2023 Lincoln Nautilus Seat belts | How They Work
In 2023, the Lincoln Nautilus still puts passenger safety first by using the latest seat belt technology. The Lincoln Nautilus seat belts are manufactured to be more than just a basic safety feature; they are an advanced and important part of the car’s total safety system. These seat belts use cutting-edge technology to protect people in the best way possible in the event of a crash or sudden slowdown. The design includes things like pre-tensioners and force limiters, which make the seat belts work better when used together. Pre-tensioners tighten the belts right away when the car hits something, which keeps the people inside from moving forward too much. Force limiters control the force that is applied to the chest, which lowers the risk of harm. The 2023 Lincoln Nautilus shows its dedication to passenger safety by featuring cutting-edge seat belt technology. This gives both drivers and guests peace of mind.
CHILD SAFETY LOCKS
WARNING: You cannot open the rear doors from inside if you have put the child safety locks on.
A child safety lock is on the rear edge of each rear door. You must switch the child safety lock separately on each door.
Left-Hand Side
Turn the key counterclockwise to switch the child lock off and clockwise to switch it on.
Right-Hand Side
Turn the key clockwise to switch the child lock off and counterclockwise to switch it on.
Note: To make sure the child safety lock is on, pull the inside door handle twice to verify the door does not open.
Note: To open the rear doors from inside the vehicle when the child lock is engaged, roll down the rear window and use the outside door handle. Or have someone outside the vehicle open the door.
SEATBELT PRECAUTIONS
WARNING: Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips.
WARNING: Children must always be properly restrained.
WARNING: Do not allow a passenger to hold a child on their lap when your vehicle is moving. Failure to follow this instruction could result in personal injury or death in the event of a sudden stop or crash.
WARNING: All occupants of your vehicle, including the driver, should always properly wear their seatbelts, even when an airbag supplemental restraint system is provided. Failure to properly wear your seatbelt could seriously increase the risk of injury or death.
WARNING: It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a crash, people riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and seatbelts. Make sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and properly using a seatbelt. Failure to follow this warning could result in serious personal injury or death.
WARNING: In a rollover crash, an unbelted person is significantly more likely to die than a person wearing a seatbelt.
WARNING: Each seating position in your vehicle has a specific seatbelt assembly made up of one buckle and one tongue designed to be used as a pair. Use the shoulder belt on the outside shoulder only. Never wear the shoulder belt under the arm. Never use a single seatbelt for more than one person.
WARNING: Even with advanced restraint systems, properly restrain children 12 and under in a rear seating position. Failure to follow this could seriously increase the risk of injury or death.
WARNING: Seatbelts and seats may be hot in a vehicle that is in the sunshine. The hot seatbelts or seats may burn a small child. Check seat covers and buckles before you place a child anywhere near them.
WARNING: If your vehicle is involved in a crash, have the seatbelts and associated components inspected as soon as possible. Failure to follow this instruction could result in personal injury or death.
All seating positions in your vehicle have lap and shoulder seatbelts. All occupants of the vehicle should always properly wear their seatbelts, even when an airbag supplemental restraint system is provided.
The seatbelt system consists of:
- Lap and shoulder seatbelts.
- Shoulder seatbelt with automatic locking mode, except driver seatbelt.
- Height adjuster at the front outermost seating positions.
- Seatbelt pretensioners at the front outermost and second-row outermost seating positions.
Belt tension sensor at the front outermost passenger seating position.
- Seatbelt warning light and chime.
Crash sensors and monitoring system with readiness indicator.
The seatbelt pretensioners are designed to tighten the seatbelts when activated. In frontal and near-frontal crashes, the seatbelt pretensioners may be activated alone or, if the crash is of sufficient severity, together with the front airbags. The pretensioners may also activate when a Safety Canopy airbag deploys.
FASTENING AND UNFASTENING THE SEATBELTS
All seatbelts in your vehicle are a three-point combination lap and shoulder seatbelt.
- Seatbelt tongue.
- Seatbelt buckle.
- Pull the seatbelt out steadily.
Note: It may lock if you pull it sharply or if the vehicle is on a slope. - Insert the tongue into the buckle.
- Pull the seatbelt tight to remove any slack.
Unfastening the Seatbelts
- Press the red button on the buckle to release the seatbelt.
Hold the seatbelt tongue and let it retract completely and smoothly to its stowed position.
Using a Sliding Clip (If Equipped)
Slide the clip away from the tongue so there is no loose webbing when an occupant or child seat is buckled up. You can also use the sliding clip to raise the tongue and prevent it from rattling or to ease access to the tongue.
SENSITIVE LOCKING MODE
WHAT IS SENSITIVE LOCKING MODE
Sensitive locking mode is a seatbelt retractor feature that allows shoulder belt length adjustment according to your movements and locking in response to vehicle movement.
HOW DOES THE SENSITIVE LOCKING MODE WORK
If the driver suddenly brakes, turns a corner sharply, or the vehicle receives an impact of about 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the seatbelts lock to help reduce the forward movement of the driver and passengers. In addition, the seatbelt retractor locks if you pull the seatbelt webbing out too quickly. If the retractor locks, slowly lower the height adjuster to allow the seatbelt to retract.
