Lincoln 2011 Mkx Owners Manual Ford

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
  • Important information for P265/40R22 low-profile tires and wheels
  • 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
  • Message center
    • Main menu
      • Select-Shift Automatic™ transmission (SST)
      • Settings
      • Information
      • System warnings and status messages
• Entertainment Systems
  • MyLincoln Touch™
• Climate Controls
  • Dual Automatic Temperature Control (DATC) System with MyTemp
    • Operating tips
    • Touchscreen features
    • Climate control voice commands
  • Rear window defroster
  • Remote start climate operation (if equipped)
  • Cabin Air Filter
• Lights
  • Headlamp Control
    • Adaptive headlamps (if equipped)
    • Autolamp control
      • 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
    • Vertical aim adjustment
  • TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
  • Interior Lamps
    • Front row map lamps (if equipped)
    • Map/dome lamp (if equipped)
    • Rear courtesy 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 side marker bulbs
      • Replacing backup lamp bulbs
      • Replacing supplemental liftgate lamp assembly
      • Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulbs
      • Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
      • Replacing fog lamp bulbs
• Driver Controls
  • Windshield Wipers
    • Windshield wiper rainlamp feature (if equipped with autolamp)
    • Rear window wiper/washer controls
  • Tilt/Telescope Steering Wheel (if equipped)
    • Power tilt/telescope steering column (if equipped)
  • Illuminated visor mirror
  • Overhead console
    • Storage compartment
  • Center console
  • Auxiliary power point (12V DC)
  • Power Windows
    • One-touch up or down (front windows only)
    • Global open windows
    • Bounce-back
      • Security override
    • Window lock
    • Accessory delay
  • Interior mirror
    • Automatic dimming interior rear view mirror
  • Exterior Mirrors
    • Power side view mirrors
    • Heated outside mirrors
    • Fold-away mirrors
    • Blind spot mirrors (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
  • Panoramic Vista Roof™ and power sunshades (if equipped)
  • Universal garage door opener (if equipped)
    • HomeLink Wireless Control System (if equipped)
      • Programming
      • Gate Operator & Canadian Programming
      • Operating the HomeLink Wireless Control System
      • Erasing HomeLink buttons
      • Reprogramming a single HomeLink button
  • Positive Retention Floor Mat
  • Power liftgate
  • Cargo Area Features
    • Cargo management system (if equipped)
    • Cargo net (if equipped)
    • Utility hook
  • Roof Rack System (if equipped)
• Locks and Security
  • Intelligent Access Key (IA key)
  • MyKey™
  • Power door locks
    • Smart unlocks
    • Autolock feature (if enabled)
      • Deactivating/activating autolock feature
      • Keyless entry keypad autolock enable/disable procedure
    • Autounlock feature (if enabled)
      • Deactivating/activating autounlock feature
      • Keyless entry keypad autounlock enable/disable procedure
  • Childproof door locks
  • Remote entry system
    • Intelligent access
    • Unlocking the doors/two stage unlock
    • Locking the doors
    • Car finder
    • Sounding a panic alarm
    • Opening the power liftgate
    • Memory feature (seat, mirrors and steering column)
      • 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
    • Remote start
  • SecuriCode™ keyless entry system
    • 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 intelligent access keys
    • Programming spare intelligent access keys
  • Perimeter alarm system
  • Arming the system
• Seating and Safety Restraints
  • Front seats
    • Adjustable head restraints
    • Adjusting the front power seat
    • Using the power lumbar support
    • Heated and cooled seats
      • Climate controlled seats air filter replacement
    • Memory feature
    • Easy entry/exit feature
  • Rear seats
    • Rear seat head restraints
    • Folding down the 60/40 rear seats
      • 2nd row manual folding seat
      • 2nd row EasyFold™ seatback release (if equipped)
      • Returning the 2nd row seatback to the upright position
    • Adjusting the second row seatback
    • Seat-mounted armrest and cupholders
      • Returning the 2nd row armrest to the upright position
    • Rear heated seats (if equipped)
  • Safety restraints
    • 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 restraints precautions
    • Combination lap and shoulder belts
      • Restraint of pregnant women
    • Safety belt locking modes
    • Energy management feature — front outboard
    • Safety belt pretensioner
    • Safety belt extension assembly
    • Safety belt height adjustment
    • Second row comfort guide
    • Safety belt warning light and indicator chime
      • Conditions of operation
    • Belt-Minder
      • One-time disable
      • Deactivating/activating the Belt-Minder feature
  • AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS)
    • Important supplemental restraint system precautions
    • Children and airbags
    • How does the safety belt pretensioner and 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?
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • 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)
  • 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 crossover vehicle owners
  • Vehicle characteristics
    • All-wheel drive (AWD) 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 chains
  • Vehicle loading – with and without a trailer
  • Trailer towing
    • Preparing to tow
    • Trailer tow connector (vehicles equipped with a Class II trailer tow/prep package)
    • Hitches
    • Safety chains
    • Trailer brakes
    • Trailer lamps
    • Driving while you tow
    • Trailer towing tips
  • Recreational towing
• Driving
  • Starting
    • Ignition modes
    • Preparing to start your vehicle
      • Important safety precautions
    • Push button start system
    • 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
  • Trailer sway control
  • Steering
  • 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) system
    • If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
  • Reverse sensing system
  • Rearview camera system (if equipped)
  • Collision warning system (if equipped)
  • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with Cross Traffic Alert (CTA) (if equipped)
  • All-Wheel Drive (AWD) system (if equipped)
    • Driving off-highway with AWD vehicles
      • Basic operating principles
      • If your vehicle goes off the edge of the pavement
      • If your vehicle gets stuck
      • Emergency maneuvers
      • AWD systems (if equipped)
      • Sand
      • Mud and water
      • Driving on hilly or sloping terrain
      • Driving on snow and ice
      • Maintenance and modifications
  • Driving through water
  • Roadside Emergencies
    • Roadside Assistance
      • Getting roadside assistance
      • 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 flat/spare tire and jack
    • 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
  • Panoramic roof deflector (IF Equipped)
  • 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
  • Windshield washer fluid
  • Changing the wiper blades
    • Changing 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
    • 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
  • Power steering fluid
  • 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
  • Lincoln 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 Guide
  • 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