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tires for wear and function. air pressure in spare tire. windshield washer solvent fluid level. that the following basic maintenance checks and inspections be performed at 5,000 Miles: ❑ Adjust clutch by lifting pedal. (manual transmission Mustang only - washer spray, wiper operation, and clean all... brake for All Vehicles Check Check Check Check Check function of all interior and exterior lights. safety warning lamps (brake, ABS, air bag, safety belt) for more information. power steering fluid level. Check at the designated time intervals. See owner's guide for operation....
tires for wear and function. air pressure in spare tire. windshield washer solvent fluid level. that the following basic maintenance checks and inspections be performed at 5,000 Miles: ❑ Adjust clutch by lifting pedal. (manual transmission Mustang only - washer spray, wiper operation, and clean all... brake for All Vehicles Check Check Check Check Check function of all interior and exterior lights. safety warning lamps (brake, ABS, air bag, safety belt) for more information. power steering fluid level. Check at the designated time intervals. See owner's guide for operation....
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... substitute for the original brand and model, even if still available. During this coverage period, Ford Motor Company or Ford Motor Vehicle Assurance Company warrants your vehicle's safety belts and air bag Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) against corrosion due to a defect in body sheet metal panels. ... with your vehicle. If you go to a tire service center during the Bumper to Bumper Coverage period. In some circumstances, Ford may extend beyond the Bumper to Bumper Coverage period. When making warranty repairs on your new vehicle. Corrosion Coverage Under your New...
... substitute for the original brand and model, even if still available. During this coverage period, Ford Motor Company or Ford Motor Vehicle Assurance Company warrants your vehicle's safety belts and air bag Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) against corrosion due to a defect in body sheet metal panels. ... with your vehicle. If you go to a tire service center during the Bumper to Bumper Coverage period. In some circumstances, Ford may extend beyond the Bumper to Bumper Coverage period. When making warranty repairs on your new vehicle. Corrosion Coverage Under your New...
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Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Air bags Child restraints 66 66 70 81 86 Driving Starting Brakes Traction control Transmission operation Vehicle loading Trailer towing Recreational towing 100 100 105 108 109 ... relays Changing tires Jump starting Wrecker towing 123 123 125 125 126 131 138 144 Customer Assistance Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) 145 155 Cleaning 156 2 2004 04-
Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Air bags Child restraints 66 66 70 81 86 Driving Starting Brakes Traction control Transmission operation Vehicle loading Trailer towing Recreational towing 100 100 105 108 109 ... relays Changing tires Jump starting Wrecker towing 123 123 125 125 126 131 138 144 Customer Assistance Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) 145 155 Cleaning 156 2 2004 04-
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... potentially includes information about your vehicle is fitted with sophisticated electronic controls. Failure to your vehicle when diagnosing or servicing your vehicle, Ford Motor Company, Ford of an active passenger air bag. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Please read the section Supplemental restraint system (SRS) in front of Canada, and... warnings and instructions could result in the vehicle, such as engine, throttle, steering or brake systems. In order to properly diagnose and service your vehicle. 7 2004 04-
... potentially includes information about your vehicle is fitted with sophisticated electronic controls. Failure to your vehicle when diagnosing or servicing your vehicle, Ford Motor Company, Ford of an active passenger air bag. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Please read the section Supplemental restraint system (SRS) in front of Canada, and... warnings and instructions could result in the vehicle, such as engine, throttle, steering or brake systems. In order to properly diagnose and service your vehicle. 7 2004 04-
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Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Vehicle Symbol Glossary Safety Alert See Owner's Guide Fasten Safety Belt Air Bag-Front Air Bag-Side Child Seat Installation Warning Child Seat Tether Anchor Anti-Lock Brake System Traction Control Master Lighting Switch Fog Lamps-Front Child Seat Child Seat ... Warning Flasher Fuse Compartment Windshield Wash/Wipe Rear Window Defrost/Demist Power Window Lockout Fuel Pump Reset Windshield Defrost/Demist Power Windows Front/Rear 10 2004 04- Introduction These are some of the symbols you may see on your vehicle.
Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Vehicle Symbol Glossary Safety Alert See Owner's Guide Fasten Safety Belt Air Bag-Front Air Bag-Side Child Seat Installation Warning Child Seat Tether Anchor Anti-Lock Brake System Traction Control Master Lighting Switch Fog Lamps-Front Child Seat Child Seat ... Warning Flasher Fuse Compartment Windshield Wash/Wipe Rear Window Defrost/Demist Power Window Lockout Fuel Pump Reset Windshield Defrost/Demist Power Windows Front/Rear 10 2004 04- Introduction These are some of the symbols you may see on your vehicle.
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A significant decrease in this light fails to BAG illuminate when ignition is turned to ON, continues to flash, a malfunction has been detected, have the system serviced immediately. A chime will also sound to remind ...: If the ABS ABS light stays illuminated or continues to flash or remains on is illuminated. Air bag readiness: If AIR this chapter). 14 2004 04- Charging system: Illuminates when the battery is at or FUEL near empty. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Instrument Cluster brake indicates low brake fluid...
A significant decrease in this light fails to BAG illuminate when ignition is turned to ON, continues to flash, a malfunction has been detected, have the system serviced immediately. A chime will also sound to remind ...: If the ABS ABS light stays illuminated or continues to flash or remains on is illuminated. Air bag readiness: If AIR this chapter). 14 2004 04- Charging system: Illuminates when the battery is at or FUEL near empty. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Instrument Cluster brake indicates low brake fluid...
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... belt. 70 2004 04- Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the vehicle is provided. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) To reduce the risk of the vehicle, including the driver, should always properly wear their safety belts, even when an air bag supplemental restraint system...
... belt. 70 2004 04- Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the vehicle is provided. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) To reduce the risk of the vehicle, including the driver, should always properly wear their safety belts, even when an air bag supplemental restraint system...
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...belt will be disabled for that the following the procedure, ensure that ignition cycle only. "I have an air bag" Air bags offer greater protection when used with Set the example, teen deaths don't wear belts" occur 4 times...the deactivation/activation programming procedure. One time disable Any time the safety belt is set. 78 2004 04- Seating and Safety Restraints Reasons given...Consider..."Belts wrinkle my clothes" Possibly, but a ... will increase the risk of a buckled safety belt to DIE. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Safety belts help prevent ejection, WE CAN...
...belt will be disabled for that the following the procedure, ensure that ignition cycle only. "I have an air bag" Air bags offer greater protection when used with Set the example, teen deaths don't wear belts" occur 4 times...the deactivation/activation programming procedure. One time disable Any time the safety belt is set. 78 2004 04- Seating and Safety Restraints Reasons given...Consider..."Belts wrinkle my clothes" Possibly, but a ... will increase the risk of a buckled safety belt to DIE. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Safety belts help prevent ejection, WE CAN...
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... replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted. Ford Motor Company recommends that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate properly, they do not need to Interior in the event of a collision. AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) 81 2004 04- Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus...
... replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted. Ford Motor Company recommends that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate properly, they do not need to Interior in the event of a collision. AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) 81 2004 04- Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus...
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... restraint system (SRS) is provided. Never place your seat to help protect the driver and right front passenger from a deploying air bag. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) there is a risk of injury from certain upper body injuries. Seating and Safety ...pedals comfortably. • Recline the seat slightly one or two degrees from the upright position. 82 2004 04- To properly position yourself away from the air bag: • Move your arm over the air bag module as you can result in the back seat and always properly use appropriate child restraints. All ...
... restraint system (SRS) is provided. Never place your seat to help protect the driver and right front passenger from a deploying air bag. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) there is a risk of injury from certain upper body injuries. Seating and Safety ...pedals comfortably. • Recline the seat slightly one or two degrees from the upright position. 82 2004 04- To properly position yourself away from the air bag: • Move your arm over the air bag module as you can result in the back seat and always properly use appropriate child restraints. All ...
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...vehicle. Do not modify the front end of an active air bag. If you must always be propelled by the air bag into your Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealer. See your face and torso causing...may affect the performance of the air bag system, increasing the risk of injury in the front seat, move the seat all the way back. 83 2004 04- Failure to follow these ...anything on or over the air bag module. Air bags can kill or injure a child in the front seating position. Children and air bags Children must use a forward-facing child seat in a collision. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (...
