Lincoln 2012 Mkz Hybrid 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
  • Hybrid operation
    • Normal vehicle operation
    • Unique Hybrid operating characteristics
    • Driving to optimize fuel economy
    • Frequently asked questions
  • Special Notices
    • New Vehicle Limited Warranty
    • Special instructions
  • 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
    • Selectable features
      • Info menu
      • Setup menu
      • Display settings
      • Vehicle settings
      • MyKey
      • System check
      • Demo
      • Tutorial
      • Resets
      • System warnings
• Entertainment Systems
  • Audio systems
    • AM/FM in-dash CD6/MP3 satellite compatible Lincoln premium sound/THX audio system
      • Setting the clock
      • AM/FM Radio
      • RDS Radio
      • Six Disc CD/MP3 Player
      • Satellite Radio
      • Sound Adjustments
      • Extra Features
    • Auxiliary input jack (Line in)
    • USB port
  • General audio information
    • Satellite radio information (if equipped)
  • Navigation system (if equipped)
  • SYNC
• Climate Controls
  • Dual Automatic Temperature Control (DATC) system with heated and cooled seats
  • Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control with heated and cooled seats (navigation system based–if equipped)
  • Touchscreen functions
  • Voice commands in climate mode
    • Operating tips
  • Rear window defroster
  • Cabin air filter
• Lights
  • Headlamp Control
    • Adaptive headlamps (if equipped)
    • Autolamp control
      • Autolamps - programmable exit delay
    • 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
    • Dome lamps and map lamps
    • Ambient lighting (if equipped)
  • Bulb Replacement
    • Lamp assembly condensation
    • Using the right bulbs
    • Replacing interior bulbs
    • Replacing exterior bulbs
      • Replacing headlamp bulbs
      • Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulbs
      • Replacing front side marker bulbs
      • Replacing stop/tail/turn and side marker bulbs
      • Replacing rear turn signal bulbs
      • Replacing backup lamp/supplemental tail lamp
      • Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulb
      • Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
      • Replacing fog lamp bulbs
• Driver Controls
  • Multi-function lever
    • Windshield wiper rainlamp feature
  • Tilt/Telescope Steering Wheel
  • Illuminated visor mirror
  • Overhead console
    • Storage compartment
  • Electronic compass
    • Compass zone adjustment
    • Compass calibration adjustment
  • 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
    • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Speed control
    • 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
  • STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS
    • Radio control features
  • MOON ROOF (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
  • Interior trunk control
• Locks and Security
  • Keys
  • MyKey
  • Power door locks
    • Smart locks
    • Autolock feature
      • Deactivating/activating autolock feature
      • Power door unlock/lock procedure
      • Keyless entry keypad procedure
    • Autounlock feature
      • Deactivating/activating autounlock feature
      • Power door unlock/lock procedure
      • Keyless entry keypad procedure
  • Childproof door locks
  • Interior luggage compartment release
  • Remote entry system
    • Unlocking the doors/two-stage unlock
      • Opening front windows and moon roof
    • Locking the doors
    • Car finder
    • Sounding a panic alarm
    • Opening the trunk
    • Memory feature
      • Activating the memory feature
      • Deactivating the memory feature
    • Replacing the battery
    • Replacing lost integrated keyhead transmitters (IKTs)
      • How to reprogram your integrated keyhead transmitters (IKTs)
    • Illuminated entry
    • Illuminated exit
      • Battery saver
  • 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 integrated keyhead transmitters (IKT) and coded keys
    • Programming spare keys
  • Perimeter alarm system
    • Arming the system
    • Disarming the system
      • Triggering the anti-theft system
• Seating and Safety Restraints
  • Front seats
    • Adjustable head restraints
    • Adjusting the front power seat
      • Power recline
    • Using the power lumbar support
    • Memory seat and mirrors
    • Heated and cooled seats
    • Climate controlled seats air filter replacement (if equipped)
    • Easy access/easy out feature
  • Rear seats
    • Second-row adjustable head restraints
    • Seat-mounted cup holders and armrest storage compartment
  • 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
    • Combination lap and shoulder belts
      • Restraint of pregnant women
    • Energy management feature — front outboard
    • Safety belt locking modes
    • Safety belt height adjustment
    • Safety belt pretensioner
    • Safety belt extension assembly
    • 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?
    • Knee airbag system (driver’s side only)
    • 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
    • Side-curtain airbag system
      • How does the side air-curtain 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
    • Installing 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 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
  • 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
  • Trailer towing
  • Recreational towing
• Driving
  • Starting
    • Positions of the ignition
    • Preparing to start your vehicle
      • Important safety precautions
    • Starting the vehicle
    • Guarding against exhaust fumes
    • Important ventilating information
  • Engine block heater (if equipped)
  • Brakes
    • Four-wheel anti-lock brake system (ABS)
      • ABS warning lamp
      • Using ABS
      • Regenerative Braking System (RBS)
    • Brake over accelerator
    • Parking brake
  • AdvanceTrac stability enhancement system
  • Steering
    • Speed sensitive steering
  • Brake-shift interlock
  • Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission (eCVT) operation
    • Understanding the gearshift positions of the eCVT
    • If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
  • Reverse sensing system (if equipped)
  • Rearview camera system (if equipped)
  • Blind spot mirrors (if equipped)
  • Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with Cross Traffic Alert (CTA) (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
    • Auxiliary relay 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 wheel and jack
  • Wheel lug nut torque specifications
  • Running out of fuel
  • Jump starting (Low voltage [underhood] battery only)
    • 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
    • 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
    • High voltage information
    • 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
  • Engine oil
    • Checking the engine oil
    • Adding engine oil
    • Engine oil and filter recommendations
      • Use SAE 5W-20 engine oil
  • Low voltage (underhood) battery
    • Low and high voltage battery – storage
  • Engine coolant and motor/electronics coolant
    • Checking engine coolant
      • Checking motor/electronics (M/E) coolant
      • Factory fill and coolant specifications
    • Common instructions for cooling systems
    • Adding engine coolant
    • Recycled engine coolant
    • Coolant refill capacity
    • Severe climates
  • 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 electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT)
  • Air filter
  • Vehicle storage
  • Motorcraft part numbers
  • Maintenance product specifications and capacities
  • Engine data
    • Engine drivebelt routing
    • High voltage battery data
  • 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
  • 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