If the retractor does not unlock, pull the seatbelt out slowly then feed a small length of webbing back toward the stowed position.
For rear seatbelts, recline the rear seat backrest or push the seat backrest cushion away from the seatbelt. Feed a small length of webbing back toward the stowed position.
AUTOMATIC LOCKING MODE
WHAT IS AUTOMATIC LOCKING MODE
This is a safety feature built into the seatbelt retractors that keeps the seatbelts pre-locked.
ENGAGING AUTOMATIC LOCKING MODE
- Fasten the combination lap and shoulder belt.
- Grasp the shoulder portion and pull downward until you pull the entire belt out.
- Allow the belt to retract. As the belt retracts, you will hear a clicking sound. This indicates the seatbelt is now in the automatic locking mode.
DISENGAGING AUTOMATIC LOCKING MODE
Unbuckle the combination lap and shoulder belt and allow it to retract completely to disengage the automatic locking mode and activate the vehicle-sensitive locking mode.
ADJUSTING THE SEATBELTS
DURING PREGNANCY
WARNING: Always ride and drive with your seatback upright and properly fasten your seatbelt. Fit the lap portion of the seatbelt snugly and low across the hips. Position the shoulder portion of the seatbelt across your chest. Pregnant women must follow this practice. See the following figure.
Pregnant women should always wear their seatbelts. Position the lap belt portion of a combination lap and shoulder belt low across the hips below the belly and wear it as tight as comfort allows. Position the shoulder belt to cross the middle of the shoulder and the center of the chest.
ADJUSTING THE SEATBELT HEIGHT
WARNING: Position the seatbelt height adjuster so that the seatbelt rests across the middle of your shoulder. Failure to adjust the seatbelt correctly could reduce its effectiveness and increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- Press the button and slide the height adjuster up or down.
- Release the button and pull down on the height adjuster to make sure it is locked in place.
SEATBELT REMINDER
HOW DOES THE SEATBELT REMINDER WORK
This feature supplements the seatbelt warning function by providing additional reminders that intermittently sound a tone and illuminate the seatbelt warning lamp when you are in the driver seat or you have a front seat passenger and a seatbelt is unbuckled. The system uses information from the front passenger sensing system to determine if a front-seat passenger is present and therefore potentially in need of a warning. To avoid the system switching on the Belt-Minder feature for objects you place on the front passenger seat, only the front seat passengers receive warnings as determined by the front passenger sensing system.
If the Belt-Minder warnings expire (warnings for about five minutes) for one passenger (driver or front passenger), the other passenger can still cause the Belt-Minder feature to switch on.
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If |
Then |
| You and the front seat passenger buckle your seatbelts before you switch the ignition on or less than 1–2 minutes elapse after you switch the ignition on… | The Belt-Minder feature will not activate. |
| You or the front seat passenger do not buckle your seatbelts before your vehicle reaches at least 6.0 mph (9.7 km/h) and 1–2 minutes elapse after you switch the ignition on… | The Belt-Minder feature activates, the seatbelt warning lamp illuminates and an indicator tone sounds for 6 seconds every 25 seconds, repeating for about 5 minutes or until you and the front seat passenger buckle your seatbelts. |
| The seatbelt for the driver or front passenger is unbuckled for about 1 minute while the vehicle is traveling at least 6.0 mph (9.7 km/h) and more than 1–2 minutes elapse after you switch the ignition on… | The Belt-Minder feature activates, the seatbelt warning lamp illuminates and an indicator tone sounds for 6 seconds every 25 seconds, repeating for about 5 minutes or until you and the front seat passenger buckle your seatbelts. |
SEATBELT REMINDER INDICATORSThis lamp illuminates and a warning tone sounds if you do not
fasten your seatbelt when you switch the ignition on. The lamp switches off when you fasten your seatbelt or about one minute has elapsed.
When the initial warning expires for the
driver, more warnings are provided for the driver and front passenger. This lamp illuminates and a warning tone sounds if the driver or your front passenger does not fasten the seatbelt buckle and the vehicle speed
exceeds 6 mph (10 km/h).
Note: To avoid inadvertent warnings, (front seat only) do not place large objects on the seat.
This lamp illuminates when you switch the ignition on, identifying the number of seating positions with fastened buckles. It illuminates again when a seating position changes from unfastened to fastened.
This warning displays if an occupant unfastens the rear outboard seatbelt buckle or it becomes unfastened.
Note: If a rear outboard seat is unoccupied, or an occupant never fastens the seatbelt buckle to begin with, the warning will not display.
Note: Front seating positions appear in this warning display. Warnings for unfastened front seatbelt buckles appear in the initial warning lamp.
Seatbelt Status
To view the seatbelt status, use the information display controls on the steering wheel.
- Seatbelt fastened.
- The seatbelt was not fastened.
- The seatbelt was recently unfastened.
- Fault.
SEATBELT REMINDER AUDIBLE WARNINGS
A warning tone sounds and the warning lamp illuminates if you are not wearing your seatbelt when your vehicle exceeds a relatively low speed.
