Unless serviced, the system may not function properly in the event of a collision. Safety restraints precautions Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips.
Page Seating and Safety Restraints Always transport children 12 years old and under in the back seat and always properly use appropriate child restraints.
Safety belts and seats can become hot in a vehicle that has been closed up in sunny weather; they could burn a small child. Check seat covers and buckles before you place a child anywhere near them.
An energy management retractor is a device which pays out webbing in a controlled manner. Page Seating and Safety Restraints The front seat belt system can also be made to lock manually by quickly pulling on the shoulder belt. Rear seat belts if equipped cannot be made to lock up by pulling quickly on the belt.
Automatic locking mode In this mode, the shoulder belt is automatically pre-locked. Page Seating and Safety Restraints 2. Grasp the shoulder portion and pull downward until the entire belt is extracted. Allow the belt to retract. As the belt retracts, you will hear a clicking sound. This indicates the safety belt is now in the automatic locking mode. Page Seating and Safety Restraints The driver and front outboard passenger safety belt pretensioners are designed to activate only during certain frontal or near-frontal collisions with sufficient longitudinal deceleration.
A safety belt buckle pretensioner is a device which tightens the webbing of the lap and shoulder belts during some collisions in such a way that they fit more snugly against the body. Page Seating and Safety Restraints Front safety belt height adjustment if equipped Your vehicle has safety belt height adjustments for the driver and right front passenger.
Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so the belt rests across the middle of your shoulder. To lower the shoulder belt height, push the button and slide the height adjuster down. Page Seating and Safety Restraints Insert the tongue into the correct buckle the buckle closest to the direction the tongue is coming from. To lengthen the belt, turn the tongue at a right angle to the belt and pull across your lap until it reaches the buckle. Page Seating and Safety Restraints If Page Seating and Safety Restraints Reasons given Frontal airbags are not designed to inflate in rear and side crashes or rollovers.
Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off. Page Air Bags if equipped , shoulder belt guide on seatback if equipped , child safety seat LATCH and tether anchors, and attaching hardware, should be inspected after a collision. Ford Motor Company recommends that all safety belt assemblies in use in vehicles involved in a collision be replaced.
Page Do not attempt to service, repair, or modify the air bag supplemental restraint systems or its fuses. See your Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealer.
The front passenger air bag is not designed to offer protection to an occupant in the center front seating position. Page Seating and Safety Restraints Additional equipment may affect the performance of the air bag sensors increasing the risk of injury. Please refer to the Body Builders Layout Book for instructions about the appropriate installation of additional equipment.
Children and air bags For additional important safety information, read all information on safety restraints in this guide. Page Seating and Safety Restraints How does the air bag supplemental restraint system work? The air bag SRS is designed to activate when the vehicle sustains sufficient longitudinal deceleration. The fact that the air bags did not inflate in a collision does not mean that something is wrong with the system.
Page Seating and Safety Restraints If the air bag has deployed, the air bag will not function again and must be replaced immediately. If the air bag is not replaced, the unrepaired area will increase the risk of injury in a collision.
When you install child seats with or without the LATCH system on the front passenger seat of vehicles that do not have a rear seat, the airbag cut-off switch should be turned to Page Seating and Safety Restraints The safety belts for the driver and right front passenger seating positions have been specifically designed to function together with the air bags in certain types of crashes. When you turn OFF your air bag, you not only lose the protection of the air bag, you also may reduce the effectiveness of your safety belt system, which was designed to work with the air bag.
Child age 1 to Page Seating and Safety Restraints 3. Page To improve the fit of both the lap and shoulder belt on children who have outgrown child safety seats, Ford Motor Company recommends use of a belt-positioning booster. Booster seats position a child so that safety belts fit better. They lift the child up so that the lap belt rests low across the hips and the knees bend comfortably.
Page Seating and Safety Restraints Follow all instructions provided by the manufacturer of the booster seat. Never use pillows, books, or towels to boost a child. Page 36 kg 80 pounds using an upper torso harness and a belt-positioning booster.
Ford recommends the use of a child safety seat having a top tether strap. Page Seating and Safety Restraints 1. Position the child safety seat in a seat with a combination lap and shoulder belt. Pull down on the shoulder belt and then grasp the shoulder belt and lap belt together. While holding the shoulder and lap belt portions together, route the tongue through the child seat according to the child seat Page Seating and Safety Restraints 4.
