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4) Buckle the belt. Make sure the release
button is positioned so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
5) Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the
way out of the retractor to set the lock.6) To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder
belt back into the retractor while you
push down on the child restraint. You
may find it helpful to use your knee to
push down on the child restraint as you
tighten the belt.
7) Push and pull the child restraint in dif-
ferent directions to be sure it is secure.
8) If the air bag is off, the passenger air
bag off indicator located in the clock
display in the center of the instrument
panel will be lit.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle
the vehicle’s safety belt and let it go back
all the way. The safety belt will move freely
again and be ready to work for an adult or
larger child passenger.
Supplemental Restraint
System (air bags)This section explains the frontal and side
impact air bag systems.
Your vehicle has an advanced frontal air
bag for the driver and an advanced frontal
air bag for the right front passenger. Your
vehicle also has side impact air bags for
the driver and right front passenger.
Your vehicle is equipped with a Supple-
mental Restraint System consisting of the
following components in addition to a lap-
shoulder belt at each front seating position.
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WARNING
This section of the owner’s manual
describes the protection provided by
your vehicle’s SUPPLEMENTAL
RESTRAINT SYSTEM (advanced air
bags). Please read and follow ALL
these instructions carefully to mini-
mize your risk of severe injury or
death in the event of a collision.
Child Restraints:
Supplemental Restraint System:

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FEATURES AND CONTROLS
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Liftgate (Wagon)
To open the liftgate, pull up the handle
above the license plate.
When closing the liftgate, close from the
center to ensure it fully latches. Although
you may use one hand to unlock the lift-
gate, it is recommended that two hands on
the upper surface be used to close the lift-
gate.
To lock the liftgate, insert the key into the
lock cylinder and turn it counterclockwise.
The liftgate can also be locked or unlocked
using the central door locking system. See
“Central Door Locking System” in this sec-
tion.
WindowsManual WindowsOn a vehicle with manual windows, use the
window crank to open and close each win-
dow.
The rear windows do not open fully.
WARNING
It can be dangerous to drive with the
liftgate open because carbon monox-
ide (CO) gas can come into your vehi-
cle. You can’t see or smell CO. It can
cause unconsciousness and even
death. If you must drive with the lift-
gate open or if electrical wiring or
other cable connections must pass
through the seal between the body
and the liftgate:
 Make sure all other windows are
shut.
 Turn the fan on your heating or
cooling system to its highest speed
and select the control setting that
will force outside air into your vehi-
cle. See “Climate Control System”
in the Index.
 If you have air outlets on or under
the instrument panel, open them all
the way. See “Engine Exhaust” in
the Index.
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WARNING
Leaving children in a vehicle with the
windows closed is dangerous. A
child can be overcome by the
extreme heat and can suffer perma-
nent injuries or even death from heat
stroke. Never leave a child alone in a
vehicle, especially with the windows
closed in warm or hot weather.
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Doors and Locks:
Windows:

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The cigarette lighter is located to the right
of the front ashtray.
To use it, turn the ignition to ACC or ON,
push the cigarette lighter in all the way and
let go. When it’s ready, it will pop back out
by itself.
ClockThe time is displayed in the digital clock
when the ignition is on. The clock is
located in the center of the instrument
panel. There are three adjusting buttons
for the digital clock:
H (Hour):
To go forward one hour, press the “H” but-
ton once, with the ignition on. To go for-
ward more than one hour, press and hold
the button until the correct hour is reached.M (Minute):
To go forward one minute, press the “M”
button once, with the ignition on. To go for-
ward more than one minute, press and
hold the button until the correct minute is
reached.
S (Set):
To reset the time to the nearest hour, press
the “S” button.
For example, if this button is pressed while
the time is between 8:00 and 8:29, the dis-
play is set to 8:00. If this button is pressed
while the time is between 8:30 and 8:59,
the display is set to 9:00.
After disconnecting the battery or after
replacing the fuse, reset the clock.
WARNING
Don’t put papers or other flammable
items into your ashtrays. Hot ciga-
rettes or other smoking materials
could ignite them, causing a damag-
ing fire.
CAUTION
Don’t hold a cigarette lighter in with
your hand while it is heating. If you
do, it won’t be able to back away from
the heating element when it’s ready.
That can make it overheat, damaging
the lighter and the heating element.
Instrument Panel Overview:
Climate Controls:

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Climate ControlsClimate Control SystemWith this system you can control the heat-
ing, cooling and ventilation for your vehicle.
