Rear Window Defroster; Front Ashtray - Ford 2001 Mercury Cougar Owner's Manual

Controls and features
Traction control
system (if equipped)
This system helps prevent wheel
spin to improve tire traction. The
control will toggle this feature on or
off, but the feature defaults to on
after each cycle of the ignition key.
The light in the control illuminates
when the system is switched off.
Refer to the Traction Control
section in the Driving chapter.

Rear window defroster

Press the defroster control to clear
the rear window of thin ice and fog.
The ignition must be in the on
position to operate the rear window
defroster.
The defroster turns off
automatically after 10 minutes or
when the ignition is turned to the
off position. To manually turn off
the defroster, push the control
again.
The light in the control illuminates
when the system is switched on.

Front ashtray

The ashtray is located beneath the
radio.
To open, press and the ashtray
opens automatically. To empty,
extract the ashtray.