Mercury Mariner 2008 Users Manual Ford

2015-02-05

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • PERCHLORATE MATERIAL
  • CONGRATULATIONS
  • SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
    • Warning symbols in this guide
    • Warning symbols on your vehicle
    • Protecting the environment
  • BREAKING-IN YOUR VEHICLE
  • SPECIAL NOTICES
    • New Vehicle Limited Warranty
    • Special instructions
    • Service Data Recording
      • Event Data Recording
    • Notice to owners of pickup trucks and utility type vehicles
    • Using your vehicle with a snowplow
    • Using your vehicle as an ambulance
    • Cell phone use
    • Export unique (Non–United States/Canada) vehicle specific information
• Instrument Cluster
  • WARNING LIGHTS AND CHIMES
  • GAUGES
• Entertainment Systems
  • AUDIO SYSTEMS
    • AM/FM/single CD or in-dash CD6/MP3 satellite compatible sound system
    • Auxiliary input jack (Line in)
  • GENERAL AUDIO INFORMATION
    • Satellite radio information (if equipped)
  • NAVIGATION SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
• Climate Controls
  • MANUAL HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Operating tips
  • DUAL AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Operating tips
  • REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER
• Lights
  • HEADLAMP CONTROL
    • Autolamp control (if equipped)
      • Autolamp delay system (if equipped)
    • Fog lamp control
    • High beams
    • Flash to pass
  • PANEL DIMMER CONTROL
  • AIMING THE HEADLAMPS
    • Vertical aim adjustment
  • TURN SIGNAL CONTROL
  • INTERIOR LAMPS
    • Dome lamps and map lamps
    • Cargo and dome lamp
  • BULB REPLACEMENT
    • Headlamp Condensation
    • Using the right bulbs
    • Replacing the interior bulbs
    • Replacing exterior bulbs
      • Replacing headlamp bulbs
      • Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal/sidemarker bulbs
      • Replacing sidemarker bulbs
      • Replacing tail/stop/turn/backup lamp bulbs
      • Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
      • Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulbs
      • Replacing fog lamp bulbs (if equipped)
• Driver Controls
  • MULTI-FUNCTION LEVER
    • Windshield wiper features (if equipped with Autolamp feature)
    • Rear window wiper/washer controls
  • TILT STEERING WHEEL
  • ILLUMINATED VISOR MIRROR (IF EQUIPPED)
  • OVERHEAD CONSOLE (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Storage compartment (if equipped)
  • CENTER CONSOLE
  • AUXILIARY POWER POINT (12VDC)
  • POWER WINDOWS
    • One touch down (AUTO)
    • Window lock
    • Accessory delay
  • INTERIOR MIRROR
    • Automatic dimming rear view mirror (if equipped)
    • Electronic compass
      • Compass zone adjustment
      • Compass calibration adjustment
  • EXTERIOR MIRRORS
    • Power side view mirrors
    • Fold-away mirrors
    • Heated outside mirrors (if equipped)
  • 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 (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Radio control features
  • MOON ROOF (IF EQUIPPED)
  • MESSAGE CENTER
    • Selectable features
      • Reset
      • Info menu
      • Odometer/Trip odometer
      • Distance to empty (DTE)
      • Average fuel economy (AFE)
      • Instantaneous fuel economy
      • Setup menu
      • Reset to English (if in another language)
      • System check
      • Oil life
      • Units (English/Metric)
      • Autolamp delay
      • Autolock
      • Autounlock
      • Language
      • Compass zone/Compass calibration
      • System warnings
  • LIFTGATE
  • CARGO AREA FEATURES
    • Cargo shade (if equipped)
    • Cargo management system (if equipped)
  • LUGGAGE RACK (IF EQUIPPED)
    • • To adjust the cross-bar (if equipped) position:
      • To remove the cross-bar assembly (if equipped) from the roof rack side rails:
      • To reinstall the cross-bar assembly (if equipped) to the roof rack side rails:
• Locks and Security
  • KEYS
    • Recommended handling of the Integrated Keyhead Transmitter (IKT)
  • POWER DOOR LOCKS
    • Door key unlocking/locking
      • Unlocking the doors
      • Locking the doors
    • Autolock
      • Deactivating/activating autolock
      • Power door unlock/lock procedure
      • Keyless entry key pad procedure
      • Message center procedure
    • Autounlock
      • Deactivating/activating autounlock
      • Power door lock switch autounlock enable/disable procedure
      • Keyless entry key pad autounlock enable/disable procedure
      • Message center procedure
    • Smart unlocking feature
  • CHILDPROOF DOOR LOCKS
  • REMOTE ENTRY SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
    • Two step door unlocking
      • One step door unlocking
      • Switching from two step to one step door unlocking
    • Locking the doors
    • Opening the liftgate (if equipped)
    • Car finder
    • Sounding a panic alarm
    • Replacing the battery
    • Replacing lost Integrated Keyhead Transmitters (IKTs)
      • How to reprogram your Integrated Keyhead Transmitters (IKTs)
    • Illuminated entry
    • Perimeter lamps illuminated entry
      • Deactivating/activating perimeter lamps illuminated entry
    • Illuminated exit
  • KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM
    • Programming your own personal entry code
    • Erasing personal code
    • Anti-scan feature
    • Unlocking and locking the doors and liftgate using keyless entry
  • SECURILOCK™ PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM
    • Anti-theft indicator
    • Automatic arming
    • Automatic disarming
    • Replacement Integrated Keyless Transmitters (IKT) and coded keys
    • Programming spare keys
• 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)
    • Heated seats (if equipped)
  • REAR SEATS
    • Head restraints
    • Folding down rear seats
      • Returning the rear seats to upright position
      • To remove the rear cushion
      • To install the rear cushion
  • 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
    • Energy Management Feature
    • Vehicle sensitive mode
    • Automatic locking mode
      • When to use the automatic locking mode
      • How to use the automatic locking mode
      • How to disengage the automatic locking mode
    • Safety belt height adjustment
    • Safety belt pretensioner
    • Safety belt extension assembly
    • Safety belt maintenance
    • 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 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?
