Maintenance and Specifications
Fuel filler cap
Yourfueltankfillercaphasanindexeddesignwitha1/4turnon/off
feature.
Whenfuelingyourvehicle:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Turntheengineoff.
Carefullyturnthefillercapcounterclockwiseuntilitspinsoff.
Pulltoremovethecapfromthefuelfillerpipe.
Toinstallthecap,alignthetabsonthecapwiththenotchesonthe
fillerpipe.
Turnthefillercapclockwise1/4ofaturnuntilitclicksatleastonce.
Ifthecheckfuelcaplight ora“checkfuelcap”messagecomeson,
5.
thefuelfillercapmaynotbeproperlyinstalled.Thelightormessagecan
comeonafterseveraldrivingeventsafteryou’verefueledyourvehicle.
Atthenextopportunity,safelypulloffoftheroad,removethefuelfiller
cap,alignthecapproperlyandreinstallit.Thecheckfuelcap
light
or“checkfuelcap”messagemaynotresetimmediately;itmay
takeseveraldrivingcyclesforthecheckfuelcaplight or“checkfuel
cap”messagetoturnoff.Adrivingcycleconsistsofanenginestart-up
(afterfourormorehourswiththeengineoff)followedbycityand
highwaydriving.
Continuingtodrivewiththecheckfuelcaplight
or“checkfuelcap”
messageonmaycausethe lighttoturnonaswell.
Ifyoumustreplacethefuelfillercap,replaceitwithafuelfiller
capthatisdesignedforyourvehicle.Thecustomerwarrantymay
bevoidforanydamagetothefueltankorfuelsystemifthe
correctgenuineFord,Motorcraftorothercertifiedfuelfillercap
isnotused.
WARNING:Thefuelsystemmaybeunderpressure.Ifthefuel
fillercapisventingvapororifyouhearahissingsound,wait
untilitstopsbeforecompletelyremovingthefuelfillercap.Otherwise,
fuelmaysprayoutandinjureyouorothers.
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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