2013 LINCOLN MKZ weight

Universal Garage Door
Opener
Universal Garage Door Opener......142
Auxiliary Power Points
Auxiliary Power Points.......................147
Storage Compartments
Center Console....................................149
Overhead Console..............................149
Starting and Stopping the Engine
General Information
..........................150
Keyless Starting...................................150
Starting a Gasoline Engine..............152
Engine Block Heater
...........................153
Fuel and Refueling
Safety Precautions
.............................155
Fuel Quality
...........................................156
Running Out of Fuel...........................156
Refueling................................................158
Fuel Consumption
..............................160
Emission Control System..................161
Transmission
Automatic Transmission
..................165
Hill Start Assist
.....................................170
All-Wheel Drive
Using All-Wheel Drive.........................171
Brakes
General Information............................177 Hints on Driving With Anti-Lock
Brakes..................................................178
Electric Parking Brake
........................178
Traction Control
Principle of Operation
........................181
Using Traction Control.......................181
Stability Control
Principle of Operation.......................182
Using Stability Control......................183
Parking Aids
Parking Aid
............................................184
Active Park Assist...............................186
Rear View Camera...............................191
Cruise Control
Principle of Operation.......................195
Using Cruise Control..........................195
Using Adaptive Cruise Control
.......196
Driving Aids
Driver Alert............................................203
Lane Keeping System......................208
Blind Spot Monitor..............................212
Steering...................................................217
Load Carrying
Load Limit..............................................219
Towing
Towing a Trailer
....................................227
Recommended Towing Weights...............................................227
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Table of Contents

GENERAL INFORMATION
See the following sections for
directions on how to properly use
safety restraints for children.
WARNINGS
Always make sure your child is
secured properly in a device that
is appropriate for their height, age and
weight. Child safety restraints must
be bought separately from your
vehicle. Failure to follow these
instructions and guidelines may result
in an increased risk of serious injury or
death to your child. All children are shaped
differently. The
recommendations for safety restraints
are based on probable child height,
age and weight thresholds from
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and other safety
organizations, or are the minimum
requirements of law. Ford
recommends checking with a NHTSA WARNINGS
Certified Child Passenger Safety
Technician and consult your
pediatrician to make sure your child
seat is appropriate for your child, and
is compatible with and properly
installed in your vehicle. To locate a
child seat fitting station and CPST,
contact the NHTSA toll free at
1-888-327-4236 or locate NHTSA on
the internet. In Canada, check with
your local St. John Ambulance office
for referral to a CPST or for further
information, contact your provincial
ministry of transportation, locate your
local St. John Ambulance office by
searching for St. John Ambulance on
the internet, or Transport Canada at
1-800-333-0371
(http://www.tc.gc.ca). Failure to
properly restrain children in safety
seats made especially for their height,
age, and weight may result in an
increased risk of serious injury or death
to your child. 15
Child Safety

Recommendations for Safety Restraints for Children
Recommended restraint
type
Child size, height, weight, or age
Child
Use a child safety seat(sometimes called an
infant carrier, convertible seat, or toddler seat).
Children weighing 40 lb (18 kg) or
less (generally age four or younger).
Infants or
toddlers
Use a belt-positioningbooster seat.
Children who have outgrown or no
longer properly fit in a child safety
seat (generally children who are less than 4 ft. 9 in. (1.45 m) tall, are
greater than age four (4) and less
than age twelve (12), and between
40 lb (18 kg) and 80 lb (36 kg) and upward to 100 lb (45 kg) if recom- mended by your child restraint manufacturer).
Small chil-
dren
Use a vehicle safety belthaving the lap belt snug
and low across the hips, shoulder belt centered
across the shoulder and chest, and seat back upright.
Children who have outgrown or no
longer properly fit in a belt-posi-
tioning booster seat (generally chil- dren who are at least 4 ft. 9 in. (1.45
m) tall or greater than 80 lb (36 kg)
or 100 lb (45 kg) if recommended by child restraint manufacturer).
Larger chil-
dren
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Child Safety

•
You are required by law to properly
use safety seats for infants and
toddlers in the United States and
Canada.
• Many states and provinces require
that small children use approved
booster seats until they reach age
eight, a height of 4 feet 9 inches
(1.45 meters) tall, or 80 pounds
(36 kilograms). Check your local
and state or provincial laws for
specific requirements about the
safety of children in your vehicle.
• When possible, always properly
restrain children twelve years of
age and under in a rear seating
position of your vehicle. Accident
statistics suggest that children are
safer when properly restrained in
the rear seating positions than in
a front seating position. See Front
Passenger Sensing System
(page 45).
CHILD SEAT POSITIONING WARNINGS
Airbags can kill or injure a child
in a child seat. NEVER place a
rear-facing child seat in front of an
active airbag. If you must use a
forward-facing child seat in the front
seat, move your vehicle seat all the
way back. When possible, all children
age 12 and under should be properly
restrained in a rear seating position. If
all children cannot be seated and
restrained properly in a rear seating
position, properly restrain the largest
child in the front seat. WARNINGS
Always carefully follow the
instructions and warnings
provided by the manufacturer of any
child restraint to determine if the
restraint device is appropriate for your
child's size, height, weight, or age.
Follow the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions and
warnings provided for installation and
use in conjunction with the
instructions and warnings provided by
your vehicle manufacturer. A safety
seat that is improperly installed or
utilized, is inappropriate for your
child's height, age, or weight or does
not properly fit the child may increase
the risk of serious injury or death. Never let a passenger hold a
child on his or her lap while your
vehicle is moving. The passenger
cannot protect the child from injury in
a collision, which may result in serious
injury or death. Never use pillows, books, or
towels to boost a child. They can
slide around and increase the
likelihood of injury or death in a
collision. Always restrain an unoccupied
child seat or booster seat. These
objects may become projectiles in a
collision or sudden stop, which may
increase the risk of serious injury.
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Child Safety

