Ford Explorer

2027 Explorer Owner's Manual on Ford's own digital-manual host (Variantid=11111). Note the memoed warning that fordservicecontent.com never answers curl or plain fetch — every topic below was opened in a browser. All four fields are current-model-year and manufacturer-stated. CURTAIN = true, VERBATIM ('How Does the Safety Canopy Work'): 'The Safety Canopy is mounted to the roof side-rail sheet metal, behind the headliner, above each row of seats. In certain sideways crashes or rollover events, the Safety Canopy will be activated, regardless of which seats are occupied.' 'Above each row of seats' is an explicit row-scope statement. REMINDER = true, VERBATIM ('How Does the Seatbelt Reminder Work'): 'This system monitors all seating positions and provides audio and graphic feedback.' NOTE the 2026 order guide called the feature 'Front Row - Belt-Minder (Front Safety Belt Reminder)'; the 2027 manual's all-positions language supersedes it for the year we record. ANCHORS = 2 and TETHERS = 2, FIGURE-DERIVED from Ford's own top-down diagrams and read directly in this session. 'Locating the Child Restraint Lower Anchor Points' prints two variants, 'Second Row Bucket Seats and Third Row Seats' and 'Second Row Bench Seats and Third Row Seats'; in both, the third row carries child-seat icons at the two OUTBOARD positions and none at the centre. 'Locating the Child Restraint Top Tether Anchor Points' prints the same two variants: the third row carries two tether icons in each, while the second row carries two with bucket seats and three with a bench — so the second/third-row difference is Ford's, not a misread. This matches Ford's 2026 order guide wording exactly: 'LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tether Anchors for Children) on Second and Third Row Outboard Seating Positions'. CPST CONTEXT: none gathered — the research pass that would have fetched Cars.com's Explorer Car Seat Check terminated early. Not required for any value above, all of which are manufacturer-sourced.

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