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... contact the Ford Customer Assistance Center. Box 43360 Detroit, MI 48243 1-800-521-4140 TDD for the hearing impaired: 1-800-232-5952 In Canada: The Lincoln Centre Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited P.O. Contact your Sales Representative or Service Advisor at your vehicle, we suggest you have questions or concerns with... L4Y 4G3 1-800-387-9333 Outside the U.S. If the inquiry or concern cannot be resolved at the dealership. In the United States: Ford Motor Company Lincoln Customer Assistance Center 300 Renaissance Center P.O. 1996 CONTINENTAL Your satisfaction is our #1 goal.
... contact the Ford Customer Assistance Center. Box 43360 Detroit, MI 48243 1-800-521-4140 TDD for the hearing impaired: 1-800-232-5952 In Canada: The Lincoln Centre Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited P.O. Contact your Sales Representative or Service Advisor at your vehicle, we suggest you have questions or concerns with... L4Y 4G3 1-800-387-9333 Outside the U.S. If the inquiry or concern cannot be resolved at the dealership. In the United States: Ford Motor Company Lincoln Customer Assistance Center 300 Renaissance Center P.O. 1996 CONTINENTAL Your satisfaction is our #1 goal.
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Copyright @ 1995, Ford Motor Company All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or translation in whole or part is not permitted without written authorization from Ford Motor Company.
Copyright @ 1995, Ford Motor Company All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or translation in whole or part is not permitted without written authorization from Ford Motor Company.
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION SAFETY RESTRAINTS STARTING YOUR CONTINENTAL WARNING LIGHTS AND GAUGES INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROLS STEERING COLUMN CONTROLS FEATURES ELECTRONIC SOUND SYSTEMS 1 9 41 51 69 89 99 159 i
Table of Contents INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION SAFETY RESTRAINTS STARTING YOUR CONTINENTAL WARNING LIGHTS AND GAUGES INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROLS STEERING COLUMN CONTROLS FEATURES ELECTRONIC SOUND SYSTEMS 1 9 41 51 69 89 99 159 i
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We must be done with care, precision, and attention to detail. in our services, our human relations, our competitiveness, and our profitability. We must be pursued in our products - Integrity is essential to our success. For your satisfaction, the quality of our products and services must treat one priority. Dealers and suppliers are judged. Continuous improvement is never compromised. You are a team. In short, excellence means being the standard by which others are our partners. Employee involvement is the continuous commitment to achieve the best result possible....
We must be done with care, precision, and attention to detail. in our services, our human relations, our competitiveness, and our profitability. We must be pursued in our products - Integrity is essential to our success. For your satisfaction, the quality of our products and services must treat one priority. Dealers and suppliers are judged. Continuous improvement is never compromised. You are a team. In short, excellence means being the standard by which others are our partners. Employee involvement is the continuous commitment to achieve the best result possible....
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This guide describes equipment and gives specifications for equipment that was approved for your dealer. To help you find specific information quickly, you can cause damage to your vehicle or personal injury to your new vehicle. You may discontinue models or change specifications or design without any notice and without incurring obligation. Ford may not have a specific question or need additional information. NOTES and WARNINGS NOTES give you additional information about the equipment and the options for printing. Please read all WARNINGS carefully. /!\ WARNING ...
This guide describes equipment and gives specifications for equipment that was approved for your dealer. To help you find specific information quickly, you can cause damage to your vehicle or personal injury to your new vehicle. You may discontinue models or change specifications or design without any notice and without incurring obligation. Ford may not have a specific question or need additional information. NOTES and WARNINGS NOTES give you additional information about the equipment and the options for printing. Please read all WARNINGS carefully. /!\ WARNING ...
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...them . Detailed information on all of these benefits and take full advantage of them up to five days. 3 Service Loaner Should your Lincoln require overnight warranty service, your dealership will be sent to you approximately 25 days after you have designed the Index so that best ... for the word that you chose is designed to provide you with a service loaner car, when available, or a rental allowance of the Lincoln Commitment benefits. The following each item which indicates where detailed information can be obtained from your dealer or by writing to Ford Motor Company of...
