2008 DODGE SPRINTER handbrake

548 Practical hintsFlat tire
5
\1
Park the vehicle as far away as pos-
sible from traffic and on a level, firm,
and non-slip surface.
\1
Switch on the hazard warning lamps.
\1
Apply the handbrake.
\1
Engage first gear or reverse gear or
move the selector lever to
position
P.
\1
Any passengers should leave the ve-
hicle, ensuring that they are not en-
dangered as they do so.
\1
Place the warning triangle or hazard
warning lamps at a suitable distance.
Observe legal requirements.Preparing the vehicle
Changing a wheelWarning
G
To avoid the risk of causing serious or fa-
tal injury, or damage to the vehicle, please
bear the following points in mind:The jack is only designed to raise the ve-
hicle for a short time when changing a
wheel.Position the jack under the appropriate
jacking point only (\2page 551). Check
that the jack is correctly seated under the
jacking point before raising the vehicle.The jack must be placed on a firm, flat sur-
face only.
Continued
Warning (Continued)
G
Before raising the vehicle, also secure it
against rolling away, for example using
chocks or similar. Never release the hand-
brake while the vehicle is raised. Make
sure that the distance between the under-
side of the tires and the ground does not
exceed 1.2 in (3 cm). The vehicle could
slip or topple off the jack.Do not reach under the raised vehicle with
your hands or feet.Do not start the engine and avoid creating
other vibrations while the vehicle is
jacked up. The vehicle could slip off the
jack.
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582 Practical hintsJump-starting
5
\1
Make sure that the two vehicles do
not touch.
\1
Apply the handbrake or move the se-
lector lever to position
P.
\1
Switch off all electrical consumers.
\1
Switch on the battery isolating
switch* if necessary (
\2
page 338).
\1
Remove the key from the ignition
lock.
\1
Open the hood (
\2
page 318).
The jump-starting connection point is on
the left-hand side of the air cleaner in
the engine compartment when looking
in the direction of travel.
Jump-starting connection point
1Positive terminal clamp of jumper cable\1
Remove the positive terminal cover
from the donor battery.
\1
Connect positive terminal of donor
battery
2
to jump-starting connec-
tion point 1
with the jumper cable.
Start with the donor battery.
\1
Using red positive terminal clamp
1

of the jumper cable, slide the red
protective cap of the jump-starting
connection point back with a clock-
wise turn and connect the positive
terminal clamp of the jumper cable
to the positive terminal of the jump-
starting connection point.
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646 IndexG
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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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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652 Indexvehicles without steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Overhead control panel
. . . . . . . . 27
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . 27
interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Overrun cut-off
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Overviewindicator and warning lamps . . . . 22
menus
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Oxidation catalyst
. . . . . . . . . . . . 313
P
Paper holder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Parking
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
on uphill or downhill gradients . . 189
Parking aidsee ParktronicParking brakesee HandbrakeParking lamps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Parking locksee Automatic transmissionParktronic
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
,422
cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . 422
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . 451–452range of the sensors . . . . . . . . . 254
roll-back warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
warning display . . . . . . . . . 256
,451
Partition sliding door
. . . . . . . . . 109
Parts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Pen holder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Perimeter lamp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Plastic trims
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Poly-V-beltmalfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Pounds per square inchsee PSIPower steering fluid
. . . . . . . . . . 620
Premium tire sealantstorage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
P
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