Ford Mustang (2018 year). Manual — part 6

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If the booster seat slides on the vehicle
seat upon which it is being used, placing a
rubberized mesh sold as shelf or carpet
liner under the booster seat may improve
this condition. Do not introduce any item
thicker than this under the booster seat.
Check with the booster seat
manufacturer's instructions.

CHILD RESTRAINT
POSITIONING

WARNINGS

Airbags can kill or injure a child in a
child seat. Never place a rear-facing
child seat in front of an active airbag.

If you must use a forward-facing child seat
in the front seat, move the vehicle seat
upon which the child seat is installed all

WARNINGS

the way back. When possible, all children
age 12 and under should be properly
restrained in a rear seating position. If all
children cannot be seated and restrained
properly in a rear seating position, properly
restrain the largest child in the front seat.

Always carefully follow the
instructions and warnings provided
by the manufacturer of any child

restraint to determine if the restraint device
is appropriate for your child's size, height,
weight, or age. Follow the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions and warnings
provided for installation and use in
conjunction with the instructions and
warnings provided by your vehicle

WARNINGS

manufacturer. A safety seat that is
improperly installed or utilized, is
inappropriate for your child's height, age,
or weight or does not properly fit the child
may increase the risk of serious injury or
death.

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,
which may result in serious injury or death.

Never use pillows, books, or towels
to boost a child. They can slide
around and increase the likelihood

of injury or death in a crash.

WARNINGS

Always restrain an unoccupied child
seat or booster seat. These objects
may become projectiles in a crash or

sudden stop, which may increase the risk
of serious injury.

Never place, or allow a child to place,
the shoulder belt under a child's arm
or behind the back because it

reduces the protection for the upper part
of the body and may increase the risk of
injury or death in a crash.

To avoid risk of injury, do not leave
children or pets unattended in your
vehicle.

Recommendations for attaching child safety restraints for children

Use any attachment method as indicated below by X

Combined

weight of

child and

child seat

Restraint

Type

Safety belt

only

Safety belt
and LATCH

(lower

anchors

and top

tether

anchor)

Safety belt

and top

tether

anchor

LATCH

(lower

anchors

only)

LATCH

(lower

anchors

and top

tether

anchor)

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing

child seat

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing

child seat

X

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward

facing

child seat

X

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward

facing

child seat

Note: The child seat must rest tightly
against the vehicle seat upon which it is
installed. It may be necessary to lift or
remove the head restraint. See Seats (page
115).

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNINGS

Always drive and ride with your
seatback upright and the lap belt
snug and low across the hips.

Children must always be properly
restrained.

Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while the vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot

protect the child from injury in a crash.

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.

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. Make
sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat
and properly using a seatbelt. Failure to
follow this warning could result in serious
personal injury or death.

In a rollover crash, an unbelted
person is significantly more likely to
die than a person wearing a seatbelt.

Each seating position in your vehicle
has a specific seatbelt assembly
made up of one buckle and one

tongue designed to be used as a pair. Use
the shoulder belt on the outside shoulder
only. Never wear the shoulder belt under
the arm. Never use a single seatbelt for
more than one person.

WARNINGS

Airbags can kill or injure a child in a
child restraint. Properly restrain
children 12 and under in the rear seat

whenever possible.

Seatbelts and seats may be hot in a
vehicle that is in the sunshine. The
hot seatbelts or seats may burn a

small child. Check seat covers and buckles
before you place a child anywhere near
them.

The center of the rear seat is not
designed as a seating position and is
not equipped with seatbelts. The

LATCH anchors were not designed to be
used with a child restraint in the center
position and there is no tether anchor
available at the center. Do not attempt to
use the center as a seating position as this
will increase the risk of injury or death in
the event of a crash.

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.

The seatbelt system consists of:
•

Lap and shoulder seatbelts.

•

Seatbelt pretensioner at the front
outboard seating positions.

•

Belt tension sensor at the front
outboard passenger seating position.

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· Seatbelt warning light and
chime.

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· 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
may also activate in side impacts and
rollovers.

FASTENING THE SEATBELTS

The front outboard and rear safety
restraints in the vehicle are combination
lap and shoulder belts.

A web guide is included on the outboard
side of the front seats. Depending on
occupant size and seating position, you
may need to route the belt through the
guide for a proper fit. If the seatbelt does
not route across the middle of the
shoulder, route the belt through the web
guide.

Convertible

E175860

Coupe

E175859

Recaro

E175163

Recaro SVT

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