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1 hEADLAmP CoNtR oLS
:
Turns the headlamps off.
:
Turns on the parking lamps.
:
Turns on the headlamps.
: Autolamps: Automatically turns the exterior
lamps on/off based on available daylight.
: Turns on fog lamps by pulling the control
toward you.
2 m UL tI-FUNC tIoN LEvER
Rotate the end of the control stalk up/down to
increase/decrease the speed of the wipers.
Push the end of the stalk: • quickly for a single swipe without fluid
• hold briefly for three swipes with
washer fluid
• hold for a longer wash cycle.
Rain-sensing wipers*:
These wipers automatically activate when moisture
is present on the windshield and the control is set
to any setting except off.
The wiper speed will vary based on the amount of
moisture detected on the windshield as well as the
current interval setting. Be sure that the control is
turned off prior to entering a car wash.
3 StEERING Wh EEL CoNtRoLS*
To set the speed on your cruise control: 1. Press oN.
2. Accelerate to the desired speed.
3. Press SEt + and take your foot off the accelerator.
• To set a higher speed, press and hold SEt + or
press SEt + repeatedly until the desired speed
is reached.
• To set a lower speed, press and hold SEt – or
press SEt – repeatedly until the desired speed
is reached. •
To return to a previously set speed, press RES .
• To cancel a set speed, press CNCL or tap the
brake pedal. The set speed will not be erased.
• To turn off cruise control, press and release the
OFF button or turn off the ignition.
t o control the audio system:
Press voL + / voL – to increase or decrease your
volume level.
Press
to access the previous/next radio
station, CD track or preset satellite radio channel.
Press mEDIA repeatedly to access all possible
media sources.
Press voICE
to access voice recognition*.
Press
to access SYNC® phone features*.
4 SERvICE ENGINE S ooN LIGht
The service engine soon light
illuminates briefly
when the ignition is turned on. If it remains on
or is blinking after the engine is started, the on-
board diagnostics system (OBD-II) has detected
a malfunction. Drive in a moderate fashion and
contact your authorized dealer as soon as possible.
5 ANtI-L oCK BRAKE SYStE m (ABS
WARNING LIG ht)
The ABS light
illuminates briefly when the
ignition is turned on. If the ABS light remains on or
continues to flash, a malfunction has been detected.
Contact your authorized dealer as soon as possible.
Normal braking (less ABS) is still functional unless
the brake warning light
is also illuminated.
6 INF oRmA tIoN DISPLAY*
The information display shows important vehicle
information through a constant monitoring of vehicle
systems. The system will notify you of potential
vehicle problems by displaying system warnings
followed by a long indicator chime. For more
information about your information display functions,
please see your Owner’s Manual.
7 ELEC tRoNIC S hIFt 4WD SYStE m*
The electronic shift 4WD system allows you to
choose between 2WD, 4x4 AUTO, 4x4 HIGH or
4x4 LOW.
2h (2WD) provides power to the rear wheels only.
This is appropriate for normal, on-road driving on
dry pavement, providing optimal smoothness and
fuel economy at high speeds.
4A (4x4 AUto) provides electronically controlled
four-wheel drive with power delivered to the front
and rear wheels, as required, for increased traction.
This is appropriate for all on-road driving condtions,
including dry road surfaces, but is especially useful
on wet pavement, snow, dirt or gravel.
4h (4x4 h IGh) delivers extra gearing for maximum
power to all four wheels at reduced speeds. This
intended for use in situations such as deep sand,
steep grades or pulling heavy objects.
4L (4x4 L oW) mechanically locks into four-wheel
drive when extra power at reduced speeds is
required. Use this setting for off-road, low-speed
operation such as climbing steep grades, going
through deep sand or pulling a boat out of the water.
Note: Do not use 4H or 4L on dry, hard-surfaced
roads. Doing so can produce extra noise and
increase tire wear. For more complete details,
refer to the Four-Wheel Drive section of your
Owner’s Manual.
