2005 Ford Explorer Owners Manual

Tires, Wheels and Loading
Theinstallationofreplacementtireswithsteelcordbodypliesinthetire
sidewallmaycausemalfunctionoftheTirePressureMonitoringSystem
(TPMS),andisnotrecommended(cordmaterialinformationismolded
onthetiresidewall).Additionally,ifyourvehiclewasoriginallyequipped
withrun-flattires,replacingthemwithtiresthatarenotidenticalto
thoseoriginallyfittedmaycausemalfunctionoftheTPMS,andisnot
recommended.Run-flattiresshouldnotbeusedtoreplaceregulartires.
AlwayscheckyourTPMSindicatorimmediatelyafterreplacingoneor
moretiresonyourvehicle.IftheTPMSindicatorison,yourTPMSis
malfunctioning.Yourreplacementtiremightbeincompatiblewithyour
TPMSsystem,orsomecomponentoftheTPMSsystemmaybedamaged.
Important:Remembertoreplacethesparetirewhenyoureplacethe
roadtiresonyourvehicle.Evenifithasneverbeenused,thesparetire
shouldbereplacedbecausetiresdegradeovertime.
Important:Remembertoreplacethewheelairvalveswhentheroad
tiresarereplacedonyourvehicle.
CHANGING THE TIRES
Ifyougetaflattirewhiledriving:
donotbrakeheavily.
graduallydecreasethevehicle’sspeed.
holdthesteeringwheelfirmly.
slowlymovetoasafeplaceonthesideoftheroad.
Note:Ifyourvehicleisequippedwiththetirepressuremonitoring
system(TPMS),thesystemindicatorlightwillilluminatewhenthespare
isinuse.Torestorethefullfunctionalityofthemonitoringsystem,all
roadwheelsequippedwithtirepressuremonitoringsensorsmustbe
mountedonthevehicle.
IfyourvehicleisequippedwithTPMS,haveaflatservicedbyadealeror
aqualifiedtechnicianinordertopreventdamagetotheTPMSsensor,
refertoChangingtireswithTPMSintheTires,WheelsandLoading
chapter.Replacethesparetirewitharoadtireassoonaspossible.
Theuseoftiresealantsmaydamageyourtires.Theuseoftire
sealantsmayalsodamageyourTirePressureMonitoringSystem
(ifequipped).
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2005
Explorer(exp)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
Product Specification
CategoriesFord Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2005
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