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Contacting Us
Contacting Us..................................................15
Introduction
About This Publication.................................17
Using This Publication.................................18
Symbols Glossary
Symbols Used on Your Vehicle.................19
Data Privacy
Data Privacy.....................................................22
Service Data....................................................23
Event Data........................................................23
Settings Data..................................................24
Connected Vehicle Data.............................24
Mobile Device Data.......................................25
Emergency Call System Data...................25
Environment
Protecting the Environment......................26
Visual Search
Steering Wheel...............................................27
Instrument Panel - Excluding: GT...........28
Instrument Panel - GT.................................29
Center Console - GT....................................30
Vehicle Interior - Excluding: GT.................31
Vehicle Interior - GT......................................32
Front Exterior - Excluding: GT...................33
Front Exterior - GT........................................34
Rear Exterior - Excluding: GT....................35
Rear Exterior - GT..........................................36
Child Safety
Child Safety Precautions............................37
Child Restraint Anchor Points..................38
Child Restraints..............................................39
Installing Child Restraints..........................40
Booster Seats.................................................45
Child Safety Locks.........................................47
Seatbelts
Seatbelt Precautions...................................48
Fastening and Unfastening the Seatbelts..........................................................................49
Sensitive Locking Mode..............................50
Automatic Locking Mode...........................50
Adjusting the Seatbelts DuringPregnancy.....................................................51
Adjusting the Seatbelt Height...................51
Seatbelt Reminder.........................................51
Checking the Seatbelts...............................53
Seatbelt Extensions.....................................54
Personal Safety System™
What Is the Personal Safety System..........................................................................55
How Does the Personal Safety SystemWork...............................................................55
Personal Safety System Components..........................................................................55
Airbags
How Do the Front Airbags Work..............56
How Do the Side Airbags Work...............56
How Do the Knee Airbags Work...............57
How Does the Safety Canopy™ Work...........................................................................57
Airbag Precautions.......................................58
Properly Adjusting the Driver and FrontPassenger Seats........................................59
Children and Airbags...................................59
Front Passenger Sensing System...........60
Crash Sensors and Airbag Indicator.......63
Disposing of Airbags....................................64
Pedestrian Alert System
What Is the Pedestrian Alert System..........................................................................65
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Easy Entry and Exit
How Does Easy Entry and Exit Work...........................................................................91
Switching Easy Entry and Exit On andOff....................................................................91
Liftgate - Vehicles With:Hands-Free Liftgate/PowerLiftgate
Liftgate Precautions.....................................92
Opening the Liftgate....................................92
Setting the Liftgate Opening Height..........................................................................94
Closing the Liftgate......................................94
Stopping the Liftgate Movement...........96
Liftgate Obstacle Detection.....................96
Liftgate – Troubleshooting.......................96
Liftgate - Vehicles With:Manual Liftgate
Opening the Liftgate...................................99
Closing the Liftgate......................................99
Security
Passive Anti-Theft System.......................101
Anti-Theft Alarm System..........................101
Anti-Theft Alarm System Settings.......102
Security – Troubleshooting.....................103
Steering Wheel
Adjusting the Steering Wheel.................105
Horn..................................................................105
Switching the Heated Steering WheelOn and Off.................................................105
Wipers and Washers
Wipers.............................................................106
Autowipers....................................................106
Switching the Rear Window Wiper Onand Off........................................................107
Reverse Wipe.................................................107
Checking the Wiper Blades.....................108
Replacing the Front Wiper Blades........108
Replacing the Rear Wiper Blades.........108
Washers..........................................................109
Wipers and Washers – Troubleshooting..........................................................................110
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lighting Control.............................111
Headlamps.......................................................111
Headlamps – Troubleshooting................112
