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
    • Notice to owners of pickup trucks and utility type vehicles
    • Using your vehicle with a snowplow
    • Using your vehicle as an ambulance
  • 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
• Entertainment Systems
  • Audio systems
    • AM/FM stereo (if equipped)
    • AM/FM stereo single CD/MP3 satellite compatible system (if equipped)
    • Auxiliary input jack (Line in)-(if equipped)
  • General audio information
    • Satellite radio information (if equipped)
• Climate Controls
  • Heater only system (if equipped)
    • Operating tips
  • Manual heating and air conditioning system (if equipped)
    • Operating tips
• Lights
  • Headlamp Control
    • Fog lamp control (if equipped)
    • High beams
    • Flash-to-pass
    • Daytime running lamps (DRL) (if equipped)
  • PANEL DIMMER CONTROL
  • Aiming the headlamps
    • Headlamp aim adjustment
  • TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
  • Interior Lamps
    • Courtesy/reading lamps (if equipped)
  • Bulb Replacement
    • Lamp assembly condensation
    • Using the right bulbs
    • Replacing interior bulbs
    • Replacing exterior bulbs
      • Replacing headlamp bulbs/front park bulbs/turn signal bulbs
      • Replacing front sidemarker bulbs
      • Replacing tail lamp/backup lamp bulbs
      • Replacing fog lamp bulbs (if equipped)
      • Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulb
      • Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
• Driver Controls
  • Multi-function lever
  • Tilt Steering Wheel (if equipped)
  • Center console (if equipped)
  • Auxiliary power point (12V DC)
  • Power Windows (if equipped)
    • One-touch down
  • Interior mirror
  • Exterior Mirrors
    • Power side view mirrors (if equipped)
    • Fold-away mirrors
  • Speed control (if equipped)
    • Using speed control
      • 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
  • Positive Retention Floor Mat (if equipped)
  • Bedrails (if equipped)
• Locks and Security
  • Keys
  • POWER DOOR LOCKS (IF EQUIPPED)
  • Remote entry system (if equipped)
    • Unlocking the doors
    • Locking the doors
    • Car finder
    • Sounding a panic alarm
    • Replacing the battery
    • Replacing lost remote entry transmitters
      • How to reprogram your remote entry transmitters
    • Illuminated entry
  • Securilock passive anti-theft system (if equipped)
    • Anti-theft indicator
    • Replacement keys
    • Programming spare keys
• Seating and Safety Restraints
  • Front seats
    • Adjustable head restraints
    • Adjusting the front manual seat
      • 60/40 seat (if equipped)
    • Passenger side rear access
  • Rear seats
    • Center facing jump seat (2–door SuperCab) (if equipped)
    • Center facing jump seat (4–door SuperCab) (if equipped)
  • 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 outboard safety belt pretensioners
      • Front outboard 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
    • Lap belts
      • Adjusting the front center seat and rear center facing jump seat lap belts (if equipped)
    • Safety belt locking modes
    • Energy management feature
    • Safety belt pretensioner
    • Safety belt extension assembly
    • Front 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 (SRS) precautions
    • Children and airbags
    • How does the 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
    • 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
      • Installing child safety seats in the lap belt seating positions
    • Attaching child safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) attachments
    • Attaching child safety seats with tether straps
      • Center seating location
    • 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
  • Notice to utility vehicle and truck owners
  • Vehicle characteristics
    • Four-wheel drive (4WD) system (if equipped)
    • How your vehicle differs from other vehicles
  • 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 – with and without a trailer
    • Special loading instructions for owners of pick-up trucks and utility-type vehicles
  • Trailer towing
    • Trailer tow connector
    • Preparing to tow
    • Hitches
    • Using a step bumper (if equipped)
    • Safety chains
    • Trailer brakes
    • Trailer lamps
    • Driving while you tow
    • Trailer towing tips
    • Launching or retrieving a boat
  • Recreational towing
  • Camper bodies
• Driving
  • Starting
    • Positions of the ignition
    • Preparing to start 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 with Roll Stability Control™ (RSC) stability enhancement system
  • Steering
  • Limited-slip axle (if equipped)
  • Preparing to drive
  • Brake-shift interlock
  • Automatic transmission operation (if equipped)
    • Driving with a 5–speed automatic transmission (if equipped)
    • 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
  • Four-wheel drive (4WD) operation (if equipped)
    • 4WD system indicator lights
    • Using the electronic shift 4WD system
      • Shifting between 2H (2WD High) and 4H (4WD High)
      • Shifting to/from 4L (4WD Low)
    • Driving off-road with truck and utility vehicles
      • How your vehicle differs from other vehicles
      • Basic operating principles
      • If your vehicle goes off the edge of the pavement
      • If your vehicle gets stuck
      • Emergency maneuvers
      • 4WD systems
      • Normal characteristics
      • 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
  • Fuses and relays
    • Fuses
      • Standard fuse amperage rating and color
    • Passenger compartment fuse panel
    • Power distribution box
      • 2.3L engine (if equipped)
      • 4.0L engines (if equipped)
  • Changing the tires
    • Dissimilar spare tire/wheel information
    • Stopping and securing the vehicle
      • Location of the spare tire and tools
      • Removing the spare tire or spare tire and tether (if equipped)
    • Tire change procedure
      • Stowing the flat/spare tire
  • Wheel lug nut torque specifications
  • 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
  • 2.3L I4 engine
  • 4.0L V6 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
    • 2.3L I4 engine
    • 4.0L V6 engine
  • Windshield washer fluid
  • Changing the wiper blades
  • Engine oil
    • Checking the engine oil
    • Adding engine oil
    • Engine oil recommendations
      • Use SAE 5W-20 engine oil
      • Use SAE 5W-30 engine oil
  • Battery
  • Engine coolant
    • Checking engine coolant
    • Adding engine coolant
    • Recycled engine coolant
    • Coolant refill capacity
    • Severe climates
  • Fuel Filter
  • What you should know about automotive fuels
    • Important safety precautions
      • Refueling
    • Fuel filler cap
    • Choosing the right fuel
    • Octane recommendations
    • Fuel quality
    • Cleaner air
    • Running out of fuel
  • 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 fluid
  • Clutch fluid (if equipped)
  • Transmission fluid
    • Checking automatic transmission fluid
      • Low fluid level
      • High fluid level
    • Checking and adding manual transmission fluid (if equipped)
  • Transfer case fluid (if equipped)
  • Driveline universal joint and slip yoke
  • Air filter
  • 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