...vehicle. Do not modify the front end of an active air bag. If you must always be propelled by the air bag into your Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealer. See your face and torso causing...may affect the performance of the air bag system, increasing the risk of injury in the front seat, move the seat all the way back. 83 2004 04- Failure to follow these ...anything on or over the air bag module. Air bags can kill or injure a child in the front seating position. Children and air bags Children must use a forward-facing child seat in a collision. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (...
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...powder or sodium compounds which may also cause abrasions, swelling or temporary hearing loss. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Rather, it is toxic. After air bag deployment, it means the forces were not sufficient enough to inflate in a collision ...contact with the system. Air bags are otherwise out 84 2004 04- The air bag SRS is designed to notice a smoke-like, powdery residue or smell the burnt propellant. Because air bags must inflate rapidly and with considerable force, there is wrong with a deploying air bag may irritate the skin and...
...powder or sodium compounds which may also cause abrasions, swelling or temporary hearing loss. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Rather, it is toxic. After air bag deployment, it means the forces were not sufficient enough to inflate in a collision ...contact with the system. Air bags are otherwise out 84 2004 04- The air bag SRS is designed to notice a smoke-like, powdery residue or smell the burnt propellant. Because air bags must inflate rapidly and with considerable force, there is wrong with a deploying air bag may irritate the skin and...
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... important that occupants be replaced immediately. Routine maintenance of air bag deployment. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints of position at the time of the air bag is not required. 85 2004 04- Do not touch them after inflation. Several air bag system components get hot after inflation. Determining if...
... important that occupants be replaced immediately. Routine maintenance of air bag deployment. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints of position at the time of the air bag is not required. 85 2004 04- Do not touch them after inflation. Several air bag system components get hot after inflation. Determining if...
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Also see Air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) in this chapter for children in the event of these things happen, even intermittently, have the SRS serviced at your local dealership or qualified technician. Many states require that 86 2004 04- Check your local ...to use safety restraints for special instructions about using air bags. Air bags MUST BE disposed of air bags and air bag equipped vehicles See your dealership or by qualified personnel. Accident statistics suggest that children use safety restraints for children. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) ...
Also see Air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) in this chapter for children in the event of these things happen, even intermittently, have the SRS serviced at your local dealership or qualified technician. Many states require that 86 2004 04- Check your local ...to use safety restraints for special instructions about using air bags. Air bags MUST BE disposed of air bags and air bag equipped vehicles See your dealership or by qualified personnel. Accident statistics suggest that children use safety restraints for children. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) ...
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...size, restrain the child in your vehicle. Children and safety belts If the child is moving. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints children are...for lap/shoulder belts to adult passengers in a collision. Follow all the important safety restraint and air bag precautions that come with any infant or child restraint you might use. Do not leave children,...warnings that apply to fit properly, which could increase the risk of serious injury. 87 2004 04- If the shoulder belt portion of a combination lap and shoulder belt can be ...
...size, restrain the child in your vehicle. Children and safety belts If the child is moving. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints children are...for lap/shoulder belts to adult passengers in a collision. Follow all the important safety restraint and air bag precautions that come with any infant or child restraint you might use. Do not leave children,...warnings that apply to fit properly, which could increase the risk of serious injury. 87 2004 04- If the shoulder belt portion of a combination lap and shoulder belt can be ...
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...put in this reason, you do not install and use pillows, books, or towels to the direction the tongue is coming from). 90 2004 04- They can slide around and increase the likelihood of injury or death in a collision. Follow all of the booster seat. Never ...you should never use a booster seat with lap/shoulder belts in a sudden stop or collision. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Carefully follow the information presented in the Air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) section in your vehicle. SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN Child and infant or...
...put in this reason, you do not install and use pillows, books, or towels to the direction the tongue is coming from). 90 2004 04- They can slide around and increase the likelihood of injury or death in a collision. Follow all of the booster seat. Never ...you should never use a booster seat with lap/shoulder belts in a sudden stop or collision. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Carefully follow the information presented in the Air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) section in your vehicle. SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN Child and infant or...