Fan Control
You can control the rate of airflow coming
from the system by turning the fan control
knob.
Turn this knob clockwise or counterclock-
wise to increase or decrease the fan
speed. In any setting other than off, the fan
will run continuously with the ignition on.The fan must be turned on to run the air
conditioning compressor.
Temperature Control
You can control the temperature of the air
that comes through the air vents by turning
the temperature control knob.
Turn this knob clockwise or counterclock-
wise to manually increase or decrease the
temperature inside your vehicle. Turn the
knob to the blue area to get cool air and to
the red area to get warm air.
Air Distribution
To change the current mode, select one of
the following from the air distribution mode
knob. (Front):
This mode directs air to the instrument
panel outlets.
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Instrument Panel Overview:
Climate Controls:

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(Defog):
This mode directs air to the windshield,
side window outlets and floor outlets.
When you select this mode, the system
runs the air-conditioning compressor. To
defog the windows faster, turn the temper-
ature control knob clockwise to the warm-
est setting. (Defrost):
This mode directs most of the air to the
windshield, with some air directed to the
side window outlets. When you select this
mode, the system runs the air-conditioning
compressor. To defrost the windows faster,
turn the temperature control knob clock-
wise to the warmest setting.
Rear Window and Outside Rearview
Mirror DefoggerYour vehicle may have a rear window and
outside mirror defogger.
The rear window defogger uses a warming
grid to remove fog or frost from the rear
window. This feature will only work when
the ignition is in ON.
(Rear):
Press the button to turn the rear window
and outside mirror defogger on or off. The
defogger will turn off approximately 10 min-
utes after the button is pressed. Be sure to
clear as much snow from the rear window
as possible. An indicator light on the button
will come on to let you know that the fea-
ture is activated.
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PLAYING THE RADIO
Power/Volume knob (1):
Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
Turn the Power/Volume knob clockwise or
counterclockwise to increase or decrease
the volume.
Press this button for a short time to MUTE
the radio. Press the button again to cancel
MUTE.
Finding a Station
AM button (2):
Press this button to switch to an AM sta-
tion. The display will show the selection.
FM button (3):
Press this button to switch to an FM sta-
tion. The display will show the selection.
TUNE button (4):
Press this button to select radio stations.
(Manual tuning)
Press the up arrows to increase the fre-
quency.
Press the down arrows to decrease the fre-
quency.
The frequency of the AM band changes
10 kHz each time and the frequency of the
FM band changes 200 kHz each time.
SEEK button (5):
Press this button to search for and select
receivable radio stations. (Seek tuning)
To search for the next receivable higher
station, press the up arrows. To search for the previous receivable lower
station, press the down arrows.
SCAN/AST button (6):
Press this button to scan radio stations.
(Scan tuning)
Scan
The radio will go to a station, play for a few
seconds, and then go on to the next sta-
tion. Press this button again to stop scan-
ning.
The radio will only scan stations with a
strong signal that are in the selected band.
Automatic Store
Press and hold this button to use Auto
Store.
FM1’s 6 preset stations with the strongest
signal in the region can be automatically
stored. The display will show “AUTO
SCANNING”, and “SCANNING” will flash
on display.
Stored stations will flash for a short time on
display in sequence. Once the stations are
stored, the radio will switch to FM-A and
the first preset station will begin to play.
FM-A will appear on the display when lis-
tening to the automatically stored stations.
Press the AM or FM button to stop auto-
matic store.Preset station buttons (7):
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 36 stations (six FM1, six FM2, six
FM-A and six AM1, six AM2, six AM-A),
can be programmed on the six numbered
preset buttons, by performing the following
steps:
1) Turn the radio on.
2) Press the AM or FM button to select
FM1, FM2, FM-A, AM1, AM2 or AM-A.
3) Tune in the desired station.
4) Press and hold one of the six numbered
preset buttons.
The preset button number (Display:
CH#1 ~ CH#6) will flash on the display
when the station has been set. When-
ever that numbered preset button is
pressed, the memorized station will
return.
5) Repeat the previous four steps for each
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AUX Mod e
Press this button to listen to the audio con-
tents from other devices; Walkman, Porta-
ble CD Player, Portable MP3 Player, i-pod,
XM receiver, etc.
1) Connect the output port of the device to
the aux jack of the head unit with an
aux connector.
