2008 DODGE SPRINTER tires

626 *Technical dataTire inflation pressure
6
\3 Tire inflation pressureObserve the information on recom-
mended tire inflation pressure in the
“Operation” section (
\2
page 361).
The following table lists the recommen-
ded cold tire inflation pressures for all
load conditions up to the maximum per-
missible weight limits (GAWR). The tire
inflation pressures listed apply to the ti-
res installed as original equipment.
iIn addition to the following table the
recommended cold tire inflation
pressures are listed on a placard lo-
cated on the driver’s door B-pillar
(\2
page 354).
Warning
G
Follow recommended tire inflation pres-
sures.
Do not underinflate tires. Underinflated
tires wear excessively and/or unevenly,
adversely affect handling and fuel econo-
my, and are more likely to fail from being
overheated.
Do not overinflate tires. Overinflated tires
can adversely affect handling and ride
comfort, wear unevenly, increase stop-
ping distance, and result in sudden defla-
tion (blowout) because they are more
likely to become punctured or damaged
by road debris, potholes etc.
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627 *Technical data
Tire inflation pressure
6
Set the correct tire pressure before
loading the vehicle. If the vehicle has
been loaded, check the tire pressures
and correct them if necessary.
The tires can be considered cold if the
vehicle has been parked for at least
3 hours or driven less than 1 mile
(1.6 km) at an ambient temperature of
approximately 68 °F (20 °C).
Keeping the tires properly inflated pro-
vides the best handling, tread life and
riding comfort.
Tire temperature and tire inflation pres-
sure are also increased while driving, de-
pending on the driving speed and the
tire load.Tire inflation pressure changes by ap-
proximately 1.5 psi (0.1 bar) per 18 °F
(10 °C) of air temperature change. Keep
this in mind when checking tire inflation
pressure where the temperature is dif-
ferent from the outside temperature.
For example:
If the inside temperature is 68 °F
(20 °C) and the outside temperature is
32 °F (0 °C) then the cold tire inflation
pressure should be increased by 3 psi
(0.2 bar), which equals 1.5 psi (0.1 bar)
for every 18 °F (10 °C) for this outside
temperature condition.Check tire inflation pressures more of-
ten if subject to a wide range of outdoor
temperatures, as tire inflation pressures
vary with temperature changes.
!
CAUTION
The pressure difference between the
tires on a single axle should not ex-
ceed 1.5psi (10kPa).
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642 IndexConsumption statistics
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coolant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
anticorrosion/antifreeze fluid . . 618
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
temperature display (vehicle with
steering wheel buttons) . . . . . . . 158
temperature gauge
(vehicle with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Cornering lampschanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527Correct use
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control
. . . . . . . . . . . 248
,258deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
downhill gradients . . . . . . . . . . . 249
lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
setting the speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
uphill gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cup holders
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Curb weight
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
D
Dashboard lightingsee Instrument lightingData cards, vehicle
. . . . . . . . . . . 632
Dehumidification
. . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Delayed switch-offexterior lighting
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Department of Transportationsee DOTDiesel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
low outside temperatures . . . . . 614
reserve fuel warning lamp . 475
,476
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Diesel enginepreglow indicator lamp . . . 186
,476
winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Digital speedometer
. . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital total distance recorder
. . 10
Direction of rotation (tires)
. . . . 351
Disconnecting the battery
. . . . . 574
D
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648 Indexbrake pad/lining wear . . . . . . . . 470
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
engine diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
ESP
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
,468
handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
operating speed governor (ADR) . . 274poly-V-belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
preglow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
,476
reserve warning
indicator (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . 475,476
windshield washer/headlamp
cleaning system washer fluid
level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Inflation pressuresee Tires, Inflation pressuresInformation regarding electronic
recording devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument cluster
. . . . . . . . 20
,142
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
vehicles with steering wheel buttons
selecting the language . . . . . . 166
setting the status line . . . . . . . 167
Instrument lighting
. . . . . . . . . . . 144
Interior lightingchanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Interior lighting, rear
. . . . . . . . . 138
Interior motion sensor
. . . . . . . . . 80
Intermittent wipe
. . . . . . . . . . . . 210
ISOFIX child seat securing
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
TopTether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
J
Jackjacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
preparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515Jump-starting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
connection point . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Jump-starting connection
point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
J
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650 IndexLimit speedflat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570Load distribution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Loading guidelines
. . . . . . . . . . . 276
Locator lightingsetting
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Locking button (key)
. . . . . . . . . . 85
Locking knob
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Low-beam headlamps
