seats FORD MUSTANG 2003 4.G Owners Manual

SPECIAL NOTICES
Emission warranty
The New Vehicle Limited Warranty includes
Bumper-to-Bumper Coverage, Safety Restraint
Coverage, Corrosion Coverage, and 7.3L Power
Stroke Diesel Engine Coverage. In addition, your
vehicle is eligible for Emissions Defect and
Emissions Performance Warranties. For a detailed
description of what is covered and what is not
covered, refer to theWarranty Guidethat is
provided to you along with your Owner’s Guide.
Special instructions
For your added safety, your vehicle is fitted with
sophisticated electronic controls.
By operating other electronic equipment
(e.g. mobile telephone without exterior
aerial) electromagnetic fields can occur which can
cause malfunctions of the vehicle electronics.
Therefore you should observe the instructions of
the equipment manufacturers.
Please read the sectionAir bagin the
Seating and safety restraintschapter.
Failure to follow the specific warnings and
instructions could result in personal injury.
Front seat mounted rear-facing child or
infant seats shouldNEVERbe used in front
of a passenger side air bag.
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Bass adjust
The bass adjust control
allows you to increase
or decrease the audio
system’s bass output.
Press the BASS control. Use the SEL control to
increase or decrease the amount of bass.
Treble adjust
The treble adjust
control allows you to
increase or decrease
the audio system’s
treble output.
Press the TREB control. Use the SEL control to
increase or decrease the amount of treble.
Speaker balance adjust
Speaker sound
distribution can be
adjusted between the
right and left speakers.
Press the BAL control. Use the SEL control to adjust
the sound between the left and right speakers.
Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound can be
adjusted between the
front and rear
speakers.
Press the FADE control. Use the SEL control to
adjust the sound between the front and rear
speakers.
MACH mode (if equipped)
MACH mode is available with the MACH 1000 Sound
System. This mode allows you to toggle between
occupancy modes (DRIVER SEAT, ALL SEATS) and
MACH 1000 mode. MACH 1000 mode engages the
extra speakers and amplifiers that are included in
this package.
SELBASS
TREB
+
SELBASS
TREB
+
BAL
FADESEL+
BAL
FADESEL+
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Use the SEL control to select the desired signal
mode (the selected mode will appear in the display).
The following can be selected:
•DSP
OFF—disengages
the feature
•STADIUM—outdoor
stadium with a capacity of about 30 000
•CHURCH—church with a high vault
•HALL—rectangular concert hall capacity of about
2 000
•JAZZ CLUB—jazz club with clearly reflected
sounds
•NEWS—”voice-only”type of sound with a limited
audio band
Press the DSP control again to access the occupancy
modes. Use the SEL control to optimize the sound
based upon the occupants in the vehicle.
The following occupancy modes can be selected for
the MACH 460 Sound System:
•ALL SEATS
•DRIVER SEAT
•REAR SEATS
The following occupancy modes can be selected for
the MACH 1000 Sound System:
•ALL SEATS
•DRIVER SEAT
•MACH 1000
MACH 1000 mode raises the bass response of the
trunk mounted subwoofers.
Mute mode
Press the control to
mute the playing
media. Press the
control again to return to the playing media.
SEL
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SEATING
Adjustable head restraints (if equipped)
Your vehicle’s seats may be equipped with head
restraints which are vertically adjustable. The
purpose of these head restraints is to help limit head
motion in the event of a rear collision. To properly
adjust your head restraints, lift the head restraint so
that it is located directly behind your head or as
close to that position as possible. Refer to the
following to raise and lower the head restraints.
The head restraints can
be moved up and
down.
Adjusting the front manual seat
Never adjust the driver’s seat or seatback
when the vehicle is moving.
Do not pile cargo higher than the seatbacks
to reduce the risk of injuring people in a
collision or sudden stop.
Always drive and ride with your seatback
upright and the lap belt snug and low across
the hips.
Reclining the seatback can cause an
occupant to slide under the seat’s safety
belt, resulting in severe personal injuries in the
event of a collision.
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Reclining the seatback can cause an
occupant to slide under the seat’s safety
belt, resulting in severe personal injuries in the
event of a collision.
The control is located on the front outboard corner
of the driver’s seat.
Press front to raise or
lower the front portion
of the seat cushion.
Press rear to raise or
lower the rear portion
of the seat cushion.
Press the control to
move the seat forward,
backward, up or down.
REAR SEATS
Use the seatback
release to fold the back
of the front seat
forward for rear seat
passenger entry or exit.
This release handle is
located on the lower
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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 the vehicle is moving. The
passenger cannot protect the child from injury in a
collision.
All occupants of the vehicle, including the
driver, should always properly wear their
safety belts, even when an air bag (SRS) is
provided.
It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo
area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a
collision, 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 safety belts. Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and using a
safety belt properly.
In a rollover crash, an unbelted person is
significantly more likely to die than a person
wearing a safety belt.
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.
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Always transport children 12 years old and
under in the back seat and always properly
use appropriate child restraints.
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.
Combination lap and shoulder belts
Before fastening the
safety belt, make sure
the shoulder belt
passes through the belt
guide on the top of the
seatback.
Coupe shown,
convertible is similar
and safety belt must also pass through the belt
guide.
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.
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2. To unfasten, push
the release button and
remove the tongue
from the buckle.
The front and rear outboard safety restraints in the
vehicle are combination lap and shoulder belts. The
front passenger and rear seat outboard safety belts
have two types of locking modes described below:
Energy Management Feature
•This vehicle has a safety belt system with an
energy management feature at the front seating
positions to help further reduce the risk of injury
in the event of a head-on collision.
•This safety belt system has a retractor assembly
that is designed to pay out webbing in a
controlled manner. This feature is designed to
help reduce the belt force acting on the
occupant’s chest.
After any vehicle collision, the safety belt
system at all outboard seating positions
(except driver, which has no“automatic locking
retractor”feature) must be checked by a qualified
technician 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.
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 according to the procedures in Workshop
Manual.
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Failure to replace the Belt and Retractor
assembly could increase the risk of injury in
collisions.
Vehicle sensitive mode
The vehicle sensitive mode is the normal retractor
mode, allowing free shoulder belt length 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 approximately 8 km/h (5 mph)
or more, the combination safety belts will lock to
help reduce forward movement of the driver and
passengers.
The safety belt system can also be made to lock
manually by quickly pulling on the shoulder belt.
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.
When to use the automatic locking mode
•Any timea child safety seat is installed in a
passenger front or outboard rear seating position
(if equipped). Children 12 years old and under
should be properly restrained in the rear seat
whenever possible. Refer toSafety Restraints for
ChildrenorSafety Seats for Childrenlater in
this chapter.
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Disconnect the combination lap/shoulder belt and
allow it to retract completely to disengage the
automatic locking mode and activate the vehicle
sensitive (emergency) locking mode.
After any vehicle collision, the front
passenger and rear outboard seat belt
systems must be checked by a qualified technician
to verify that the“automatic locking retractor”
feature for child seats is still functioning properly.
In addition, all seat belts should be checked for
proper function.
BELT AND RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY MUST
BE REPLACED if the seat belt assembly
“automatic locking retractor”feature or any other
seat belt function is not operating properly when
checked according to the procedures in Workshop
Manual.
Failure to replace the Belt and Retractor
assembly could increase the risk of injury in
collisions.
Safety belt warning light and indicator
chime
The seat belt warning light illuminates in the
instrument cluster and a chime sounds to remind
the occupants to fasten their safety belts.
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