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Replacing headlamp bulbs
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position and open the
hood.
2. Remove the cover panel at the
front of the engine compartment.
3. Remove the bulb cap by turning it
counterclockwise (inboard).
4. Pull the bulb straight out from
the bulb holder.
Install in reverse order.
Handle a halogen headlamp bulb carefully and keep out of
children’s reach. Grasp the bulb by only its plastic base and do
not touch the glass. The oil from your hand could cause the bulb to
break the next time the headlamps are operated.
Note:If the bulb is accidentally touched, it should be cleaned with
rubbing alcohol before being used.
Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal bulbs
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position and open the
hood.
2. Remove the cover panel at the
front of the engine compartment.
3. Remove the bulb socket from the
lamp assembly by turning
counterclockwise (inboard).
4. Pull the bulb straight out of the
socket.
Install in reverse order.
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Replacing turn signal lamps
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position.
2. Reach under the bumper cover
and remove the bulb socket from
the turn signal lamp by turning
counterclockwise.
3. Disconnect the electrical connector from the turn signal lamp bulb.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing tail/brake/backup lights and turn signal bulbs (3dr & 5dr)
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position and then
open the hatchback.
2. From inside the luggage
compartment remove the wing nut
of the rear light assembly cover.
3. Using a Phillips screwdriver
remove the screw. The lamp is still
retained by a spring loaded clip.
Remove by gently pulling out the
light housing.
4. Turn the bulb socket counterclockwise as far as possible and pull it
out.
5. Pull the bulb straight out of the socket.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing tail/brake/backup lights and turn signal bulbs (sedan)
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position and then
open the trunk.
2. From inside the luggage
compartment remove the three wing
nuts of the light housing.
3. Gently pull the light housing to
the outside.
4. Turn the bulb socket
counterclockwise and pull it out.
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5. Pull the bulb straight out of the socket.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing tail/brake/backup lights and turn signal bulbs (wagon)
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position and then
open the hatchback.
2. Using a screwdriver, remove the
fixings and trim from the body.
3. Remove the socket from the lamp
assembly
4. Pull the bulb straight out of the
socket.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing foglamp bulbs (if equipped)
1. Make sure the headlamp switch is
in the OFF position and remove the
bulb socket from the foglamp by
turning counterclockwise.
2. Disconnect the electrical
connector.
Install the new bulb in reverse order.
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Replacing side marker bulbs
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position.
2. Reach under the front fender,
grasp the bulb socket and turn it
counterclockwise to remove it.
3. Pull the bulb straight out.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing high-mount brake lamp bulbs
Sedan
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position and open the
luggage compartment.
2. Using a screwdriver remove the
trim from the trunk lid.
3. Pull the bulb holder from the
lamp assembly.
4. Pull the bulb straight out.
Install in reverse order.
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3dr & 5dr and wagon
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position.
2. Remove the screws using a Torx
T20 screwdriver and then remove
the plastic cover.
3. Unclip the bulb holder from the
reflector.
4. Pull the bulb straight out.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing license plate lamp bulbs
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position.
2. Insert a flathead screwdriver in
the recess and pry out the complete
light assembly.
3. Pull the bulb straight out.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing the luggage compartment lamp
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the OFF position.
2. Carefully pry out the light
assembly from the holder with a
flathead screwdriver.
3. Pull the bulb straight out.
Install in reverse order.
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Replacing interior lamps
1. Make sure the headlamp switch is
in the OFF position.
2. Switch off the interior lamps
(middle switch position).
3. Pry out the light assembly with a
flat screwdriver at the side opposite
the switch.
Install in reverse order.
Replacing reading bulbs
1. Open the reading lamp assembly.
2. Pull the bulb straight out and
replace it.
3. After the bulb has been replaced,
close the lamp assembly.
Install in reverse order.
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SAFETY RESTRAINTS
Personal Safety System
The Personal Safety System provides an improved overall level of frontal
crash protection to front seat occupants and is designed to help further
reduce the risk of air bag-related injuries. The system is able to analyze
different occupant conditions and crash severity before activating the
appropriate safety devices to help better protect a range of occupants in
a variety of frontal crash situations.
Your vehicle’s Personal Safety System consists of:
•Driver and passenger dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints.
•Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors,
and safety belt usage sensors.
•Driver’s seat position sensor.
•Front crash severity sensor.
•Front passenger sensing system
•Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors.
•Restraint system warning light and back-up tone.
•The electrical wiring for the air bags, crash sensor(s), safety belt
pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position
sensor, and indicator lights.
How does the personal safety system work?
The Personal Safety System can adapt the deployment strategy of your
vehicle’s safety devices according to crash severity and conditions. A
collection of crash sensors provides information to the Restraints Control
Module (RCM). During a crash, the RCM activates the safety belt
pretensioners and/or either none, one, or both stages of the dual-stage
air bag supplemental restraints based on crash severity and conditions.
The fact that the pretensioners or air bags did not activate for both front
seat occupants in a collision does not mean that something is wrong with
the system. Rather, it means the Personal Safety System determined the
accident conditions (crash severity, belt usage, etc.) were not
appropriate to activate these safety devices. Front air bags and
pretensioners are designed to activate only in frontal and near-frontal
collisions, not rollovers, side-impacts, or rear-impacts unless the collision
causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration.
Driver and passenger dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints
The dual-stage air bags offer the capability to tailor the level of air bag
inflation energy. A lower, less forceful energy level is provided for more
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improperly seated or restrained in the front passenger seat contrary to
proper child-seating or restraint usage recommendations. Even with this
technology, parents areSTRONGLYencouraged to always properly
restrain children in the rear seat. The sensor also turns off the air bag
when the passenger seat is empty to prevent unnecessary replacement of
the air bag(s) after a collision.
When the front passenger seat is occupied and the sensing system has
turned off the passenger’s frontal air bag, the“pass air bag off”indicator
will light and stay lit to remind you that the front passenger frontal air
bag is off. SeeFront passenger sensing systemin the airbags section of
this chapter.
Front safety belt usage sensors
The front safety belt usage sensors detect whether or not the driver and
front outboard passenger safety belts are fastened. This information
allows your Personal Safety System to tailor the air bag deployment and
safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage.
Refer toSafety Beltsection in this chapter.
Front safety belt pretensioners
The safety belt pretensioners are designed to tighten the safety belts
firmly against the occupant’s body during a collision. This maximizes the
effectiveness of the safety belts and helps properly position the occupant
relative to the air bag to improve protection. The safety belt
pretensioners can be either activated alone or, if the collision is of
sufficient severity, together with the air bags.
Front safety belt energy management retractors
The front safety belt energy management retractors allow webbing to be
pulled out of the retractor in a gradual and controlled manner in
response to the occupant’s forward momentum. This helps reduce the
risk of force-related injuries to the occupant’s chest by limiting the load
on the occupant. Refer toSafety Beltsection in this chapter.
Determining if the Personal Safety System is operational
The Personal Safety System uses a warning light in the instrument
cluster or a back-up tone to indicate the condition of the system. Refer
to theWarning Lightsection in theInstrument Clusterchapter.
Routine maintenance of the Personal Safety System is not required.
The Restraints Control Module (RCM) monitors its own internal circuits
and the circuits for the air bag supplemental restraints, crash sensor(s),
safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt buckle sensors, and the driver
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