8 hAZARD W ARNING FLAS hER CoNtR oL
5 4 *if equipped
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SyN C®*
Getting Started with Your SYNC System
SYNC is a hands-free, voice recognition system used for entertainment,
information and communication. SYNC…Say the word.
B EF oRE YoU GEt St ARtED
1.
Set up your owner account at SyncMyRide.com (U.S.) or SyncMyRide.ca
(Canada). Register by following the on-screen instructions. After registering,
you can see what complementary services you are eligible for.
2. SYNC uses a wireless connection called Bluetooth® to communicate
with your phone. Turn Bluetooth mode on in your phone’s menu options.
This lets your phone find SYNC. For more details on setting up your
phone with SYNC, visit SyncMyRide.com (U.S.) or SyncMyRide.ca
(Canada), or your phone manufacturer’s website.
P AIRING YoUR PhoNE WIth SYNC
In order to use many of the features of
SYNC, you must first pair and connect
your phone with SYNC. To pair your
phone for the first time:
1. Make sure that your vehicle is in (P)
park and both your ignition and radio
are turned on.
2. Press the phone button
. When
the display indicates no phone is paired, press oK.
3. When Find SYNC appears in the display, press oK.
4. Put your phone into Bluetooth discovery mode. Refer to your phone’s user guide if necessary.
5. When prompted on your phone’s display, enter the six-digit PIN provided by SYNC in the radio display.
6. The display indicates when the pairing is successful. Note: The system may prompt you to:
•
Set your phone as the primary/favorite (the primary phone will receive
messages and voice mails).
• Download your phone book (this is required to use the full set of
voice commands).
• Turn on 911 Assist
®.
tIPS
• Make sure you accept SYNC’s request to access your phone.
• To pair subsequent phones, please refer to Pairing Subsequent Phones
in the SYN C chapter of your Owner’s Manual.
• If you are experiencing pairing problems, try performing a clean pairing\
by
deleting your device from SYNC and deleting the SYNC connection from
your phone, and then repeat the process.
COMMOn LY USED VOiCE COMMan DS SYnC…SaY THE WORD
Every time you want to give SYNC a voice command, you must first press
the voice button and when prompted, speak your voice command. For a list
of voice commands, say “What can I say?”.
APPLINK™
SYNC AppLink allows you voice
access to select mobile applications
that you already have or can download
to your Android™, BlackBerry
® or
iPhone®. Current apps available include
Pandora Internet Radio®, Stitcher
Smart Radio™, Open Beak (BlackBerry
exclusive), iHeartRadio, Slacker, NPR
News, SYNC Destinations and more
Note: AppLink is not available with
MyFord Touch systems.
Using SYNC AppLink
1. Create your app account and personalize your app settings, if required.\
2. Download the latest mobile app through your Smartphone’s marketplace.
6 7 *if equipped
*if equipped 3. Turn on your ignition.
4. Pair the phone to a SYNC AppLink vehicle. If your phone is already paired
to the vehicle, it connects automatically when you enter.
5. If you’re an iPhone owner, you must also connect the Apple®-provided USB cable and start the application you want to use on your iPhone
to access the apps through SYNC. Android and BlackBerry connect
wirelessly using SYNC AppLink.
6. Now you’re ready to voice-access the app by pressing the voice butto\
n and saying “mobile apps” and then the name of the app you want.
For more information on SYNC, please visit the website or use the toll-free
number. See the inside front cover of this guide for details.
tIPS
• Make sure the interior of the vehicle is as quiet as possible.
• After pressing the voice button, wait until after the tone sounds and
“Listening” appears in your vehicle’s display before saying a command.
• Speak naturally, without long pauses between words.
• At any time, you can interrupt the system while it is speaking by pressi\
ng
the
voice button.
USING mY PhoNE WIth SYNC
Note: You can download your phone
book to make phone calls with voice
commands by name. Contacts listed
in all caps will require you to spell
them (i.e. JAKE will be J-A-K-E).
making a phone call: Use SYNC
to make a phone call to anyone in
your phone book by pressing the voice button
. When prompted, give a
voice command.