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • Safety Canopy™ system
      • How does the Safety Canopy™ system work?
      • Determining if the system is operational
    • Disposal of airbags and airbag equipped vehicles (including pretensioners)
  • SAFETY RESTRAINTS FOR CHILDREN
    • Important child restraint precautions
    • Children and safety belts
    • Child booster seats
      • When children should use booster seats
      • Types of booster seats
      • The importance of shoulder belts
  • SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN
    • Child and infant or child safety seats
    • Installing child safety seats with combination lap and shoulder belts
    • Attaching child safety seats with tether straps
    • Attaching safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) attachments for child seat anchors
• Tires, Wheels and Loading
  • NOTICE TO UTILITY VEHICLE AND TRUCK OWNERS
  • VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS
    • 4WD and AWD Systems (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
    • 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)
    • 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 pickup trucks and utility-type vehicles
  • TRAILER TOWING
    • Preparing to tow
    • Hitches
    • Safety chains
    • Trailer brakes
    • Trailer lamps
    • Driving while you tow
      • Servicing after towing
    • Trailer towing tips
    • Launching or retrieving a boat
  • RECREATIONAL TOWING
• Driving
  • STARTING
    • Positions of the ignition
    • Preparing to start your vehicle
      • Important safety precautions
    • Starting the engine
    • Guarding against exhaust fumes
    • Important ventilating information
  • ENGINE BLOCK HEATER (IF EQUIPPED)
  • BRAKES
    • Four-wheel anti-lock brake system (ABS)
      • Using ABS
      • ABS warning lamp
    • Parking brake
  • ADVANCETRAC (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) WITH ROLL STABILITY CONTROL™ (RSC)
  • STEERING
  • PREPARING TO DRIVE
  • AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION
    • Brake-shift interlock
    • Driving with an automatic overdrive transaxle
    • Understanding the gearshift positions of the 4–speed automatic transaxle
    • If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
  • REVERSE SENSING SYSTEM (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
  • DRIVING THROUGH WATER
• Roadside Emergencies
  • ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
    • Getting roadside assistance
    • Using roadside assistance
    • Roadside coverage beyond basic warranty
  • HAZARD FLASHER CONTROL
  • FUEL PUMP SHUT-OFF SWITCH
  • FUSES AND RELAYS
    • Fuses
      • Standard fuse amperage rating and color
    • Passenger compartment fuse panel
    • Power distribution box
  • CHANGING A FLAT TIRE
    • Dissimilar spare tire/wheel information
      • Stopping and securing the vehicle
      • Removing the jack and tools
      • Removing the spare tire or spare tire and tether (if equipped)
    • Tire change procedure
      • Stowing the jack and tools
      • Stowing the flat/spare tire
  • WHEEL LUG NUT TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
  • 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
    • At home
    • 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)
  • FORD EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN
  • 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
  • 2.3L I4
  • 3.0L DOHC V6 DURATEC 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 MERCURY 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
    • 2.3L I4 engine
    • 3.0L DOHC V6 Duratec engine
  • WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID
    • Checking and adding washer fluid for the liftgate
  • 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
  • ENGINE COOLANT
    • Checking engine coolant
    • Adding engine coolant
    • Recycled engine coolant
    • Coolant refill capacity
    • Severe climates
    • What you should know about fail-safe cooling (2.3L I4 engine only)
      • How fail-safe cooling works
      • When fail-safe mode is activated
  • FUEL FILTER
  • WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
    • Important safety precautions
      • Refueling
    • Fuel Filler Cap
    • Choosing the right fuel
    • Octane recommendations
    • Fuel quality
    • Cleaner air
    • Running out of fuel
  • ESSENTIALS OF GOOD FUEL ECONOMY
    • Measuring techniques
    • Filling the tank
    • Calculating fuel economy
    • Driving style — good driving and fuel economy habits
      • Habits
      • Maintenance
      • Conditions
    • EPA window sticker
  • 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
  • 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/TRANSAXLE CODE DESIGNATIONS
• Accessories
  • GENUINE MERCURY ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR VEHICLE
    • Exterior style
    • Interior style
    • Lifestyle
    • Peace of mind
• Index