2002 Ford Escape Owners Manual

Driving
Driving with an automatic overdrive  transaxle
Yourautomatictransaxleelectronicallycontrolstheshiftfeelbyusingan
adaptivelearningstrategy.Thisfeatureisdesignedtooptimizeshift
smoothness.Itisnormalforyourtransaxletoshiftfirmlyduringthefirstfew
hundredkilometers(miles)ofoperationuntiltheadaptivestrategyhasbeen
learned.Theadaptivelearningstrategyismaintainedbypowerfromthe
battery.Whenthebatteryisdisconnectedoranewbatteryisinstalled,the
transaxlemustrelearnitsadaptivestrategy.Optimalshiftingwillresume
withinafewhundredkilometers(miles)ofoperation.
Yourautomaticoverdrivetransaxle
providesfullyautomaticoperationin
eitherD(Overdrive)orwiththe
O/DOFFswitchdepressed.Driving
withthegearshiftleverinD
(Overdrive)givesthebestfuel
economyfornormaldriving
conditions.
Formanualcontrol,startin1(First)andthenshiftmanually.
Toputyourvehicleingear,startthe
R     D 2 1
engine,depressthebrakepedal,
thenmovegearshiftleveroutofP
(Park).
ODO
Understanding gearshift positions
P (Park)
Alwayscometoacompletestop
R     D 2 1
beforeshiftingintoP(Park).Make
surethegearshiftleverissecurely
ODO
latchedinP(Park).Thislocksthe
transaxleandpreventsthefront
wheelsfromrotating.
Alwayssettheparkingbrakefullyandmakesurethegearshiftis
latchedinP(Park).TurntheignitiontotheLOCKpositionand
removethekeywheneveryouleaveyourvehicle.
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CategoriesFord Escape Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2002
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