For example, you could say, “Call Jake Smith at home”. When the system
confirms the number, say “Dial” to initiate the call.
Note: You can also make phone calls by pressing the voice button
.
When prompted, give the voice command “Dial” and then verbally say \
the
phone number.
Answering incoming calls:
Whenever you have an incoming
call, you will be able to see the
name and number of the person
calling in your display. Press
the phone button to answer an
incoming call. You can hang up at
any time by pressing and holding
the phone button
.
USING SYNC to ACCESS DIGItAL mEDIA
SYNC has a media hub with
multiple inputs allowing you to
access personal media from
your digital devices. Plug in your
USB media devices such as
phones and MP3 players and
use SYNC to play all of your
favorite music.
Note: SYNC indexes all of your music. The more music that is stored on
your device, the longer it takes SYNC to index. You can then use voice
indexing to find a specific song, artist, playlist or genre when your media
device is hard-wired into the USB port. Voice indexing is not available when
connected through Bluetooth.
Using voice commands to play music:
1. Plug your media player into your USB port.
2. Press the voice button
. When prompted, say “USB” and then follow up
by saying a voice command.
3. You will hear the command repeated back to you and the selected item
will play.
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PHOn E
Voice-control your phone for hands-free calling
with your phone securely put away. With SYNC,
you won’t even need to know the phone number.
Just say the name of the person you want from
your contacts.
Your phone connects you with many other features
and SYNC Services:
• Connect to SYNC Services for traffic, directions,
business searches and information favorites.
• Connect to Operator Assist to help locate
a listing or destination.
• Call for a Vehicle Health Report.
• Automatically connects with a 911 Operator in
the event of an accident (system must be turned
on prior to event).
• Transfer calls seamlessly from SYNC to your
phone as you get in or out of your vehicle.
SE t UP YoUR
IN-CASE-o F-EmERGENCY C oNtAC tS
You can add contacts from your phone book for
simple one-touch access on the touch screen
after a 911 Assist
® event. You can save up to two 11 *if equipped
Sy N C® wIth myFo R D t o U C h®
10 *if equipped
na
Viga TiOn*
Get started with your navigation system by
pressing the upper-right, green corner.
The available, voice-activated navigation
system includes:
• SiriusXM Traffic
• SiriusXM Travel Link
• Global positioning system (GPS) technology
• 3-D mapping
• Turn-by-turn navigation
Refer to the MyFord Touch chapter of your
Owner’s Manual for complete details.
S Et A DEStINA tIoN
Set a destination through your touch screen by
using a street address, a city center, a place on the
map or a Point of Interest (POI). The easiest way,
however, is by voice.
1. Push the voice button
, then when prompted
say “Destination street address”.
2. The system will ask you to say the full address
and will display an example on-screen. 3.
You can then speak the address
naturally, such as: “One two three Main
Street, Anytown.”
While the vehicle is in park, you can
also use the touch screen to enter a
destination and narrow your choices by
city or street as you type.
You can choose from up to three
different types of routes:
• Fastest: Uses the fastest moving
roads possible.
• Shortest: Uses the shortest
distance possible.
• Eco (EcoRoute): Uses the
most fuel-efficient route.
SA vE A FAvoRItE
When you find a specific
address or a Point of Interest
(POI) that you’d like to store within the
system, you can save it to your Favorites.
Using the touch screen, press Save to
Favorites. When you want to view that
destination again, you can press Favorites
to retrieve your stored locations.
Note: Some features, such as Point of
Interest (POI) ratings and the ability to
type in a destination, are not available
while the vehicle is moving. For more
complete information, see the SYNC
chapter in your Owner’s Manual.
contacts on the 911 Assist screen by scrolling
through your menu choices and selecting the
following information:
• Touch Settings, then Phone and 911 assist.
• Touch Edit to add contacts from your
phone book.
W IRELESS AND INtERNE t
Your SYNC with MyFord Touch system has a Wi-Fi
feature that creates a wireless network within your
F-150 to use with a computer or other Internet-
compatible device. From the Settings menu, select
Wireless & internet, and then Wi-Fi Settings.
