Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Instrument Cluster
- WARNING LIGHTS AND CHIMES
- GAUGES
- MESSAGE CENTER
- Selectable features
- Reset
- Info menu
- Odometer/Trip odometer
- Distance to empty (DTE)
- Average fuel economy (AFE)
- Instantaneous fuel economy (IFE)
- Trip elapsed drive time
- Setup menu
- System check
- Oil Life XXX%
- Units (English/Metric)
- Autolamp delay (if equipped)
- Autolock
- Autounlock
- Blind spot system (if equipped)
- Cross traffic alert system (if equipped)
- Park aid (Reverse sensing system) (if equipped)
- Language
- System warnings
- Selectable features
- Entertainment Systems
- Climate Controls
- Lights
- HEADLAMP CONTROL
- PANEL DIMMER CONTROL
- AIMING THE HEADLAMPS
- TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
- INTERIOR LAMPS
- BULB REPLACEMENT
- Lamp assembly condensation
- Using the right bulbs
- Replacing interior bulbs
- Replacing exterior bulbs
- Replacing headlamp bulbs
- Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulbs
- Replacing front side marker bulbs
- Replacing stop/tail/turn/and side marker bulbs
- Replacing rear turn signal bulbs
- Replacing backup lamp bulbs
- Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulb
- Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
- Replacing fog lamp bulbs
- Driver Controls
- MULTI-FUNCTION LEVER
- TILT/TELESCOPE STEERING WHEEL
- ILLUMINATED VISOR MIRROR
- OVERHEAD CONSOLE
- ELECTRONIC COMPASS
- CENTER CONSOLE
- INSTRUMENT PANEL STORAGE COMPARTMENT
- AUXILIARY POWER POINT (12VDC)
- POWER WINDOWS
- INTERIOR MIRROR
- EXTERIOR MIRRORS
- SPEED CONTROL
- STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS (IF EQUIPPED)
- MOON ROOF (IF EQUIPPED)
- INTERIOR TRUNK CONTROL
- Locks and Security
- KEYS
- POWER DOOR LOCKS
- CHILDPROOF DOOR LOCKS
- INTERIOR LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT RELEASE
- REMOTE ENTRY SYSTEM
- SECURICODE™ KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM
- SECURILOCK PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM
- PERIMETER ALARM SYSTEM
- Seating and Safety Restraints
- SEATING
- REAR SEATS
- SAFETY RESTRAINTS
- Personal Safety System™
- How does the Personal Safety System™ work?
- Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints
- Front crash severity sensor
- Driver’s seat position sensor
- Front passenger sensing system
- Front safety belt usage sensors
- Front safety belt pretensioners
- Front safety belt energy management retractors
- Determining if the Personal Safety System™ is operational
- Safety belt precautions
- Combination lap and shoulder belts
- Energy management feature — front outboard
- Vehicle sensitive mode
- Automatic locking mode
- Safety belt height adjustment
- Safety belt pretensioner
- Safety belt extension assembly
- Safety belt warning light and indicator chime
- Conditions of operation
- Belt-Minder
- Personal Safety System™
- AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS)
- Important supplemental restraint system precautions
- Children and airbags
- How does the safety belt pretensioner and airbag supplemental restraint system work?
- Front passenger sensing system
- Determining if the system is operational
- Seat-mounted side airbag system
- Side-curtain airbag system
- SOS Post-Crash Alert System™
- Disposal of airbags and airbag equipped vehicles (including pretensioners)
- SAFETY RESTRAINTS FOR CHILDREN
- SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN
- Tires, Wheels and Loading
- Driving
- STARTING
- ENGINE BLOCK HEATER (IF EQUIPPED)
- BRAKES
- ADVANCETRAC STABILITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM
- STEERING
- BRAKE-SHIFT INTERLOCK
- AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION
- Understanding the gearshift positions of the 6–speed automatic transmission equipped with a 2.5L I4 engine (if equipped)
- Understanding the gearshift positions of the 6–speed automatic transmission equipped with a 3.0L V6 Duratec engine (if equipped)
- Understanding your SelectShift Automatic™ transmission (SST) gearshift lever
- If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
- MANUAL TRANSMISSION OPERATION (IF EQUIPPED)
- REVERSE SENSING SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
- REARVIEW CAMERA SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
- BLIND SPOT INFORMATION SYSTEM (BLIS) WITH CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT (CTA) (IF EQUIPPED)
- ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
- DRIVING THROUGH WATER
- Roadside Emergencies
- Customer Assistance
- GETTING THE SERVICES YOU NEED
- IN CALIFORNIA (U.S. ONLY)
- THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) AUTO LINE PROGRAM (U.S. ONLY)
- UTILIZING THE MEDIATION/ARBITRATION PROGRAM (CANADA ONLY)
- GETTING ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND CANADA
- ORDERING ADDITIONAL OWNER’S LITERATURE
- REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS (U.S. ONLY)
- REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS (CANADA ONLY)
- Cleaning
- Maintenance and Specifications
- SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS
- PRECAUTIONS WHEN SERVICING YOUR VEHICLE
- OPENING THE HOOD
- IDENTIFYING COMPONENTS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT
- WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID
- CHANGING THE WIPER BLADES
- ENGINE OIL
- BATTERY
- ENGINE COOLANT
- FUEL FILTER
- WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
- ESSENTIALS OF GOOD FUEL ECONOMY
- EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM
- BRAKE/CLUTCH FLUID
- TRANSMISSION FLUID
- AIR FILTER
- MOTORCRAFT PART NUMBERS
- MAINTENANCE PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS AND CAPACITIES
- ENGINE DATA
- IDENTIFYING YOUR VEHICLE
- TRANSMISSION CODE DESIGNATIONS
- Accessories
- Ford Extended Service Plan
- Index

All safety restraints in the vehicle are combination lap and shoulder
belts. All of the passenger combination lap and shoulder belts have two
types of locking modes described below:
Vehicle sensitive mode
This is the normal retractor mode, which allows free shoulder belt length
adjustment to your movements and locking in response to vehicle
movement. For example, if the driver brakes suddenly or turns a corner
sharply, or the vehicle receives an impact of approximately 5 mph
(8 km/h) or more, the combination safety belts will lock to help reduce
forward movement of the driver and passengers.
Automatic locking mode
When to use the automatic locking mode
In this mode, the shoulder belt is automatically pre-locked. The belt will
still retract to remove any slack in the shoulder belt. The automatic
locking mode is not available on the driver safety belt.
This mode should be used any time a child safety seat, except a
booster, is installed in passenger front or rear seating positions. Children
12 years old and under should be properly restrained in a rear seating
position whenever possible. Refer to Safety restraints for children or
Safety seats for children later in this chapter.
How to use the automatic locking mode
• Buckle the combination lap and
shoulder belt.
Seating and Safety Restraints
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2010 Milan (mln)
Owners Guide, 3rd Printing
USA (fus)