Ford Explorer: Supplementary Restraints System

Personal Safety System™

This system provides an improved overall level of frontal crash protection to front seat occupants and is designed to help further reduce the risk of airbag-related injuries...

Principle of Operation

WARNING: Airbags do not inflate slowly or gently, and the risk of injury from a deploying airbag is the greatest close to the trim covering the airbag module...

Other information:

Ford Explorer 2020-2026 Service Manual: Removal and Installation - AM/FM1 Antenna Amplifier

Special Tool(s) / General Equipment Interior Trim Remover Removal NOTE: Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details. Release the clips and remove the liftgate center upper trim panel. Use the General Equipment: Interior Trim Remover Disconnect the connectors, remove the screw and the AM/FM1 antenna amplifier...

Ford Explorer 2020-2026 Service Manual: General Procedures - Inspection and Repair after a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Deployment

Inspection NOTE: Deployable devices such as airbags, pretensioners and inflatable belt inflators, may deploy alone or in various combinations depending on the impact event. NOTE: Always refer to the appropriate workshop manual procedures prior to carrying out vehicle repairs affecting the SRS and seatbelt system...