Lincoln Aviator 2020-2025 Owners Manual / Unique Driving Characteristics / Hybrid Vehicle Operation / Braking

Lincoln Aviator: Hybrid Vehicle Operation / Braking

Your hybrid is equipped with standard hydraulic braking and regenerative braking. Regenerative braking is performed by your transmission and it captures brake energy and stores it in the high voltage battery.

You may also notice during extending downhill driving that your engine continues to run instead of shutting off. During this engine braking, the engine stays on, but it is not using any fuel. You may also hear a slight whine or whistle when operating your vehicle. This is the normal operation of the electric motor in the hybrid system.

Transmission Operation. Battery

Transmission Operation The engine and electric motor together propel the vehicle through the automatic transmission. This is normal hybrid operating and helps deliver fuel efficiency and performance...

Driving to Optimize Fuel Economy

Note: Having your engine running is not always an indication of inefficiency. In some cases, it is actually more efficient than driving in electric mode...

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Lincoln Aviator 2020-2025 Service Manual: General Procedures - Transfer Case Fluid Level Check

Activation Refer to: Health and Safety Precautions (100-00 General Information, Description and Operation). NOTE: Make sure that the vehicle is standing on a level surface. Refer to: Jacking and Lifting (100-02 Jacking and Lifting, Description and Operation)...

Lincoln Aviator 2020-2025 Service Manual: General Procedures - Fluorescent Dye Leak Detection - Vehicles With: R134A Refrigerant

Special Tool(s) / General Equipment UV Leak Detector Electronic Leak Detector Leak detection Vehicles with air conditioning Review next note for important refrigerant system dye information. NOTE: Fluorescent refrigerant system dye is added to the refrigerant system at the factory to assist in refrigerant system leak diagnosis using a Rotunda-approved UV lamp...

Fastening the Seatbelts

The front outboard and rear safety restraints in the vehicle are combination lap and shoulder belts.

Insert the belt tongue into the proper buckle (the buckle closest to the direction the tongue is coming from) until you hear a snap and feel it latch. Make sure that you securely fasten the tongue in the buckle.

Lincoln Aviator. Fastening the Seatbelts

To unfasten, press the release button and remove the tongue from the buckle.