Ford 2011 Explorer Owners Manual

2015-10-23

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • Congratulations
  • Safety and Environment Protection
    • Warning symbols in this guide
    • Warning symbols on your vehicle
    • Protecting the environment
  • Perchlorate material
  • Breaking-in your vehicle
  • Special Notices
    • New Vehicle Limited Warranty
    • Special instructions
    • Notice to owners of pickup trucks and utility type vehicles
    • Using your vehicle with a snowplow
    • Using your vehicle as an ambulance
  • 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 (if equipped)
    • Main menu
      • System warnings and status messages
  • Optional message center (if equipped)
    • Main menu
      • SelectShift Automatic™ transmission (SST)
      • Settings/Vehicle Settings
      • Information
      • System warnings and status messages
  • System warnings and status messages
• Entertainment Systems
  • MyFord™ system (if equipped)
    • Radio
    • SIRIUS satellite radio (if equipped)
    • Satellite radio information (if activated)
    • Playing a disc
    • Auxiliary input jack (line in)
    • Phone
  • MyFord Touch™ (if equipped)
• Climate Controls
  • Single zone manual system with rear climate controls (if equipped)
    • Operating tips
  • Automatic Temperature Control Systems
    • Dual Automatic Temperature Control (DATC) Sony system (if equipped)
    • Dual Automatic Temperature Control (DATC) system with MyTemp (if equipped)
    • Operating tips
    • Touchscreen features (if equipped)
      • Rear controls
    • Climate control voice commands (if equipped)
  • Auxiliary system
  • Rear window defroster
  • Remote start climate operation (if equipped)
  • Cabin air filter
• Lights
  • Headlamp Control
    • Autolamp control (if equipped)
      • Autolamp delay system (if equipped)
    • Fog lamp control
    • High beams
    • Flash-to-pass
    • Daytime running lamps (DRL) (if equipped)
  • PANEL DIMMER CONTROL
  • Aiming the headlamps
    • Headlamp aim adjustment
  • TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
  • Interior lamps
    • Front row map lamps (if equipped)
    • Second row dome/map lamps (if equipped)
      • Second row dome/courtesy lamps (if equipped)
      • Third row cargo lamp
  • Bulb Replacement
    • Lamp assembly condensation
    • Using the right bulbs
    • Replacing interior bulbs
    • Replacing exterior bulbs
      • Replacing headlamp bulbs
      • Replacing HID headlamp bulbs (if equipped)
      • Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulbs
      • Replacing sidemarker bulbs
      • Replacing turn/backup lamp bulbs
      • Replacing tail/brake lamp bulbs
      • Replacing fog lamp bulbs
      • Replacing license plate lamp bulb
      • Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulb
• Driver Controls
  • Windshield Wipers
    • Windshield wiper rainlamp feature (if equipped with autolamp)
    • Rear window wiper/washer controls
  • Tilt/Telescope Steering Wheel
  • Illuminated visor mirror (if equipped)
  • Overhead console
    • Storage compartment
  • Center console
    • Rear center console features (if equipped)
  • Auxiliary power points (12V DC)
    • Power point (110V AC) (if equipped)
  • Power Windows
    • One-touch down
      • One-touch up or down (front windows) (if equipped)
    • Bounce-back
      • Security override
    • Window lock
    • Accessory delay
  • Interior mirror
    • Automatic dimming interior rear view mirror (if equipped)
  • Exterior Mirrors
    • Power side view mirrors
    • Heated outside mirrors (if equipped)
    • Fold-away mirrors
    • Signal indicator mirrors (if equipped)
    • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Power Adjustable Foot Pedals (if equipped)
  • Speed control (if equipped)
    • Using speed control
      • Setting speed control
      • Disengaging speed control
      • Resuming a set speed
      • Increasing speed while using speed control
      • Reducing speed while using speed control
      • Turning off speed control
  • ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC) (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Using adaptive cruise control
