1996 Mercury Cougar Support Question
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Question posted by jshdidi on November 1st, 2013
1996 Mercury Cougar Wont Start
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Owner's Manual - Page 4
... option when you buy a Ford Extended Service Plan for more details about the Ford Extended Service Plan. See your vehicle. Contact any Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer, or refer to purchase the Ford Extended Service Plan runs out after 18 months or 18,000 miles. If you lose your vehicle.
Owner's Manual - Page 25
...If any of air bags or air bag equipped vehicles, see your local Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. Safety belts alone do not provide maximum protection for children.
Safety Restraints for children. If...air bag equipped vehicles For disposal of these children. Check your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. RWARNING Do not attempt to use safety restraints for these things happen, have...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
... tether straps see your vehicle. NEVER SECURE REAR-FACING INFANT SEATS IN THE FRONT SEAT. RWARNING Never leave a child unattended in your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. Ford recommends the use child or infant seats. Install the child safety seat in a seating position which is capable of a child safety seat having...
Owner's Manual - Page 45
...running. LOCK is the only position that allows you to operate while the engine is started and remains in the ignition
ACCESSORY allows some of the key in this position while ...the engine runs.
45 It also locks the automatic transmission gearshift lever. Starting Your Cougar
Ignition
Understanding the Positions of the Ignition
The positions of your vehicle from theft. LOCK...
Owner's Manual - Page 46
... key is stuck in the ignition, a warning chime sounds. Release the key once the engine starts so that the gearshift is still in the LOCK position, move the key to ON when you... animals.
46 NOTE: The automatic transmission gearshift must be in P (Park). Remove the key. The START position also allows you to LOCK. They could quickly become high enough to cause severe and possibly fatal ...
Owner's Manual - Page 47
...accelerator when you have problems getting your vehicle, do the following: 1. Fuel-Injected Engines
When starting a fuel-injected engine, the most important thing to remember is to avoid pressing down on... instrument panel to the Warning Lights and Gauges chapter.
47 Exhaust fumes are turned off when starting. See Guarding Against Exhaust Fumes in P (Park) and the parking brake is in this...
Owner's Manual - Page 48
... turn the key to OFF, wait approximately ten (10) seconds so you have difficulty in the START position
for more than five (5) seconds at the beginning of this section. If you do not flood...it may be binding. Allow the key to return to the START position (cranking) until the engine starts. DO NOT depress the accelerator pedal when starting your engine: 1. 2. 3. Turn the key to the ON...
Owner's Manual - Page 49
...pedal. It should, however, slow down after two attempts: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If the engine does not start , the fuel pump shut-off switch may have the idle speed checked.
49 Press the accelerator all the way ... Fuel Pump Shut-Off Switch later in gear. If the engine still does not start after a short time. When you start your foot is on the brake pedal and put the gearshift lever in this chapter...
Owner's Manual - Page 50
... or other damage. The emission system heats up the engine compartment and exhaust system, which improves starting, warms up the engine faster, and allows the heater-defrost system to idle for more than 10... the vehicle checked. RWARNING Extended idling at high engine speeds can start your vehicle in a region where temperatures reach -10˚F (-23˚C) or below. Ford recommends ...
Owner's Manual - Page 51
...Against Exhaust Fumes
Carbon monoxide, although colorless and odorless, is present in at night to start your vehicle the following morning. Take precautions to disconnect the engine block heater before you .... Using the heater for longer than three hours will not damage the engine, so you start your vehicle in a stopped vehicle for more than a short period of time with ungrounded ...
Owner's Manual - Page 53
...-off Switch
If the engine cranks but does not start or does not start after a collision, the fuel pump shut-off switch
RWARNING If you can start your vehicle.
The switch is triggered, you must ...shut-off switch may have been triggered. Once the shut-off switch is a device intended to start your vehicle has been involved in a substantial jolt. The shut-off switch is on the left ...
Owner's Manual - Page 54
.... Check under the vehicle again for a few seconds, then turn it to the OFF position. If the button is already set, you can try to start after a collision or substantial jolt: 1. 2. 3. If you do not see or smell fuel, do not see or smell fuel, you may have a different mechanical problem...
Owner's Manual - Page 57
...alert you have fully released the parking brake, have the hydraulic brake system serviced. If the light stays on after the engine starts and you turn the ignition key to possible problems with your vehicle. If the fluid level is low in the master cylinder reservoir... lights listed are on briefly when you release the parking brake. It normally goes off shortly after you to START.
Owner's Manual - Page 58
... second. The system turns on the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) pump motor for longer than five seconds, you start your vehicle. If a malfunction is disabled and should shut off your engine. The Anti-Lock Brake System has self-... time the vehicle reaches 14 mph (22 km/h). After the engine is started and the anti-lock light is also lit. This is a normal part of the self-check feature.
Owner's Manual - Page 60
... not being charged and that you turn the ignition to the ON or START position (engine off when the engine starts and the alternator begins to charge.
60 Charging System Light
This light indicates that your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer immediately.
The light should go off ). Air Bag Readiness Light
The air...
Owner's Manual - Page 61
... the vehicle is on, the transmission will not shift into overdrive.
The transmission will return the vehicle to the transmission.
61 When the light is started even if the O/D OFF mode was selected when the vehicle was last shut off.
Owner's Manual - Page 93
... in heavier rain. For example, you until the wipers are going at varying intervals.
See the Servicing Your Cougar chapter. Variable Interval Wipers
In addition to two speed wipers, your nearest Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer.
93 For a constant spray, keep the knob pushed in the end of the turn signal lever...
Owner's Manual - Page 165
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RWARNING Hold the brake pedal down , your vehicle may move unexpectedly and injure someone. If you move the shifter out of P (Park).
165 Start the engine. Driving Your Cougar
Driving with the brake shift interlock safety feature which prevents shifting the transmission out of the P (Park) position without the brake pedal being...
Owner's Manual - Page 166
...VERIFY THAT THE BRAKELAMPS ARE WORKING. If you turn clockwise to N (Neutral) and start the engine. This feature prevents the gearshift from being moved from the steering column.... Interlock safety feature. Reinsert the ignition key and turn the key to the chapter titled Servicing Your Cougar in this Owner Guide for instructions on checking and replacing fuses. When the gearshift is in the...
Owner's Manual - Page 204
... first. u Bring you fuel if you are stranded. u Tow your vehicle if you run out. u Jump-start your vehicle. Roadside Assistance will cover the following:
u Mount your spare if you experience a problem with the help...dead. u Unlock your vehicle if you throughout your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer (not available in mud or snow, are covered (some exclusions apply, such as impound towing...
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