Insert the belt tongue into the proper buckle the buckle closest to the direction the tongue is coming from for that seating position until you hear a snap and feel the latch engage.
Make sure the tongue is latched securely by pulling on it. Page Seating and Safety Restraints 8. Allow the safety belt to retract to remove any slack in the belt.
Before placing the child in the seat, forcibly move the seat forward and back to make sure the seat is securely held in place. To check this, grab the seat at the belt path and attempt to move it side to side and forward. Page Seating and Safety Restraints 7. Before placing the child into the child seat, forcibly tilt the child seat from side to side and in forward direction to make sure that the seat is held securely in place.
If the child seat moves excessively, repeat steps 5 through 7, try a different child safety seat, or properly install the child seat in a different position. Position the child safety seat on the seat cushion. Route the child safety seat tether strap over the back of the seat and under the head restraint.
Page Seating and Safety Restraints Rear seat tether strap attachment There are three loops of webbing just above the back of the rear seat along the bottom edge of the rear window in the SuperCab and SuperCrew. These loops are to be used as both routing loops and anchor loops for up to three child safety seat tether straps.
Follow the instructions in this chapter. Attaching safety seats with LATCH Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children attachments for child seat anchors Some child safety seats have two rigid or webbing mounted attachments that connect to two anchors at certain seating positions in your vehicle. Your vehicle seat may have plain buttons, instead of this symbol, to indicate the location of the LATCH lower anchors. If you tightly install a LATCH infant or child safety seat with its own webbing-mounted attachments to the LATCH anchors on the front passenger seat of the Regular Cab, the front passenger sensing system may not automatically turn the airbag off.
Note: The ignition key can not be removed from the ignition unless the gearshift lever is securely latched in P Park. Page Driving Do not start your vehicle in a closed garage or in other enclosed areas.
Exhaust fumes can be toxic. Always open the garage door before you start the engine. See Guarding against exhaust fumes in this chapter for more instructions. If you smell exhaust fumes inside your vehicle, have your dealer inspect your vehicle immediately. Page Driving 4. Make sure the parking brake is set. BRAKE 5. Page Driving Make sure the corresponding lights illuminate or illuminate briefly.
If a light fails to illuminate, have the vehicle serviced. Page Driving Starting the engine 1. If there is difficulty in turning the key, rotate the steering wheel until the key turns freely.
If a metal-to-metal, continuous grinding or continuous squeal sound is present, the brake linings may be worn-out and should be inspected by a qualified service technician.
If the vehicle has continuous vibration or shudder in the steering wheel while braking, the vehicle should be inspected by a qualified service technician.
Page Driving Parking brake To set the parking brake 1 , press the parking brake pedal down until the pedal stops. To release, pull the lever 2. Always set the parking brake fully and make sure that the gearshift is securely latched in P Park.
Under normal conditions, the Traction-Lok axle functions like a standard rear axle. The axle may exhibit a slight noise or vibration in tight turns with low vehicle speed. This is normal behavior and indicates the axle is working.
Refer to Fuses and relays in the Roadside Emergencies chapter. If the fuse is not blown, perform the following procedure: 1. Page Driving Always set the parking brake fully and make sure the gearshift is latched in P Park. Turn the ignition to the LOCK position and remove the key whenever you leave your vehicle. If the parking brake is fully released, but the brake warning lamp remains illuminated, the brakes may not be working properly.
Drive not shown Drive is activated when the transmission control switch is pressed. Page Driving To help avoid personal injury, always use caution when in reverse and when using the RSS. This system is not designed to prevent contact with small or moving objects. The system is designed to provide a warning to assist the driver in detecting large stationary objects to avoid damaging the vehicle. Provides optimal smoothness and fuel economy at high speeds.
Move the transfer case lever through N Neutral directly to the desired position. Note: Some noise may be heard as the system shifts or engages; Page Driving will not engage while the vehicle is moving; this is normal and should be no reason for concern.
Page Driving Drive cautiously to avoid vehicle damage from concealed objects such as rocks and stumps. You should either know the terrain or examine maps of the area before driving. Map out your route before driving in the area. To maintain steering and braking control of your vehicle, you must have all four wheels on the ground and they must be rolling, not sliding or spinning. Page Driving If your vehicle gets stuck If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow it may be rocked out by shifting between forward and reverse gears, stopping between shifts, in a steady pattern.
