Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • Congratulations
  • Safety and Environment Protection
    • Warning symbols in this guide
    • Warning symbols on your vehicle
    • Protecting the environment
  • Perchlorate material
  • Breaking-in your vehicle
  • Special Notices
    • New Vehicle Limited Warranty
    • Special instructions
  • Data Recording
    • Service Data Recording
    • Event Data Recording
  • Cell phone use
  • Export unique (Non–United States/Canada) vehicle specific information
• Instrument Cluster
  • Warning lights and chimes
  • Gauges
  • Message center
    • Info (information menu)
      • System check and vehicle feature customization
      • System warnings
• Entertainment Systems
  • Audio systems
    • AM/FM/single CD MP3 satellite compatible sound system
      • Setting the clock
      • AM/FM Radio
      • RDS (Radio Data System) Radio
      • CD/MP3 Player
      • Satellite Radio (if equipped)
      • Sound Adjustments
      • Extra Features
    • Auxiliary input jack (Line in)
    • USB port (if equipped)
  • General audio information
    • Satellite radio information (if equipped)
  • Navigation system (if equipped)
  • SYNC (if equipped)
• Climate Controls
  • Manual heating and air conditioning system (if equipped)
    • Operating tips
  • Dual automatic temperature control (if equipped)
  • Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control (navigation based – if equipped)
  • Touchscreen functions
  • Voice commands in climate mode
    • Operating tips
  • Rear window defroster
• Lights
  • Headlamp Control
    • Autolamp control (if equipped)
      • Autolamps - programmable exit delay
    • Fog lamp control (if equipped)
    • High beams
    • Flash-to-pass
    • Daytime running lamps (DRL) (if equipped)
  • PANEL DIMMER CONTROL
  • Aiming the headlamps
    • Vertical aim adjustment
  • TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
  • Interior Lamps
    • Dome lamps and map lamps
    • Ambient lighting (if equipped)
  • Bulb Replacement
    • Lamp assembly condensation
    • Using the right bulbs
    • Replacing interior bulbs
    • Replacing exterior bulbs
      • Replacing headlamp bulbs (2.5L/3.0L engines)
      • Replacing headlamp bulbs (3.5L engine)
      • Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulbs (2.5L/3.0L engines)
      • Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulb (3.5L engine)
      • Replacing front side marker bulbs
      • Replacing rear side marker lamp
      • Replacing tail/brake/turn signal/backup lamp bulbs
      • Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulb
      • Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
      • Replacing fog lamp bulbs
• Driver Controls
  • Multi-function lever
    • Windshield wiper rainlamp feature (if equipped with autolamp)
  • Tilt/Telescope Steering Wheel
  • Illuminated visor mirror (if equipped)
  • Overhead console
    • Storage compartment
  • Electronic compass (if equipped)
    • Compass zone adjustment
    • Compass calibration adjustment
  • Center Console
  • Instrument panel storage compartment
  • Auxiliary Power Point (12V DC)
  • Power Windows
    • One-touch up or down
    • Global open windows (if equipped)
    • Bounce-back
      • Security override
    • Window lock
    • Accessory delay
  • Interior mirror
    • Automatic dimming interior rear view mirror (if equipped)
  • Exterior Mirrors
    • Power side view mirrors
    • Heated outside mirrors (if equipped)
    • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Speed control
    • Using speed controls
      • Setting speed control
      • Disengaging speed control
      • Resuming a set speed
      • Increasing speed while using speed control
      • Reducing speed while using speed control
      • Turning off speed control
  • STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Radio control features
