Ford is offering inflatable seat belts for the outboard-rear-seat passengers as a new safety equipment option on 2011 Explorers. The option will be available sometime between late April and late May, ...

Inflatable seat belts have been around for a few years but they're just starting to gain international traction now—and soon they may be a common feature in almost all new cars. The groundbreaking ...

Most seat belts are designed to stretch during a crash to reduce the force of impact on the wearer while still preventing contact with the interior of the vehicle. Ford has gone one step further with ...

The biggest news this past week from the automotive industry, in terms of safety innovations at least, was Ford's announcement it has completed work on the world's first inflatable seat belts – a ...

Ford is touting the resurrected midsize Ranger’s seat belts as “some of the smartest” in the industry thanks to new monitoring technology. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker says these smart seat ...

Every car is mandated to have seat belts and airbags to ensure safety for each passenger on the road, but Ford created the next step in seat belt technology when they installed an inflatable seat belt ...

Ford is recalling over 240,000 Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs from the 2020 and 2021 model years because their seat belts may not have been installed correctly. This could increase the risk of ...

It may look like an airbag and function somewhat like an airbag, but Ford insists its latest safety innovation isn't exactly an airbag. Instead, the company calls it an inflatable seatbelt -- and it's ...

Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, Ford is recalling about 2 million F-150 pickup trucks in North America because the seat belts can spark and cause fires. The recall, which covers trucks ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DETROIT— Under pressure from U.S. safety ...

Ford Motor Company has announced it will recall 240,510 vehicles, specifically, certain 2020–2021 Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator models. Ford recalls 240,510 Explorer and Aviator models due to ...

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