Ford Mariner 2008 Owner's Manual page 512

Driving
During Roll Stability Control™ (RSC) events the "sliding car" icon in
the instrument cluster will flash momentarily.
Driving conditions that may activate AdvanceTrac with RSC include:
• Emergency lane-change
• Taking a turn too fast
• Quick maneuvering to avoid an accident, pedestrian or obstacle
AdvanceTrac with RSC button and icon functionality
The AdvanceTrac with RSC system automatically turns on each time
the engine is started, even if it was turned off when the engine was last
shut down. The "sliding car" icon which is located with the warning
lights in the instrument cluster will illuminate during bulb check at initial
start-up and then go off. This tells you that the system is normal and
active. All functions of the AdvanceTrac with RSC (RSC, ESC, Engine
Traction Control, and Brake Traction Control) will be activated at start
up. When the system is left active, the "sliding car" icon will flash
only when any of the components of the system are affecting the
vehicle's performance, otherwise the light will remain off. Consequently,
the "sliding car" icon will not be illuminated during most of your
normal driving.
The AdvanceTrac with RSC button,
located on the center stack of the
instrument panel, allows the driver
to control certain features of the
AdvanceTrac with RSC system
below 25 mph (40 km/h). If the
vehicle is below 25 mph (40 km/h), momentarily pressing the
AdvanceTrac with RSC button will disable RSC, ESC and Engine
Traction Control and steadily illuminate the "sliding car" icon .
Pressing and holding the AdvanceTrac with RSC button for more than
five seconds will further disable the brake portion of the Traction Control
feature and the "sliding car" icon will flash momentarily and then
illuminate steady.
If the vehicle is above 25 mph (40 km/h), momentarily pressing the
AdvanceTrac with RSC button will steadily illuminate the "sliding car"
icon , however, the AdvanceTrac with RSC system will remain
enabled until the vehicle speed drops below 25 mph. If the vehicle speed
decreases below 25 mph (40 km/h), the system will become deactivated,
but if the vehicle speed subsequently increases to above 25 mph
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2008 Mariner (mrn)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)