Ford Escape Manuals

Ford Escape: Supplemental Restraint System / Removal and Installation - Driver Knee Airbag

Removal

  WARNING: The following procedure prescribes critical repair steps required for correct restraint system operation during a crash. Follow all notes and steps carefully. Failure to follow step instructions may result in incorrect operation of the restraint system and increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.

NOTE: Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details.

  1.   WARNING: Before beginning any service procedure in this manual, refer to health and safety warnings in section 100-00 General Information. Failure to follow this instruction may result in serious personal injury.

    Refer to: Pyrotechnic Device Health and Safety Precautions (100-00 General Information, Description and Operation).
  1. Depower the SRS .
    Refer to: Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Depowering (501-20B Supplemental Restraint System, General Procedures).
    1. Remove the driver knee airbag screws.
      Torque: 71 lb.in (8 Nm)
    1. Lower the driver knee airbag.
  1. Disconnect the electrical connector and remove the driver knee airbag.

Installation

  WARNING: Incorrect repair techniques or actions can cause an accidental Supplemental Restraint System deployment. Make sure the restraint system is depowered before reconnecting the component. Refer to the Supplemental Restraint System depowering General Procedure in section 501-20B. Failure to precisely follow depowering instructions could result in serious personal injury from an accidental deployment.

  1. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
  1. Repower the SRS .
    Refer to: Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Repowering (501-20B Supplemental Restraint System, General Procedures).

    Removal and Installation - Driver Airbag

    Special Tool(s) / General Equipment Flat-Bladed Screwdriver Removal   WARNING: The following procedure prescribes critical repair steps required for correct restraint system operation during a crash...

    Removal and Installation - Front Door Side Impact Sensor

    Removal   WARNING: The following procedure prescribes critical repair steps required for correct restraint system operation during a crash. Follow all notes and steps carefully...

    Other information:

    Ford Escape 2020-2025 Owners Manual: Interior Lamp Function. Adjusting the Instrument Panel Lighting Brightness. Ambient Lighting


    Interior Lamp Function What Is the Interior Lamp Function The interior lamp function switches the courtesy and door lamps on or off. Switching the Interior Lamp Function On and Off Set the switch to the middle position. Adjusting the Instrument Panel Lighting Brightness The instrument lighting dimmer buttons are on the lighting control...

    Ford Escape 2020-2025 Service Manual: Removal and Installation - Headliner


    Special Tool(s) / General Equipment Pick Hook Interior Trim Remover Materials Name Specification 3M™ Super-Fast Repair Adhesive04747 -  Removal Remove the following items: On both sides. Remove the A-pillar trim panel...

    Categories

    Fastening the Seatbelts

    Ford Escape. Fastening the Seatbelts

    Insert the belt tongue into the proper buckle, the buckle closest to the direction the tongue is coming from, until it engages.

    read more

    Copyright © 2025 www.fordescape4.com