2008 DODGE SPRINTER warning light

525 Practical hints
Changing bulbs
5
\3 Changing bulbsBulbs and lights are an important aspect
of vehicle safety. For this reason, make
sure that all bulbs are in working order at
all times.\4
Switch off the lights to avoid a short
circuit.
\4
Only touch new bulbs with a clean
lint-free cloth or something similar.
Do not work with wet or greasy fin-
gers.
\4
Only fit 12 V bulbs of the same type
as before and of the correct wattage.
\4
Have the headlamp setting checked
regularly.
\4
If the newly installed bulb does not
light up either, visit an authorized
Sprinter Dealer.
\4
Have the following LEDs and bulbs
changed at an authorized Sprinter
Dealer:\4
The additional turn signals in the
exterior mirrors
\4
The third brake lamp (cargo and
passenger vans only)*
\4
The bi-xenon headlamps*
\4
The foglamps*
Before changing bulbs
Warning
G
Bulbs and bulb holders can become very
hot. For this reason, allow the light to cool
down before changing the bulb.
Keep bulbs out of the reach of children.
Never use a bulb which has been dropped.
Such a bulb may explode and injure you.
H7 bulbs are pressurized and may ex-
plode when changed. You should there-
fore wear eye protection and gloves when
you are changing them.
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553 Practical hints
Flat tire
5
\1
Push the wheel onto the wheel hub
and press it on.
Wheels with centering by wheel bolts:
\1
Screw in the wheel bolts and tighten
them finger-tight.
1Wheel bolt for light-alloy wheel
2Wheel bolt for steel wheelor wheels wit h whe el n uts :
!
CAUTION
If your vehicle is equipped with the
tire pressure monitor, each wheel
has an electronic component.
Tire mounting tools should not be ap-
plied in the area of the valve, as this
could damage the electronic compo-
nents.
Have the tires changed only at an
authorized Sprinter Dealer.
Warning
G
Do not tighten the wheel bolts and wheel
nuts completely while the vehicle is still
jacked up. The vehicle could tip.
iOn vehicles with light-alloy wheels,
you will find short wheel bolts suit-
able for the steel spare wheel in the
vehicle tool kit.N40.10-2175-31
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555 Practical hints
Flat tire
5
Vehicles with wheel caps:
Make sure that the opening in the
wheel cap is positioned over the tire
vent.
Vehicles with center caps:
Make sure that the retaining lugs of
the hub cap are positioned over the
bolts.
\1
Compress the piston of the hydraulic
jack and close the pressure release
screw.
\1
Store the jack and the remaining ve-
hicle tools.
\1
Place the defective wheel in the
spare wheel bracket after changing
the wheel (
\2
page 517).
\1
Check the tire pressure
(\2
page 361).
\1
Retighten the wheel bolts and wheel
nuts to the specified tightening
torque once the vehicle has been
driven for 30 miles (50 km).
iGive the middle of the center cap a
knock to engage it on the wheel.
Warning
G
For safety reasons, you must observe the
following after changing a wheel:Have the tightening torque checked:for wheel bolts 177 lb-ft (240 Nm) (steel
wheel)/133 lb-ft (180 Nm) (light-alloy
wheel) orfor wheel nuts133 lb-ft (180 Nm).The wheels could otherwise come loose.
Continued
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556 Practical hintsFlat tire
5
Warning (Continued)
G
Check the tire pressure and correct it if
necessaryHave the wheel bolts or wheel nuts re-
tightened after 30 miles (50 km) to a
torque of:177 lb-ft (240 Nm) (steel wheel)/ 133 lb-
ft (180 Nm) (light-alloy wheel) for wheel
bolts or133 lb-ft (180 Nm) for wheel nuts.
Continued
Warning (Continued)
G
Have the direction of tire rotation correct-
ed, if reversed, as soon as possible at an
authorized Sprinter Dealer. The vehicle
handling characteristics could otherwise
be affected.
Warning
G
Loose wheel nuts or bolts could cause the
vehicle to lose a wheel while it is in mo-
tion. This would jeopardize the operating
and road safety of the vehicle. You could
lose control of the vehicle as a result,
cause an accident and injure yourself or
others.
If new or repainted wheels are mounted,
the wheel bolts or wheel nuts must be re-
tightened again after approximately 600
to 3000 miles (about 1000 to 5000 km).
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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
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645 Index
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
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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
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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
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