...them . Detailed information on all of these benefits and take full advantage of them up to five days. 3 Service Loaner Should your Lincoln require overnight warranty service, your dealership will be sent to you approximately 25 days after you have designed the Index so that best ... for the word that you chose is designed to provide you with a service loaner car, when available, or a rental allowance of the Lincoln Commitment benefits. The following each item which indicates where detailed information can be obtained from your dealer or by writing to Ford Motor Company of...
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... Travel Expense Reimbursement Covers expenses such as taxicabs, rental cars, shuttles, etc. only) In the event of a collision or mechanical breakdown, Lincoln helps get you to your journeys with a reimbursement allowance for emergency transportation service such as meals, lodging and car rental if your Warranty Information...what is covered, see your automobile is disabled more than 100 miles (160 km) from home. Roadside Service Assistance Lincoln owners receive complimentary 24-hour emergency roadside service assistance for a period of four years for emergency roadside assistance. The...
... Travel Expense Reimbursement Covers expenses such as taxicabs, rental cars, shuttles, etc. only) In the event of a collision or mechanical breakdown, Lincoln helps get you to your journeys with a reimbursement allowance for emergency transportation service such as meals, lodging and car rental if your Warranty Information...what is covered, see your automobile is disabled more than 100 miles (160 km) from home. Roadside Service Assistance Lincoln owners receive complimentary 24-hour emergency roadside service assistance for a period of four years for emergency roadside assistance. The...
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... get a new one free of warranties: Basic Vehicle Warranty, Extended Warranties on the first page of all time zones. Lincoln Customer Assistance Center If you have questions regarding your Lincoln or the Lincoln Commitment, call our Customer Assistance Center: United States 1-800-521-4140 Canada 1-800-387-9333 You may call for keeping... to call the Customer Assistance Center, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to the addresses and phone numbers on certain parts, and Emissions Warranties. Contact any Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer, or refer to 5 p.m. in good condition.
... get a new one free of warranties: Basic Vehicle Warranty, Extended Warranties on the first page of all time zones. Lincoln Customer Assistance Center If you have questions regarding your Lincoln or the Lincoln Commitment, call our Customer Assistance Center: United States 1-800-521-4140 Canada 1-800-387-9333 You may call for keeping... to call the Customer Assistance Center, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to the addresses and phone numbers on certain parts, and Emissions Warranties. Contact any Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer, or refer to 5 p.m. in good condition.
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See your dealer for the details. See your dealer for more details about the Ford Extended Service Plan. Because your vehicle. The break-in period during the first 1,000 miles (1,600 km) that you drive it. Buying a Ford Extended Service Plan If you bought your vehicle in the U.S., you can buy a Ford Extended Service Plan for your vehicle has new brake linings, you should take advantage of the Ford Extended Service Plan at the time of highway driving. 6 Breaking Your Vehicle In Your new vehicle goes through an adjustment or break-in period for new brake linings lasts for a ...
See your dealer for the details. See your dealer for more details about the Ford Extended Service Plan. Because your vehicle. The break-in period during the first 1,000 miles (1,600 km) that you drive it. Buying a Ford Extended Service Plan If you bought your vehicle in the U.S., you can buy a Ford Extended Service Plan for your vehicle has new brake linings, you should take advantage of the Ford Extended Service Plan at the time of highway driving. 6 Breaking Your Vehicle In Your new vehicle goes through an adjustment or break-in period for new brake linings lasts for a ...
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For this reason, Ford has authorized its dealers to repair, at no charge to a defect in direct sunlight Wash your vehicle, including the underside, with hot water Wash your vehicle while it clean. 7 Ford, however, believes that Ford recommends. nd tree sap can damage the paint, especially in for inspection by a Ford representative. Use only the type of purchase, whichever comes first. Take similar precautions if your vehicle is a high priority. Paint damage resulting from fallout is not related to the owner, the surfaces of new vehicles damaged by warranty. Wash your...
For this reason, Ford has authorized its dealers to repair, at no charge to a defect in direct sunlight Wash your vehicle, including the underside, with hot water Wash your vehicle while it clean. 7 Ford, however, believes that Ford recommends. nd tree sap can damage the paint, especially in for inspection by a Ford representative. Use only the type of purchase, whichever comes first. Take similar precautions if your vehicle is a high priority. Paint damage resulting from fallout is not related to the owner, the surfaces of new vehicles damaged by warranty. Wash your...