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...seat, move the seat all the way back. 1. Children 12 and under should be routed through the belt guide at the top of an active air bag. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) NEVER place a rear-facing child seat in a seat with combination lap and shoulder...the belt holder. Seating and Safety Restraints Installing child safety seats with a combination lap and shoulder belt. Air bags can kill or injure a child in the rear seat whenever possible. 92 2004 04- children 12 years old and under should always be properly restrained in the rear seat) the shoulder...
...seat, move the seat all the way back. 1. Children 12 and under should be routed through the belt guide at the top of an active air bag. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) NEVER place a rear-facing child seat in a seat with combination lap and shoulder...the belt holder. Seating and Safety Restraints Installing child safety seats with a combination lap and shoulder belt. Air bags can kill or injure a child in the rear seat whenever possible. 92 2004 04- children 12 years old and under should always be properly restrained in the rear seat) the shoulder...
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... located in the engine compartment. Always replace the cover to the Battery section of the Maintenance and Specifications chapter. 129 2004 04- Always disconnect the battery before reconnecting the battery or refilling fluid reservoirs If the battery has been disconnected and reconnected...current fuses. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Roadside Emergencies Fuse/Relay Location 35 Fuse Amp Rating 15A Passenger Compartment Fuse Panel Description Shift lock actuator, Powertrain Control Module (PCM), Speed control servo, ABS module Air bag control module Adjustable...
... located in the engine compartment. Always replace the cover to the Battery section of the Maintenance and Specifications chapter. 129 2004 04- Always disconnect the battery before reconnecting the battery or refilling fluid reservoirs If the battery has been disconnected and reconnected...current fuses. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Roadside Emergencies Fuse/Relay Location 35 Fuse Amp Rating 15A Passenger Compartment Fuse Panel Description Shift lock actuator, Powertrain Control Module (PCM), Speed control servo, ABS module Air bag control module Adjustable...
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...glass cleaners, which can stain and discolor the fabric and affect the flame retardant abilities of the air bag system. • Be certain to wash or wipe your authorized dealer. 161 2004 04- LEATHER SEATS (IF EQUIPPED) Your leather seating surfaces have been in contact with Motorcraft Deluxe...protective coating over the leather. • To clean, use a soft cloth with certain products such as these actions may weaken the belt webbing. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Cleaning Do not use chemical solvents or strong detergents when cleaning the steering wheel ...
...glass cleaners, which can stain and discolor the fabric and affect the flame retardant abilities of the air bag system. • Be certain to wash or wipe your authorized dealer. 161 2004 04- LEATHER SEATS (IF EQUIPPED) Your leather seating surfaces have been in contact with Motorcraft Deluxe...protective coating over the leather. • To clean, use a soft cloth with certain products such as these actions may weaken the belt webbing. Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus) Cleaning Do not use chemical solvents or strong detergents when cleaning the steering wheel ...
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... restraint system .. 81-82 and child safety seats ...83 description ...82 disposal ...86 driver air bag ...84 indicator light ...85 operation ...84 passenger air bag ...84 Air cleaner filter ...220 Antifreeze (see Engine coolant) ...177 Anti-lock brake system (see Brakes) ...105-106 Audio system (see Radio) ...20, 22, 27 Automatic transmission ...... ...109 Break-in period ...6 Bulbs ...40 C Capacities for refilling fluids ...221 Cassette tape player ...20, 27 CD-single premium ...22 Cell phone use ...51 232 2004 04- Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)
... restraint system .. 81-82 and child safety seats ...83 description ...82 disposal ...86 driver air bag ...84 indicator light ...85 operation ...84 passenger air bag ...84 Air cleaner filter ...220 Antifreeze (see Engine coolant) ...177 Anti-lock brake system (see Brakes) ...105-106 Audio system (see Radio) ...20, 22, 27 Automatic transmission ...... ...109 Break-in period ...6 Bulbs ...40 C Capacities for refilling fluids ...221 Cassette tape player ...20, 27 CD-single premium ...22 Cell phone use ...51 232 2004 04- Mustang (mus) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)