2007 Ford Escape Owners Manual

Maintenance and Specifications
4.
Drivingthroughdeepwater–theelectricalsystemmaybewet.
Thesetemporarymalfunctionscanbecorrectedbyfillingthefueltank
withgoodqualityfuel,properlytighteningthefuelcaporlettingthe
electricalsystemdryout.Afterthreedrivingcycleswithouttheseorany
othertemporarymalfunctionspresent,the
indicatorshouldstayoff
thenexttimetheengineisstarted.Adrivingcycleconsistsofacold
enginestartupfollowedbymixedcity/highwaydriving.Noadditional
vehicleserviceisrequired.
Ifthe
indicatorremainson,haveyourvehicleservicedatthefirst
availableopportunity.Althoughsomemalfunctionsdetectedbythe
OBD-IImaynothavesymptomsthatareapparent,continueddriving
withthe
indicatoroncanresultinincreasedemissions,lowerfuel
economy,reducedengineandtransmissionsmoothness,andleadtomore
costlyrepairs.
Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M)  testing
Somestate/provincialandlocalgovernmentsmayhave
Inspection/Maintenance(I/M)programstoinspecttheemissioncontrol
equipmentonyourvehicle.Failuretopassthisinspectioncouldprevent
youfromgettingavehicleregistration.YourvehiclemaynotpasstheI/M
testifthe
indicatorisonornotworkingproperly(bulbisburned
out),oriftheOBD-IIsystemhasdeterminedthatsomeoftheemission
controlsystemshavenotbeenproperlychecked.Inthiscase,thevehicle
isconsiderednotreadyforI/Mtesting.
Ifthe
indicatorisonorthebulbdoesnotwork,thevehiclemay
needtobeserviced.RefertotheOnboarddiagnostics(OBD-II)
descriptioninthischapter.
Ifthevehicle’sengineortransmissionhasjustbeenserviced,orthe
batteryhasrecentlyrundownorbeenreplaced,theOBD-IIsystemmay
indicatethatthevehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting.Todetermineifthe
vehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting,turntheignitionkeytotheONposition
for15secondswithoutcrankingtheengine.Ifthe
eighttimes,itmeansthatthevehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting;if
indicatorstaysonsolid,itmeansthatthevehicleisreadyfor
I/Mtesting.
indicatorblinks
the
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2007
Escape(204)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
Product Specification
CategoriesFord Escape Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2007
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