Press lightly on the accelerator in each gear. Do not rock the vehicle if the engine is not at normal operating temperature or damage to the transmission may occur.
Page Driving Parking On some 4WD vehicles, when the transfer case is in the N Neutral position, the engine and transmission are disconnected from the rest of the driveline. Therefore, the vehicle is free to roll even if the automatic transmission is in P Park or the manual transmission is in gear. Do not leave the vehicle unattended with the transfer case in the N Neutral position.
Page Driving Sand When driving over sand, try to keep all four wheels on the most solid area of the trail. Avoid reducing the tire pressures but shift to a lower gear and drive steadily through the terrain. Apply the accelerator slowly and avoid spinning the wheels. Page Ford Motor Company joins the U. Page Driving Descend a hill in the same gear you would use to climb up the hill to avoid excessive brake application and brake overheating. Do not descend in neutral; instead, disengage overdrive or manually shift to a lower gear.
When descending a steep hill, avoid sudden hard braking as you could lose control. If you nevertheless decide to equip your 4WD for off-road use with tires larger than what Ford Motor Company recommends, you should not use these tires for highway driving. Page Ford Motor Company recommends that caution be used with any vehicle equipped with a high load or device such as ladder racks or pickup box cover.
Page Vehicle Loading Driving the wheel rims for cars. Traction or brake capability may be limited and your vehicle may stall. Once through the water, always dry the brakes by moving your vehicle slowly while applying light pressure on the brake pedal. Note: For trailer towing information refer to Trailer towing found in this chapter or the RV and Trailer Towing Guide provided by your dealership. GCWR Gross Combined Weight Rating — is the maximum allowable weight of the vehicle and the loaded trailer — including all cargo and passengers — Special loading instructions for owners of pickup trucks and utility-type vehicles For important information regarding safe operation of this type of vehicle, see the Preparing to drive your vehicle section in this chapter.
Towing trailers beyond the maximum recommended gross trailer weight exceeds the limit of the vehicle and could result in engine damage, transmission damage, structural damage, loss of vehicle control, vehicle rollover and personal injury.
Load equalizing hitch When hooking up a trailer using a load equalizing hitch, always use the following procedure: 1. Trailer lamps Trailer lamps are required on most towed vehicles. Make sure all running lights, brake lights, turn signals and hazard lights are working. See your dealer or trailer rental agency for proper instructions and equipment for hooking up trailer lamps. Page 4x4 vehicles with electronic shift on the fly cannot be towed with any wheels on the ground. Page Operating the vehicle with the snowplow attached Ford recommends that the F— be limited to low speed, personal-use snow removal.
Do not use your vehicle for snow removal until it has been driven at least miles km. Page Driving Do not attempt to service, repair, or modify the air bag supplemental restraint system SRS or its fuses. This program is separate from the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. Page Roadside Emergencies Canadian customers who require roadside assistance, call 1——— If you need to arrange roadside assistance for yourself, Ford Motor Company will reimburse a reasonable amount.
To obtain reimbursement information, U. Ford or Mercury vehicles customers call ; Lincoln vehicle customers call 1——— After an accident, if the engine cranks but does not start, this switch may have been activated. Page Roadside Emergencies The fuses are coded as follows. Page Roadside Emergencies Auxiliary relay box The relay box is located in the engine compartment on the left fender.
Page Ford. If the dissimilar spare tire or wheel is damaged, it should be replaced rather than repaired. Page Roadside Emergencies Removing the spare tire 1. Use the ignition key to remove the lock cylinder from the access hole of the bumper to allow access to the guide tube. Assemble the jack handle as shown in the illustration. Fully insert the jack handle through the bumper hole and into the guide tube through the access hole in the rear bumper. Page Roadside Emergencies 1. Block the diagonally opposite wheel.
Obtain the spare tire and jack from their storage locations. Do not start the engine when your vehicle is on the jack. Page Roadside Emergencies Page Jump Starting M14 x 2. Use only Ford recommended replacement fasteners. When a wheel is installed, always remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign materials present on the mounting surfaces of the wheel or the surface of the front disc brake hub and rotor that contacts the wheel.
