FORD 2012 F-150 v.1 Instruction Manuals and User Guides

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FORD 2012 F-150 v.1 User Manual, 462 pages

Recognized languages:	English
Pages:	462
Size:	3.26 MB

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Table of Contents
Introduction
- Congratulations
- Safety and Environment Protection
- PERCHLORATE MATERIAL
- Breaking-in your vehicle
- SPECIAL NOTICES
- DATA RECORDING
  - Service Data Recording
  - Event Data Recording
- CELL PHONE USE
- EXPORT UNIQUE (NON–UNITED STATES/CANADA) VEHICLE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Instrument Cluster
- Warning lights and chimes
- Gauges
- Base Message Center
  - Info (information menu)
    - System check and vehicle feature customization
    - System warnings
- Uplevel message center (if equipped)
  - Main menu
Entertainment Systems
- Audio systems
- General audio information
  - Satellite radio information (if equipped)
- Navigation system (if equipped)
- SYNC? (if equipped)
Climate Controls
- Single zone climate control
  - Operating tips
- Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control with heated seats (if equipped)
- Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control with heated and cooled seats (if equipped)
- Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control with heated and cooled seats (navigation based–if equipped)
- Touchscreen functions
- Voice commands in climate mode
  - Operating tips
- Rear window defroster (if equipped)
- Remote start climate operation (if equipped)
Lights
- Headlamp Control
- PANEL DIMMER CONTROL
- Aiming the headlamps
  - Vertical aim adjustment
- TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
- INTERIOR LAMPS
- Bulb Replacement
Driver Controls
- Multi-function lever
  - Windshield wiper rainlamp feature (if equipped with autolamp)
- Tilt or tilt/telescope steering column (if equipped)
  - Power Tilt/Telescope Steering Column (if equipped)
- Illuminated visor mirror (if equipped)
- Center Console (if equipped)
- Electronic compass (if equipped)
  - Compass zone adjustment
  - Compass calibration adjustment
- Auxiliary power point (12V DC)
  - Power point (110V AC) (if equipped)
  - Ashtray (if equipped)
- Power Windows (if equipped)
- Interior mirror
  - Automatic dimming interior rear view mirror (if equipped)
- Exterior Mirrors
- Power Adjustable Foot Pedals (if equipped)
- Power deployable running boards (if equipped)
- Speed control (if equipped)
  - Using speed controls
- STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS (IF EQUIPPED)
  - Radio control features
- Moon roof (if equipped)
- Universal garage door opener (if equipped)
  - Car2U? Home Automation System (if equipped)
- Positive Retention Floor Mat (if equipped)
- Tailgate lock
- Bed extender (if equipped)
- Cargo management system (if equipped)
Locks and Security
- Keys
- MyKey? (if equipped)
- Power door locks (if equipped)
  - Smart locks (if equipped)
  - Autolock feature (if equipped)
- Childproof door locks (on vehicles with rear doors)
- Remote entry system (if equipped)
- SecuriCode™ keyless entry system (if equipped)
- Securilock? passive anti-theft system (if equipped)
- Perimeter alarm system (if equipped)
  - Arming the system
  - Disarming the system
    - Triggering the anti-theft system
Seating and Safety Restraints
- Front seats
- Rear seats
- Rear heated seats (if equipped)
- Personal Safety System™
  - How does the Personal Safety System™ work?
- Safety Belt System
- AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS)
- Safety restraints for children
  - Important child restraint precautions
    - Recommendations for attaching child safety restraints for children
  - Transporting children
Safety seats for children
- Infant and/or toddler seats
- Installing child safety seats with combination lap and shoulder belts
  - Installing child safety seats in cinch tongue combination lap and shoulder belt seating position (front center seating positi
- Attaching child safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) attachments
  - Use of inboard lower anchors from the outboard seating positions (center seating use)
  - Combining safety belt and LATCH lower anchors for attaching child safety seats
- Attaching child safety seats with tether straps
  - Front seat tether strap attachment (Regular Cab)
  - Rear seat tether strap attachment (SuperCab and SuperCrew)
- Child booster seats
- Child restraint and safety belt maintenance
Tires, Wheels and Loading
- Notice to owners about high performance tires
- Notice to utility vehicle and truck owners
- Vehicle characteristics
  - Four-wheel drive (4WD) system (if equipped)
  - How your vehicle differs from other vehicles
- Information about uniform tire quality grading
- Tires
  - Glossary of tire terminology
- Inflating your tires
- Tire care
- Information contained on the tire sidewall
- Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
- Snow tires and chains
- Vehicle loading – with and without a trailer
  - Special loading instructions for owners of pick-up trucks and utility-type vehicles
- Trailer towing
