Filter
Top Products
E-SERIES (May, 2004)28
E-SERIES (May, 2004) 29
STATEMENTS OF CONFORMITY
• The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System as
installed by Ford Motor Company (see Figure E on
page 33) is not removed, relocated, modied or altered
in any way. Ford technical bulletin procedures for
relocating the oor-mounted restraints delete resistor
and bracket may be followed for vehicles that have
an option that deletes the front passenger restraint
system.
• The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System
Information Labels that are affixed to the front
sunvisors are visible and not altered, modied, or
removed.
Any seat belt assemblies added to this vehicle
must conform to the applicable requirements of this
Standard.
208 The statement below is applicable to the following
incomplete vehicle types when equipped with Ford
trimmed front seats and either the GVWR is over 3856
kg [8500 lb], or the Unloaded Vehicle Weight, when
completed, is over 2495 kg [5500 lb]:
• Incomplete E-Series Van or Wagon
• Cutaway
This vehicle, when completed, will conform to Standard
208, Occupant Crash Protection, if:
• The seat belts, seat belt warning system, and
attaching hardware installed by Ford Motor Company
are not removed, relocated, altered, or modied.
• No actions are taken which would impair the integrity
of the belt and seat belt warning systems. (A seat belt
warning system is not required for a vehicle with a
GVWR over 4536 kg [10,000 lb] or for a bus).
• Any rear seats installed by Ford Motor Company
that are temporarily removed for any reason are
returned to their original location and condition in
the vehicle.
• The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System as
installed by Ford Motor Company (see Figure E on
page 33) is not removed, relocated, modified or
altered in any way. Ford technical bulletin procedures
for relocating the floor-mounted restraints delete
resistor and bracket may be followed for vehicles
that have an option that deletes the front passenger
restraint system.
• The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System
Information Labels that are affixed to the front
sunvisors are visible and not altered, modied, 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.
Any seat belt assemblies added to this vehicle
must conform to the applicable requirements of this
Standard.
208 The statement below is applicable to the following
vehicle type:
• E-Series Basic (Stripped) Chassis
Conformity with Standard 208, Occupant Crash
Protection, is not substantially affected by the design
of this incomplete vehicle; accordingly, Ford Motor
Company makes no representation as to conformity
of this vehicle. Any seat belt assemblies added to this
vehicle must conform to the applicable requirements of
this Standard.
208 Canadian Requirements:
The preceding statements and supporting figures
for FMVSS 208, on pages 26-36, are appropriate
compliance representations for CMVSS 208, Occupant
Restraint Systems in Frontal Impact, if this incomplete
vehicle was manufactured for sale or use in Canada.
In such a case, CMVSS 208 paragraphs (13), (14),
and (15) are substituted for the reference to FMVSS
208 Section 7.1; CMVSS 208 paragraph (20) should
be substituted for the reference to FMVSS 208 Section
7.2; and CMVSS 208 paragraphs (29), (30), (31),
(32), (33), (34), (35), (36), (37), (38), (39), and (40)
should be substituted for the reference to FMVSS 208
Section 7.4.
WARNING:
VEHICLES EXCEPT STRIPPED CHASSIS, INCLUDING
THOSE OVER 3856 kg [8500 lb] GVWR AND/OR OVER
2495 kg [5500 lb] UVW ARE EQUIPPED WITH A FRONT
ROW OCCUPANT SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT
SYSTEM (AIRBAG(S), WIRING, AND SENSORS
INCLUDING AN RCM UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT)
AND PYROTECHNIC BUCKLE PRETENSIONER(S).
DELETE OF FRONT PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS
INCLUDING RESTRAINTS, SEAT, AND PEDESTAL
COUPLED WITH THE ADDITION OF DELETE
RESISTORS IN THE SENSOR SYSTEM CIRCUITRY IS
AVAILABLE ON SOME VEHICLES. MODIFICATIONS
TO THE VEHICLE FORWARD OF OR NEAR THE
CRASH SENSORS SHOWN IN FIGURE E PAGE 33 MAY
EFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG(S) AND
PRETENSIONER(S).