Maintenance and Specifications
2.
Poorfuelqualityorwaterinthefuel—theenginemaymisfireorrun
poorly.
3.
Thefuelfillinletmaynothavebeenproperlyclosed.SeeEasyFuel™
“nocap”fuelsysteminthischapter.
4.
Drivingthroughdeepwater—theelectricalsystemmaybewet.
Thesetemporarymalfunctionscanbecorrectedbyfillingthefueltank
withgoodqualityfuel,properlyclosingthefuelfillinletorlettingthe
electricalsystemdryout.Afterthreedrivingcycleswithouttheseorany
othertemporarymalfunctionspresent,theserviceenginesoon
indicatorshouldstayoffthenexttimetheengineisstarted.Adriving
cycleconsistsofacoldenginestartupfollowedbymixedcity/highway
driving.Noadditionalvehicleserviceisrequired.
Iftheserviceenginesoon
indicatorremainson,haveyourvehicle
servicedatthefirstavailableopportunity.Althoughsomemalfunctions
detectedbytheOBD-IImaynothavesymptomsthatareapparent,
continueddrivingwiththeserviceenginesoon
indicatoroncan
resultinincreasedemissions,lowerfueleconomy,reducedengineand
transmissionsmoothness,andleadtomorecostlyrepairs.
Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing
Somestate/provincialandlocalgovernmentsmayhave
Inspection/Maintenance(I/M)programstoinspecttheemissioncontrol
equipmentonyourvehicle.Failuretopassthisinspectioncouldprevent
youfromgettingavehicleregistration.YourvehiclemaynotpasstheI/M
testiftheserviceenginesoon
indicatorisonornotworking
properly(bulbisburnedout),oriftheOBD-IIsystemhasdetermined
thatsomeoftheemissioncontrolsystemshavenotbeenproperly
checked.Inthiscase,thevehicleisconsiderednotreadyforI/Mtesting.
Iftheserviceenginesoon
indicatorisonorthebulbdoesnot
work,thevehiclemayneedtobeserviced.RefertoOn-board
diagnostics(OBD-II)inthischapter.
Ifthevehicle’sengineortransmissionhasjustbeenserviced,orthe
batteryhasrecentlyrundownorbeenreplaced,theOBD-IIsystemmay
indicatethatthevehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting.Todetermineifthe
vehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting,turntheignitionkeytotheonposition
for15secondswithoutcrankingtheengine.Iftheserviceengine
soon
indicatorblinkseighttimes,itmeansthatthevehicleisnot
readyforI/Mtesting;iftheserviceenginesoon indicatorstayson
solid,itmeansthatthevehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting.
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2010
Fusion(fsn)
OwnersGuide,4thPrinting
USA(fus)
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