Driving
TheBRAKEwarninglampinthe
instrumentclusterilluminatesand
remainsilluminated(whenthe
ignitionisturnedON)untilthe
parkingbrakeisreleased.
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BRAKE
Alwayssettheparkingbrakefullyandmakesurethatthe
gearshiftissecurelylatchedinP(Park)(automatic
transmission)orin1(First)(manualtransmission).
Theparkingbrakeisnotrecommendedtostopamovingvehicle.
However,ifthenormalbrakesfail,theparkingbrakecanbeusedtostop
yourvehicleinanemergency.Sincetheparkingbrakeappliesonlythe
rearbrakes,thevehicle’sstoppingdistancewillincreasegreatlyandthe
handlingofyourvehiclewillbeadverselyaffected.
Pullthereleaselevertoreleasethe
brake.Drivingwiththeparking
brakeonwillcausethebrakesto
wearoutquicklyandreducefuel
economy.
STEERING
Yourvehicleisequippedwithpowersteering.Powersteeringusesenergy
fromtheenginetohelpsteerthevehicle.
Topreventdamagetothepowersteeringpump:
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Neverholdthesteeringwheeltotheextremerightortheextremeleft
formorethanafewsecondswhentheengineisrunning.
Donotoperatethevehiclewithalowpowersteeringpumpfluidlevel
(belowtheMINmarkonthereservoir).
Ifthepowersteeringsystembreaksdown(oriftheengineisturned
off),youcansteerthevehiclemanually,butittakesmoreeffort.
Ifthesteeringwandersorpulls,theconditioncouldbecausedbyanyof
thefollowing:
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Product Specification
Categories | Ford Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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Document Type | User and Operator's Vehicle Manual Guide. Free Auto PDF Manual Download. |
Model Year | 2000 |
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Publisher | ford.com |
Wikipedia's Page | Ford Explorer |
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