INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OVERVIEWYOUR VEHICLE AT A GLANCE2-2
S2BLA201A
1. Outside rearview mirror
2. Instrument cluster
3. Steering wheel
4. Seat
5. Rear hatch window
6. Rear hatch
7. Door
8. Power window switches
9. Rear door child safety lock
10. Shift lever
11. Parking brake lever
12. Lights
13. Spare tire
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KNOWING YOUR VEHICLEKeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Immobilizer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Air Bag - Supplemental Restraint System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Rear Hatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69
Fuel Filler Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70
Auto Fuel Cutoff Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Cup Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78
Sunglass Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79
Storage Compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-80
Electrical Power Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86
Luggage Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86
Tonneau cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87
Luggage center box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-88
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89
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Curtain airbag
Curtain airbags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
They are designed to help protect the
heads of the front seat occupants and
the rear outboard seat occupants in
certain side impact collisions.
KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
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R
SAIRBAG
5BLD320/5BLA371
S2BLA351
SRSAIRBAG
(Continued)
Never allow front passenger to
put their hands, feet or face on
or close to the instrument
panel. In the event of airbag
deployment, such a misposi-
tioned occupant would be like-
ly to suffer severe injury or
death.
Never allow children, pregnant
women or weak persons to sit
in the front passenger seat. Do
not put child restraint system
on the front passenger's seat
either. They may be seriously
injured by the airbag inflation
when airbag deploys.
Do not put objects or stickers
on the instrument panel. Do
not apply any accessory to the
front windshield. Do not install
aftermarket mirrors or acces-
sories on the factory-installed
rearview mirror. Any of these
could interfere with the
deployment of the airbag or
could hit your body at high
speed and cause severe bodi-
ly injury and even death.
WARNING
The front seat passenger
airbag is much larger than the
steering wheel airbag and
inflates with considerably more
force. It can seriously hurt or
kill a passenger who is not in
the proper position and wear-
ing the safety belt properly. The
front passengers should
always move their seat as far
back as practical and sit back
in their seat.
It is essential that the front pas-
senger always wears their safe-
ty belts, even when the vehicle
is moving in a parking lot or up
a driveway into garage.
If the driver brakes the vehicle
heavily prior to an impact,
unbelted occupants will be
thrown forward. If the front pas-
senger is not wearing the safe-
ty belts, they will be directly in
front of the storage compart-
ment when deployment occurs.
In that situation, serious injury
or death is possible.
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MIRRORSOutside Rearview Mirrors
Be sure to adjust mirror angles
before driving.
Electric Remote Control
The electric remote control mirror
switch, located on the driver’s door,
allows you to adjust the position of
the left and right outside rearview
mirrors. To adjust the position of
either mirror, move the lever to R or L
to select the right side mirror or the
left side mirror, then press a corre-
sponding point on the mirror adjust-
ment control to position the selected
mirror up, down, left or right.KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE3-74
LRS1BLA255
WARNING- Convex Mirror
The outside rearview mirrors
are convex. Objects seen in the
mirror are closer than they
appear. When changing lanes,
use your inside rearview mirror
or direct observation to deter-
mine the actual distance of fol-
lowing vehicles.
✽ ✽
NOTICEDo not scrape ice off the mirror
face; this may damage the surface
of the glass. If ice should restrict
movement of the mirror, do not
force the mirror for adjustment. To
remove ice, use a de-icer spray, or a
sponge or soft cloth with very warm
water.
✽ ✽
NOTICEThe mirrors stop moving when they
reach the maximum adjusting
angles, but the motor continues to
operate while the switch is
depressed. Do not depress the
switch longer than necessary, the
motor may be damaged.
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Outside Rearview Mirror Heater
(If equipped)
The outside rearview mirror heater is
actuated in conjunction with the rear
window defroster. To heat the outside
rearview mirror glass, push the
switch for the rear window defroster.
The outside rearview mirror glass will
be heated for defrosting or defogging
and will give you improved rear vision
in inclement weather conditions.
Push the switch again to turn the
heater off. The outside rearview mir-
ror heater automatically turns itself
off after 20 minutes.Folding the Outside Rearview mir-
ror
To fold outside rearview mirror, grasp
the housing of mirror and then fold it
towards the rear of the vehicle.Day/Night Rearview Mirror
Manual type
Adjust the rearview mirror to center
on the view through the rear window.
Make this adjustment before you start
driving and while the day/night lever
is in the day position.
Pull the day/night lever toward you to
reduce glare from the headlights of
vehicles behind you during night driv-
ing. Remember that you lose some
rearview clarity in the night position.
KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
3-75
S1V2B03032
S1RS104017A
Day
Night
Day/Night lever
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Electric type (if equipped)
The electric day/night rearview mirror
automatically controls the glare from
the headlights of the car behind you.
Adjust the rearview mirror to the
desired position.
Press the “O”button to turn the auto-
matic- dimming function off. The mir-
ror indicator light will turn off.
Press the “I”button to turn the auto-
matic- dimming function on. The mir-
ror indicator light will illuminate.
INTERIOR LIGHTSMap Light
The lights are switched ON or OFF by
pressing the corresponding switches.
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P
U
S
HTILTSLIDE
S2BLA430JS2BLA430E
Type AType B
S2BLC301
CAUTION
Do not place objects in the rear
seat or cargo area which would
interfere with your vision out
the rear window.
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DEFROSTER
The defroster clears frost, fog and
thin ice from the interior and exterior
of the front windshield and rear win-
dow, while the engine is running.If your vehicle is equipped with the
outside rearview mirror defroster, you
can also clear frost from the mirrors
by depressing this rear window
defroster switch.
To activate the defroster, depress the
corresponding defroster switch locat-
ed on the center console switch
panel. Front windshield and rear win-
dow defroster indicators illuminate
when the defrosters are on. The
defrosters automatically turn off after
about 20 minutes, or when the igni-
tion switch is turned off. To turn off the
defroster, press the corresponding
defroster switch again.
If there is heavy accumulation of
snow on the rear window, brush it off
before operating the rear defroster.
If your vehicle is equipped with an
outside rearview mirror defroster, it
will be operating at the same time
when you operate the rear window
defroster.
DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE
4-65
AUTO
AUTO AMB
OFF TEMPMODE
AMB
A/C
A/C
L
R
H
M
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF
5BLC450A
AU TO
AUTO AMB
OFF TEMPMODE
AMB
A/C
A/C
L
R
H
M
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF
5BLC450C
FrontRear
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NOTICE To prevent damage to the conduc-
tors bonded to the inside surface
of the bottom of the front wind-
shield and the rear window, never
use sharp instruments or window
cleaners containing abrasives to
clean the window.
To prevent the battery from being
discharged, operate the defroster
only while the engine is running.
The front windshield defroster is
designed to defrost wiper blades.
If you want to defrost and defog
on the front windshield, refer to
“Windshield Defrosting and
Defogging” in this section.
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Sunvisors
To use a sunvisor, pull it downward.
To use a sunvisor for a side window,
pull it downward, unsnap it from the
bracket and swing it to the side.
Vanity Mirror
To use the vanity mirror, pull down
the visor and pull up the mirror cover
then the lamp, comes ON. If you don’t
use the mirror, you must close the
cover to prevent the battery from
being discharged.DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE4-70
S2BLA390
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