
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Regulations require that a Safety Compliance Certification Label be affixed to a vehicle and prescribe where the Safety Compliance Certification Label may be located. The Safety Compliance Certification Label shall be affixed to either the door hinge pillar, the door latch post, or the edge of the door near the door latch, next to the driver’s seating position.
Vehicle identification number
The vehicle identification number
is located on the driver’s side
instrument panel.
Please note that in the graphic,
XXXX is representative of your
vehicle identification number.
The Vehic ...
Transmission code designation
You can find a transmission code on
the Safety Compliance Certification
Label. The following table tells you
which transmission each code
represents.
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Other materials:
Using snow chains
Your Taurus SHO may be equipped with summer tires to provide
superior performance on wet and dry roads. Summer tires do not have
the Mud and Snow (M+S or M/S) tire traction rating on the tire side
wall. Since summer tires do not have the same traction performance as
All-season or Snow tires, For ...
All-Wheel Drive (If Equipped)
All wheel drive
AWD uses all four wheels to power the vehicle. This increases traction,
enabling you to drive over terrain and road conditions that a
conventional two-wheel drive vehicles cannot. The AWD system is active
all the time and requires no input from the operator.
Note: Your AWD veh ...
Transfer Case - Power Transfer Unit (PTU)
SPECIFICATIONS
Material
Torque Specifications
a Refer to the procedure in this section.
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
Power Transfer Unit (PTU)
The AWD system consists of the following:
PTU
Rear driveshaft
AWD module
Rear axle with coupling device
The PTU is a mecha ...