WARNINGS
Never place, or allow a child to
place, the shoulder belt under a
child's arm or behind the back
because it reduces the protection for
the upper part of the body and may WARNINGS
increase the risk of injury or death in a
collision. Do not leave children or pets
unattended in your vehicle.
Use any attachment method as indicated below by X
Child
Weight
Restraint
Type Safety
belt only
Safety
belt and LATCH(lower
anchors and top tether
anchor)
Safety
belt and
top tether anchor
LATCH
(lower
anchors only)
LATCH
(lower
anchors and top tether
anchor)
X
X
Up to 48
lb (21 kg)
Rear
facing
child seat
X
X
X
Up to 48
lb (21 kg)
Forward
facing
child seat
X
X
Over 48
lb (21 kg)
Forward
facing
child seat
Note: The child seat must rest tightly
against your vehicle seat. It may be
necessary to lift or remove the head
restraint. See Seats (page 131). BOOSTER SEATS WARNING
Never place, or allow a child to
place, the shoulder belt under a
child's arm or behind the back
because it reduces the protection for
the upper part of the body and may
increase the risk of injury or death in a
collision. 18
Child Safety

8.
Remove remaining slack from the
belt. Force the seat down with
extra weight, e.g., by pressing
down or kneeling on the child
restraint while pulling up on the
shoulder belt in order to force slack
from the belt. This is necessary to
remove the remaining slack that
will exist once the extra weight of
the child is added to the child
restraint. It also helps to achieve
the proper snugness of the child
seat to your vehicle. Sometimes, a
slight lean toward the buckle will
provide extra help to remove
remaining slack from the belt.
9. Attach the tether strap (if the child
seat is equipped). 10. Before placing the child in the
seat, forcibly move 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 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of
movement for proper installation. Ford recommends checking with a
NHTSA Certified Child Passenger
Safety Technician to make certain the
child restraint is properly installed. In
Canada, check with your local St. John
Ambulance office for referral to a
Certified Passenger Seat Technician.
Inflatable safety belts
1. Position the child safety seat in a
seat with a combination lap and
shoulder belt. 2. After positioning the child safety
seat in the proper seating position,
grasp the shoulder belt and lap
belt together behind the belt
tongue.
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8.
Remove remaining slack from the
belt. Force the seat down with
extra weight, for example, by
pressing down or kneeling on the
child restraint while pulling down
on the lap belt in order to force
slack from the belt. This is
necessary to remove the remaining
slack that will exist once the extra
weight of the child is added to the
child restraint. It also helps to
achieve the proper snugness of the
child seat to your vehicle.
Sometimes, a slight lean toward
the buckle will additionally help to
remove remaining slack from the
belt.
9. Attach the tether strap (if the child
seat is equipped). 10. Before placing the child in the
seat, forcibly move 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 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of
movement for proper installation.
Ford recommends checking with a
NHTSA Certified Child Passenger
Safety Technician to make certain the
child restraint is properly installed. In
Canada, check with your local St. John
Ambulance office for referral to a
Certified Passenger Seat Technician.
Using Lower Anchors and
Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) WARNINGS
Never attach two child safety
seats to the same anchor. In a
collision, one anchor may not be
strong enough to hold two child safety
seat attachments and may break,
causing serious injury or death. Depending on where you secure
a child restraint, and depending
on the child restraint design, you may
block access to certain safety belt
buckle assemblies or LATCH lower
anchors, rendering those features
potentially unusable. To avoid risk of
injury, occupants should only use
seating positions where they are able
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Children and Airbags
WARNING
Airbags can kill or injure a child
in a child seat. NEVER place a
rear-facing child seat in front of an
active airbag. If you must use a
forward-facing child seat in the front
seat, move the seat all the way back. Children must always be properly
restrained. Accident statistics suggest
that children are safer when properly
restrained in the rear seating positions
than in the front seating position.
Failure to follow these instructions
may increase the risk of injury in a
collision. KNEE AIRBAG
The driver's and passenger's knee
airbags are located under the
instrument panel. The system works
along with the driver's and
passenger's front airbags to help
reduce injury to the legs. When the
airbags activate in a collision, the knee
airbags deploy from under the
instrument panel. As with front and
side airbags, it is important to be
properly seated and restrained to
reduce the risk of death or serious
injury. Make sure the knee airbags
are operating properly. See
Crash Sensors and Airbag
Indicator
(page 51).
FRONT PASSENGER
SENSING SYSTEM WARNINGS
Even with Advanced Restraints
Systems, children 12 and under
should be properly restrained in a rear
seating position. Sitting improperly out of position
or with the seat back reclined too
far can take off weight from the seat
cushion and affect the decision of the
front passenger sensing system,
resulting in serious injury or death in a
crash. Always sit upright against your
seat back, with your feet on the floor.
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