2004 Ford Focus Owners Manual

Maintenance and Specifications
How fail-safe cooling works
Iftheenginebeginstooverheat:
Theenginecoolanttemperature
gaugewillmovetothered(hot)
area.
TheMulti-functionwarninglight:
automatictransaxle/cooling
systemwillilluminate(2.0L
Zetecengineonly).
TheCheckEngineindicatorlightwillilluminate.
Iftheenginereachesapresetover-temperaturecondition,theengine
willautomaticallyswitchtoalternatingcylinderoperation.Eachdisabled
cylinderactsasanairpumpandcoolstheengine.
Whenthisoccursthevehiclewillstilloperate.However:
Theenginepowerwillbelimited.
Theairconditioningsystemwillbedisabled.
Continuedoperationwillincreasetheenginetemperature:
Theenginewillcompletelyshutdown.
Steeringandbrakingeffortwillincrease.
Oncetheenginetemperaturecools,theenginecanbere-started.Take
yourvehicletoaservicefacilityassoonaspossibletominimizeengine
damage.
Whenfail-safemodeisactivated
Youhavelimitedenginepowerwheninthefail-safemode,sodrivethe
vehiclewithcaution.Thevehiclewillnotbeabletomaintainhighspeed
operationandtheenginewillrunrough.Rememberthattheengineis
capableofcompletelyshuttingdownautomaticallytopreventengine
damage,therefore:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Pullofftheroadassoonassafelypossibleandturnofftheengine.
Arrangeforthevehicletobetakentoaservicefacility.
Ifthisisnotpossible,waitashortperiodfortheenginetocool.
Checkthecoolantlevelandreplenishiflow.
Neverremovethecoolantreservoircapwhiletheengineis
runningorhot.
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2004
Focus(foc)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USAEnglish(fus)
Product Specification
CategoriesFord Focus Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2004
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