  • MOON ROOF (IF EQUIPPED)
  • Universal garage door opener (if equipped)
    • Car2U Home Automation System (if equipped)
      • Types of garage door openers (rolling code and fixed code)
      • Rolling code programming
      • Fixed code programming
      • Erasing the Car2U Home Automation System buttons
      • FCC and RSS-210 Industry Canada Compliance
  • Positive Retention Floor Mat
  • Interior trunk control
• Locks and Security
  • Keys
  • MyKey
  • Power door locks
    • Smart locks
    • Autolock feature
      • Deactivating/activating autolock feature
      • Keyless entry keypad procedure
    • Autounlock feature
      • Deactivating/activating autounlock feature
      • Keyless entry keypad procedure
  • Childproof door locks
  • Interior luggage compartment release
  • Remote entry system
    • Unlocking the doors/two-stage unlock
      • Opening front windows and moon roof (if equipped)
    • Locking the doors
    • Car finder
    • Sounding a panic alarm
    • Opening the trunk
    • Replacing the battery
    • Replacing lost integrated keyhead transmitters (IKTs)
      • How to reprogram your integrated keyhead transmitters (IKTs)
    • Illuminated entry
    • Perimeter lamps illuminated entry
      • Deactivating/activating perimeter lamps illuminated entry
    • Illuminated exit
      • Battery saver
  • SecuriCode™ keyless entry system (if equipped)
    • Programming a personal entry code
    • Erasing personal code
    • Anti-scan feature
    • Unlocking and locking the doors using keyless entry
  • Securilock passive anti-theft system
    • Anti-theft indicator
    • Automatic arming
    • Automatic disarming
    • Replacement of integrated keyhead transmitters (IKT) and coded keys
    • Programming spare keys
  • Perimeter alarm system
    • Arming the system
    • Disarming the system
      • Triggering the anti-theft system
• Seating and Safety Restraints
  • Front seats
    • Adjustable head restraints
    • Adjusting the front manual seat (if equipped)
    • Using the manual lumbar support (if equipped)
    • Adjusting the front power seat (if equipped)
      • Power recline (if equipped)
    • Using the power lumbar support (if equipped)
    • Heated seats (if equipped)
  • Rear seats
    • Second-row adjustable head restraints
    • Split-folding rear seatbacks
    • Seat-mounted cup holders and armrest storage compartment
  • Safety restraints
    • Personal Safety System™
      • How does the Personal Safety System work?
      • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints
      • Front crash severity sensor
      • Driver’s seat position sensor
      • Front passenger sensing system
      • Front safety belt usage sensors
      • Front safety belt pretensioners
      • Front safety belt energy management retractors
      • Determining if the Personal Safety System is operational
    • Safety restraints precautions
    • Combination lap and shoulder belts
      • Restraint of pregnant women
    • Safety belt locking modes
    • Energy management feature — front outboard
    • Safety belt pretensioner
    • Safety belt extension assembly
    • Safety belt height adjustment
    • Safety belt warning light and indicator chime
      • Conditions of operation
    • Belt-Minder
      • One-time disable
      • Deactivating/activating the Belt-Minder feature
  • AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS)
    • Important supplemental restraint system precautions
    • Children and airbags
    • How does the safety belt pretensioner and airbag supplemental restraint system work?
    • Front passenger sensing system
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • Seat-mounted side airbag system
      • How does the side airbag system work?
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • Side-curtain airbag system
      • How does the side air-curtain system work?
