2005 Ford Taurus Owners Manual

Driving
Make sure the  corresponding lights illuminate  or illuminate briefly. If  a
light fails to  illuminate, have the  vehicle serviced.
If the driver’s  safety belt is  fastened, the
Starting the engine
Turn the key  to 4 (ON)  without
light may not  illuminate.
3
2
1.
turning the key  to 5(START).
2.
Turn the key  to 5 (START),  then
release the key  as soon as  the
engine starts. Excessive  cranking
could damage the  starter.
4
5
1
Note: If the  engine does not  start
within five seconds  on the first  try, turn the key  to OFF, wait  10 seconds
and try again.  If the engine  still fails to start,  press the accelerator  to the
floor and try  again; this will  allow the engine to  crank with the  fuel shut
off in case  the engine is  flooded with fuel.
Cold weather starting (flexible  fuel vehicles only)
In cold weather,  ethanol fuel distributors should  supply winter grade
(E  85) ethanol. If summer grade  (E 85)  ethanol is used in  cold weather,
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you may experience  increased cranking times, rough  idle or hesitation until
the engine has  warmed up. Consult your  fuel distributor for the  availability
of winter grade  (E 85) ethanol.  High-quality blends of winter  grade (E  85)
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ethanol will produce  satisfactory cold weather starting  and driving results.
Cold starting performance  can also be  improved by using an  engine block
heater. Engine block  heaters are available  as an option and  can be
obtained from your  Ford dealer. Consult  the engine block heater  section
for proper use  of the engine  block heater.
If you experience  cold weather starting  problems on (E  85) ethanol, and
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neither an alternative  brand of (E  85) ethanol nor  an engine block
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heater is available,  adding unleaded gasoline  to your tank will  improve
cold starting performance.  Your vehicle is  designed to operate on  (Ed85)
ethanol, unleaded gasoline  alone, or any  mixture of the two.
Iftheenginefailstostartusingtheprecedinginstructions(flexible
fuelvehiclesonly)
1.
Press and hold  down the accelerator  1/3 to 1/2 way  to floor, then
crank the engine.
2.
accelerator pedal as  the engine speeds  up. If the engine  still fails to  start,
repeat Step 1.
When the engine  starts, release the  key, then gradually release  the
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Pete on Aug 13, 2017. Owners Manual

Thank you for providing this for download


Michael Paul on Aug 02, 2016. 2005 Taurus owners manual

Your manual was great, however difficult to locate power window fuse location due to Ford's descriptions.


Trish on Jun 10, 2016. manual

don't have my own neeed to see whats going on and was told this was the site to go on fuel not getting through possibly to do with anti theft?


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