5.2.1 Airbags

5.2 Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 5.2.1 Air Bags Front Seats Side airbags are not compatible with swiveling front seats. Do not specify the base vehicle with side airbags when planning to retrofit a swiveling device on the front seats and/or an armrest on the outer side of the front seats, this may affect the function and/or deployment of the side airbags. Driver and Passenger Front Airbag Deployment Zones D E F E134101 Dimensions (mm) A 400 B 700 C 700 FordRanger 2011.5 The acceleration based airbag sensors for side airbags are located nearby the bottom of the C-pillar inner for RAP and DBL Cab vehicles. The pressure based airbag sensors for side airbags are located near the centre of the front doors' inner door sheet metal for all Cab styles. WARNING: Modifications or reinforcements in the area of the sensors may affect the side airbag fire timing and result in uncontrolled side air bag deployment. Please note that vehicles not equipped with side airbags but equipped with front airbags only are not affected. Drilling or grinding operations in this area are only permitted when battery cables are disconnected. A B C D 660 E 630 F 700 Date of Publication: 05/2011