Seatbelts -> Personal Safety System for Your Ford Explorer SUV Sixth Generation (2012-2020)

Personal Safety System  
This system provides an improved overall  
level of frontal crash protection to front  
seat occupants and is designed to help  
further reduce the risk of airbag-related  
injuries. The system analyzes different  
occupant conditions and crash severity  
before activating the appropriate safety  
devices to help better protect occupants  
in a variety of frontal crash situations.  
Your vehicle's Personal Safety System  
consists of:  
Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag  
supplemental restraints.  
Front seat outermost seatbelts with  
pretensioners, energy management  
retractors and seatbelt usage sensors.  
Front passenger sensing system.  
Passenger airbag off and on indicators.  
Front crash severity sensors.  
Restraints control module with impact  
and safing sensors.  
Restraint system warning light and  
tone.  
The electrical wiring for the airbags,  
crash sensors, seatbelt pretensioners,  
front seatbelt usage sensors, front  
passenger sensing system and  
indicator lights.  
How Does the Personal Safety  
System Work?  
The Personal Safety System can adapt the  
deployment strategy of the safety devices  
according to crash severity and occupant  
conditions. A collection of crash and  
occupant sensors provides information to  
the restraints control module. During a  
crash, the restraints control module may  
deploy the seatbelt pretensioners, one or  
both stages of the dual-stage airbags  
based on crash severity and occupant  
conditions.  
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Explorer (CTW), enUSA, Edition date: 202007, Second-Printing