Page Roadside Emergencies Do not attempt to push-start your vehicle. Automatic transmissions do not have push-start capability; doing so may damage the catalytic converter. Preparing your vehicle When the battery is disconnected or a new battery is installed, the transmission must relearn its shift strategy. Page Roadside Emergencies 2. Connect the negative - cable to the negative - terminal of the assisting battery. Page Roadside Emergencies 4.
Do not use fuel lines, engine rocker covers or the intake manifold as grounding points. Do not connect the end of the second cable to the negative - terminal of the battery to be jumped.
Page Roadside Emergencies Removing the jumper cables Remove the jumper cables in the reverse order that they were connected. Remove the jumper cable from the ground metal surface. When we talk about the interiors, the Lariat level can compete with most of the luxury vehicles. It has all three: completeness, design, and materials. The Lariat flaunts the rich wood trim and matte metallic finishes on major panels.
One cannot forget the elegant three-pod instrumental panel placed on the back of the multifunctional steering wheel. Reviewers find the Ford to be one of the most complete pickup trucks ever. Though, the clear plastic covering on the instrument pod makes it difficult to search for switches in the bright sunlight. The model has got a square box look along with larger grilles. It comes with a stronger pickup frame that is stiffer and better than the previous Ford models.
XL is for buyers with a small budget. Deselect the autolamps after the desired autolamp delay time maximum of 3 minutes At this point, the headlamps and park lamps will turn off. Page 43 Push the lever toward the instrument panel to activate. Pull the lever towards you to deactivate. Repeat step 3—5 for the other headlamp. Close the hood and turn off the lamps. Page 49 The oil from your hand could cause the bulb to break the next time the headlamps are operated.
Install the new bulb in reverse order. Page 51 3. Disconnect the electrical connector from the foglamp bulb. Page 52 3. Pull out the old bulb from the socket and push in the new bulb. Install the bulb socket in lamp assembly by turning it clockwise. Page Driver Controls 3. Replace wiper blades every 6 months for optimum performance. Page Steering Wheel Adjustment If your vehicle is equipped with a overhead console rail system, there are several features that can operated.
While pushing upwards with palms, grip the side latches with fingers and squeeze. Page 57 Watts. Exceeding these limits will result in a blown fuse.
Always keep the power point caps closed when not being used. Page 58 Mobile Communication Equipment includes, but is not limited to cellular phones, pagers, portable email devices, in vehicle communications systems, telematics devices and portable two-way radios.
Page Power Windows Press the top part of the rocker switch to stop. Page Mirrors Automatic dimming rear view mirrors if equipped Your vehicle is equipped with an inside rear view mirror with an auto-dimming function.
Page 70 1. Press and hold the desired HomeLink button. Do NOT release the button. Page 73 The running average fuel economy is reinitialized to a factory default value if the battery is disconnected. Page 74 2. Page 75 Autolocks This feature automatically locks all vehicle doors when the vehicle is shifted into any gear, putting the vehicle in motion.
Page 77 Stop the vehicle as soon as safely possible, turn off the engine. If the warning stays on or continues to come on, contact your dealer as soon as possible. Page 79 A correct zone setting will eliminate this error. Refer to Compass zone adjustment.
Page 80 3. As many as 5 complete circles may be required. The compass is now calibrated. Lift tailgate to a 80 degree angle from horizontal. Remove tailgate from left side hinge by sliding tailgate to the right.
To install, follow the removal procedures in reverse order. Page 83 Note: Remove and store the bed extender when not in use. To install the bed extender, follow the removal procedure in reverse order. Page 88 Replacing the battery The remote entry transmitter uses one coin type three-volt lithium battery CR or equivalent. Page 92 Before following the activation or deactivation procedures, make sure the ignition is off, and all vehicle doors are closed.
Page 93 The user should receive a horn chirp to indicate the system has been disabled or a chirp followed by a honk to indicate the system has been enabled. Page 94 2. This must be done within five seconds of completing Step 1. Page Anti-Theft System Refer to Programming spare keys for instructions on how to program the coded key.
