wheel alignment FORD FIESTA 2012 Owners Manual

Tire and Wheel Alignment
A bad jolt from hitting a curb or pothole can cause the front end of your
vehicle to become misaligned or cause damage to your tires. If your
vehicle seems to pull to one side when you’re driving, the wheels may be
out of alignment. Have an authorized dealer check the wheel alignment
periodically.
Wheel misalignment in the front or the rear can cause uneven and rapid
treadwear of your tires and should be corrected by an authorized dealer.
Front-wheel drive (FWD) vehicles and those with an independent rear
suspension (if equipped) may require alignment of all four wheels.
The tires should also be balanced periodically. An unbalanced tire and
wheel assembly may result in irregular tire wear.
Tire Rotation
Rotating your tires at the recommended interval (as indicated in the
Scheduled Maintenancechapter) will help your tires wear more evenly,
providing better tire performance and longer tire life.
•Front-wheel drive (FWD) vehicles
(front tires at top of diagram)
Sometimes irregular tire wear can be corrected by rotating the tires.
Note:If your tires show uneven wear ask an authorized dealer to check
for and correct any wheel misalignment, tire imbalance or mechanical
problem involved before tire rotation.
Note:Your vehicle may be equipped with a dissimilar spare tire/wheel. A
dissimilar spare tire/wheel is defined as a spare tire and/or wheel that is
different in brand, size or appearance from the road tires and wheels. If
you have a dissimilar spare tire/wheel it is intended for temporary use
only and should not be used in a tire rotation.
Note:After having your tires rotated, inflation pressure must be checked
and adjusted to the vehicle requirements.
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•You may want to turn off the speed control in hilly terrain if
unnecessary shifting between the top gears occurs. Unnecessary
shifting of this type could result in reduced fuel economy.
•Warming up a vehicle on cold mornings is not required and may
reduce fuel economy.
•Resting your foot on the brake pedal while driving may reduce fuel
economy.
•Combine errands and minimize stop-and-go driving.
Maintenance
•Keep tires properly inflated and use only recommended size.
•Operating a vehicle with the wheels out of alignment will reduce fuel
economy.
•Use recommended engine oil. Refer toMaintenance product
specifications and capacitiesin this chapter.
•Perform all regularly scheduled maintenance items. Follow the
recommended maintenance schedule and owner maintenance checks
found inscheduled maintenance information.
Conditions
•Heavily loading a vehicle or towing a trailer may reduce fuel economy
at any speed.
•Carrying unnecessary weight may reduce fuel economy (approximately
1 mpg [0.4 km/L] is lost for every 400 lb [180 kg] of weight carried).
•Adding certain accessories to your vehicle (for example bug
deflectors, rollbars/light bars, running boards, ski/luggage racks) may
reduce fuel economy.
•Using fuel blended with alcohol may lower fuel economy.
•Fuel economy may decrease with lower temperatures during the first
8–10 miles (12–16 km) of driving.
•Driving on flat terrain offers improved fuel economy as compared to
driving on hilly terrain.
•Transmissions give their best fuel economy when operated in the top
cruise gear and with steady pressure on the gas pedal.
•Close windows for high speed driving.
Maintenance and Specifications
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Servicing your vehicle ..............294
Setting the clock .............20, 24, 29
Side air curtain .........................182
SOS Post Crash Alert ...............185
Spark plugs,
specifications .............324, 327–328
Specification chart,
lubricants ...................................325
Speed control ............................126
Starting your
vehicle ........................233–234, 236
jump starting ..........................274
push button start system .......236
Steering
speed sensitive .......................247
Steering wheel
controls ....................................128
tilting .......................................121
SYNCAppLink™ ......................74
SYNCcustomer support ...........93
SYNC..........................................42
SYNCServices ...........................66
T
Text messaging ...........................58
Text messaging (sending,
downloading, deleting) .........58, 60
Tilt steering wheel ....................121
Tire Pressure Monitoring
System (TPMS)
Tires, Wheels and Loading ....220
Tires ...........................205–206, 268
alignment ................................214
care ..........................................209
changing ..........................268, 270checking the pressure ............209
inflating ...................................207
label .........................................219
replacing ..................................211
rotating ....................................214
safety practices .......................213
sidewall information ...............215
snow tires and chains ............224
spare tire .................................268
terminology .............................206
tire grades ...............................206
treadwear ........................205, 210
Towing .......................................230
recreational towing .................230
trailer towing ..........................230
wrecker ....................................277
Traffic, Directions and
Information ..................................66
Transmission
automatic operation ...............249
brake-shift interlock (BSI) ....247
fluid, checking and adding
(automatic) .............................319
fluid, checking and adding
(manual) .................................320
fluid, refill capacities ..............325
lubricant specifications ..........325
manual operation ....................252
Trunk
remote release ........................140
Turn signal ................................108
U
USB port ......................................35
Using privacy mode ....................52
V
Vehicle health report ..................72
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