2014 FORD FIESTA run flat

SOS POST-CRASH ALERT
SYSTEM
The system flashes the turn signal lamps
and sounds the horn (intermittently) in the
event of a serious impact that deploys an
airbag (front, side, side curtain or Safety
Canopy) or the safety belt pretensioners.
The horn and lamps will turn off when:
•
the hazard control button is pressed
• the panic button (if equipped) is
pressed on the remote entry
transmitter, or
• your vehicle runs out of power.
DRIVER AND PASSENGER
AIRBAGS WARNINGS
Never place your arm or any objects
over an airbag module. Placing your
arm over a deploying airbag can
result in serious arm fractures or other
injuries. Objects placed on or over the
airbag inflation area may cause those
objects to be propelled by the airbag into
your face and torso causing serious injury. 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. The driver and front passenger airbags will
deploy during significant frontal and near
frontal crashes.
The driver and passenger front airbag
system consists of:
•
driver and passenger airbag modules.
• front passenger sensing system. · crash sensors and monitoring
system with readiness indicator.
See Crash Sensors and Airbag
Indicator (page 41).
Proper Driver and Front Passenger
Seating Adjustment WARNING
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
recommends a minimum distance
of at least 10 inches (25 centimeters)
between an occupant’ s chest and the
driver airbag module. To properly position yourself away from
the airbag:
•
Move your seat to the rear as far as you
can while still reaching the pedals
comfortably.
• Recline the seat slightly (one or two
degrees) from the upright position.
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•
Combine errands and minimize
stop-and-go driving.
•When running errands, go to the
furthest destination first and then
work your way back home.
• Close the windows for high-speed
driving.
• Drive at reasonable speeds. (Traveling
at 65 mph/105 kph uses about 15%
less fuel than traveling at 75 mph/121
kph).
• Keep the tires properly inflated and use
only the recommended size.
• Use the recommended engine oil.
• Perform all regularly scheduled
maintenance.
There are also some things you may want
to avoid doing because they reduce your
fuel economy:
• Avoid sudden or hard accelerations.
• Avoid revving the engine before turning
off the car.
• Avoid long idle periods.
• Do not warm up your vehicle on cold
mornings.
• Reduce the use of air conditioning and
heat.
• Avoid using speed control in hilly
terrain.
• Do not rest your foot on the brake
pedal while driving.
• Avoid carrying unnecessary weight
(approximately 1 mpg [0.4
kilometers/liter] is lost for every 400
lbs [180 kilograms] of weight carried).
• Avoid adding particular accessories to
your vehicle (e.g. bug deflectors,
rollbars/light bars, running boards, ski
racks).
• Avoid driving with the wheels out of
alignment. FLOOR MATS
WARNINGS
Always use floor mats that are
designed to fit the foot well of your
vehicle. Only use floor mats that
leave the pedal area unobstructed. Only
use floor mats that are firmly secured to
retention posts so that they cannot slip out
of position and interfere with the pedals
or impair safe operation of your vehicle in
other ways. Pedals that cannot move freely can
cause loss of vehicle control and
increase the risk of serious personal
injury. Always make sure that the floor
mats are properly attached to the
retention posts in the carpet that are
supplied with your vehicle. Floor mats must
be properly secured to both retention posts
to ensure mats do not shift out of position. Never place floor mats or any other
covering in the vehicle foot well that
cannot be properly secured to
prevent them from moving and interfering
with the pedals or the ability to control the
vehicle.
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WARNINGS
Do not spin the wheels at over 35
mph (56 km/h). The tires may fail
and injure a passenger or bystander.
Driving habits have a great deal to do
with your tire mileage and safety.
*Observe posted speed limits
*Avoid fast starts, stops and turns
*Avoid potholes and objects on
the road
*Do not run over curbs or hit the
tire against a curb when parking
Highway Hazards
No matter how carefully you drive
there
’s always the possibility that
you may eventually have a flat tire
on the highway. Drive slowly to the
closest safe area out of traffic.
This may further damage the flat
tire, but your safety is more
important.
If you feel a sudden vibration or
ride disturbance while driving, or
you suspect your tire or vehicle
has been damaged, immediately
reduce your speed. Drive with
caution until you can safely pull
off the road. Stop and inspect the
tires for damage. If a tire is
under-inflated or damaged,
deflate it, remove wheel and replace it with your spare tire and
wheel. If you cannot detect a
cause, have the vehicle towed to
the nearest repair facility or tire
dealer to have the vehicle
inspected.