Autolamps.......................................................112
Exterior Lamps...............................................113
Automatic High Beam Control................114
Automatic High Beam Control –Troubleshooting........................................116
Interior Lighting
Switching All of the Interior Lamps Onand Off..........................................................117
Switching the Front Interior Lamps Onand Off..........................................................117
Switching the Rear Interior Lamps Onand Off..........................................................117
Interior Lamp Function...............................117
Adjusting the Instrument Panel LightingBrightness...................................................118
Ambient Lighting..........................................118
Interior Lighting – Troubleshooting.......118
Windows
Opening and Closing the Windows.......119
Global Opening and Closing....................119
Window Bounce-Back..............................120
Locking the Rear Window Controls......120
Interior Mirror
Interior Mirror Precautions........................122
Auto-Dimming Interior Mirror..................122
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Hill Start Assist
What Is Hill Start Assist............................210
How Does Hill Start Assist Work...........210
Hill Start Assist Precautions...................210
Auto Hold
How Does Auto Hold Work.......................211
Switching Auto Hold On and Off............211
Using Auto Hold............................................211
Auto Hold Indicators....................................211
Traction Control
What Is Traction Control...........................213
How Does Traction Control Work..........213
Switching Traction Control On and Off.........................................................................213
Traction Control Indicator.........................213
Traction Control – Troubleshooting......214
Stability Control
How Does Stability Control Work..........215
Switching Stability Control On and Off.........................................................................216
Stability Control Indicator........................218
Steering
Electric Power Steering.............................219
Steering – Troubleshooting....................220
Parking Aids
Parking Aid Precautions............................221
Switching Parking Aid On and Off.........221
Rear Parking Aid..........................................222
Front Parking Aid.........................................222
Side Parking Aid..........................................223
Parking Aid Indicators...............................225
Parking Aids – Troubleshooting............225
Rear View Camera
What Is the Rear View Camera.............226
Rear View Camera Precautions............226
Locating the Rear View Camera...........226
Rear View Camera Guide Lines.............226
Rear View Camera Object DistanceIndicators....................................................227
Rear View Camera Settings....................227
360 Degree Camera
What Is the 360 Degree Camera..........229
How Does the 360 Degree Camera Work........................................................................229
360 Degree Camera Precautions.........229
360 Degree Camera Limitations..........229
Locating the 360 Degree Cameras......229
360 Degree Camera Guide Lines.........230
360 Degree Camera Settings.................231
Active Park Assist
What Is Active Park Assist.......................232
How Does Active Park Assist Work......232
Active Park Assist Precautions..............232
Switching Active Park Assist On and Off........................................................................232
Entering a Parallel Parking Space........232
Entering a Perpendicular Parking Space........................................................................233
Exiting a Parking Space............................233
Active Park Assist – Troubleshooting........................................................................234
Adaptive Cruise Control
How Does Adaptive Cruise Control WithStop and Go Work..................................236
Adaptive Cruise Control Precautions........................................................................236
Adaptive Cruise Control Limitations........................................................................236
Switching Adaptive Cruise Control Onand Off.......................................................238
Adaptive Cruise Control AutomaticCancellation.............................................239
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Locating the Blind Spot InformationSystem Sensors.......................................272
Blind Spot Information SystemIndicators....................................................272
Blind Spot Information System –Troubleshooting......................................273
Cross Traffic Alert
What Is Cross Traffic Alert.......................274
How Does Cross Traffic Alert Work......274
Cross Traffic Alert Precautions..............274
Cross Traffic Alert Limitations................274
Switching Cross Traffic Alert On and Off........................................................................274
Locating the Cross Traffic Alert Sensors........................................................................275
Cross Traffic Alert Indicators..................275
Cross Traffic Alert – Troubleshooting........................................................................276
Pre-Collision Assist
What Is Pre-Collision Assist....................277
How Does Pre-Collision Assist Work.........................................................................277
Pre-Collision Assist Precautions...........277
Pre-Collision Assist Limitations............278