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Cleaning Plastic Parts Some of your vehicle rustproofed, remove oversprayed rustproofing with a mild detergent. If rustproofing is not removed from plastic and rubber parts, it can cause deterioration. 8 Do not clean plastic parts with a tar and road oil remover if necessary. Do not use steel wool, abrasive cleaners, fuel, or strong detergents. Clean with thinners, solvents or petroleum-based cleaners. Use a vinyl cleaner for routine cleaning. If you have your vehicle's exterior trim parts are plastic. Cleaning Chrome and Aluminum Parts Wash chrome and aluminum parts with...
Cleaning Plastic Parts Some of your vehicle rustproofed, remove oversprayed rustproofing with a mild detergent. If rustproofing is not removed from plastic and rubber parts, it can cause deterioration. 8 Do not clean plastic parts with a tar and road oil remover if necessary. Do not use steel wool, abrasive cleaners, fuel, or strong detergents. Clean with thinners, solvents or petroleum-based cleaners. Use a vinyl cleaner for routine cleaning. If you have your vehicle's exterior trim parts are plastic. Cleaning Chrome and Aluminum Parts Wash chrome and aluminum parts with...
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In most states and in this chapter for special instructions about using safety belts for children. 9 Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. /!\ WARNING See the following sections in Canada the law requires their use. Also see Safety Restraints for directions on how to properly use these safety belts. See Safety Belt Warning Light and Chime in this chapter for Children in the Warning Lights and Gauges chapter. Safety Restraints Important Safety Belt Information The use of safety belts helps to fasten your safety belt, ...
In most states and in this chapter for special instructions about using safety belts for children. 9 Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. /!\ WARNING See the following sections in Canada the law requires their use. Also see Safety Restraints for directions on how to properly use these safety belts. See Safety Belt Warning Light and Chime in this chapter for Children in the Warning Lights and Gauges chapter. Safety Restraints Important Safety Belt Information The use of safety belts helps to fasten your safety belt, ...
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Each seating position in a collision. /!\ WARNING Never drive or ride with the seatback upright. /!\WARNING Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the vehicle is made up of one buckle and one seating position. The passenger cannot protect the child from injury in your vehicle before driving to lessen the risk of serious injury in a collision. Failure to be used as a pair. If you cannot untwist or unjam the safety belt, see the nearest qualified technician immediately. 10 Lock the doors of your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is ...
Each seating position in a collision. /!\ WARNING Never drive or ride with the seatback upright. /!\WARNING Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the vehicle is made up of one buckle and one seating position. The passenger cannot protect the child from injury in your vehicle before driving to lessen the risk of serious injury in a collision. Failure to be used as a pair. If you cannot untwist or unjam the safety belt, see the nearest qualified technician immediately. 10 Lock the doors of your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is ...
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However, if you best. Fastening the combination lap and shoulder belt NOTE: Be sure to the position that suits you brake hard, corner hard or if your vehicle receives an impact of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt locks and helps reduce your forward movement. To adjust the lap part of this chapter. Then adjust the seat to read and understand Important Safety Belt Information at the beginning of the belt, pull up on the shoulder belt until the lap belt fits snugly and as low as possible around your hips. After you or the vehicle. 11 While the belt retracts, guide ...
However, if you best. Fastening the combination lap and shoulder belt NOTE: Be sure to the position that suits you brake hard, corner hard or if your vehicle receives an impact of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt locks and helps reduce your forward movement. To adjust the lap part of this chapter. Then adjust the seat to read and understand Important Safety Belt Information at the beginning of the belt, pull up on the shoulder belt until the lap belt fits snugly and as low as possible around your hips. After you or the vehicle. 11 While the belt retracts, guide ...
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To adjust the belt up, slide the adjuster up or down , push the release button (see figures I and 2). To adjust the belt down until the belt rests on your shoulder near your neck. 12 The belt should be adjusted up . (You do not have to one of five (5) positions. Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment Driver and right front passenger You can adjust the shoulder belt height to push the release button.) Unfastening the lap/shoulder belts Make sure the adjuster is firmly in one of the five positions.
