2006 Ford F350 Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 276
2006 Ford F350 Manual
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Maintenance and Specifications On board diagnostics (OBD-II) Your vehicle is equipped with a computer that monitors the engine's emission control system. This system is commonly known as the On Board Diagnostics System (OBD-II). This OBD-II system protects the environment by ensuring that your vehicle continues to meet government emission standards. The OBD-II system also assists the service technician in light illuminates, the properly servicing your vehicle. When the OBD-II system has detected a malfunction. Temporary malfunctions may light to illuminate. Examples are: cause your 1. The vehicle has run out of fuel. (The engine may misfire or run poorly.) 2. Poor fuel quality or water in the fuel. 3. The fuel cap may not have been securely tightened. These temporary malfunctions can be corrected by filling the fuel tank with good quality fuel and/or properly tightening the fuel cap. After three driving cycles without these or any other temporary malfunctions light should turn off. (A driving cycle consists of a present, the cold engine startup followed by mixed city/highway driving.) No additional vehicle service is required. light remains on, have your vehicle serviced at the first If the available opportunity. Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing In some localities, it may be a legal requirement to pass an I/M test of light is on, refer to the the on-board diagnostics system. If your description in the Warning lights and chimes section of the Instrument Cluster chapter. Your vehicle may not pass the I/M test with light on. the If the vehicle's powertrain system or its battery has just been serviced, the on-board diagnostics system is reset to a "not ready for I/M test" condition. To ready the on-board diagnostics system for I/M testing, a minimum of 30 minutes of city and highway driving is necessary as described below: • First, at least 10 minutes of driving on an expressway or highway. • Next, at least 20 minutes driving in stop-and-go, city-type traffic with at least four idle periods. 276 2006 F-250/350/450/550 (f23) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)