2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN engine coolant

Once A Month
Check tire pressure and look for unusual wear or
damage.
Inspect the battery and clean and tighten the terminals
as required.
Check the fluid levels of the coolant reservoir, the
brake master cylinder, the power steering and the
transaxle and add as needed.
Check all lights and other electrical items for correct
operation.At Each Oil Change
Change the engine oil filter.
Inspect the brake hoses and lines. CAUTION!
Failure to perform the required maintenance items
may result in damage to the vehicle.
Required Maintenance Intervals
Refer to the Maintenance Schedules on the following
pages for the required maintenance intervals.
486 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES
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60,000 Miles (100,000 km) or 60 Months Maintenance Service
Schedule

Change the
engine oil and engine oil filter.
Rotate tires.
Replace the engine air cleaner filter.
Replace the air conditioning filter.
Inspect the brake linings, replace if necessary.
Change the automatic transaxle fluid & filter if using your vehicle for any of the following:
police, taxi, fleet or frequent trailer towing.
Flush and replace the engine coolant at 60 months if not done at 102,000 miles
(170 000 km). Odometer Reading
Date Repair Order #
Dealer Code Signature Authorized Chrysler Dealer 66,000 Miles (110,000 km) or
66 Months
Maintenance
Service Schedule
Change the engine oil and engine oil
filter.
Rotate tires. Odometer Reading
Date Repair Order #
Dealer Code Signature Authorized Chrysler Dealer MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES 491
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96,000 Miles (160,000 km) or 96 Months Maintenance Service
Schedule

Change the
engine oil and engine oil filter.
Rotate tires.
If using your vehicle for any of the following: Dusty or off-road conditions. Inspect the
engine air cleaner filter, replace if necessary.
Replace the air conditioning filter.
Inspect the brake linings, replace if necessary.
Inspect the CV Joints.
Inspect the exhaust system.
Inspect the front suspension, tie rod ends and boot seals, replace if necessary. Odometer Reading
Date Repair Order #
Dealer Code Signature Authorized Chrysler Dealer 102,000 Miles (170,000 km) or
102 Months
Maintenance
Service Schedule
Change the engine oil and engine oil
filter.
Rotate tires.
Replace the ignition cables (3.3L and
3.8L engines).
Replace the spark plugs (3.3L, 3.8L,
and 4.0L engines).
Replace the timing belt (4.0L engine).
Flush and replace the engine coolant if
not done at 60 months. Odometer Reading
Date Repair Order #
Dealer Code Signature Authorized Chrysler Dealer494 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES
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Adding Engine Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . 453
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Additives, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Adjustable Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Air Cleaner, Engine (Engine Air Cleaner Filter) . . . 442
Air Conditioner Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Air Conditioning Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Air Conditioning Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,448
Air Conditioning, Operating Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Air Conditioning, Rear Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,319
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,314,446
Air Conditioning System, Zone Control . . . . . . . . 310
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,70
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Airbag Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,69,73,93,249Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,70
Airbag, Window (Side Curtain) . . . . . . . . . . . 65,68,70
Alarm Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Alterations/Modifications, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Antenna, Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . 452,453,480
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Anti-Lock Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Anti-Theft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Assistance Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Auto Down Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Up Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,210
Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,33
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
512 INDEX

Calibration, Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,261
Camera, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Capacities, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Caps, FillerFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Radiator (Coolant Pressure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Car Washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Carbon Monoxide Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,382
Cargo Compartment Luggage Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cargo (Vehicle Loading) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Caution, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,382
Cellular Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,305
Center High Mounted Stop Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Changing A Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Chart, Tire Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Check Engine Light
(Malfunction Indicator Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,436
Checking Your Vehicle For Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Checks, Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,81
Child Restraint Tether Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Child Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Clean Air Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Cleaning
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Climate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,271,280
Coat Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Coin Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Compact Disc (CD) Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,255,261
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Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,261
Compass Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,262
Computer, Trip/Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
ConnectorUCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Universal Consumer Interface (UCI) . . . . . . . . . 290
Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Console, Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Console, Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Console, Removable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Contract, Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Coolant Pressure Cap (Radiator Cap) . . . . . . . . . . 454
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Adding Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Coolant Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451,455
Disposal of Used Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Drain, Flush, and Refill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Points to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Radiator Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Selection of Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . 452,480,481
Cruise Control (Speed Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,466
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Data Recorder, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Daytime Running Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dealer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Defroster, Rear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Defroster, Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,308,318
Diagnostic System, Onboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Dimmer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Dipsticks Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
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Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Disabled Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Disposal Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Domelight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door Locks, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door Opener, Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Driving On Slippery Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Through Flowing, Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
DVD Player (Video Entertainment System™) . . . . 301
E-85 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Electric Remote Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electronic Brake Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Electronic Stability Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Electronic Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . 188
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Electronic Vehicle Information Center
(EVIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196,256
Emergency, In Case of Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,415
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Emission Control System Maintenance . . . . . . 436,484
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,434 Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Block Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Break-In Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Checking Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,434
Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
516 INDEX

Garage Door Opener (HomeLinkt) . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Gas Cap (Fuel Filler Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387,388
Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Gasoline, Reformulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
GaugesCoolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Gearshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,26,141,378
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Grocery Bag Retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Gross Axle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,393
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,393
Hands-Free Phone (uconnectt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Hazard
Driving Through Flowing, Rising, or Shallow
Standing Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Heater, Engine Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
High Beam/Low Beam Select (Dimmer) Switch . . 183
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