Get Safety Belts Guide for Ford Fiesta 4 Door Sixth Generation (2009-2016)

Safety Belts

WARNINGS

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

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.

WARNINGS

Always drive and ride with your seat

back upright and the lap belt snug

and low across the hips.

Safety belts 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.

To reduce the risk of injury, make

sure children sit where they can be

properly restrained.

Never let a passenger hold a child on

his or her lap while your vehicle is

moving. The passenger cannot

Front and rear seat occupants,

including pregnant women, should

wear safety belts for optimum

protection in an accident.

protect the child from injury in a crash.

All occupants of your vehicle,

including the driver, should always

properly wear their safety belts, even

when an airbag supplemental restraint

system is provided. Failure to properly wear

your safety belt could seriously increase

the risk of injury or death.

All seating positions in your vehicle have

lap and shoulder safety belts. All

occupants of the vehicle should always

properly wear their safety belts, even when

an airbag supplemental restraint system

is provided.

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a

cargo area, inside or outside of a

vehicle. In a crash, people riding in

The safety belt system consists of:

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 safety belts. Be

sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat

and using a safety belt properly.

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lap and shoulder safety belts.

shoulder safety belt with automatic

locking mode, (except driver safety

belt).

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height adjuster at the front outboard

seating positions.

In a rollover crash, an unbelted

person is significantly more likely to

die than a person wearing a safety

belt.

safety belt pretensioner at the front

outboard seating positions.

belt tension sensor at the front

Each seating position in your vehicle

has a specific safety belt 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 safety belt around your neck over

the inside shoulder. 3) Never use a single

belt for more than one person.

outboard passenger seating position.

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Safety belt warning light and chime.

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Crash sensors and monitoring system

with readiness indicator.

The safety belt pretensioners at the front

seating positions are designed to tighten

the safety belts when activated. In frontal

and near-frontal crashes, the safety belt

pretensioners may be activated alone or,

if the crash is of sufficient severity, together

with the front airbags. The pretensioners

may also activate when a side curtain

airbag is deployed.

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2. To unfasten, press the release button

and remove the tongue from the

buckle.

FASTENING THE SAFETY

BELTS

The front outboard and rear safety

restraints in the vehicle are combination

lap and shoulder belts.

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When in use, the rear safety belts should

be placed in the belt guides on the

outboard seatbacks.

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Using Safety Belts During

Pregnancy

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 the tongue is securely

fastened in the buckle.

WARNING

Always ride and drive with your

seatback upright and the safety belt

properly fastened. The lap portion of

the safety belt should fit snug and be

positioned low across the hips. The

shoulder portion of the safety belt should

be positioned across the chest. Pregnant

women should also follow this practice.

See the following figure.

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Safety Belts

All safety restraints in the vehicle are

combination lap and shoulder belts. The

driver safety belt has the first type of

locking mode, and the front outboard

passenger and rear seat safety belts have

both types of locking modes described as

follows:

Vehicle Sensitive Mode

This is the normal retractor mode, which

allows free shoulder belt length

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adjustment to your movements and

locking in response to vehicle movement.

For example, if the driver brakes suddenly

or turns a corner sharply, or the vehicle

receives an impact of about 5 mph

(8 km/h) or more, the combination safety

belts will lock to help reduce forward

movement of the driver and passengers.

Pregnant women should always wear their

safety belt. The lap belt portion of a

combination lap and shoulder belt should

be positioned low across the hips below

the belly and worn as tight as comfort will

allow. The shoulder belt should be

positioned to cross the middle of the

shoulder and the center of the chest.

In addition, the retractor is designed to lock

if the webbing is pulled out too quickly. If

this occurs, let the belt retract slightly and

pull webbing out again in a slow and

controlled manner.

Safety Belt Locking Modes

WARNINGS

After any vehicle crash, the safety

belt system at all passenger seating

positions must be checked by an

authorized dealer to verify that the

automatic locking retractor feature for

child seats is still functioning properly. In

addition, all safety belts should be checked

for proper function.

Automatic Locking Mode

In this mode, the shoulder belt is

automatically pre-locked. The belt will still

retract to remove any slack in the shoulder

belt. The automatic locking mode is not

available on the driver safety belt.

Belt and retractor assembly must be

replaced if the safety belt assembly

automatic locking retractor feature

or any other safety belt function is not

operating properly when checked by an

authorized dealer. Failure to replace the

belt and retractor assembly could increase

the risk of injury in crashes.

When to Use the Automatic Locking

Mode

This mode should be used any time a child

safety seat, except a booster, is installed

in passenger front or rear seating positions.

Children 12 years old and under should be

properly restrained in a rear seating

position whenever possible. See Child

Safety (page 13).

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How to Use the Automatic Locking

Mode

Use only extensions manufactured by the

same supplier as the safety belt.

Manufacturer identification is on a label

located either at the end of the webbing

or on the retractor behind the trim. Also,

use the safety belt extension only if the

safety belt is too short for you when fully

extended.

SAFETY BELT HEIGHT

ADJUSTMENT

WARNING

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Position the safety belt height

adjuster so that the belt rests across

the middle of your shoulder. Failure

to adjust the safety belt properly could

reduce the effectiveness of the safety belt

and increase the risk of injury in a crash.

1. Buckle the combination lap and

shoulder belt.

2. Grasp the shoulder portion and pull

downward until the entire belt is pulled

out.

Allow the belt to retract. As the belt

retracts, you will hear a clicking sound. This

indicates the safety belt is now in the

automatic locking mode.

Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so

the belt rests across the middle of your

shoulder.

How to Disengage the Automatic

Locking Mode

Unbuckle the combination lap and

shoulder belt and allow it to retract

completely to disengage the automatic

locking mode and activate the vehicle

sensitive (emergency) locking mode.

Safety Belt Extension Assembly

WARNING

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Do not use extensions to change the

fit of the shoulder belt across the

torso.

To adjust the shoulder belt height:

1. Pull the button and slide the height

adjuster up or down.

2. Release the button and pull down on

the height adjuster to make sure it is

locked in place.

If the safety belt is too short when fully

extended, a safety belt extension assembly

can be obtained from an authorized dealer.

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This lamp illuminates and an

audible warning will sound if the

driver's safety belt has not been

fastened when the vehicle's ignition is

turned on.

SAFETYBELTWARNINGLAMP

AND INDICATOR CHIME(If

Equipped)

Conditions of operation

If...

Then...

The driver's safety belt is not buckled

The safety belt warning light illuminates 1-

before the ignition switch is turned to the 2 minutes and the warning chime sounds

on position... 4-8 seconds.

The driver's safety belt is buckled while the The safety belt warning light and warning

indicator light is illuminated and the

warning chime is sounding...

chime turn off.

The driver's safety belt is buckled before The safety belt warning light and indicator

the ignition switch is turned to the on posi-

tion...

chime remain off.

The system uses information from the

front passenger sensing system to

determine if a front seat passenger is

present and therefore potentially in need

of a warning. To avoid the system turning

on the Belt-Minder feature for objects you

place on the front passenger seat, only the

front seat passengers receive warnings as

determined by the front passenger sensing

system.

SAFETY BELT MINDER(IfEquipped)

Belt-Minder™

This feature supplements the safety belt

warning function by providing additional

reminders that intermittently sound a tone

and illuminate the safety belt warning light

when you are in the driver seat or you have

a front seat passenger and a safety belt is

unbuckled.

If the Belt-Minder warnings expire

(warnings for about five minutes) for one

passenger (driver or front passenger), the

other passenger can still cause the

Belt-Minder feature to turn on.

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If...

Then...

You and the front seat passenger buckle

your safety belts before you switch the

ignition on or less than 1–2 minutes elapse

after you switch the ignition on...

The Belt-Minder feature will not activate.

You or the front seat passenger do not

The Belt-Minder feature activates, the

buckle your safety belts before your vehicle safety belt warning light illuminates and a

reaches at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and 1–2 warning tone sounds for 6 seconds every

minutes elapse after you switch the ignition 25 seconds, repeating for about 5 minutes

on...

or until you and the front seat passenger

buckle your safety belts.

The safety belt for the driver or front

The Belt-Minder feature activates, the

passenger is unbuckled for about 1 minute safety belt warning light illuminates and a

while the vehicle is traveling at least 6 mph warning tone sounds for 6 seconds every

(9.7 km/h) and more than 1–2 minutes

elapse after you switch the ignition on...

25 seconds, repeating for about 5 minutes

or until you and the front seat passenger

buckle your safety belts.

Before following the procedure, make sure

that:

Deactivating and Activating the

Belt-Minder Feature

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The parking brake is set.

WARNING

The transmission is in park (P) or

neutral (N).

While the system allows you to

switch this feature off, the intent of

the system is to remind you to wear

your safety belt to improve your chance to

survive an accident. We recommend you

leave the system switched on for yourself

and others who may use the vehicle.

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The ignition is off.

The driver and front passenger safety

belts are unbuckled.

1. Switch the ignition on. Do not start the

vehicle.

2. Wait until the safety belt warning light

turns off (about 1 minute). After Step

2, wait an additional 5 seconds before

proceeding with Step 3. Once you start

Step 3, you must complete the

Note: The driver and front passenger

warnings switch on and off independently.

When you perform this procedure for one

seating position, do not buckle the other

position as this will terminate the process.

procedure within 30 seconds.

3. For the seating position you are

switching off, buckle then unbuckle the

safety belt three times at a moderate

speed, ending in the unbuckled state.

After Step 3, the safety belt warning

light turns on.

Read Steps 1–4 thoroughly before

proceeding with the programming

procedure.

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4. While the safety belt warning light is

on, buckle and then unbuckle the

safety belt. After Step 4, the safety belt

warning light flashes for confirmation.

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This will switch the feature off for that

seating position if it is currently on.

This will switch the feature on for that

seating position if it is currently off.

CHILD RESTRAINT AND

SAFETY BELT MAINTENANCE

Inspect the vehicle safety belts and child

safety seat systems periodically to make

sure they work properly and are not

damaged. Inspect the vehicle and child

seat safety belts to make sure there are no

nicks, tears or cuts. Replace if necessary.

All vehicle safety belt assemblies, including

retractors, buckles, front safety belt buckle

assemblies, buckle support assemblies

(slide bar-if equipped), shoulder belt

height adjusters (if equipped), shoulder

belt guide on seat back (if equipped), child

safety seat LATCH and tether anchors, and

attaching hardware, should be inspected

after a crash. Read the child restraint

manufacturer's instructions for additional

inspection and maintenance information

specific to the child restraint.

Ford Motor Company recommends that

all safety belt assemblies in use in vehicles

involved in a crash be replaced. However,

if the crash was minor and an authorized

dealer finds that the belts do not show

damage and continue to operate properly,

they do not need to be replaced. Safety

belt assemblies not in use during a crash

should also be inspected and replaced if

either damage or improper operation is

noted.

Properly care for safety belts.

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