Ford Fusion: Starting a petrol engine
Note: You can only operate the starterfor a maximum of 30 seconds at a time.
Cold or hot engine
All vehicles
CAUTION:
When the temperature is below-20ºC (-4ºF), switch the ignition onfor at least one second beforestarting the engine. This will make surethat the maximum fuel pressure isestablished for starting the engine.
Vehicles with manual transmission
Note: Do not touch the acceleratorpedal.
1. Fully depress the clutch pedal.
2. Start the engine.
Vehicles with automatictransmission
Note: Do not touch the acceleratorpedal.
1. Select park or neutral.
2. Fully depress the brake pedal.
3. Start the engine.
All vehicles
If the engine does not start within 15seconds, wait for a short period and tryagain.
If the engine does not start after threeattempts, wait 10 seconds and follow theFlooded engine procedure.
If you have difficulty starting the enginewhen the temperature is below -25ºC(-13ºF), press the accelerator pedalbetween ¼ to ½ of its travel and try again.
Flooded engine
Vehicles with manual transmission
1. Fully depress the clutch pedal.
2. Fully depress the accelerator pedaland hold it there.
3. Start the engine.
Vehicles with automatictransmission
1. Select park or neutral.
2. Fully depress the accelerator pedaland hold it there.
3. Fully depress the brake pedal.
4. Start the engine.
All vehicles
If the engine does not start, repeat theCold or hot engine procedure.
Engine idle speed after starting
The speed at which the engine idlesimmediately after starting will varydepending on the engine temperature.
If the engine is cold then the idle speedwill automatically be increased in order toheat the catalytic converter as quickly aspossible. This ensures that vehicleemissions are kept to an absoluteminimum.
The idle speed will slowly decrease to thenormal level as the catalytic converterwarms up.
Ignition switch
Ignition switch positions Position 0 WARNING: Never return the key to the 0position when the vehicle is inmotion. Ignition off. When the key is removed fromthe ignition switch, the steering column ...Starting a diesel engine
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Backglass Antenna
The AM-FM antenna is integrated with the rear window defogger, located in the rear window. Make sure that the inside surface of the rear window is not scratched and that the lines on the glass are not ...
Panic alarm
•► To activate: press
button 1 for at
least one second.
An alarm sounds and the exterior lighting
flashes.
•► To deactivate: press
button 1
again.
or
•► ...
BAS PLUS (Brake Assist System Plus)
BAS PLUS is only available in vehicles
equipped with DISTRONIC PLUS.
Observe the "Important safety notes"
section
At speeds above approximately
4 mph (7 km/h), BAS PLUS assists you w ...