Ford 1999 Taurus Automobile User Manual


 
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NOTE:Ifthetemperatur edrop sovernight ,the
vehicl emayappea rlowbecaus etheairintheair
sprin gcontracts .Thisisnormal !Thevehicl ewill
retur ntoregula rheigh tsoo nafterthevehicl eis
started.
SteeringYourVehicle
Yourvehicl ecome swithpowe rsteering .Power
steerin guse senerg yfromtheengin etohel psteer
yourvehicle.
Thesteerin gsyste minyourvehicl eisspeed
sensitive .Thi smean sthatthesteerin geffor tislight
forparkin gandheavie rforhighwa ydriving.
However ,ifyouhavetoswerv earoun danobject
oranothe rvehicle ,yoursteerin gwillhavefull
powe rassist.
Neve rhol dthesteerin gwhee ltotheextrem eright
orleftformor ethanfivesecond siftheengin eis
running .Thi scandamag ethepowe rsteerin gpump.
Iftheamoun tofeffor tneede dtostee ryou rvehicle
change sataconstan tvehicl espeed ,havethe
powe rsteerin gsyste mchecked .Ifthepower
steerin gsyste mbreak sdow n(oriftheengin eis
turne doff) ,youcanstee rthevehicl emanuall ybut
ittake smor eeffort.
DrivingwithanAutomatic
OverdriveTransmission
Theautomati coverdriv etransmissio noperate svery
muchlikearegula rautomati ctransmission ,except
itoffer stheextr aoverdriv efeature.
PuttingYourVehicleinGear
WARNING
Holdthebrakepedaldownwhileyou
movethegearshiftleverfromposition
toposition.Ifyoudonotholdthe
brakepedaldown,yourvehiclemay
moveunexpectedlyandinjuresomeone.
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Update:Wed Jun 19 10:45:23 1996