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E-SERIES (May, 2004)26
E-SERIES (May, 2004) 27
STATEMENTS OF CONFORMITY
208 NOTE
An RCM (crash sensor and restraints control module)
is located under the driver's seat. Care must be used
to avoid damage to the RCM and sensor wiring during
removal or reinstallation of the driver's seat. Refer to
Figure E on page 33.
208 The statements below are applicable to the incomplete
E-Series Wagon and Van when equipped with trimmed
front seats option if the GVWR is 3856 kg [8,500 lb]
or less and the Unloaded Vehicle Weight, when
completed, is 2495 kg [5,500 lb] or less:
This vehicle, when completed, will conform to Standard
208, Occupant Crash Protection, if:
• The Unloaded Vehicle Weight exceeds 2166 kg [4775
lb] for the E150 and 2268 kg [5000 lb] for the E250.
• The steering column, steering intermediate and
coupling shaft, steering wheel, steering gear, steering
linkage, related structural components, and attaching
hardware, as installed by Ford Motor Company, are
not removed, relocated, altered, or modied in any
way.
• No components are added which could inuence the
rearward displacement of the steering column.
• The seat belt components installed by Ford Motor
Company are not removed, relocated, or altered. If the
seat belt components are temporarily removed for any
reason, they must be reinstalled to the specications
as shown in Figure A on page 30.
• Front seats that have been removed for final
manufacture are reinstalled to the specications as
shown in Figure B on page 31.
• The seat belt warning system, as originally installed,
is not removed, replaced, modified, or altered in
any way.
• Window or roof modifications do not exceed the
dened cut out areas shown in the Figures G1, G2
and G3 on pages 34, 35, and 36.
• No compressible material is installed between front
seat assembly and the oor pan.
• No additional components or modications are made
to the areas dened at the Occupant Protection Zone
shown in Figure D on page 32.
• The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System as
originally installed (see Figure E on page 33), is
not removed, relocated, altered, or modied in any
way.
• The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System
Information Labels that are afxed to the front sun
visors are visible, and not altered, modified, or
removed. If the Air Bag Supplemental Restraint
System Information Labels are not affixed to the
front visors but shipped in dunnage, the following is
necessary to meet Standard 208:
– The information label must be permanently afxed
to each visor in an upright position readable from
the driver’s or passenger’s seating position.
– If the label is not visible when the visor is stored
(up position), an Air Bag Alert Label shall be placed
on the visible surface of the visor as specied in
Section 4.5.1(c) of Standard 208.
• No alteration or modifications are made to the
body, chassis (including front bumper), drivetrain,
body mounts, or front suspension from the B-pillar
forward.
• Any front overhead console installed on an Incomplete
E-Series is congured as follows:
– Front header (full width) overhead consoles may
extend down no more than 2 inches as measured
from the Ford installed headliner† and extend
rearward no more than 6 inches as measured from
the midpoint between the Ford installed sun visor
inboard retaining clips (vehicle centerline).
– Center roof mounted consoles may extend down
no more than 3 inches as measured from the Ford
installed headliner† and width is limited to 8 inches
(4 inches either side of the vehicle centerline).
– All overhead consoles are designed and
manufactured to provide friendly surfaces on all
sides and edges which could be contacted by an
occupant.
Any seat belt assemblies added to a vehicle must con-
form to the applicable requirements of this Standard.
208 The statements below are applicable to the incomplete
E-Series Van when equipped with untrimmed front
seats option if the GVWR is 3856 kg [8,500 lb] or less
and the Unloaded Vehicle Weight, when completed, is
2495 kg [5,500 lb] or less:
This vehicle, when completed, will conform to Standard
208, Occupant Crash Protection, if:
• The Unloaded Vehicle Weight exceeds 2166 kg [4775
lb] for the E150 and 2268 kg [5000 lb] for the E250.
• The steering column, steering intermediate and
coupling shaft, steering wheel, steering gear, steering
linkage, related structural components, and attaching
hardware, as installed by Ford Motor Company, are
not removed, relocated, altered, or modied in any
way.
• No components are added which could inuence the
rearward displacement of the steering column.
• The seat belt components installed by Ford Motor
Company are not removed, relocated, or altered. If the
seat belt components are temporarily removed for any
reason, they must be reinstalled to the specications
for the appropriate vehicle type shown in Figure A
on page 30.
• Front seats that have been removed for final
manufacture are reinstalled to the specifications
for appropriate vehicle type as shown in Figure B
on page 31.
• The seat belt warning system, as originally installed,
is not removed, relocated, altered, or modified in
any way.
• The completed front seats are within the Seating
Reference Point specications in Figure C on page
32.
• Window or roof modifications do not exceed the
dened cut out areas shown in the Figures G1, G2
and G3 on pages 34, 35, and 36.
• No compressible material is installed between front
seat assembly and the oor pan.
• No additional components or modications are made
to the areas dened as the Occupant Protection Zone
shown in Figure D on page 32.
208 (Continued Next Page)
† The Headliner Plane is dened on Figure G3 page 36, for vehicles
without the Ford headliner.