Switching Pre-Collision Assist On andOff.................................................................279
Locating the Pre-Collision Assist Sensors........................................................................279
Distance Indication....................................280
Distance Alert...............................................281
Automatic Emergency Braking..............282
Evasive Steering Assist.............................282
Pre-Collision Assist – Troubleshooting........................................................................283
Driver Alert
What Is Driver Alert....................................285
How Does Driver Alert Work...................285
Driver Alert Precautions...........................285
Driver Alert Limitations.............................285
Switching Driver Alert On and Off.......286
Driver Alert Indicators...............................286
Driver Alert – Troubleshooting..............286
Speed Sign Recognition
What Is Speed Sign Recognition..........287
How Does Speed Sign Recognition Work........................................................................287
Speed Sign Recognition Precautions........................................................................287
Speed Sign Recognition Limitations........................................................................287
Speed Sign Recognition Indicators......287
Setting the Speed Sign RecognitionSpeed Warning.......................................288
Setting the Speed Sign RecognitionSpeed Tolerance....................................288
Speed Sign Recognition –Troubleshooting.....................................288
Load Carrying
Load Carrying Precautions.....................290
Locating the Safety ComplianceCertification Labels................................291
What Is the Gross Axle Weight Rating.........................................................................291
What Is the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.........................................................................291
What Is the Maximum Loaded TrailerWeight.........................................................291
What Is the Gross Combined WeightRating..........................................................292
Calculating Payload...................................292
Calculating the Load Limit......................293
Roof Rack......................................................294
Luggage Compartment
Luggage Compartment Precautions........................................................................296
Opening the Frunk.....................................296
Closing the Frunk........................................297
Using the Frunk Emergency Release........................................................................297
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Hill descent control
Horn control
Interior luggage compartmentrelease
Jack
Keep out of reach of children
Lighting control
Low tire pressure warning
Maintain correct fluid level
Malfunction Indicator Lamp(MIL)
Note operating instructions
Panic alarm
Parking aid
Parking lamps
Passenger airbag activated
Passenger airbag deactivated
Power steering fluid
Power windows front/rear
Power window lockout
Requires registered technician
Safety alert
See Owner's Manual
See Service Manual
Side airbag
Shield the eyes
Stability control
Stability control off
Trail control
Turn Signal
Windshield defrosting system
Windshield wiping system
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SERVICE DATA
Service data recorders in your vehicle arecapable of collecting and storingdiagnostic information about your vehicle.This potentially includes information aboutthe performance or status of varioussystems and modules in the vehicle, suchas the high voltage battery, throttle, andsteering or brake systems. In order toproperly diagnose and service your vehicle,Ford Motor Company (Ford of Canada inCanada), and service and repair facilitiesmay access or share among them vehiclediagnostic information received through adirect connection to your vehicle whendiagnosing or servicing your vehicle.Additionally, Ford Motor Company (Fordof Canada, in Canada) may, wherepermitted by law, use vehicle diagnosticinformation for vehicle improvement orwith other information we may have aboutyou, for example, your contact information,to offer you products or services that mayinterest you. Data may be provided to ourservice providers such as part suppliersthat may help diagnose malfunctions, andwho are similarly obligated to protect data.We retain this data only as long asnecessary to perform these functions or tocomply with law. We may provideinformation where required in response toofficial requests to law enforcement orother government authorities or thirdparties acting with lawful authority or courtorder, and such information may be usedin legal proceedings. For U.S. only (ifequipped), if you choose to use connectedapps and services, you consent that certaindiagnostic information may also beaccessed electronically by Ford MotorCompany and Ford authorized servicefacilities, and that the diagnosticinformation may be used to provideservices to you, personalizing yourexperience, troubleshoot, and to improveproducts and services and offer youproducts and services that may interest
you, where permitted by law. For Canadaonly, for more information, please reviewthe Ford of Canada privacy policy atwww.ford.ca, including our U.S. datastorage and use of service providers inother jurisdictions who may be subject tolegal requirements in Canada, the UnitedStates and other countries applicable tothem, for example, lawful requirements todisclose personal information togovernmental authorities in thosecountries.
