2012 Ford Flex Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 261
2012 Ford Flex Manual
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Driving If you switch off the traction control, the stability control off light will illuminate steadily. Pressing the traction control button again will OFF turn off the stability control light. In R (Reverse), ABS and the engine traction control and brake traction control features will continue to function; however, ESC and RSC are disabled. AdvanceTrac Features Stability Message control Mode center disoff play light Turns on System Initial- during Nothing Disization bulb played check Control switch functions Default at start-up ESC/ RSC TCS Enabled Enabled Control switch TRACTION Traction conEnDispressed On CONTROL trol OFF abled abled once moOFF mentarily Control switch pressed AdvanceTrac ADVANCEEnOff again after fully enabled TRAC ON abled Enabled deactivation Trailer sway control (if equipped) Your vehicle may be equipped with trailer sway control. When properly equipped, trailer sway control will use the vehicle's AdvanceTrac with RSC system to detect and mitigate trailer sway by applying brake force at individual wheels and, if necessary, by reducing engine power. Note: Trailer sway control does not prevent a trailer from swaying, it mitigates the sway from increasing once it has occurred. TSC cannot stop all trailers from swaying. If you are experiencing trailer sway it is likely that the trailer is improperly loaded for the correct tongue weight or the speed of the vehicle and trailer is too high. Pull the vehicle-trailer over to a safe location to check the trailer weight distribution and tongue load and reduce speed to a safe level while towing. If trailer sway is 261 2012 Flex (471) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus)