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CHECK
WARNINGS
Use of any fluid other than therecommended brake fluid mayreduce brake efficiency and not meetFord's performance standards.
Do not allow the fluid to touch yourskin or eyes. If this happens, rinse theaffected areas immediately withplenty of water and contact your doctor.
If the level is at the MIN mark, havethe system checked by an authoriseddealer as soon as possible.
Note:Keep brake fluid clean and dry.Contamination with dirt, water, petroleumproducts or other materials may result inbrake system damage and possible failure.
Note:The brake and the clutch systems aresupplied from the same reservoir.
Add fluid that meets the Ford specification.See Technical Specifications (page 150).
WASHER FLUID CHECK
Note:The reservoir supplies the front andrear washer systems.
When adding fluid, use a mixture of washerfluid and water to help prevent freezing incold weather and improve the cleaningcapability. We recommend that you useonly high quality washer fluid.
For information on fluid dilution, refer tothe product instructions.
CHANGING THE 12V BATTERY
WARNING
For vehicles with start-stop thebattery requirement is different. Youmust replace the battery with one ofexactly the same specification.
Note:Where applicable you mustreprogram the audio system using thekeycode.
The battery is located in the enginecompartment. See Maintenance (page134).
CHECKING THE WIPER
BLADES
Run the tip of your fingers over the edge ofthe blade to check for roughness.
Clean the wiper blades with washer fluidor water applied with a soft sponge orcloth.
CHANGING THE WIPER
BLADES
Windscreen Wiper Blades
Note:The windscreen wiper blades aredifferent in length. See TechnicalSpecifications (page 150). If you installwiper blades of the wrong length, the rainsensor may not work correctly.
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•Miss you.
•I love you.
•Send directions.
•Call me.
•Where are you?
•Why?
To send the message:
1.Press Send when the desired selectionis highlighted in the display.
2.Press Yes when the contact appearsand press OK again to confirm whenthe system asks if you would like tosend the message. Each text messageis sent with the following signature:This message was sent from my Ford.
Note:You can send text messages eitherby choosing a contact from the phonebookand selecting the text option from thedisplay or by replying to a received messagein the inbox.
Accessing Your Mobile PhoneSettings
These are mobile phone dependentfeatures. Your mobile phone settings allowyou to access and adjust features such asyour ring tone, text message notification,modify your phonebook and also set upautomatic download.
1.Press the PHONE button.
2.Scroll until Phone Settings appears,then press OK.
3.Scroll to select from the followingoptions:
You CanWhen You Select
If this option is checked, SYNC will use this mobile phoneas the master when there is more than one mobile phoneavailable within your vehicle that is paired to SYNC. Thisoption can be changed for all paired mobile phones (notonly for the active one) using the BT Devices menu.
Set as master
See the mobile phone name, provider name, mobile phonenumber, signal level and battery level. Providing yourmobile phone supports this feature.
Phone Status
When done, press the left arrow to return to the mobilephone status menu.
Select which ring tone sounds during an incoming call (oneof the system's or your mobile phone's).Set ringtone
1. Press OK to select and scroll to hear Ringtone 1,Ring-tone 2,Ringtone 3 and Phone ringtone.2. Press OK to select.If your mobile phone supports in-band ringing, your mobilephone's ringer sounds when Phone ringtone is chosen.
Have the option of hearing an audible tone to notify youwhen a text message arrives.Text msg notify
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine •Off with voice reminder provides adisplay and voice reminder when themobile phone connects and yourvehicle starts.
•Off without voice reminder provides adisplay reminder only without a voicereminder when the mobile phoneconnects.
To Make Sure That EmergencyAssistance Works Correctly:
•SYNC must have power and be workingcorrectly at the time of the collision andduring feature activation and use.
•The emergency assistance featuremust be set to on prior to the incident.
•You must have a mobile phoneconnected to SYNC.
•In certain countries it may be necessaryto have a valid and registered SIM cardwith credit in order to place andmaintain a 112 call.
•A connected mobile phone must havethe ability to make and maintain anoutgoing call at the time of theincident.
•A connected mobile phone must haveadequate network coverage, batterypower and signal strength.
•Your vehicle must have battery powerand be located in a European countryor region where SYNC emergencyassistance can call the localemergency services. See your regionalFord website for details.
In the Event of a Collision
Note:Not every collision will deploy anairbag or activate the fuel cut-off switch(which may activate emergencyassistance). However, if emergencyassistance is triggered, SYNC tries tocontact the emergency services. If aconnected mobile phone is damaged orloses connection to SYNC, SYNC searchesfor and tries to connect to, any availablepreviously paired mobile phone and willattempt to make an emergency call to 112.
Before making a call:
•If the call has not been cancelled anda successful call is made, theintroductory message is played first forthe emergency operator, followed byhands-free communication betweenyour vehicle occupant and theoperator.
•SYNC provides a short window of time(approximately 10 seconds) to cancelthe call. If the call is not cancelledSYNC will attempt to dial 112.
•SYNC says the following, or a similarmessage: "SYNC will attempt to makean emergency call. To cancel the call,please choose cancel from the screenor press the hang up button".
During a call
•Emergency assistance uses vehicleGPS or mobile network informationwhen available to determine the mostappropriate language to alert theemergency operator of the collisionand deliver the introductory message.Which may include your vehicles GPScoordinates.
•The language used to interact with yourvehicle occupants is pre-selected bythe user for all SYNC functions andmay differ from the language used bySYNC to deliver information to theEmergency Operator.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine •After the delivery of the introductorymessage the voice line will open sothat you can speak hands-free with theemergency operator.
•When the line is connected, you mustbe prepared to provide your name,phone number and locationinformation immediately.
Note:While information is being providedto the emergency operator you will hear thefollowing or similar message "Please standby while important information is beingdelivered to the emergency operator." SYNCwill say “line open” or similar at the start ofhands-free communication.
Note:During an emergency assistance call,an emergency priority screen will bedisplayed in your vehicle which containsvehicle GPS coordinates when available.These coordinates match the informationprovided to the emergency operator in theintroductory message.
Note:The emergency operator may alsoreceive information from the mobile networksuch as mobile phone number, mobilephone location and mobile phone carriername independent from SYNC emergencyassistance.
Emergency assistance may not work if:
•Your mobile phone or emergencyassistance hardware has beendamaged in a collision.
•Your vehicle's battery or the SYNCsystem has no power.
•If your phone is thrown from yourvehicle during a collision.
•You do not have a valid and registeredSIM card with credit in your phone.
•You are in a European country or regionwhere the SYNC emergency assistancecall cannot be placed. See yourregional Ford website for details.
Important Information About the FordSYNC Emergency Assistance Feature
Emergency Assistance does not currentlycall emergency services in the followingmarkets: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Macedonia, Netherlands,Ukraine, Moldova and Russia.
See your regional Ford website for latestdetails.
Emergency Assistance Privacy Notice
Once emergency assistance is set to on, itmay disclose to emergency services thatyour vehicle has been in a collisioninvolving the deployment of an airbag oractivation of the fuel cut-off switch. Thisfeature has the capability to disclose yourlocation information to the emergencyoperator or other details about your vehicleor collision to provide the most appropriateemergency services.
If you do not want to disclose thisinformation, do not turn the feature on.
USING SYNC® WITH YOUR
MEDIA PLAYER
You can access and play music from yourdigital music player over your vehicle'sspeaker system using the system's mediamenu or voice commands. You can alsosort and play your music by specificcategories such as artists, albums, etc.
SYNC is capable of hosting nearly anydigital media player including: iPod®,Zune™, Plays from device players, andmost USB drives. SYNC also supportsaudio formats such as MP3, WMA, WAVand ACC.
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2. Scroll to browse indexed media on your flash drive, thenpress OK.
Resets the USB index. After the new indexing is completeyou can choose what to play from the USB song library.Reset USB
*You can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to quickly jump to a certainalphabetical category. You can also use the letters on you're the number pad to jump inthe list.
Bluetooth Devices and SystemSettings
You can access these menus using thedisplay. See Using SYNC® With YourPhone (page 200).
SYNC® TROUBLESHOOTING
Your SYNC system is easy to use. However,should questions arise, please refer to thetables below.
Use the Ford website to check your mobilephone's compatibility.
Phone Issues
Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Review your phone's user guide regardingaudio adjustments.The audio controlsettings on your phonemay be affecting SYNCperformance.