      • Setting adaptive cruise control
      • Setting the gap distance
      • Disengaging adaptive cruise control
      • Overriding adaptive cruise control
      • Changing the set speed
      • Resuming the set speed
      • Low speed automatic cancellation
      • Hilly condition usage
      • Turning off cruise control
      • Detection issues
      • ACC Not Available
      • Blocked sensor
      • Switching to normal cruise control
  • STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS
    • Audio control features
    • Cluster display control features
  • Dual panel moon roof and power sunscreen (if equipped)
  • Universal garage door opener (if equipped)
    • Car2U Home Automation System (if equipped)
      • Types of garage door openers (rolling code and fixed code)
      • Rolling code programming
      • Fixed code programming
      • Erasing the Car2U Home Automation System buttons
      • FCC and RSS-210 Industry Canada Compliance
  • Positive Retention Floor Mat
  • Cargo Area Features
    • Cargo net (if equipped)
    • Utility hook
  • Manual liftgate (if equipped)
  • Power liftgate (if equipped)
  • Roof Rack System (if equipped)
• Locks and Security
  • Keys
    • Intelligent Access Key (IA key) (if equipped)
  • MyKey
  • Power door locks
    • Smart unlocks for integrated keyhead transmitter (IKT)
      • Smart unlocks for intelligent access keys (IA key) (if equipped)
    • Autolock feature (if enabled)
      • Deactivating/activating autolock feature
      • Power door lock switch autolock enable/disable procedure
    • Autounlock feature (if enabled)
      • Deactivating/activating autounlock feature
      • Power door lock switch autounlock enable/disable procedure
  • Childproof door locks
  • Remote entry system
    • Intelligent access (if equipped)
    • Unlocking the doors/two stage unlock
    • Locking the doors
    • Car finder
    • Sounding a panic alarm
    • Opening the power liftgate (if equipped)
    • Memory feature (if equipped)
      • Programming the memory feature to the transmitter
      • Deprogramming the memory feature from the transmitter
    • Replacing the battery
    • Replacing lost intelligent access keys (IA keys)
      • How to reprogram your intelligent access keys (IA keys)
    • Illuminated entry
    • Illuminated exit
    • Battery saver
      • Accessory mode battery saver for intelligent access keys with push button start (if equipped)
    • Remote start (if equipped)
  • SecuriCode™ keyless entry system (if equipped)
    • Programming a personal entry code and keypad association to memory feature
    • Erasing personal code
    • Anti-scan feature
    • Unlocking and locking the doors using keyless entry
  • Securilock passive anti-theft system
    • Automatic arming
    • Automatic disarming
    • Replacement of integrated keyhead transmitters (IKT) or intelligent access keys
    • Programming spare integrated keyhead transmitter (IKT) keys
      • Programming spare intelligent access keys (if equipped)
  • Perimeter alarm system (if equipped)
  • Arming the system
• Seating and Safety Restraints
  • Front seats
    • Adjustable head restraints
    • Adjusting the front manual seat (if equipped)
    • Using the manual lumbar support (if equipped)
    • Adjusting the front power seat (if equipped)
    • Using the power lumbar support (if equipped)
    • Dual setting heated seats (if equipped)
    • Three-position heated and cooled seats (if equipped)
      • Climate controlled seats air filter replacement
    • Memory feature (if equipped)
    • Easy entry/exit feature (if equipped)
  • Rear seats
    • Second and third row head restraints
    • Adjusting second row bucket and bench seat back
      • Adjusting second row seats (six–passenger vehicles only)
      • Accessing the third row seats
      • 2nd row power fold and tumble seat (six–passenger vehicles only)
      • Exiting the third row seat
    • Stowing the third row seat (manual seat)
      • Unstowing the third row seat
      • PowerFold third-row seat (if equipped)
  • Personal Safety System™
    • How does the Personal Safety System™ work?
      • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints
      • Front crash severity sensor
      • Driver’s seat position sensor
      • Front passenger sensing system
      • Front safety belt usage sensors
      • Front safety belt pretensioners
      • Front safety belt energy management retractors
      • Determining if the Personal Safety System is operational
  • Safety Belt System
    • Safety restraints precautions
    • Combination lap and shoulder belts (standard belts shown, 2nd row inflatable belts similar-if equipped)
      • Restraint of pregnant women
    • Safety belt locking modes
    • Rear Inflatable Safety Belt (if equipped)
      • How does the rear inflatable safety belt system work?
    • Energy management feature — front outboard
    • Safety belt pretensioner
    • Safety belt extension assembly
    • Safety belt height adjustment
    • Safety belt warning light and indicator chime
      • Conditions of operation
    • Belt-Minder
      • Deactivating/activating the Belt-Minder feature
  • AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS)
    • Important SRS precautions
    • Children and airbags
    • How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work?
    • Front passenger sensing system
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • Seat-mounted side airbag system
      • How does the side airbag system work?
    • Safety Canopy System
      • How does the Safety Canopy System work?
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • SOS Post-Crash Alert System™
    • Disposal of airbags and airbag equipped vehicles (including pretensioners and inflatable safety belts)
  • 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
    • 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
    • Child booster seats
      • When children should use booster seats
      • Types of booster seats
      • The importance of shoulder belts
    • Child restraint and safety belt maintenance
• Tires, Wheels and Loading
  • 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
    • Treadwear
    • Traction AA A B C
    • Temperature A B C
  • Tires
    • Glossary of tire terminology
  • Inflating your tires
  • Tire care
    • Inspecting your tires and wheel valve stems
    • Tire wear
    • Damage
    • U.S. DOT Tire Identification Number (TIN)
    • Tire replacement requirements
    • Safety practices
      • Highway hazards
    • Tire and wheel alignment
    • Tire rotation
  • Information contained on the tire sidewall
    • Information on “P” type tires
    • Additional information contained on the tire sidewall for “LT” type tires
    • Information on “T” type tires
    • Location of the tire label
  • Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
    • Changing tires with a TPMS
    • Understanding your tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
      • When your temporary spare tire is installed
      • When you believe your system is not operating properly
      • When inflating your tires
      • How temperature affects your tire pressure
  • Snow tires and cables
  • Vehicle loading – with and without a trailer
    • Special loading instructions for owners of pick-up trucks and utility-type vehicles
  • Trailer towing
    • Preparing to tow
    • Hitches
      • Weight-distributing hitch
    • Safety chains
    • Trailer brakes
    • Trailer lamps
    • Driving while you tow
    • Trailer towing tips
  • Recreational towing
• Driving
  • Starting
    • Positions of the ignition (if equipped)
    • Preparing to start your vehicle
      • Important safety precautions
    • Starting the engine
      • Push button start system (if equipped)
    • Guarding against exhaust fumes
    • Important ventilating information
  • Engine block heater (if equipped)
  • Brakes
    • Four-wheel anti-lock brake system (ABS)
      • Using ABS
      • Brake assist
      • ABS warning lamp
    • Parking brake
  • AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control™ (RSC) stability enhancement system
  • Hill descent control™ (if equipped)
  • Steering
  • Preparing to drive
  • Brake-shift interlock
  • Automatic transmission operation
    • Automatic transmission adaptive learning
    • Understanding the gearshift positions of the 6–speed automatic transmission
      • Understanding your SelectShift Automatic™ Transmission (SST)
    • Hill start assist (HSA)
    • If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
  • Reverse sensing system (if equipped)