From there:
• Turn the Wi-Fi network feature on.
• Choose a wireless network.
• Turn the Gateway Mode on to make SYNC
an access point for a phone or computer.
• View and select or change your Gateway
settings. Press
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A
for more information.
Once the system is active, the local area network
within the vehicle lets all passengers connect to
the Internet. Refer to the SYN C chapter of your
Owner’s Manual for complete details.
B
EF oRE YoU GEt St ARtED
• Pair your phone to SYNC before using MyFord
Touch (see the Getting Started with Your SYNC
System section for instructions).
• If you have the navigation
SD card, make sure that it is
inserted into the media port
or your navigation will not work.
hELPFUL hINtS
• After pressing the voice icon, wait until after
the tone sounds and Listening appears before
saying a command. Any command spoken prior
to this does not register with the system.
• Speak naturally, without long pauses
between words.
• At any time you can interrupt the system while it
is speaking by pressing the voice icon.
tIPS
• Change your map views from
Direction Headed, North Up or 3D.
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your proximity to objects. If equipped with the
navigation system, you can also press Zoom to
zoom in or out.
Note: Visibility aids do not replace the need to
watch where the vehicle is moving. Refer to your
Owner’s Manual for safety information, more
detail and limitations.REVERSE SEnSing S YSTEM*
This system can warn you if there is an object
behind the vehicle. A warning tone will sound
which increases in frequency as the object gets
closer and will sound continuously when the object
is less than 10 inches away. The system is not
effective when the vehicle is traveling above
3 mph (5 km/h) and may not detect angular
or moving objects.
Note: Visibility aids do not replace the need to
watch where the vehicle is moving. Refer to your
Owner’s Manual for safety information, more
detail and limitations.
Hi LL ST aRT aSS iST
Hill start assist helps keep your vehicle stationary
long enough to move your foot from the brake
pedal to the accelerator pedal when your vehicle
is on a slope. The brakes release automatically
once the engine has developed sufficient drive to
prevent the vehicle from rolling down the slope.
To use:
1. Press and hold the brake pedal to bring your
vehicle to a complete standstill.
2. If the sensors detect that the vehicle is on a
slope, the hill start assist feature will be
activated automatically. 3.
When you remove your foot from the brake
pedal, the vehicle will remain on the slope
without rolling away for approximately
two or three seconds. This hold time will
automatically be extended if you are in the
process of driving off.
4. Drive off in a normal manner. The brakes will
be released automatically.
Hi LL DESCE nT COnTROL
Set and maintain your vehicle speed while
descending steep grades in various surface
conditions with hill descent control. This feature
can help you maintain your vehicle speed on
downhill grades between 3 mph (5 km/h) and
20 mph (32 km/h). Above 20 mph (32 km/h),
the system remains armed, but descent speed
cannot be set or maintained.
1. Press and release the hill descent button
located on the instrument panel. A light in the
control will illuminate and a chime will sound
when this feature is activated.
2. To increase descent speed, press the
accelerator pedal until the desired speed is
reached. To decrease descent speed, press the
brake pedal until the desired speed is reached.
For more detailed information, please refer to
your Owner’s Manual.
O VERDR iVE COnTROL WiTH
TOW /Ha UL FEa TURE
This feature helps improve transmission operation
when towing a trailer or a heavy load. To activate
tow/haul, press the button on the side of the
gearshift lever on a floor-shift transmission. The button is located on the end of the
column-shift transmission lever. The toW h AU L
indicator light will illuminate in the instrument cluster.
To deactivate, press the button again. Drive with the
vehicle in D (overdrive) with tow/haul off for the best
fuel economy. Refer to the Transmission chapter of
your Owner’s Manual for more information.
PRO gRESS iVE Rang E SELECTiOn (PRS)
With the gearshift lever in D (Drive), press the
– button on your transmission gearshift lever or
column shifter to activate PRS. The available and
selected gears will be indicated in the instrument
cluster. All available gears will be displayed with the
current gear indicated. Press the – button again
to lock out gears beginning with the highest gear.
