2008 Mercury Mountaineer Owner Guide 1st Printing - Page 257
2008 Mercury Mountaineer Manual
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Driving Driving conditions that may activate AdvanceTrac with RSC include: • Emergency lane-change • Taking a turn too fast • Quick maneuvering to avoid an accident, pedestrian or obstacle AdvanceTrac with RSC button and functionality The AdvanceTrac with RSC system automatically turns on each time the engine is started, even if it was turned off when the engine was last shut down. The "sliding car" icon which is located with the warning lights in the instrument cluster will illuminate during bulb check at initial start-up and then go off. This tells you that the system is normal and active. All functions of the AdvanceTrac with RSC (RSC, ESC, Engine Traction Control, and Brake Traction Control) will be activated at start up. When the system is left active, the "sliding car" icon will flash only when any of the components of the system are affecting the vehicle's performance, otherwise the light will remain off. Consequently, the "sliding car" icon will not be illuminated during most of your normal driving. The AdvanceTrac with RSC button, located on the center stack of the instrument panel, allows the driver to control certain features of the AdvanceTrac with RSC system below 25 mph (40 km/h). If the vehicle is below 25 mph (40 km/h), momentarily pressing the AdvanceTrac with RSC button will disable RSC, ESC and Engine Traction Control and steadily illuminate the "sliding car" icon . Pressing and holding the AdvanceTrac with RSC button for more than five seconds will further disable the brake portion of the Traction Control feature and the "sliding car" icon will flash momentarily and then illuminate steady. If the vehicle is above 25 mph (40 km/h), momentarily pressing the AdvanceTrac with RSC button will steadily illuminate the "sliding car" icon , however, the AdvanceTrac with RSC system will remain enabled until the vehicle speed drops below 25 mph. If the vehicle speed decreases below 25 mph (40 km/h), the system will become deactivated, but if the vehicle speed subsequently increases to above 25 mph (40 km/h), the system will again become active. In general, the system will be active at all times the vehicle speed is above 25 mph (40 km/h). In R (Reverse), ABS and the Traction Control feature will continue to function, however ESC and RSC are disabled. 257 2008 Mountaineer (mnt) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)