Ford Escape: Airbags

Personal Safety System™

What Is the Personal Safety System An advanced safety system that protects occupants in frontal crashes. How Does the Personal Safety System Work This system provides an improved level of frontal crash protection to front seat occupants and is designed to reduce the risk of airbag-related injuries...

How Do the Front Airbags Work

The driver and front passenger airbags deploy during significant frontal and near frontal crashes. The driver and passenger front airbag system consists of: Driver and passenger airbag modules...

Other information:

Ford Escape 2020-2026 Service Manual: Description and Operation - Airbag and Seatbelt Pretensioner Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) - Overview

Overview The RCM continually receives and monitors inputs from the OCSM and various other hard-wired switches and sensors. If the RCM detects a sudden vehicle deceleration and/or lateral deceleration based on the information received from the various sensors and determines that deployment is necessary, it applies voltage and current to deploy the appropriate SRS components...

Ford Escape 2020-2026 Service Manual: Removal and Installation - Hood

Removal NOTE: Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details. Remove the retainers and the hood insulation. Detach the windshield washer hose coupling. Detach the retainers and position aside the windshield washer hose from the hood...