1996 Mercury Cougar Support Question
1996 Mercury Cougar Support Question
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Question posted by AbrnRanger on August 5th, 2012
Why In My 1996 Mercury Cougar My Brakes Apply While Driving Please Help
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... or personal injury to be especially careful in This Guide
After you have bought all WARNINGS carefully.
To help you find specific information quickly, you are referencing. If you do not know which information applies to your vehicle, talk to it when you have read all of your dealer. RWARNING
Finding Information...
Owner's Manual - Page 4
...Buying a Ford Extended Service Plan
If you bought your vehicle in advance. - Apply the brakes gradually.
4
has new brake linings, you should take advantage of the Ford Extended Service Plan at the time ...Avoid sudden stops. If you lose your Warranty Information Booklet, you drive your vehicle. Contact any Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer, or refer to purchase the Ford Extended Service Plan runs...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
...a cut-out mode to bring their vehicle in for 100 miles (160 km) of city driving or 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of engine oil that continual improvement in customer satisfaction is not... u Use only the type of highway driving. Take similar precautions if your vehicle as often as necessary to chemical industrial fallout. The break-in period for new brake linings lasts for inspection by a Ford ...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
...special instructions about using safety belts for directions on how to properly use of safety belts helps to fasten your passengers in case of a collision. See the following sections in this...the chest u the knees are straight forward
To help you and your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips.
7 Always drive and ride with your passengers wear safety belts. ...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... the shoulder portion of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt locks and helps reduce your vehicle, close the door and lock it is not twisted. Fastening the front seat combination ... shoulder belt
9 However, if you get into the proper buckle until you best. After you brake hard, corner hard or if your vehicle receives an impact of the belt crosses your movement. Then...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... tongues toward the center of the vehicle may be accessible. While you brake hard, turn hard, or if your vehicle receives an impact of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more than one person. Pull them out so they will become locked and help reduce your movement. RWARNING All front and rear seat outboard occupants...
Owner's Manual - Page 45
... wheel. ON allows you to test your vehicle's warning lights (except the brake system warning light) to make sure they work before you to remove the ...the engine runs.
45 The LOCK feature helps to shut off the engine and all accessories without locking the steering wheel or the automatic transmission gearshift lever. Starting Your Cougar
Ignition
Understanding the Positions of the Ignition...
Owner's Manual - Page 49
...when it does not, have been triggered. If it 's warmed up . Keep your foot on the brake pedal and put the gearshift lever in the normal manner. If the engine does not start , the fuel...shifting out of P (Park) unless your foot is on the brake pedal. After you start the engine, let it . Slowly release the brake pedal and drive away in this chapter. Turn the ignition key to reset the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 59
...is
on and the chime is turned to fasten your safety belt. RWARNING If the anti-lock brake system warning light remains on or comes on for 1 to 2 minutes and the chime will sound for 1... to 2 minutes. turned to the ON position, the light will come on while driving, have the braking system checked by a qualified service technician as soon as possible. NOTE: If a fault occurs in the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 165
.... To move unexpectedly and injure someone. Depress and hold the brake pedal down while you do not hold the brake pedal. Putting Your Vehicle in the ON position. The automatic ... lever out of P (Park).
165 Start the engine. Driving Your Cougar
Driving with the brake shift interlock safety feature which prevents shifting the transmission out of the P (Park) position without the...
Owner's Manual - Page 166
...brake pedal, move the gearshift lever to the chapter titled Servicing Your Cougar...in the ON position. RWARNING DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL YOU VERIFY THAT THE ...the gearshift from being moved from P (Park) with a Brake Shift Interlock safety feature. If you turn clockwise to shift... be moved from the P (Park) position until the brake pedal is possible that a fuse has blown and that ...
Owner's Manual - Page 171
... equipped)
Your vehicle may be ready to operate when needed.
During ordinary driving, it is an especially useful feature when you want, by rapidly applying and releasing the brakes to leave the system turned on slippery, icy or snowy roads. This system helps prevent wheel spin in hilly areas or on . Traction AssistTM works...
Owner's Manual - Page 173
... to continue to the extreme right or left for highway driving.
Power steering uses energy from the engine to steer your vehicle. Brakes
Applying the Brakes
Braking non ABS models Your vehicle has power front disc brakes and rear drum brakes. If the amount of effort needed to help steer your vehicle changes at a constant vehicle speed, have...
Owner's Manual - Page 174
... will not lock and slide when you are driving down hard on the brake pedal; If you lock the wheels, release the brake pedal and repeat the "squeeze" technique. If you apply your wheels start releasing and reapplying the front brakes independently and the rear brakes together whenever your brakes continuously, they may overheat and become less...
Owner's Manual - Page 176
... P (Park). However, since the parking brake applies only the rear brakes, the stopping distance will be working properly. RWARNING Always set the parking brake fully and make sure that the gearshift is running. Lift your vehicle will increase greatly and the handling of the instrument panel. Driving with the parking brake on will glow if the...
Owner's Manual - Page 177
... faster than anticipated.
u Do not use speed control. u Give your wheels. (Does not apply to behave differently than 20 mph (32 km/h).
177 Operate your previous vehicle. Driving Under Special Conditions
Tips for Safe Driving
As with anti-lock brakes.)
u Consider using one of these maneuvers can cause a vehicle to vehicles with any new...
Owner's Manual - Page 178
...and could lose control of the spot. Shift, in mud or snow), you must drive through the standing water, apply your brakes gently several times as usual. Do not rock the vehicle for example, in a ... than a few minutes. If your vehicle moves slowly. This helps to "rock" it on the accelerator. You may try to dry the brakes.
178 You could injure someone. RWARNING Do not spin the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 192
... for emergency use the temporary spare tire continuously or do not apply the brake heavily. Park on a level spot, turn off the ignition, set the parking brake, and turn on the hazard flashers. This spare tire is ... you can easily identify it only when you get a flat tire while you are driving, do not follow these precautions, the tire could result in a permanent reduction in Servicing Your Vehicle ...
Owner's Manual - Page 204
...a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week hotline with trained operators that put you in touch with the help you need if you experience a problem with your spare if you have a flat tire. Roadside...you fuel if you are covered (some exclusions apply, such as impound towing and repossession).
205 u Jump-start your vehicle if you throughout your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer (not available in Canada). u Tow...
Owner's Manual - Page 258
...strong detergents. With the vehicle on a level surface, start the engine and, while fully applying the brake pedal, move the transmission shift selector through all of the gear ranges allowing sufficient time ...730;F-170˚F (66˚C-77˚C), after approximately 20 miles (30 km) of driving. Use tar and road oil remover to obtain a normal operating temperature if outside temperatures are...
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