Ford Crown Victoria (2011 year). Manual — part 4

• With message center
See TRIP A/B under Message center
in this chapter.

Tachometer: Indicates the engine
speed in revolutions per minute.
Driving with your tachometer
pointer continuously at the top of
the scale may damage the engine.

Fuel gauge: Indicates
approximately how much fuel is left
in the fuel tank (when the ignition
is in the on position). The fuel
gauge may vary slightly when the
vehicle is in motion or on a grade.

The arrow near the fuel pump icon
indicates which side of the vehicle
the fuel filler door is located.

Refer to Filling the tank in the Maintenance and Specifications
chapter for more information.

MESSAGE CENTER (IF EQUIPPED)

With the ignition in the on position,
the message center, located on your
instrument cluster, displays
important vehicle information
through a constant monitor of
vehicle systems. You may select
display features on the message
center for a display of status. The
system will also notify you of potential vehicle problems with a display of
system warnings followed by a long indicator chime.

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Your display can show up to three reconfigurable telltales at one time.
What ever is displayed in the top left corner has the highest priority.
Premium Display Severity Indicator (located under the message center):
Indicates severity of the information being displayed on the premium
display. Red for high severity, amber for medium severity, and non-lit for
information only. For example, a door ajar warning would be
accompanied by a red indicator, low fuel by an amber indicator, and fuel
economy by an absence of the indicator. The indicator always illuminates
with the highest severity rating of the warnings displayed.

Info (Information menu)

Press the INFO button repeatedly to cycle through the following features
listed:

Press the RESET button reset functions in the information menu.

TRIP A/B

Registers the distance of individual journeys. Press and release INFO
button until the A or B trip appears in the display (this represents the
trip mode). Press and hold the RESET button for two seconds to reset.

Refer to UNITS later in this section to switch the display from Metric to
English.

MILES (km) TO EMPTY

This displays an estimate of approximately how far you can drive with
the fuel remaining in your tank under normal driving conditions.
Remember to turn the ignition off when refueling to allow this feature to
correctly detect the added fuel.

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The DTE function will display FUEL LEVEL LOW and sound a tone for
one second when you have approximately 50 miles (80 km) to empty. If
you RESET this warning message, this display and tone will return
within 10 minutes or 10 miles (16 km).

DTE is calculated using a running average fuel economy, which is based
on your recent driving history of 500 miles (800 km). This value is not
the same as the average fuel economy display. The running average fuel
economy is reinitialized to a factory default value if the battery is
disconnected.

AVERAGE FUEL XX.X MPG (L/100km)

Average fuel economy displays your average fuel economy in miles/gallon
or liters/100 km.

If you calculate your average fuel economy by dividing gallons of fuel
used by 100 miles traveled (kilometers traveled by liters used), your
figure may be different than displayed for the following reasons:
• Your vehicle was not perfectly level during fill-up
• Differences in the automatic shut-off points on the fuel pumps at

service stations

• Variations in top-off procedure from one fill-up to another
• Rounding of the displayed values to the nearest 0.1 gallon (liter)
1. Drive the vehicle at least 5 miles (8 km) with the speed control
system engaged to display a stabilized average.

2. Record the highway fuel economy for future reference.

It is important to press the RESET control (press and hold RESET for
two seconds in order to reset the function) after setting the speed
control to get accurate highway fuel economy readings.

FUEL ECONOMY MPG (L/km)

This displays instantaneous fuel economy as a bar graph ranging from

↓

poor economy to

↑ excellent economy.

Your vehicle must be moving to calculate instantaneous fuel economy.
When your vehicle is not moving, this function shows

↓, one or no bars

illuminated. Instantaneous fuel economy cannot be reset.

TIMER

Timer displays the trip elapsed drive time.

To operate, do the following:

1. Press and release RESET in order to start the timer.

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2. Press and release RESET to pause the timer.

3. Press and hold RESET until the timer resets.

System Check and Vehicle Feature Customization

Press the SETUP button repeatedly to cycle the message center through
the following features listed:

Press SELECT to select functions in the setup menu:

PRESS SELECT TO BEGIN SYSTEM CHECK

When this message appears, press SELECT and the message center will
begin to cycle through the following systems and provide a status of the
item if needed.

Note: Some systems show a message only if a condition is present.

1. OIL LIFE
— HOLD RESET IF NEW OIL

2. WASHER FLUID

3. AIR SUSPENSION (if equipped)

4. RECONFIGURABLE TELLTALES
— OK
— FAILED RED
— FAILED AMBER

SCREEN FORM

Press SELECT to change the display:
• ODOMETER
• SPEEDO
TEXT SIZE

Press SELECT to change the display text size:
• NORMAL
• LARGE

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