Maintenance and Specifications
Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing
Somestate/provincialandlocalgovernmentsmayhave
Inspection/Maintenance(I/M)programstoinspecttheemissioncontrol
equipmentonyourvehicle.Failuretopassthisinspectioncouldprevent
youfromgettingavehicleregistration.YourvehiclemaynotpasstheI/M
testifthe
indicatorisonornotworkingproperly(bulbisburned
out),oriftheOBD-IIsystemhasdeterminedthatsomeoftheemission
controlsystemshavenotbeenproperlychecked.Inthiscase,thevehicle
isconsiderednotreadyforI/Mtesting.
Ifthe
indicatorisonorthebulbdoesnotwork,thevehiclemay
needtobeserviced.RefertotheOnboarddiagnostics(OBD-II)
descriptioninthischapter.
Ifthevehicle’sengineortransmissionhasjustbeenserviced,orthe
batteryhasrecentlyrundownorbeenreplaced,theOBD-IIsystemmay
indicatethatthevehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting.Todetermineifthe
vehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting,turntheignitionkeytotheONposition
for15secondswithoutcrankingtheengine.Ifthe
eighttimes,itmeansthatthevehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting;if
indicatorstaysonsolid,itmeansthatthevehicleisreadyfor
indicatorblinks
the
I/Mtesting.
TheOBD-IIsystemisdesignedtochecktheemissioncontrolsystem
duringnormaldriving.Acompletecheckmaytakeseveraldays.Ifthe
vehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting,thefollowingdrivingcycleconsisting
ofmixedcityandhighwaydrivingmaybeperformed:
15
minutesofsteadydrivingonanexpressway/highwayfollowedby20
minutesofstop-and-godrivingwithatleastfour30secondidleperiods.
Allowthevehicletositforatleasteighthourswithoutstartingthe
engine.Then,starttheengineandcompletetheabovedrivingcycle.The
enginemustwarmuptoitsnormaloperatingtemperature.Oncestarted,
donotturnofftheengineuntiltheabovedrivingcycleiscomplete.If
thevehicleisstillnotreadyforI/Mtesting,theabovedrivingcyclewill
havetoberepeated.
POWER STEERING FLUID
Checkthepowersteeringfluid.Refertoscheduledmaintenance
informationfortheserviceintervalschedules.
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2007
Explorer(exp)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
| Categories | Ford Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2007 |
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