The warning tone sounds for a short period or until you fasten your seatbelt.
SWITCHING THE SEATBELT REMINDER ON AND OFF
WARNING: While the system allows you to deactivate it, this system is designed to improve your chances of being safely belted and surviving an accident. We recommend you leave the system activated for yourself and others who may use the vehicle.
Note: The driver and front passenger warnings switch off independently. When you perform this procedure for one seating position, do not buckle the other position as this cancels the process.
Note: If you are using MyKey, you cannot disable the seatbelt reminder. Also, if the seatbelt reminder has been previously disabled, it is re-enabled during the use of MyKey. See MyKey™ (page 85).
Read Steps 1 – 4 before proceeding with the programming procedure.
Make sure that:
- The parking brake is set.
- The transmission is in the park (P).
- The ignition is off.
- The driver and front passenger seatbelts are unfastened.
- Switch the ignition on. Do not start the engine.
- After Step 1, wait an additional five seconds before proceeding with Step 3. Once you start Step 3, you must complete the procedure within 30 seconds.
- For the seating position you are switching off, buckle then unbuckle the seatbelt four times at a moderate speed, ending in the unbuckled state. After Step 3, the seatbelt warning light switches on.
- When the seatbelt warning light is on, buckle then unbuckle the seatbelt. After Step 4, the seatbelt warning light flashes for confirmation.
This switches the feature off for that seating position if it is currently on. This switches the feature on for that seating position if it is currently off.
CHECKING THE SEATBELTS
Check the seatbelts and child restraints periodically to make sure they work properly and are not damaged. Make sure there are no nicks, tears, or cuts. Replace if necessary.
Check the following seatbelt assemblies after a crash.
- Retractors.
- Buckles.
- Front seatbelt buckle assemblies.
- Shoulder belt height adjusters.
- Shoulder belt guide on seat backrest.
- Child restraint LATCH and tether anchors.
- Attaching hardware.
Read the child restraint manufacturer’s instructions for additional inspection and maintenance information specific to the child restraint. We recommend that all seatbelt assemblies in use in vehicles involved in a crash be replaced. However, if the crash was minor and an authorized dealer finds that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate properly, they do not need to be replaced. Seatbelt assemblies not in use during a crash should also be checked and replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted.
Properly care for seatbelts.
SEATBELT EXTENSIONS
WARNING: Persons who fit into the vehicle’s seatbelt should not use an extension. Unnecessary use could result in serious personal injury in the event of a crash.
WARNING: Only use extensions provided free of charge by our dealers. The dealer will provide an extension designed specifically for this vehicle, model year, and seating position. The use of an extension intended for another vehicle, model year, or seating position may not offer you the full protection of your vehicle’s seatbelt restraint system.
WARNING: Never use seatbelt extensions to install child restraints.
WARNING: Do not use extensions to change the way the seatbelt fits across the torso, over the lap, or to make the seatbelt buckle easier to reach.
If, because of body size or driving position, it is not possible to properly fasten the seatbelt over your lap and shoulder, an extension that is compatible with the seatbelts is available free of charge from our dealers. Only use our seatbelt extensions made by the original equipment seatbelt manufacturer with our seatbelts. Ask your authorized dealer if your extension is compatible with your vehicle restraint system.
FAQs
The 2023 Lincoln Nautilus typically comes equipped with five seat belts, one for each seating position.
The 2023 Lincoln Nautilus likely uses a three-point seat belt system for each seating position.
Yes, most seat belts in modern vehicles, including the 2023 Lincoln Nautilus, are adjustable to accommodate different body sizes.
Pre-tensioners are commonly found in modern vehicles, and the 2023 Lincoln Nautilus is likely equipped with seat belt pre-tensioners.
Seat belt pre-tensioners tighten the seat belts in the event of a collision, reducing slack and helping to secure occupants more effectively.
Yes, modern vehicles, including the 2023 Lincoln Nautilus, are equipped with seat belt reminder systems to encourage occupants to buckle up.
Yes, the rear seats of the 2023 Lincoln Nautilus are likely equipped with seat belts to ensure the safety of all occupants.
Yes, seat belts typically have a locking mechanism that engages during sudden deceleration or upon impact.
In most cases, pulling the seat belt gently and steadily should release the locking mechanism. Some vehicles may also have a button to release the lock.
Yes, if a seat belt is damaged, it can be replaced, and it’s important to have it done by a qualified professional.
Many modern vehicles, including the 2023 Lincoln Nautilus, offer seat belt height adjustment to optimize the belt’s position for different occupants.
The seat belt pretensioning system activates in response to signals from the vehicle’s crash sensors, which detect a collision or rapid deceleration.
The 2023 Lincoln Nautilus may have additional safety features such as seat belt force limiters, which help manage the force exerted by the seat belt during a crash.
Seat belts are typically made from materials like polyester or nylon, designed to be strong and durable.
Vehicle settings may allow users to adjust the seat belt warning system, such as the volume or the duration of the reminder, according to their preferences.
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