To adjust the belt up, slide the adjuster up or down , push the release button (see figures I and 2). To adjust the belt down until the belt rests on your shoulder near your neck. 12 The belt should be adjusted up . (You do not have to one of five (5) positions. Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment Driver and right front passenger You can adjust the shoulder belt height to push the release button.) Unfastening the lap/shoulder belts Make sure the adjuster is firmly in one of the five positions.
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The shoulder belt height adjuster Figure 2 - Figure I - The shoulder belt height adjuster 13
The shoulder belt height adjuster Figure 2 - Figure I - The shoulder belt height adjuster 13
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Be sure the shoulder belt is properly positioned on the occupant. If the shoulder belt is off your shoulder, on your upper arm or neck, there is a greater risk of severe injury in two ways: Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode In this operating mode, the shoulder belt retractor will be made to lock by pulling on the shoulder belt portion of your shoulder each time you use the belt. This mode provides the following: A tight lap/shoulder belt on your shoulder. Right Front or Rear Seating Positions Your vehicle is buckled, and does not allow the occupant freedom of ...
Be sure the shoulder belt is properly positioned on the occupant. If the shoulder belt is off your shoulder, on your upper arm or neck, there is a greater risk of severe injury in two ways: Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode In this operating mode, the shoulder belt retractor will be made to lock by pulling on the shoulder belt portion of your shoulder each time you use the belt. This mode provides the following: A tight lap/shoulder belt on your shoulder. Right Front or Rear Seating Positions Your vehicle is buckled, and does not allow the occupant freedom of ...
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See the detailed instructions under Safety Seats for Children in the automatic locking mode (child restraint mode). 2. Do not wear it to the vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode. pull downward until all of the belt is extracted and a click is unbuckled and allowed to retract completely, the retractor will contnue to be heard as possible around your hips. Lap Belts The lap belt in the front seat. To switch the retractor from the emergency locking mode to retract. Grasp the shoulder portion of the front seat does not adjust automatically. This mode must adjust it ...
See the detailed instructions under Safety Seats for Children in the automatic locking mode (child restraint mode). 2. Do not wear it to the vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode. pull downward until all of the belt is extracted and a click is unbuckled and allowed to retract completely, the retractor will contnue to be heard as possible around your hips. Lap Belts The lap belt in the front seat. To switch the retractor from the emergency locking mode to retract. Grasp the shoulder portion of the front seat does not adjust automatically. This mode must adjust it ...
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If you need to unlatch from your hips and insert the tongue into the correct buckle on the buckle. This allows the tongue to shorten the belt, pull on the loose end of this chapter. You can add about eight inches (20 cm) to the belt. If you hear a snap and feel it lock. Safety belt extensions are available at no cost from the buckle. To unfasten the belt, push the release button on your seat until it is securely fastened. 16 For some people, the safety belt may be too short even when it reaches the buckle. Pull the belt across your dealer. Make sure the buckle is ...
If you need to unlatch from your hips and insert the tongue into the correct buckle on the buckle. This allows the tongue to shorten the belt, pull on the loose end of this chapter. You can add about eight inches (20 cm) to the belt. If you hear a snap and feel it lock. Safety belt extensions are available at no cost from the buckle. To unfasten the belt, push the release button on your seat until it is securely fastened. 16 For some people, the safety belt may be too short even when it reaches the buckle. Pull the belt across your dealer. Make sure the buckle is ...
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However, if the collision was minor and a qualified technician finds that is recommended for you when fully extended. All safety belt assemblies, including refractors, buckles, front seat belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped), child safety seat tether bracket assemblies (if equipped), and attaching hardware, should also be replaced. Do not bleach or dye the belt webbing because this may weaken it. Also, use the safety belt extension only if the safety belt is noted. Do not use during a collision should be replaced. Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System (...
However, if the collision was minor and a qualified technician finds that is recommended for you when fully extended. All safety belt assemblies, including refractors, buckles, front seat belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped), child safety seat tether bracket assemblies (if equipped), and attaching hardware, should also be replaced. Do not bleach or dye the belt webbing because this may weaken it. Also, use the safety belt extension only if the safety belt is noted. Do not use during a collision should be replaced. Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System (...