1997 Ford Taurus Owner Guide 1st Printing - Page 63
1997 Ford Taurus Manual
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Seating and safety restraints Do not attempt to service, repair, or modify the Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. See your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. CHILDREN AND AIR BAGS For additional important safety information, read all information on safety restraints in this guide. Children should always wear their safety belts. Failure to follow these instructions may increase the risk of injury in a collision. Rear-facing child seats or infant carriers should never be placed in the front seats. HOW DOES THE AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM WORK? The SRS is designed to activate when the vehicle sustains sufficient longitudinal deceleration, similar to hitting a fixed barrier head on at 12-24 km/h (8-14 mph). The fact that the air bags did not inflate in a collision does not mean that something is 64