2008 DODGE SPRINTER warning

634 *Technical dataVehicle identification labels
6
Example incomplete vehicle safety certi-
fication label (Canada vehicles)
2VINExample Engine Compartment
3VIN (embossed on the engine compart-
ment rear bulk)
4Engine number (engraved on gasoline en-
gine)
5Engine number (engraved on diesel en-
gine)
6Emission control information label and
engine oil warning label
1
7Emission control information label (gaso-
line engine) (\2page 380)1. Read and observe the diesel engine oil informa-
tion under “Engine oils” in the“Service pro-
ducts and capacities” section.
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637 Index
Numerics
12 V socket
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
A
ABSsee Antilock Brake SystemAcceleration skid control (ASR)
. 73
activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . 74
display message . . . . . . . . 500–501
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 462–465
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,461
Accessory weight
. . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Accident
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Additional turn signal lamp
. . . . 526
ADRsee Operating speed governorAir conditioning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
air vents
in the dashboard . . . . . . . . . . 215
see Rear heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Air conditioning in the rear
. . . . 225
Air conditioning, regulatedrefrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616Air pressuresee Tire inflation pressureAir ventsair distribution . . . . . . . . . . 221
,230
in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Airbagco-driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
thorax sidebag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
windowbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Airconditioningair distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Air-conditioning systemheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
ventilation/cooling . . . . . . . . . . 219Air-conditioning system in the rear
compartmentair cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Air-recirculation modeair conditioning in the rear . . . . 226
heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
rear heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tempmatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
A
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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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Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
vehicles with steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
display messages . . . . . . . . . . 489
outside temperature . . . . . . . . 157
standard display . . . . . . . . . . . 157
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons
display messages . . . . . . . . . . 484
outside temperature . . . . . . . . 148
Door control panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31
opening the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Doorsdisplay message . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . 84
opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
DOT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
,394
Downhill gradientscruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
,193
Drinking alcohol or taking drugs
and driving
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Drinks holdersee Cup holdersDriving abroad
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Driving on flooded roads
(fording)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving safety system
. . . . . . . . . 69
see Antilock Brake System (ABS)
see Acceleration Skid Control (ASR)
see Brake Assist (BAS)
see Electronic brake force distribution
(EBV)
see Electronic Stability Program (ESP
®)
Driving system
. . . . . . . . . . 248
–272
cruise control . . . . . . . . . . 248,258
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
reverse warning feature . . . . . . 271
Driving tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
automatic transmission . . . . . . . 205
braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
driving in wet conditions . . . . . . 195
driving on flooded roads . . . . . . 195
in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
overrun cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
programmed maximum speed . . 311
pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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644 IndexE
EBVsee Electronic brake force distributionElectric sliding door
. . . . . . . . 92
,98
programming the key . . . . . . . . . . 97
programming the remote control . 97
reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
unlocking mechanism for the
electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Electrical heater booster
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Electrical systemfuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Electrical/electronic
equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
Electronic
brake force distribution (EBV)
. . . 76
display message . . . . . . . . 498–499
indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Electronic Stability
Program (ESP
®)
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 462, 468
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Emergency exit window
. . . . . . . . 66
Emergency modeautomatic transmission . . . . . . . 441Emergency tensioning
retractors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emission control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Enginediagnostic, indicator lamp . . . . . 477engine power output, modifying . . . . 10malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
not running smoothly . . . . . . . . 438
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
starting problems . . . . . . . . . . . 437
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Engine cleaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Engine electronicstampering with . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602Engine oil
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
,606
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . 323
display message . . . . . . . . 508–510
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
M E
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Environmental protection
. . . . . . . 5
ESP
®/ASR warning lamp
. . 22
,73,461
Exterior lighting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
additional bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Constant headlamp mode
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
delayed switch-off
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
lamp failure monitor . . . . . . . . . 129
locator lighting
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Exterior mirrors
. . . . . . . . . 208
,209
Eyeglasses compartment
. . . . . 290
F
Fastening seat beltssee Wearing seat beltsFault memorysee Malfunction memoryFax machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fire extinguisher
. . . . . . . . . . . . 514
First-aid kit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Flat tirechanging a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Premium tire sealant . . . . . . . . . 557Flow improvers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Folding table in the backrest
. . 291
Front foglamps
. . . . . . 130
,134
,526
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Fuelgauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
,435
loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,435
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
see Gasoline or Diesel
Fuel filter with
water separatordraining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542Fuel requirementsdiesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
gasoline engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611Fuse boxin the driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . 594
main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589Fuse chart
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
Fuses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
F
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Gasoline
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
reserve fuel warning lamp . 475
,476
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Gaugevehicles without steering wheel
buttons
standard display . . . . . . . . . . . 148GAWR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
GCWR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gear oil
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Glove box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Gross Axle Weight Ratingsee GAWR
Gross Combination Weight
Rating
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
see GCWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gross Trailer Weight
. . . . . . . . . . 395
see GTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gross Vehicle Weight
. . . . . . . . . 395
see GVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
. . . 396
see GVWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
GTW
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
GVW
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
GVWR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
H
Handbrake
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
applying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 499emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . 192
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Head restraints
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Headlamp flasher
. . . . . . . . 131
,132
Headlampsbulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
cleaning system . . . . . . . . . 211
,333
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
fogged-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Heatedrear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
H G
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Heater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
–233
air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
air-recirculation mode . . . . . . . . 231
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
fogged-up windows . . . . . . . . . . 231
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
see Rear heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
special settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Heater booster function
. . . . . . 234
Heater booster system
. . . . . . . 235
Heatingrear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
,223
High-beam headlamps
. . . . 131
,526
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
High-pressure cleaners
. . . . . . . 418
Hood
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Horn
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hydroplaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
I
Identification lamps
. . . . . . . . . . 533
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . 533
,536
Ignition lock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Immobilizer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicatorvehicles with steering wheel buttons
Service due date . . . . . . . . . . 412vehicles without steering wheel
buttons
service due date . . . . . . . . . . 412
Indicator and warning lampsair cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
seat belt reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 482
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
water separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482Indicator lampABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
,465
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462,465
battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
I
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