Inspection

INSPECTION





1. Using the "Safety Belt Inspection Chart", determine which retractors need to be inspected.

NOTE:
The driver's safety belt is not affected.

The third row safety belts in Taurus/Sable wagons are not affected.





2. On the retractors that need to be inspected, spool-out the safety belt webbing until the build label is visible. See Figure 1. IF THE SAFETY BELT WEBBING WILL NOT SPOOL-OUT, THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR MUST BE REPLACED.





3. Locate the build code on the build label. See Figure 2.

4. Identify the third, fourth and fifth digits of the build code. See Figure 2. This is the day of manufacture (i.e. 218 = two hundred and eighteenth day of the year).

^ Pass inspection: Day of manufacture code is before 200 or after 223, proceed to Step 5.

^ Fail Inspection: Day of manufacture code is 200 through 223 (the safety belt retractor must be replaced).

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each safety belt requiring inspection. Only release the vehicles that pass the date of manufacture code inspection on all affected safety belts.

6. On all vehicles that failed the inspection, proceed to "Safety Belt Retractor Replacement," to replace all safety belt retractors that failed the inspection.