Example: press the – button twice to lock out 6th
and 5th gears. Only the available gears will be
displayed and the transmission will automatically
shift between the available gears. Press the +
button to unlock gears to allow the transmission
to shift to higher gears. The transmission will shift
automatically within the gear range you select.
POWERSCOPE
® POWER-FOLD ing, POWER-
aDJUST aBLE TELESCOP ing MiRRORS*
Using the door-mounted switch, you can position
both mirrors at the same time. To telescope the
mirrors out, press and hold the left side of the
switch. While the mirrors extend, it is normal to hear
the telescoping motors running as you hold the
switch. To telescope mirrors in, press and hold the
right side of the switch.
FUNC tIoN
aDV anCETRa C® WiTH ROLL ST aBiL iTY
COnTROL™ (RSC®) ST aBiL iTY
E n HanCEME nT SYSTEM*
The AdvanceTrac
® stability system helps you to
maintain stability and steer-ability of your vehicle
during a variety of road conditions. If your vehicle
becomes stuck in the snow, mud or sand, try
turning off the AdvanceTrac
® system to allow
wheel spin and help increase momentum to dig the
vehicle out. The system can be manually turned off
. Refer to your Stability Control chapter in your
Owner’s Manual for more details.
TRai LER SW aY COnTROL
Your vehicle is equipped with trailer sway control.
This control uses the vehicle’s AdvanceTrac with
RSC system to detect and help reduce trailer sway
by applying brake force at individual wheels and, if
necessary, reducing engine power. If this happens,
tRAILER SWAY REDUCE SPEED will appear
in the information display and the AdvanceTrac icon
will flash briefly. For more information, please
refer to your Owner’s Manual.
TRai LER BRaKE COnTROLLER*
The fully integrated trailer brake controller (TBC)
synchronizes vehicle and trailer brakes for seamless
braking (even with the heaviest loads) to provide
added driving control and confidence. Use the
GAIN adjustment buttons to increase or decrease
the braking feature’s power output to the trailer.
The GAIN setting is used to set the TBC for
specific towing conditions and should be changed
as towing conditions change. Changes to towing
conditions include trailer load, vehicle load, road
conditions and weather. After checking your trailer’s
brakes to make sure they are in good working order
and hooking up your trailer, you can adjust the
GAIN by:
1.
Pressing the GAIN + or GAIN - buttons to
increase or decrease the setting to the desired
starting point. A GAIN setting of 6.0 is a good
starting point for heavier loads.
2. Testing the adjusted GAIN setting again after
you’ve made adjustments. When testing:
a. In a traffic-free environment, tow the trailer
on a dry, level surface at a speed of 20-25
mph (30-40 km/h) and squeeze the manual
control lever completely.
b. If the trailer wheels lock up (the tires will
squeal), reduce the GAIN setting. If the
trailer wheels turn freely, increase the
GAIN setting.
c. The proper GAIN setting will be at the point
just below trailer wheel lock-up
Note: If towing a heavier trailer, trailer wheel lock-
up may not be attainable even with the maximum
GAIN setting of 10. ELECTROniC LOCK
ing DiFFERE nTiaL (ELD)*
With the ELD engaged, the rear axle temporarily
locks, allowing both rear wheels to turn at the
same speed. The function helps to provide
additional traction as needed.
t o activate:
In 4x4 vehicles, pull the 4WD control knob
toward you.
In 4x2 vehicles, turn the ELD control knob from
oFF to oN.
The indicator light
will be continuously
displayed in the cluster when the ELD is active.
Note: ELD should not be used on dry surfaces.
R EaR ViEW CaMERa S YSTEM*
Located under the Ford oval badge on the tailgate,
this camera provides a visual display of the area
behind the vehicle. The display will automatically
appear in the navigation system screen (if
equipped) or in the auto dimming rearview mirror
whenever the vehicle is in R (Reverse) and uses
colors (green, yellow and red) to alert you of *if equipped
*if equipped
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