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²Resting your foot on the brake pedal while driving may reduce fuel
economy.
² Combine errands and minimize stop-and-go driving.
Maintenance
²Keep tires properly inflated and use only recommended size.
² Operating a vehicle with the wheels out of alignment will reduce fuel
economy.
² Use recommended engine oil. Refer to refill capacitiesin this chapter.
² Perform all regularly scheduled maintenance items. Follow the
recommended maintenance schedule and owner maintenance checks
found in scheduled maintenance.
Conditions
²Heavily loading a vehicle or towing a trailer may reduce fuel economy
at any speed.
² Carrying unnecessary weight may reduce fuel economy (approximately
1 mpg [0.4 km/L] is lost for every 400 lb [180 kg] of weight carried).
² Adding certain accessories to your vehicle (for example bug
deflectors, rollbars/light bars, running boards, ski/luggage racks) may
reduce fuel economy.
² Using fuel blended with alcohol may lower fuel economy.
² Fuel economy may decrease with lower temperatures during the first
8±10 miles (12±16 km) of driving.
² Driving on flat terrain offers improved fuel economy as compared to
driving on hilly terrain.
² Transmissions give their best fuel economy when operated in the top
cruise gear and with steady pressure on the gas pedal.
² Four-wheel-drive operation (if equipped) is less fuel efficient than
two-wheel-drive operation.
² Close windows for high speed driving.
EPA window sticker
Every new vehicle should have the EPA window sticker. Contact your
authorized dealer if the window sticker is not supplied with your vehicle.
The EPA window sticker should be your guide for the fuel economy
comparisons with other vehicles.
It is important to note the box in the lower left corner of the window
sticker. These numbers represent the Range of MPG (L/100 km)
CIMS #1516191
com_drvg_style_maint.maz itdseq=300
CIMS #212936
com_conditions itdseq=301
CIMS #212938
com_epa-sticker itdseq=302
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Seat belts (see Safety
restraints) ....................................65
Seats ............................................63child safety seats ......................94
SecuriLock passive anti-theft
system ..........................................60
Servicing your vehicle ..............214
Setting the clock AM/FM stereo ...........................19
AM/FM stereo CD .....................21
AM/FM stereo tape/CD/MP3 ....24
Premium AM/FM stereo
CD6/MP3 ...................................28
Snowplowing .................................7
Spark plugs, specifications .......256
Special notice ambulance conversions ..............7
utility-type vehicles ....................6
Specification chart, lubricants 254±255
Speed control ..............................50
Starting your vehicle .......141±142, 144
jump starting ..........................183
Steering wheel tilting .........................................47
Stereo Single CD ..................................21
T
Tether anchors ............................98
Tilt steering wheel ......................47
Tires ...........................107±108, 173 alignment ................................115
care ..........................................112
changing ..........................173, 178
checking the pressure ............112 inflating ...................................109
label .........................................122
replacing ..................................113
rotating ....................................115
safety practices .......................114
sidewall information ...............117
snow tires and chains ............122
spare tire .........................173, 175
terminology .............................108
tire grades ...............................108
treadwear ........................107, 112
Towing .......................................130 recreational towing .................139
trailer towing ..........................130
wrecker ....................................188
Traction-lok rear axle ...............148
Transfer case fluid checking .........................250
Transmission automatic operation ...............149
brake-shift interlock (BSI) ....149
fluid, checking and adding
(manual) .................................249
fluid, refill capacities ..............251
lubricant specifications ..254±255
manual operation ....................153
Turn signal ..................................39
V
Vehicle dimensions ...................256
Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) ..........................................258
Vehicle loading ..........................123 camper bodies ........................140
Ventilating your vehicle ...........145
W
Warning chimes ...........................16
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Warning lights (see Lights) .......12
Washer fluid ..............................219
Water, Driving through .............161
Windowspower .........................................49 Windshield washer fluid and
wipers ..........................................47
checking and adding fluid .....219
checking and cleaning ............219
replacing wiper blades ...........220
Wrecker towing .........................188
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