EVENT DATA
This vehicle is equipped with an event datarecorder. The main purpose of an eventdata recorder is to record, in certain crashor near crash-like situations, such as anairbag deployment or hitting a roadobstacle; this data will assist inunderstanding how a vehicle’s systemsperformed. The event data recorder isdesigned to record data related to vehicledynamics and safety systems for a shortperiod of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The event data recorder in this vehicle isdesigned to record such data as:
•How various systems in your vehiclewere operating.
•Whether or not the driver andpassenger seatbelts werebuckled/fastened.
•How far (if at all) the driver wasdepressing the accelerator and/or thebrake pedal.
•How fast the vehicle was traveling.
•Where the driver was positioning thesteering wheel.
This data can help provide a betterunderstanding of the circumstances inwhich crashes and injuries occur.
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Note:Event data recorder data is recordedby your vehicle only if a non-trivial crashsituation occurs; no data is recorded by theevent data recorder under normal drivingconditions and no personal data orinformation (for example name, gender,age, and crash location) is recorded.However, parties, such as law enforcement,could combine the event data recorder datawith the type of personally identifying dataroutinely acquired during a crashinvestigation.
To read data recorded by an event datarecorder, special equipment is required,and access to the vehicle or the event datarecorder is needed. In addition to thevehicle manufacturer, other parties, suchas law enforcement, that have such specialequipment, can read the information if theyhave access to the vehicle or the eventdata recorder.
BlueCruise Data (If Equipped)
If BlueCruise is active in certain crash ornear crash-like situations, such as anairbag deployment or hitting a roadobstacle, the system may record driverattentiveness, based on the direction ofeyes and duration, and photographs of thedriver seat area.
Note:No data is recorded under normaldriving conditions.
SETTINGS DATA
Your vehicle has electronic control unitsthat have the ability to store data basedon your personalized settings. The data isstored locally in the vehicle or on devicesthat you connect to it, for example, a USBdrive or digital music player. You can deletesome of this data and also choose whetherto share it through the services to whichyou subscribe.
Comfort and Convenience Data
Data recorded includes, for example:
•Seat and steering wheel position.
•Climate control settings.
•Radio presets.
Entertainment Data
Data recorded includes, for example:
•Music, videos or album art.
•Contacts and corresponding addressbook entries.
•Navigation destinations.
CONNECTED VEHICLE DATA
The modem has a SIM. Themodem was enabled when yourvehicle was built and periodicallysends messages to stay connected to thecell phone network, receive automaticsoftware updates and send vehicle-relatedinformation to us, for example diagnosticinformation. These messages couldinclude information that identifies yourvehicle, the SIM and the electronic serialnumber of the modem. Cell phone networkservice providers could have access toadditional information, for example cellphone network tower identification. Foradditional information about our privacypolicy, visit www.FordConnected.com orrefer to your local Ford website.
Note:The modem continues to send thisinformation unless you disable the modemor stop the modem from sharing vehicledata by changing the modem settings. SeeConnected Vehicle (page 372).
Note:The service can be unavailable orinterrupted for a number of reasons, forexample environmental or topographicalconditions and data plan coverage.
Note:To find out if your vehicle has amodem, visit www.FordConnected.com.
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STEERING WHEEL
See Switching Adaptive Cruise Control On and Off (page 238).A
See Setting the Adaptive Cruise Control Speed (page 239).B
See Setting the Adaptive Cruise Control Gap (page 240).C
See Using Ford Assistant (page 389).D
See Adjusting the Volume (page 377).E
See Selecting an FM Radio Station (page 379).F
See Making and Receiving a Phone Call (page 394).G
See Switching Lane Centering On and Off (page 245).H
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The Safety Canopy deploys duringsignificant side crashes or when a certainlikelihood of a rollover event is detectedby the rollover sensor. The Safety Canopyis mounted to the roof side rail sheet metal,behind the headliner, above each row ofseats.
In certain sideways crashes or rolloverevents, the Safety Canopy activates,regardless of which seats are occupied.The Safety Canopy is designed to inflatebetween the side window area andoccupants to further enhance protectionprovided in side impact crashes androllover events.