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • SOS Post-Crash Alert System™
    • Disposal of airbags and airbag equipped vehicles (including pretensioners)
  • Safety restraints for children
    • Important child restraint precautions
      • Recommendations for attaching child safety restraints for children
    • Transporting children
  • Safety seats for children
    • Infant and/or toddler seats
    • Installing child safety seats with combination lap and shoulder belts
    • Attaching child safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) attachments
      • Use of inboard lower anchors from the outboard seating positions (center seating use)
      • Combining safety belt and LATCH lower anchors for attaching child safety seats
    • Attaching child safety seats with tether straps
    • Child booster seats
      • When children should use booster seats
      • Types of booster seats
      • The importance of shoulder belts
    • Child restraint and safety belt maintenance
• Tires, Wheels and Loading
  • Information about uniform tire quality grading
    • Treadwear
    • Traction AA A B C
    • Temperature A B C
  • Tires
    • Glossary of tire terminology
  • Inflating your tires
  • Tire care
    • Inspecting your tires and wheel valve stems
    • Tire wear
    • Damage
    • U.S. DOT Tire Identification Number (TIN)
    • Tire replacement requirements
    • Safety practices
      • Highway hazards
    • Tire and wheel alignment
    • Tire rotation
  • Information contained on the tire sidewall
    • Information on “P” type tires
    • Additional information contained on the tire sidewall for “LT” type tires
    • Information on “T” type tires
    • Location of the tire label
  • Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
    • Changing tires with a TPMS
    • Understanding your tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
      • When your temporary spare tire is installed
      • When you believe your system is not operating properly
      • When inflating your tires
      • How temperature affects your tire pressure
  • Snow tires and chains
  • Vehicle loading
  • Trailer towing
  • Recreational towing
• Driving
  • Starting
    • Positions of the ignition
    • Starting your vehicle
      • Important safety precautions
    • Starting the engine
    • Guarding against exhaust fumes
    • Important ventilating information
  • Engine block heater (if equipped)
  • Brakes
    • Four-wheel anti-lock brake system (ABS)
      • Using ABS
      • ABS warning lamp
    • Parking brake
  • AdvanceTrac stability enhancement system
  • Steering
    • Speed sensitive steering
  • Brake-shift interlock
  • Automatic transmission operation
    • Understanding the gearshift positions of the 6–speed automatic transmission equipped with a 2.5L I4 engine (if equipped)
    • Understanding the gearshift positions of the 6–speed automatic transmission equipped with a 3.0L or 3.5L V6 Duratec engine (if equipped)
    • Understanding your SelectShift Automatic™ transmission (SST) gearshift lever
    • If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
  • Manual transmission operation (if equipped)
    • Using the clutch
    • Recommended shift speeds
    • Reverse
    • Parking your vehicle
    • Removing the key
  • Reverse sensing system (if equipped)
  • Rearview camera system (if equipped)
  • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with Cross Traffic Alert (CTA) (if equipped)
  • All-Wheel Drive (AWD) system (if equipped)
    • Driving on slippery surfaces with AWD vehicles
      • Basic operating principles
      • If your vehicle goes off the edge of the pavement
      • If your vehicle gets stuck
      • Emergency maneuvers
      • AWD systems (if equipped)
      • Sand
      • Mud and water
      • Driving on hilly or sloping terrain
      • Driving on snow and ice
      • Maintenance and modifications
  • Driving through water
• Roadside Emergencies
  • Roadside Assistance
    • Vehicles sold in the U.S. : Getting roadside assistance
    • Vehicles sold in the U.S. : Using roadside assistance
    • Vehicles sold in Canada : Getting roadside assistance
    • Vehicles sold in Canada : Using roadside assistance
  • Hazard flasher control
  • Fuel pump shut-off switch (3.5L engine)
  • Fuel Pump Shut-off (2.5L and 3.0L engines)
  • Fuses and relays
    • Fuses
      • Standard fuse amperage rating and color
    • Passenger compartment fuse panel
    • Power distribution box
  • Changing the tires
    • Dissimilar spare tire/wheel information
    • Stopping and securing the vehicle
      • Removing the spare tire and jack
    • Tire change procedure
      • Stowing the wheel and jack
  • Wheel lug nut torque specifications
  • Running out of fuel
  • Jump starting
    • Preparing your vehicle