Tire and Wheel Alignment
A bad jolt from hitting a curb or
pothole can cause the front end
of your vehicle to become
misaligned or cause damage to
your tires. If your vehicle seems to
pull to one side when you’re
driving, the wheels may be out of
alignment. Have an authorized
dealer check the wheel alignment
periodically.
Wheel misalignment in the front
or the rear can cause uneven and
rapid treadwear of your tires and
should be corrected by an
authorized dealer. Front-wheel
drive vehicles and those with an
independent rear suspension (if
equipped) may require alignment
of all four wheels.
The tires should also be balanced
periodically. An unbalanced tire
and wheel assembly may result in
irregular tire wear.
Tire Rotation
Note:
If your tires show uneven wear ask
an authorized dealer to check for and correct
any wheel misalignment, tire imbalance or
mechanical problem involved before tire
rotation.
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California Proposition 65.............................12
Capacities and Specifications................233
Cargo Nets
.......................................................153
Installing and Removing the Cargo
Net....................................................................... 153
Changing a Bulb - Vehicles With: 4-Door...........................................................190
Center High Mounted Stop Lamp................193
Front Fog Lamps................................................. 192
Headlamp............................................................. 190
Interior Lamp........................................................ 194
License Plate Lamp........................................... 194
Luggage Compartment Lamp, Footwell Lamp and Liftgate Lamp............................ 194
Reading Lamps................................................... 194
Rear Lamps........................................................... 192
Side Direction Indicator..................................... 191
Changing a Bulb - Vehicles With: 5-Door...........................................................195
Center High Mounted Stop Lamp................198
Front Fog Lamps................................................. 197
Headlamp............................................................. 195
Interior Lamp....................................................... 198
License Plate Lamp........................................... 198
Luggage Compartment Lamp, Footwell Lamp and Liftgate Lamp............................ 199
Reading Lamps................................................... 199
Rear Lamps........................................................... 197
Side Direction Indicator................................... 196
Changing a Fuse
............................................175
Fuses........................................................................\
175
Changing a Road Wheel...........................228 Dissimilar Spare Wheel and Tire Assembly
Information
..................................................... 228
Stowing the flat tire........................................... 231
Tire Change Procedure.................................... 229
Changing the 12V Battery..........................186
Changing the Engine Air Filter..................187
Changing the Wiper Blades
.....................186
Rear Window Wiper Blade.............................. 186
Windshield Wiper Blades................................ 186
Checking MyKey System Status..............50 MyKey Distance.................................................... 50
Number of Admin Keys...................................... 50
Number of MyKeys.............................................. 50
Checking the Wiper Blades......................186
Child Restraint and Safety Belt Maintenance.................................................32 Child Safety.......................................................14
General Information............................................. 14
Child Safety Locks
..........................................25
Left-Hand Side...................................................... 25
Right-Hand Side................................................... 25
Child Seat Positioning
...................................21
Cigar Lighter.....................................................112
Cleaning Leather Seats.............................207
Cleaning Products.......................................203
Cleaning the Alloy Wheels.......................207
Cleaning the Engine...................................204
Cleaning the Exterior..................................203 Cleaning Plastic Exterior Parts..................... 204
Exterior Chrome................................................. 203
Underbody........................................................... 204
Cleaning the Instrument Panel and Instrument Cluster Lens........................206
Cleaning the Interior
...................................205
Cleaning the Windows and Wiper Blades...........................................................205
Clearing All MyKeys.......................................50
Climate Control
..............................................98
Principle of Operation........................................ 98
Clock...................................................................89 Type 1........................................................................\
89
Type 2....................................................................... 89
Cold Weather Precautions.........................157
Crash Sensors and Airbag Indicator
.........41
Creating a MyKey...........................................49
Programming or Changing Optional
Settings............................................................... 49
Cruise Control..................................................65 Principle of Operation....................................... 142
Cup Holders.....................................................113
Customer Assistance
.................................160
D
Data Recording
................................................10
Event Data Recording.......................................... 10
Service Data Recording...................................... 10
Daytime Running Lamps.............................70
Direction Indicators
.......................................70
Driver and Passenger Airbags....................35 Children and Airbags.......................................... 36
Proper Driver and Front Passenger Seating Adjustment........................................................ 35
Driving Aids
.....................................................144
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