The system consists of:
•Safety Canopy curtain airbags abovethe trim panels over the front and rearside windows. They are identified by alabel or wording on the headliner orroof pillar trim.
•A flexible headliner which opens abovethe side doors to allow air curtaindeployment
•Crash sensors and monitoring systemwith a readiness indicator. See CrashSensors and Airbag Indicator (page63).
Properly restrain children 12 years old andunder in the rear seats. The Safety Canopyairbags will not interfere with childrenrestrained using a properly installed childor booster seat because it is designed toinflate downward from the headliner abovethe doors along the side window opening.
AIRBAG PRECAUTIONS
WARNING: Airbags do not inflateslowly or gently, and the risk of injuryfrom a deploying airbag is the greatestclose to the trim covering the airbagmodule.
WARNING: All occupants of yourvehicle, including the driver, shouldalways properly wear their seatbelts,even when an airbag supplementalrestraint system is provided. Failure toproperly wear your seatbelt couldseriously increase the risk of injury ordeath.
WARNING: Properly securechildren 12 years old and under in a rearseating position whenever possible. Ifyou are unable to properly secure allchildren in a rear seating position,properly secure the largest child on thefront seat. If you must use a forwardfacing child restraint on the front seat,move the seat as far back as possible.Failure to follow these instructions couldresult in personal injury or death.
WARNING: Do not place your armson the airbag cover or through thesteering wheel. Failure to follow thisinstruction could result in personal injury.
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CRASH SENSORS AND
AIRBAG INDICATOR
WARNING: Modifying or addingequipment to the front of your vehiclecould affect the performance of theairbag system, increasing the risk ofinjury. This includes the hood, bumpersystem, frame, front body structure, towhooks, hood pins, push bar andsnowplows.
Your vehicle has a collection of crash andoccupant sensors. These sensors provideinformation to the restraints controlmodule which activates the following:
•Front and rear seatbelt pretensioners.
•Driver airbag.
•Passenger airbag.
•Knee airbag(s).
•Front and rear seat mounted sideairbags.
•Adaptive steering column.
•Safety Canopy.
Based on the type of crash, the restraintscontrol module deploys the appropriatesafety devices.
The restraints control module alsomonitors the readiness of the above safetydevices plus the crash and occupantsensors. This module indicates thereadiness of the safety system bydisplaying a warning indicator light in theinstrument cluster. If the warning light isnot working, the system sounds a tone asa backup. Routine maintenance of theairbag is not required.
A difficulty with the system is indicated byone or more of the following:
The readiness light will notilluminate immediately after youswitch the power on.
•The readiness light either flashes orstays on.
•You hear a series of five tones. Thetone pattern repeats periodically untilthe problem, the light or both arerepaired.
If any of these things happen, evenintermittently, have the supplementalrestraint system serviced immediately.Unless serviced, the system may notfunction properly in the event of a crash.
The fact that the seatbelt pretensionersor front airbags did not activate for bothfront seat occupants in a crash does notmean that something is wrong with thesystem. Rather, it means the restraintscontrol module determined the accidentconditions (crash severity, seatbelt usage)were not appropriate to activate thesesafety devices.
•The front airbags activate only infrontal and near-frontal crashes. Frontairbags may activate in rollovers, sideimpacts or rear impacts if the crashcauses sufficient frontal deceleration.
•The seatbelt pretensioners activate infrontal, near-frontal and side crashes,and in rollovers.
•The knee airbag deploys based oncrash severity and occupant conditions.
•The side airbags inflate in certain sideimpact crashes or rollover events. Sideairbags may activate in other types ofcrashes if the vehicle experiencessufficient sideways motion ordeformation.
•The Safety Canopy inflates in certainside impact crashes or rollover events.The Safety Canopy may activate inother types of crashes if the vehicleexperiences sufficient sideways motionor deformation, or a certain likelihoodof rollover.
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