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    Active Park Assist (MKS/MKT)

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    Active Park Assist uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and Electric Power Steering (EPS) to position the vehicle for parallel parking, calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into a parking spot.

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    Active Park Assist (MKS/MKT)

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    Active Park Assist uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and Electric Power Steering (EPS) to position the vehicle for parallel parking, calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into a parking spot.

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    Active Park Assist uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and Electric Power Steering (EPS) to position the vehicle for parallel parking, calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into a parking spot.

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    Active Park Assist (MKS/MKT)

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    Ford Motor Company
    Active Park Assist uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and Electric Power Steering (EPS) to position the vehicle for parallel parking, calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into a parking spot.

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    Active Park Assist

    Active Park Assist uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and Electric Power Steering (EPS) to position the
    vehicle for parallel parking, calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into a parking spot.

    How It Works

    1 The driver activates the system


    by pressing a center console
    button, which activates ultrasonic
    sensors that measure and identify
    a feasible parking space.
    2 The system then prompts
    the driver to accept parking
    assistance. The steering system
    then takes over and steers the car
    into the parking space hands-
    free. The driver still shifts the 3
    transmission and operates the
    gas and brake pedals.

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    3 A visual and/or audible driver

    No P
    2
    notification advises the driver
    about the proximity of other
    cars and objects and provides
    instructions.
    While the steering is all done
    automatically, the driver remains
    responsible for safe parking
    and can interrupt the system by 1
    grasping the steering wheel.

    Additional Benefits Complementary Technology


    • Active Park Assist is enabled by Ford’s advanced EPS Active Park Assist works in tandem with other new
    technology. In addition to helping with parallel parking, technologies Ford has developed, including:
    EPS improves fuel economy by up to 5 percent, while • Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) employs sensors on the
    reducing CO2 emissions and improving steering performance outboard rear quarter panels that help monitor the traditional
    compared with traditional hydraulic powered-assisted blind spot area. The system can notify the driver with a warning
    steering systems. indicator light on the corresponding side view mirror if the
    • EPS saves fuel primarily because the steering system is sensors detect a vehicle in the blind spot.
    powered by an electric motor connected to the vehicle’s • Cross Traffic Alert uses BLIS sensors to help detect and warn
    battery, as opposed to an engine-mounted hydraulic pump drivers of cross traffic when backing out of a parking space.
    steering system.
    • BLIS with Cross Traffic Alert is optional on the 2010 Ford
    • By 2012, Ford plans to fit nearly 90 percent of Ford, Lincoln Fusion and Fusion Hybrid, Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKZ
    Mercury lineup with EPS. midsize sedan, Lincoln MKT crossover, Mercury Milan
    and Milan Hybrid.
    Availability
    • EPS also features as standard equipment pull-drift
    Optional on the 2010 Ford Escape, 2010 Lincoln MKS compensation, a software-based technology that helps
    sedan and 2010 Lincoln MKT crossover. drivers offset vehicle pulling or drifting that can occur in
    steady crosswinds or on uneven roads.
    2010 Lincoln MKS
    2010 Lincoln MKZ

    5/2009 for more information, go to WWW.media.ford.com

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