Product specifications

Mustang
Safety/Security
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January 2012
esourcebook.dealerconnection.com
RE&T: 2013 Source Book
Mustang
Occupant Protection
Personal Safety System
The Ford Personal Safety System tailors airbag usage to
the severity of the crash, driver and passenger safety belt
use, driver’s seat position and passenger classification.
System components include:
• Dual-stagedriverandfrontpassengerairbags
• Electronicfrontcrashseveritysensor
• Driver’sseatpositionsensor
• Frontoutboardsafetybeltusagesensor
• Restraintcontrolmodule
• Frontoutboardsafetybeltenergy
management retractors
• Frontoutboardsafetybeltpretensioners
• FrontPassengerSensingSystem
NOTE: See the Safety section in the Source Book
Appendices or on e for more information.
Front-seat Side Airbags
• Sideairbagshelpprotectfront-seatoccupantsin
certain side collisions
• Airbagsdeployfromthefront-seatsidebolstersto
protect occupants’ chests
• Placedinthefrontseatbacksidebolsters,sothey
are always in the optimum deployment position no
matter where the seat is positioned
• Designedtohelpprotectthechestincertain
side collisions
Accident Avoidance cont’d
Traction Control
• UsestheABScomputerandsensorstomonitor
wheelslip at any speed
• Helpsimprovetractiononslipperyorloosedriving
surfaces by using brake and/or engine controls
– Braking at one or both drive wheels
– Fuel injection cutoff
– Ignition spark retard
– Modification of the air/fuel ratio
• Aidsdriverconfidenceunderpoorroadconditions
• Helpsimprovevehicletractionandsteeringcontrol
without sacrificing dry pavement performance
– When the lane is slippery on one or both sides
– Pulling out from icy parking lots or highway shoulders
– During acceleration when cornering
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
• Sensor-basedsystemalertsthedrivertosignificant
underinflation in any of the tires, excluding the spare
• Pressuresensorsdetectactualtirepressureand
activate awarning light in the vehicle’s instrument
cluster when a tire is significantly underinflated
NOTE: See the Safety section in the Source Book
Appendices or on e for more information.
2013
MAKE THE POINT:
Traction Control
The driver can disable traction control using a
button located on the floor console next to the
shifter. Why would anyone want to turn off their
traction control system?
•Toallowenoughwheelspintofreeavehiclestuck
in the snow or on a slippery surface, and to enable
asuccessful“rocking”maneuver
•Whenusingtirechains
Remind your customers that once the system is
switched to Off, it defaults to On when the vehicle is
restarted or when the On/Off button is pressed again.