2002 Mercury Mercury Cougar ECU

Activation
The system is activated by pressing
the control once. The ignition key
must be removed from the ignition
and the doors, hood and luggage
compartment fully closed, to allow
activation.
The lamps will flash once to indicate
the system is activated. If the lamps
do not flash once, the system is not
activated.
Arming the system
Opening any door, hood, or luggage compartment will activate the alarm
when activated.
When unauthorized entry occurs, the system will flash the turn signal
lamps and will sound the horn.
Disarming the system
You can disarm the system by any of
the following actions:
²Unlock the doors by using your
remote entry transmitter.
²Unlock the door by using your
key.
Either of these actions will disarm
an Untriggered or Triggered alarm
system.
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To lean the seatback forward, pull
the lever on the outside of the
seatback.
Fold back the seatback until it locks
with a distinct ªclickº and slide the
seat backwards until it locks in
position. Rock the seat to ensure
that the catch is securely engaged.
Adjusting the power seats (if equipped)
To adjust the height of the seat,
push the control up or down. The
control is located on the left front
corner of the seat.
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To raise the rear seatback, push the seatback upward until it locks in
place. Make sure it is firmly latched by pushing forward and back on it.
Check to see that the seat and seatback are latched securely in
position. Keep luggage area of objects that would prevent proper
engagement.
SAFETY RESTRAINTS
Safety restraints precautions
Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap
belt snug and low across the hips.
To reduce the risk of injury, make sure children sit where they
can be properly restrained.
Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the
vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot protect the child from
injury in a collision.
All occupants of the vehicle, including the driver, should always
properly wear their safety belts, even when an air bag (SRS) is
provided.
It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or
outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in these areas
are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to
ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and
safety belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and using a
safety belt properly.
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The best fit can be obtained with a
child safety seat that has a base
wide enough to span the depression
of the rear seat so that it rests on
the highest part of the seat cushion.
Carefully follow all of the
manufacturer's instructions with the
safety seat you put in your vehicle.
If you do not install and use the
safety seat properly, the child may
be injured in a sudden stop or
collision.
When installing a child safety seat:
²Review and follow the information
presented in theAir bag
supplemental restraint system
section in this chapter.
²Use the correct safety belt buckle
for that seating position.
²Insert the belt tongue into the
proper buckle until you hear a
snap and feel it latch. Make sure
the tongue is securely fastened in
the buckle.
²Keep the buckle release button
pointing up and away from the
safety seat, with the tongue
between the child seat and the
release button, to prevent
accidental unbuckling.
²Place seat back in upright position.
²Put the safety belt in the automatic locking mode. Refer toAutomatic
locking mode.
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Ford recommends the use of a child safety seat having a top tether
strap. Install the child safety seat in a seating position which is capable
of providing a tether anchorage. For more information on top tether
straps, refer toAttaching safety seats with tether strapsin this chapter.
Carefully follow all of the manufacturer's instructions included
with the safety seat you put in your vehicle. If you do not install
and use the safety seat properly, the child may be injured in a sudden
stop or collision.
Installing child safety seats in combination lap and shoulder belt
seating positions
Ford recommends that you
properly secure children in
the rear seat whenever possible. If
you must use a forward-facing
child seat in the front seat, move
the passenger seat as far back
from the instrument panel as
possible. Never secure rear-facing
infant seats in the front seat.
1. Position the child safety seat in a
seat with a combination lap and
shoulder belt.
Children 12 and under should be properly restrained in the rear
seat whenever possible.
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2. Pull down on the shoulder belt
and then grasp the shoulder belt
and lap belt together.
3. While holding the shoulder and
lap belt portions together, route the
tongue through the child seat
according to the child seat
manufacturer's instructions. Be sure
the belt webbing is not twisted.
4. Insert the belt tongue into the
proper buckle (the buckle closest to
the direction the tongue is coming
from) for that seating position until
you hear a snap and feel the latch
engage. Make sure the tongue is
latched securely by pulling on it.
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5. To put the retractor in the
automatic locking mode, grasp the
shoulder portion of the belt and pull
downward until all of the belt is
extracted and a click is heard.
6. Allow the belt to retract. The belt will click as it retracts to indicate it
is in the automatic locking mode.
7. Pull the lap belt portion across
the child seat toward the buckle and
pull up on the shoulder belt while
pushing down with your knee on the
child seat.
8. Allow the safety belt to retract to
remove any slack in the belt.
9. Before placing the child in the
seat, forcibly tilt the seat forward
and back to make sure the seat is
securely held in place. To check
this, grab the seat at the belt path
and attempt to move it side to side
and forward and back. There should
be no more than one inch of
movement for proper installation.
10. Try to pull the belt out of the retractor to make sure the retractor is
in the automatic locking mode (you should not be able to pull more belt
out). If the retractor is not locked, unbuckle the belt and repeat steps
two through nine.
Check to make sure the child seat is properly secured before each use.
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Attaching child safety seats with tether straps
Most new forward-facing child safety seats include a tether strap which
goes over the back of the seat and hooks to an anchoring point. Tether
straps are available as an accessory for many older safety seats. Contact
the manufacturer of your child seat for information about ordering a
tether strap.
The tether strap anchors in your
vehicle are in the following positions
(shown from top view):
Attach the tether strap only to the appropriate tether anchor as
shown. The tether strap may not work properly if attached
somewhere other than the correct tether anchor.
1. Position the child safety seat on
the seat cushion.
2. Route the child safety seat tether
strap over the back of the seat.
Remove the cargo cover over the
luggage area from the vehicle. For
vehicles with moveable head
restraints, route the tether strap
under the head restraint posts if you
can. Otherwise, route the tether
strap over the top of the seatback.
3. Locate the correct anchor for the selected seating position as shown
previously.
4. Clip the tether strap to the anchor.
5. Refer toInstalling child safety seats in combination lap and
shoulder beltsection of this chapter for further instructions to secure
the child safety seat.
If the safety seat is not anchored properly, the risk of a child
being injured in a collision greatly increases.
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