Page 96 Note: The SecuriLock passive anti-theft system is not compatible with non-Ford aftermarket remote start systems. Use of these systems may result in vehicle starting problems and a loss of security protection. Note: Large metallic objects, electronic devices that are used to purchase gasoline or similar items, or a second coded key on the same key chain may cause vehicle starting issues.
Page 97 5. If failure repeats, bring your vehicle to your dealership to have the new spare key s programmed. Push control to lower head restraint. Page Using the armrest if equipped Push the release control to move the armrest up or down. Page The control is located on the outboard side of the seat cushion. Press the front or rear portion to tilt the seat. The indicator light on the control will illuminate when activated.
The system automatically shuts off after 10 minutes. Each seat cushion can be flipped up into the seatback position. Page Personal Safety System to distinguish between different levels of crash severity and modify the deployment strategy of the dual-stage air bags and safety belt pretensioners.
Page See Front passenger sensing system in the airbags section of this chapter. Page Never wear the shoulder belt under the arm. To unfasten, push the release button and remove the tongue from the buckle. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. Page Do NOT place objects between the seats, this could interfere with the functioning of the pretensioner. Page The system monitors and tailors the air bag deployment based upon safety belt usage.
Failure to properly wear your safety belt will increase your risk of injury. Page The tongue will not securely latch if you attempt to use it in any of the outboard seating position buckles.
To ensure that you have used the correct buckle you should hear a snap and feel it latch. Page warnings for approximately 5 minutes for one occupant driver or front passenger , the other occupant can still activate the BeltMinder feature. Page ON The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts: All statistics based on U.
Page Safety belt maintenance Inspect the safety belt systems periodically to make sure they work properly and are not damaged. Page Air Bags if equipped , shoulder belt guide on seatback if equipped , child safety seat LATCH and tether anchors, and attaching hardware, should be inspected after a collision. Ford Motor Company recommends that all safety belt assemblies in use in vehicles involved in a collision be replaced.
This is because the back of the infant seat is too close to the inflating air bag and the risk of a fatal injury to the infant when the air bag inflates is substantial. See your Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealer. The front passenger air bag is not designed to offer protection to an occupant in the center front seating position.
Page Several air bag system components get hot after inflation. Do not touch them after inflation. Page Always sit upright against your seatback, with your feet on the floor. Page An out of position front center occupant could affect the decision of the front passenger sensing system.
Medical condition. Page Child Restraints Important child restraint precautions You are required by law to use safety restraints for children in the U. Page To improve the fit of both the lap and shoulder belt on children who have outgrown child safety seats, Ford Motor Company recommends use of a belt-positioning booster. Page Never use pillows, books, or towels to boost a child. They can slide around and increase the likelihood of injury or death in a collision.
Page 27 kg 60 pounds in a child restraint, and to provide upper torso restraint for children up to 36 kg 80 pounds using an upper torso harness and a belt-positioning booster.
For more information on top tether straps and anchors, refer to Attaching safety seats with tether straps in this chapter. Page Make sure the tongue is latched securely by pulling on it.
Page If the retractor is not locked, unbuckle the belt and repeat steps two through nine. Check to make sure the child seat is properly secured before each use. Page The tether anchors in your vehicle may be loops of webbing above the seatback or an anchor bracket behind the seat on the rear edge of the seat cushion.
Page Make sure the seatback is locked in the upright position before installing the child seat. Clip the tether strap to the anchor as shown. Page If the safety seat is not anchored properly, the risk of a child being injured in a crash greatly increases.
Page This adjustment does not work when the child seat is installed using the LATCH attachment belts instead of the vehicle safety belts. The emission system heats up the engine compartment and exhaust system, which can start a fire. Make sure the headlamps and vehicle accessories are off. Make sure the gearshift is in P Park. Page If the engine is idling while the vehicle is stopped for a long period of time, open the windows at least one inch 2. Page P Park This position locks the transmission and prevents the rear wheels from turning.
Page Overdrive can be deactivated by pressing the transmission control switch on the end of the gearshift lever column-shift transmission or on the gearshift bezel floor-shift transmission. Page This position allows for second gear only. Inclement weather may also affect the function of the RSS; this may include reduced performance or a false activation. The tone may also be heard if items in the truck bed protrude rearward outside the bed.
Page 3. On vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, place the transmission in N Neutral ; on vehicles equipped with a manual transmission, depress the clutch.
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