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 - Battery Energy Control Module (BECM) - Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV)

Special Tool(s) / General Equipment Ford Diagnostic Equipment Removal   WARNING: To prevent the risk of high-voltage shock, always follow precisely all warnings and service instructions, including instructions to depower the system...

Ford Explorer 2020-2026 Service Manual: General Procedures - Balance Shaft Backlash

Special Tool(s) / General Equipment 100-002 (TOOL-4201-C) Holding Fixture with Dial Indicator Gauge 303-1688Preload Tool, Balance Shaft 303-507Timing Peg, Crankshaft TDCTKIT-2001N-FLMTKIT-2001N-ROW Check Install the special tool and rotate the crankshaft slowly clockwise until the crankshaft balance weight is up against the Crankshaft TDC Timing Peg...