supplemental restraint  
system and are designed to work with the  
seatbelts to help protect the driver and  
right front passenger from certain upper  
body injuries. Airbags do not inflate slowly;  
there is a risk of injury from a deploying  
airbag.  
Note: You will hear a loud bang and see a  
cloud of harmless powdery residue if an  
airbag deploys. This is normal.  
WARNING:Do not place your arms  
on the airbag cover or through the  
steering wheel. Failure to follow this  
instruction could result in personal injury.  
WARNING:Keep the areas in front  
of the airbags free from obstruction. Do  
not affix anything to or over the airbag  
covers. Objects could become projectiles  
during airbag deployment or in a sudden  
stop. Failure to follow this instruction  
could result in personal injury or death.  
The airbags inflate and deflate rapidly  
upon activation. After airbag deployment,  
it is normal to notice a smoke-like, powdery  
residue or smell the burnt propellant. This  
may consist of cornstarch, talcum powder  
(to lubricate the bag) or sodium  
compounds (for example, baking soda)  
that result from the combustion process  
that inflates the airbag. Small amounts of  
sodium hydroxide may be present which  
may irritate the skin and eyes, but none of  
the residue is toxic.  
WARNING: Airbags can kill or  
injure a child in a child restraint. Never  
place a rear-facing child restraint in front  
of an active airbag. If you must use a  
forward-facing child restraint in the front  
seat, move the seat upon which the child  
restraint is installed all the way back.  
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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  
Supplementary Restraints System  
While the system is designed to help  
reduce serious injuries, contact with a  
deploying airbag may also cause abrasions  
or swelling. Temporary hearing loss is also  
a possibility as a result of the noise  
associated with a deploying airbag.  
Because airbags must inflate rapidly and  
with considerable force, there is the risk of  
death or serious injuries such as fractures,  
facial and eye injuries or internal injuries,  
particularly to occupants who are not  
properly restrained or are otherwise out of  
position at the time of airbag deployment.  
Thus, it is extremely important that  
The driver and front passenger airbags will  
deploy during significant frontal and near  
frontal crashes.  
occupants be properly restrained as far  
away from the airbag module as possible  
while maintaining vehicle control.  
The driver and passenger front airbag  
Routine maintenance of the airbags is not  
system consists of:  
required.  
Driver and passenger airbag modules.  
Front passenger sensing system.  
DRIVER AND PASSENGER  
AIRBAGS  
· Crash sensors and monitoring  
system with readiness indicator.  
See Crash Sensors and Airbag  
Indicator (page 47).  
WARNING:Do not place your arms  
on the airbag cover or through the  
ProperDriverandFrontPassenger  
Seating Adjustment  
steering wheel. Failure to follow this  
instruction could result in personal injury.  
WARNING:Keep the areas in front  
of the airbags free from obstruction. Do  
not affix anything to or over the airbag  
covers. Objects could become projectiles  
during airbag deployment or in a sudden  
stop. Failure to follow this instruction  
could result in personal injury or death.  
WARNING: National Highway  
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)  
recommends a minimum distance of at  
least 10 in (25 cm) between an  
occupant's chest and the driver airbag  
module.  
To properly position yourself away from  
the airbag:  
WARNING: Airbags can kill or  
injure a child in a child restraint. Never  
place a rear-facing child restraint in front  
of an active airbag. If you must use a  
forward-facing child restraint in the front  
seat, move the seat upon which the child  
restraint is installed all the way back.  
Move your seat to the rear as far as you  
can while still reaching the pedals  
comfortably.  
Recline the seat slightly (one or two  
degrees) from the upright position.  
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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