- Recreational towing
  - Four-wheel-down towing
Driving
- Starting
- Engine block heater (if equipped)
- Brakes
- AdvanceTrac? with Roll Stability Control™ (RSC?) stability enhancement system
- Steering
- Limited-slip axle (if equipped)
  - Electronic locking differential (ELD) (if equipped)
- Preparing to drive
- Brake-shift interlock - column-shift transmission
  - Brake-shift interlock – floor-shift transmission
- Automatic transmission operation
  - Understanding the shift positions of the 6-speed automatic transmission
    - Understanding your SelectShift Automatic™ transmission (SST) gearshift lever (if equipped)
  - Hill start assist
    - Activating hill start assist
- If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
- Reverse sensing system (if equipped)
- Rearview camera system (if equipped)
- Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
- Four-wheel drive (4WD) operation (if equipped)
Driving through water
Roadside Emergencies
- ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
- Hazard flasher control
- Fuel Pump Shut-off
- Fuses and relays
- Changing the tires
  - Dissimilar spare tire/wheel information
  - Tire change procedure
    - Stowing the flat/spare tire
- Wheel lug nut torque specifications
- Running out of fuel
- Jump starting
- Wrecker towing
  - Emergency towing
Customer Assistance
- GETTING THE SERVICES YOU NEED
  - Away from home
    - Additional assistance
- IN CALIFORNIA (U.S. ONLY)
- THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) AUTO LINE PROGRAM (U.S. ONLY)
- UTILIZING THE MEDIATION/ARBITRATION PROGRAM (CANADA ONLY)
- GETTING ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND CANADA
- ORDERING ADDITIONAL OWNER’S LITERATURE
  - Obtaining a French Owner’s Guide
- REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS (U.S. ONLY)
- REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS (CANADA ONLY)
Cleaning
- Washing the exterior
- Waxing
- Paint chips
- Aluminum wheels and wheel covers
- Engine
- Plastic (non-painted) exterior parts
- Windows and wiper blades
- Instrument panel and console (Harley-Davidson edition only)
- Instrument panel/Interior trim and cluster lens
- Interior
- Leather seats (if equipped, except for the King Ranch? edition)
  - Leather seats for the King Ranch? edition only (if equipped)
- Underbody
- Ford and Lincoln car care products
Maintenance and Specifications
- Service recommendations
- Precautions when servicing your vehicle
  - Working with the engine off
  - Working with the engine on
- Opening the hood
- Identifying components in the engine compartment
  - 3.7L V6 engine
  - 5.0L V8 engine
  - 6.2L V8 engine
  - 3.5L V6 EcoBoost™ engine
- Windshield washer fluid
- Changing the wiper blades
- Engine oil
  - Checking the engine oil
  - Adding engine oil
  - Engine oil and filter recommendations
    - Use SAE 5W-20 engine oil
    - Use SAE 5W-30 engine oil
- Battery
  - Battery management system (if equipped)
- Engine coolant
  - Checking engine coolant
  - Adding engine coolant
  - Recycled engine coolant
  - Coolant refill capacity
  - Severe climates
  - What you should know about fail-safe cooling (if equipped)
    - How fail-safe cooling works
    - When fail-safe mode is activated
  - Engine fluid temperature management (if equipped)
- Fuel Filter
- What you should know about automotive fuels
  - Important safety precautions
    - Refueling
  - Easy Fuel? “no cap” fuel system
    - Flex fuel vehicle (FFV) fuel fill inlet
  - Choosing the right fuel
  - Octane recommendations
    - FFV engine (if equipped)
  - Fuel quality
  - Cleaner air
  - Running out of fuel
    - Refilling with a portable fuel container
- Essentials of good fuel economy
  - Measuring techniques
  - Filling the tank
  - Calculating fuel economy
  - Driving style — good driving and fuel economy habits
- EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM
  - On-board diagnostics (OBD-II)
  - Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing
- Power steering fluid (6.2L V8 engine only)
- Brake fluid
- Transmission fluid
  - Checking 6-speed automatic transmission fluid
- Transfer case fluid (if equipped)
- Air filter
  - Changing the air filter element (3.7L/5.0L and 6.2L engines)
    - Changing the air filter element (3.5L EcoBoost™ engine)
- Vehicle storage
- Motorcraft part numbers
- Maintenance product specifications and capacities
- Engine data
  - Engine drivebelt routing
- Identifying your vehicle
  - Safety Compliance Certification Label
  - Vehicle identification number (VIN)
- Transmission code designations
Accessories
- Ford Custom Accessories for your vehicle
Ford Extended Service Plan
- FORD ESP EXTENDED SERVICE PLANS (U.S. ONLY)
- FORD ESP EXTENDED SERVICE PLANS (CANADA ONLY)
Scheduled Maintenance
- GENERAL MAINTENANCE INFORMATION
- NORMAL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND LOG
- SPECIAL OPERATING CONDITIONS - 3.5L, 3.7L AND 5.0L ENGINES
- SPECIAL OPERATING CONDITIONS - 6.2L ENGINE
  - Special operating condition log
- EXCEPTIONS
- ENGINE COOLANT CHANGE RECORD
  - Engine coolant change log
Index

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