    • Connecting the jumper cables
    • Jump starting
    • Removing the jumper cables
  • Wrecker towing
    • Emergency towing
• Customer Assistance
  • GETTING THE SERVICES YOU NEED
    • Away from home
      • Additional assistance
  • In California (U.S. only)
  • The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Auto Line Program (U.S. only)
  • Utilizing The Mediation/Arbitration Program (Canada only)
  • GETTING ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND CANADA
  • ORDERING ADDITIONAL OWNER’S LITERATURE
    • Obtaining a French Owner’s Guide
  • Reporting safety defects (U.S. only)
  • Reporting safety defects (Canada only)
• Cleaning
  • Washing the exterior
  • Waxing
  • Paint chips
  • Aluminum wheels and wheel covers
  • Engine
  • 2.5L engine
  • 3.0L engine
  • 3.5L engine
  • Plastic (non-painted) exterior parts
  • Windows and wiper blades
  • Instrument panel/Interior trim and cluster lens
  • Interior
  • Leather seats (if equipped, except for the King Ranch edition)
  • Leather seats for the King Ranch edition only (if equipped)
  • Underbody
  • Ford and Lincoln car care products
• Maintenance and Specifications
  • Service recommendations
  • Precautions when servicing your vehicle
    • Working with the engine off
    • Working with the engine on
  • Opening the hood
  • Identifying components in the engine compartment
    • 2.5L I4 engine
    • 3.0L V6 engine
    • 3.5L V6 engine
  • Windshield washer fluid
  • Changing the wiper blades
  • Engine oil
    • Checking the engine oil
    • Adding engine oil
    • Engine oil and filter recommendations
      • Use SAE 5W-20 engine oil
  • Battery
  • Engine coolant
    • Checking engine coolant
    • Adding engine coolant
    • Recycled engine coolant
    • Coolant refill capacity
    • Severe climates
    • What you should know about fail-safe cooling (2.5L I4 and 3.5L V6 engines only)
      • How fail-safe cooling works
      • When fail-safe mode is activated
  • Fuel Filter
  • What you should know about automotive fuels
    • Important safety precautions
      • Refueling
    • Easy Fuel “no cap” fuel system
      • Flex fuel vehicle (FFV) fuel fill inlet
    • Choosing the right fuel
    • Octane recommendations
      • FFV engine (if equipped)
    • Fuel quality
    • Cleaner air
    • Running out of fuel
      • Refilling with a portable fuel container
  • Essentials of good fuel economy
    • Measuring techniques
    • Filling the tank
    • Calculating fuel economy
    • Driving style — good driving and fuel economy habits
      • Habits
      • Maintenance
      • Conditions
  • Emission control system
    • On-board diagnostics (OBD-II)
    • Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing
  • Power steering fluid
  • Brake/clutch fluid
  • Transmission fluid
    • Checking 6-speed automatic transmission fluid (AWF21) (if equipped)
      • Checking automatic transmission fluid at normal operating temperature (140°F-158°F [60°C-70°C])
      • Checking automatic transmission fluid at cool temperature (59°F-77°F [15°C-25°C])
      • Low fluid level
      • High fluid level
      • Adjusting automatic transmission fluid levels
    • Checking automatic transmission fluid (6F35) (if equipped)
      • Low fluid level
      • Correct fluid level
      • High fluid level
      • Adjusting automatic transmission fluid levels
    • Checking transmission fluid level for recreational flat tow operation
    • Checking and adding manual transmission fluid (if equipped)
  • Air filter
    • Changing the air filter element
  • Vehicle storage
  • Motorcraft part numbers
  • Maintenance product specifications and capacities
  • Engine data
    • Engine drivebelt routing
  • Identifying your vehicle
    • Safety Compliance Certification Label
    • Vehicle identification number (VIN)
  • Transmission code designations
• Accessories
  • Ford Custom Accessories for your vehicle
    • Exterior style
    • Interior style
    • Lifestyle
    • Peace of mind
• Ford Extended Service Plan
  • Ford ESP Extended Service Plans (U.S. Only)
  • Ford ESP Extended Service Plans (Canada Only)
• Scheduled Maintenance
  • General maintenance information
    • Why maintain your vehicle?
    • Protecting your investment
      • Oils, fluids and flushing
    • Genuine Ford parts and service
      • Convenience
      • Factory-trained technicians
      • Genuine Ford and Motorcraft replacement parts
      • Value shopping for your vehicle’s maintenance needs
    • Owner checks and services
    • Multi-point inspection
  • Normal scheduled maintenance and log
    • Maintenance schedule log
  • Special operating conditions
    • Special operating condition log
  • Exceptions
  • Engine coolant change record
    • Engine coolant change log
• Index