Comfort/Convenience; Active Park Assist; Hill Start Assist; Integrated Blind Spot Exterior, Mirrors - Ford Escape 2013 Manual

• Improved materials, finishes and color combinations look sophisticated and modern, and help provide a
quieter interior
• Sport seats within Titanium models add padded side bolsters with contrast stitching for a distinctive appearance
• SYNC with MyFord Touch features easy navigation for an enhanced user experience
• Hands-free power liftgate lets owners open or close the liftgate with a gentle kicking motion under the
center of the rear bumper
• Built-in storage areas, such as in-floor covered compartments, store smaller items discreetly

Hill Start Assist

• Helps keep the vehicle from rolling backward, making
it easier to pull away when on a slope or hill with a
grade of 5 degrees or more
– System also functions on a downhill slope
• Activating the system is simple
– Press the brake pedal to bring the vehicle to a
complete standstill
– Keep the brake pedal pressed
– If the sensors detect that the vehicle is on a slope,
hill start assist is automatically activated
• System utilizes an accelerometer to measure the slope
and longitudinal incline and automatically operates
when a slope of 5 degrees or more is calculated
• When hill start assist is activated, the brake pressure
is held in the braking system and the vehicle remains
stationary on the slope for up to three seconds after
the driver releases the brake pedal
• The brakes are automatically released once the
engine has developed sufficient power to prevent the
vehicle from rolling down the slope
• Hill start assist will not operate when the parking
brake is engaged
• Feature also works if the vehicle is in Reverse and
facing downhill on an incline
(1) Class is small utilities vs. 2011/2012 competitors.
Revised April 2012

Comfort/Convenience

Key Messages
Driver Assistance Technologies
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Active Park Assist

(1)
• Works in conjunction with forward sensors and
Reverse Sensing System to help drivers avoid any
obstacle directly in front of or behind the vehicle
• To activate the system, drivers press the active park
assist button located on the center stack in front of
the gear shifter
• Once activated, a message appears in the instrument
cluster LCD screen indicating the system has begun
searching for available parking spaces
– Sensors located in the front fascia "look" for
adequately sized parking spaces on either side
of the road
– The system default is to check the passenger side;
moving the turn signal to the left will change the
scan direction to the driver's side
– System scans the spaces, measuring the size of
the openings
– When an available, adequately sized parking space
is identified, active park assist alerts the driver
to stop by sending a message to the instrument
cluster LCD screen as well as by sounding an
audible chime inside the cabin
• Once the driver has stopped the vehicle, the driver
shifts the vehicle into Reverse and lets go of the
steering wheel
• Active park assist works in conjunction with the
electric power-assisted steering (EPAS) to take
control of the steering input while the driver continues
to control the gas, brake and transmission (forward
and Reverse), slowly easing into the parking space —
helping take the tension out of parallel parking
• If a driver manually moves the steering wheel, the
active park assist maneuver will automatically cancel
Integrated Blind Spot Exterior Mirrors
• Help keep the driver aware of vehicles entering their
"blind zone"
• Include a secondary convex mirror integrated into the
traditional exterior sideview mirror design to provide
an optimized field of view for the driver's "blind zone"
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