. . . . 131
,526
automatic headlamp control . . . 132
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
constant headlamp mode
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
M
Magnetic door retainer
. . . . . . . 101
Malfunction memory
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Maximum engine speed
. . . . . . . 145
Maximum load rating, tires
. . . . 396
Maximum loaded vehicle weight,
tires
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Maximum roof load
. . . . . . . . . . 630
Maximum speedprogrammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Menu (vehicles with steering
wheel buttons)audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
malfunction memory . . . . . . . . . 160operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Messagesbulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 508
–510
reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 496,512
Mirrorsexterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
M
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653 Index
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557Premium unleaded gasoline
. . . 610
Production options weight
. . . . 397
Programmed maximum speed
. 311
PSI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
PTSsee ParktronicPulling away
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
on a slippery surface . . . . . . . . . 186
R
Radial-ply tires
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
,315
,424
changing stations (vehicles with steer-
ing wheel buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . 158
cleaning the display . . . . . . . . . . 424
Rail transport
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Rain sensor
. . . . . . . . . 210
,211
,212
setting the sensitivity
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Reading lamp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear bench seat
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
removing/installing . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear doorlocking/unlocking
from the inside . . . . . . . . 103
,106
with remote control . . . . . . . . . 87
with the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
opening/closing
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rear foglamp
. . . . . . . . . . . . 530
,531changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear heater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Rear view camera
. . . 261
,264
,268
,
269
,270
,271
,422
,424
activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
aspect ratio menu . . . . . . . . . . . 268
cleaning the lens . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
cleaning the monitor . . . . . . . . . 424
default settings menu . . . . . . . . 270
display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
norm menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
operating the monitor . . . . 261,271
Rear windowcleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
R
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655 Index
fore-and-aft adjustment . . . . . . . 114
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
suspension lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
swivelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
vertical lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Seat belt
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
adjusting height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
wearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Seat heatingswitching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Seating capacity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Securing a load
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Securing tensioning straps
. . . . 280
Selector leverlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
,201
Servicecalling up the due date
vehicles with steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411Service information
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Service lifetires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Service products
. . . . . . . . 322
,410
capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
coolants, lubricants, etc. . . . . . . 616
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612engine oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . 333
Setting the blower speed
. . . . . 220
Setting the date
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
vehicles with steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
vehicles without steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Settingsresetting all (vehicles with steering
wheel buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Shift rangeautomatic transmission . . . . . . . 204
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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656 IndexSide lamps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Side marker lamps
. . . . . . . . . . . 526
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Side wall
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Side windowscleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Sliding doorclosing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
locking/unlocking
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Sliding sunroof
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
opening/closing manually . . . . . 522
resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Sliding sunroof emergency
operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Sliding/tilting sunroofsee Sliding sunroofSnow chains
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Spare wheel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Speedadjusting
see Cruise controlSpeedometer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
setting the unit (vehicles with
steering wheel buttons) . . . . . . . 165
Spinningsee Tires, Direction of rotationSRS (Supplemental
Restraint System)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
SRS (Supplemental
Restraint System)warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Standard seat
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Standing lampschanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530Steering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Steering column adjustment
. . . 128
Steering locksee Ignition lockSteering wheeladjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
buttons
(vehicle with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
,151
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