Intelligent Oil Life Monitor

Your vehicle is equipped with an Intelligent Oil Life Monitor that determines when the engine oil should be changed based on how your vehicle is used. By using several important factors in its calculations, the monitor helps reduce the cost of owning your vehicle and reduce environmental waste at the same time. This means you won’t have to remember to change the oil on a mileage-based schedule; the vehicle lets you know when an oil change is due by displaying ENGINE OIL CHANGE DUE or OIL CHANGE REQUIRED in the message center. The following table is intended to provide examples of vehicle use and its impact on engine oil change intervals; it is provided as a guideline only.
Actual engine oil change intervals will depend on several factors and will generally decrease with severity of use.



See also:
Cleaner air
Ford endorses the use of reformulated “cleaner-burning” gasolines to
improve air quality, per the recommendations in the Choosing the right
fuel section. ...
Opening the hood
1. Inside the vehicle, pull the hood
release handle located at the bottom
of the instrument panel near the
steering column.
2. Go to the front of the vehicle and
release the auxiliary latch ...
BLIS and/or CTA fault operation
If the BLIS and/or CTA senses a fault on either the left or right sensor,
the BLIS alert indicator will go on and remain on and the message
center will display BLIND SPOT SYSTEM FAULT or CROSS TRA ...