A lot of back-ground noiseduring a phonecall.
Try turning off the device, resetting thedevice, removing the device's battery, thentrying again. Make sure that the Mic offoption of SYNC is set to off.
Possible phone malfunc-tion.During a call, Ican hear theother personbut they cannothear me.
Go to the website to review your phone'scompatibility.This is a phone-dependent feature.SYNC is notable to down-load my phone-book.Try turning off the device, resetting thedevice or removing the device's battery,then trying again.
Possible phone malfunc-tion.
Try pushing your phonebook contacts toSYNC by using the Add contacts feature.You must switch your mobile phone on andthe automatic phonebook downloadfeature on SYNC.
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Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Try pushing your phonebook contacts toSYNC by using the Add contacts feature.Limitations on yourphone's capability.The systemsays "Phone-book down-loaded" but myphonebook inSYNC is emptyor is missingcontacts.
If the missing contacts are stored on yourSIM card, try moving them to the devicememory.Remove any pictures or special ring tonesassociated with the missing contact.You must switch your mobile phone on andthe automatic phonebook downloadfeature on SYNC.
Go to the website to review your mobilephone's compatibility.This is a mobile phone-dependent feature.I'm havingtroubleconnecting mymobile phone toSYNC.
Try turning off the device, resetting thedevice or removing the device's battery,then trying again.
Possible mobile phonemalfunction.
Try deleting your device from SYNC,deleting SYNC from your device and tryingagain.Always check the security and auto acceptprompt settings relative to the SYNCBluetooth connection on your mobilephone.Update your device's firmware.Turn off the Auto phonebook downloadsetting.
Go to the website to review your mobilephone's compatibility.This is a mobile phone-dependent feature.Text messagingis not workingon SYNC.Try turning off the device, resetting thedevice or removing the device's battery,then trying again.
Possible mobile phonemalfunction.
This is a mobile phone-dependent feature.Your mobile phone must support down-loading text messages via Bluetooth toreceive incoming text messages.
This is a mobile phonelimitation.Audible SMStext messagesdo not work onmy mobilephone.Access the text messaging menu of SYNCto see if the feature is supported by yourmobile phone. Press the PHONE buttonand then scroll and select Textmessaging, then press OK.
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Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Because each mobile phone is differentrefer to the mobile phone's user’s guide forthe specific mobile phone being paired. Infact, there can be differences betweenmobile phones due to brand, model, serviceprovider and software version.
USB and Media Issues
Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Try turning off the device, resetting thedevice, removing the device's battery, thentrying again.
Possible device malfunc-tion.I'm havingtroubleconnecting mydevice.Make sure you are using the manufacturer'scable.Make sure the USB cable is correctlyinserted into the device and your vehicle'sUSB port.Make sure that the device does not havean auto-install program or active securitysettings.
Make sure you are not leaving the device inyour vehicle during very hot or coldtemperatures.
This is a device limitation.SYNC does notrecognise mydevice when Istart my vehicle.
Make sure the device is connected to SYNCand that you have pressed play on yourdevice.
This is a mobile phone-dependent feature.The device is notconnected.
Bluetooth audiodoes notstream.
Make sure that all song details are popu-lated.Your music files may notcontain the correct artist,song title, album or genreinformation.
SYNC does notrecognise musicthat is on mydevice.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Automatic Transmission.............................97Emergency Park Position ReleaseLever....................................................................99Hints on Driving With an AutomaticTransmission....................................................98Selector Lever Positions....................................97Sport Mode and Manual Shifting..................98Autowipers.......................................................40Auxiliary Input Socket.................................194Auxiliary Power Points..................................81Location....................................................................81
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Bonnet LockSee: Opening and Closing the Bonnet.......134Brake and Clutch Fluid Check...................141Brakes................................................................101General Information...........................................101Bulb Specification Chart...........................149
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Capacities and Specifications.................167Technical Specifications.................................168Cargo Nets........................................................114Installing and Removing the Net...................114Car WashSee: Cleaning the Exterior...............................153Catalytic Converter........................................93Driving with a Catalytic Converter.................93Changing a Bulb............................................143Approach Lamp..................................................145Central High Mounted Brake Lamp..............147Front Fog Lamps.................................................145Headlamp..............................................................143Interior Lamp........................................................148Licence Plate Lamp...........................................148Luggage Compartment Lamp, FootwellLamp and Liftgate Lamp............................149Reading Lamps...................................................148Rear Lamps..........................................................146Side Lamp.............................................................144Side Repeater......................................................144Changing a Fuse............................................133
Changing a Road Wheel............................160Assembling the Wheel Brace.........................162Installing a Road Wheel...................................163Jacking and Lifting Points.................................161Removing a Road Wheel.................................163Removing the Wheel Trim...............................162Vehicle Jack..........................................................160Vehicles With a Spare Wheel........................160Wheel Nuts...........................................................160Changing the 12V Battery...........................141Changing the Wiper Blades.......................141Rear Window Wiper Blade..............................142Windscreen Wiper Blades................................141Checking the Wiper Blades........................141Childminder Mirror.........................................50Child Safety.......................................................14Child Safety Locks..........................................19Left-Hand Side......................................................19Right-Hand Side....................................................19Child Seat Positioning...................................16Cigar Lighter......................................................81Cleaning the Alloy Wheels........................154Cleaning the Exterior...................................153Body Paintwork Preservation.........................153Cleaning the Chrome Trim..............................153Cleaning the Headlamps.................................153Cleaning the Rear Window.............................153Cleaning the Interior....................................153Instrument Cluster Screens, LCD Screensand Radio Screens........................................154Rear Windows......................................................154Seat Belts..............................................................153Climate Control..............................................68Principle of Operation........................................68Clock....................................................................61Type 1.........................................................................61Type 2........................................................................61Cold Weather Precautions.........................121
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Passenger Airbag............................................22.....................................................................................22Switching the Passenger's Airbag Off..........23Switching the Passenger's Airbag On..........23Passive Anti-Theft System.........................35Arming the Engine Immobiliser......................35Coded Keys.............................................................35Disarming the Engine Immobiliser.................35Principle of Operation.........................................35PATSSee: Passive Anti-Theft System.....................35Personalised Settings..................................62Measure Units........................................................62Switching Chimes Off.........................................62Power Door LocksSee: Locking and Unlocking.............................29Power Windows.............................................48Accessory Delay...................................................49Bounce-Back.........................................................48One-Touch Down................................................48One-Touch Up......................................................48Window Lock.........................................................48
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Rear Fog Lamps..............................................45Rear Seats.........................................................79Folding the Seatback..........................................79Unfolding the Seatback....................................80Rear Under Floor Storage...........................113Adjustable Load Floor........................................113Rear View Camera.......................................106Switching the Rear View Camera Off........108Switching the Rear View Camera On..........107Using the Display................................................107Vehicles with Parking Aid................................108Rear View CameraSee: Rear View Camera...................................106Rear Window Wiper and Washers............41Intermittent Wipe..................................................41Rear Window Washer.........................................42Reverse Gear Wipe..............................................42Refuelling..........................................................93
Remote Control...............................................25Changing the Remote Control Battery........26Programming a New Remote Control..........25Remote Control With a Folding KeyBlade....................................................................26Remote Control Without a Folding KeyBlade.....................................................................27Reprogramming the UnlockingFunction..............................................................25Removing a Headlamp...............................142Repairing Minor Paint Damage...............154Replacement PartsRecommendation..........................................7Collision Repairs......................................................7Scheduled Maintenance and MechanicalRepairs....................................................................7Warranty on Replacement Parts.......................7Replacing a Lost Key or RemoteControl.............................................................28Roadside Emergencies...............................122Running-In........................................................121Brakes and Clutch................................................121Engine.......................................................................121Tyres..........................................................................121Running Out of Fuel......................................92Refilling With a Portable FuelContainer............................................................93
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Safety Precautions.........................................91Seat Belt Minder..............................................21Turning the Seat Belt Minder Off.....................21Seat Belts..........................................................20Seats...................................................................76Security..............................................................35Side Airbags.....................................................23Side Curtain Airbags.....................................24.....................................................................................24Sitting in the Correct Position....................76Sliding Door......................................................30Snow ChainsSee: Using Snow Chains..................................159Speed ControlSee: Cruise Control............................................109Stability Control............................................103Principle of Operation.......................................103
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