  • Rearview camera system (if equipped)
  • Collision warning system (if equipped)
  • Active park assist (APA) (if equipped)
  • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with Cross Traffic Alert (CTA) (if equipped)
  • Four Wheel Drive (4WD) system (if equipped)
    • Driving off-road with truck and utility vehicles
      • How your vehicle differs from other vehicles
      • Basic operating principles
      • If your vehicle goes off the edge of the pavement
      • If your vehicle gets stuck
      • Emergency maneuvers
      • Sand
      • Mud and water
      • Driving on hilly or sloping terrain
      • Driving on snow and ice
      • Maintenance and modifications
  • Terrain management (if equipped)
  • Driving through water
• Roadside Emergencies
  • Roadside Assistance
    • Vehicles sold in the U.S. : Getting roadside assistance
    • Vehicles sold in the U.S. : Using roadside assistance
    • Vehicles sold in Canada : Getting roadside assistance
    • Vehicles sold in Canada : Using roadside assistance
  • Hazard flasher control
  • Fuel Pump Shut-off
  • Fuses and relays
    • Fuses
      • Standard fuse amperage rating and color
    • Passenger compartment fuse panel
    • Power distribution box
  • Changing the tires
    • Dissimilar spare tire/wheel information
    • Stopping and securing the vehicle
      • Removing the spare tire and jack
    • Tire change procedure
      • Stowing the mini-spare and jack
      • Stowing the flat tire
  • Temporary Mobility Kit (if equipped)
    • General information
    • Tips for use of the temporary mobility kit
    • What to do when a tire is punctured
    • First stage: Reinflating the tire with sealing compound and air
    • Second stage: Checking tire pressure
    • What to do after the tire has been sealed
  • Wheel lug nut torque specifications
  • Running out of fuel
  • Jump starting
    • Preparing your vehicle
    • Connecting the jumper cables
    • Jump starting
    • Removing the jumper cables
  • 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/Interior trim and cluster lens
  • Interior
  • Leather seats (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
    • 3.5L V6 engine
  • Windshield washer fluid
    • Checking and adding washer fluid for the liftgate
  • Changing the wiper blades
    • Changing the rear window wiper blade
  • Engine oil
    • Checking the engine oil
    • Adding engine oil
    • Engine oil and filter recommendations
      • Use SAE 5W-20 engine oil
  • Battery
    • Battery management system
  • Engine coolant
    • Checking engine coolant
    • Adding engine coolant
    • Recycled engine coolant
    • Coolant refill capacity
    • Severe climates
    • Engine fluid temperature management (if equipped)
    • What you should know about fail-safe cooling
      • How fail-safe cooling works
      • When fail-safe mode is activated
  • Fuel Filter
  • What you should know about automotive fuels
    • Important safety precautions
      • Refueling
    • Easy Fuel “no cap” fuel system
    • Choosing the right fuel
    • Octane recommendations
    • 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
      • Habits
      • Maintenance
      • Conditions
  • Emission control system
    • On-board diagnostics (OBD-II)
    • Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing
  • Brake fluid
  • Transmission fluid
    • Checking automatic transmission fluid
      • Low fluid level
      • Correct fluid level
      • High fluid level
      • Adjusting automatic transmission fluid levels
  • Air filter
    • Changing the air filter element
  • 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
    • Exterior style
    • Interior style
    • Lifestyle
    • Peace of mind
• Ford Extended Service Plan
  • Ford ESP Extended Service Plans (U.S. Only)
  • Ford ESP Extended Service Plans (Canada Only)
• Scheduled Maintenance
  • General maintenance information
    • Why maintain your vehicle?
    • Protecting your investment
      • Oils, fluids and flushing
    • Genuine Ford parts and service
      • Convenience
      • Factory-trained technicians
      • Genuine Ford and Motorcraft replacement parts
      • Value shopping for your vehicle’s maintenance needs
    • Owner checks and services
    • Multi-point inspection
  • Normal scheduled maintenance and log
    • Maintenance schedule log
  • Special operating conditions
    • Special operating condition log
  • Exceptions
  • Engine coolant change record
    • Engine coolant change log
• Index