2) Turn the device on.
3) Press this button.
If you want to control the volume level, use
the volume buttons of the head unit or the
device.
Using the Auxiliary Input Jack
Your radio system has an auxiliary input
jack located on the lower right side of the
faceplate. This is not an audio output; do
not plug a headphone set into the front
auxiliary input jack. You can however, con-
nect an external audio device such as an
iPod, laptop computer, MP3 player, CD
changer, or cassette tape player, etc. to the
auxiliary input jack for use as another
source for audio listening.
The auxiliary input jack will also accept cell
phone connectors. Plug the cell phone
connector into the auxiliary input jack to
hear the other side of a cell phone’s con-
versation through the vehicle sound sys-
tem.
Drivers are encouraged to set up their por-
table audio player while the vehicle isparked. See Defensive Driving for more
information on driver distraction.
To use a portable audio player, connect a
3.5 mm (1/8 inch) cable to the radio’s front
auxiliary input jack. When a device is con-
nected, press the radio CD/AUX button as
needed to begin playing audio from the
device over the car speakers.
CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary) button (9):
Press this button once to play a CD while a
portable audio device is playing. Press this
button a second time and the system will
begin playing audio from the connected
portable audio player. Once in this mode,
“Auxinput” will appear on the display. If the
auxiliary jack does not detect the presence
of an output jack, the aux mode will be pre-
vented from coming up.
Power/Volume knob (1):
Turn this knob clockwise or counterclock-
wise to increase or decrease the volume of
the portable player. You may need to make
additional volume adjustments from the
portable device if the volume does not go
loud or soft enough.
STEERING WHEEL REMOTE OPER-
ATION (if equipped in the vehicle)Power Button
Press this button to turn the system on and
off. Press this button for a short time to
MUTE the sound. Press the button again
to cancel MUTE.
Volume Up Button
Press this button to increase the volume
level.
Volume Down Button
Press this button to decrease the volume
level.
Seek Button
RADIO MODE
Press the Seek Button for a short time to
search for stored radio channels.
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Press and hold the Seek Button to search
for the next receivable higher-frequency.
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PLAYING THE RADIO
Power/Volume knob (1):
Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
Turn the Power/Volume knob clockwise or
counterclockwise to increase or decrease
the volume.
Press this button for a short time to MUTE
the radio. Press the button again to cancel
MUTE.
Finding a Station
AM button (2):
Press this button to switch to an AM sta-
tion. The display will show the selection.
FM button (3):
Press this button to switch to an FM sta-
tion. The display will show the selection.
TUNE button (4):
Press this button to select radio stations.
(Manual tuning)
Press the up arrows to increase the fre-
quency.
Press the down arrows to decrease the fre-
quency.
The frequency of the AM band changes
10 kHz each time and the frequency of the
FM band changes 200 kHz each time.
SEEK button (5):
Press this button to search for and select
receivable radio stations. (Seek tuning)
To search for the next receivable higher
station, press the up arrows. To search for the previous receivable lower
station, press the down arrows.
SCAN/AST button (6):
Press this button to scan radio stations.
(Scan tuning)
Scan
The radio will go to a station, play for a few
seconds, and then go on to the next sta-
tion. Press this button again to stop scan-
ning.
The radio will only scan stations with a
strong signal that are in the selected band.
Automatic Store
Press and hold this button to use Auto
Store.
FM1’s 6 preset stations with the strongest
signal in the region can be automatically
stored. The display will show “AUTO
SCANNING”, and “SCANNING” will flash
on display.
Stored stations will flash for a short time on
display in sequence. Once the stations are
stored, the radio will switch to FM-A and
the first preset station will begin to play.
FM-A will appear on the display when lis-
tening to the automatically stored stations.
Press the AM or FM button to stop auto-
matic store.Preset station buttons (7):
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 36 stations (six FM1, six FM2, six
FM-A and six AM1, six AM2, six AM-A),
can be programmed on the six numbered
preset buttons, by performing the following
steps:
1) Turn the radio on.
2) Press the AM or FM button to select
FM1, FM2, FM-A, AM1, AM2 or AM-A.
3) Tune in the desired station.
4) Press and hold one of the six numbered
preset buttons.
The preset button number (Display:
CH#1 ~ CH#6) will flash on the display
when the station has been set. When-
ever that numbered preset button is
pressed, the memorized station will
return.
5) Repeat the previous four steps for each
preset button.