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3To sound the horn, press the horn sym-
bol on your steering wheel.
Check the horn regularly to be sure it
operates properly.
The defroster heats the window to
remove frost, fog and thin ice from the
interior and exterior of the rear window,
while engine is running.To activate the rear window defroster,
press the rear window defroster button
located in the center console switch
panel. The indicator on the rear window
defroster button illuminates when the
defroster is ON.
If there is heavy accumulation of snow on
the rear window, brush it off before oper-
ating the rear defroster.
The rear window defroster automatically
turns off after 20 minutes or when the
ignition switch is turned off. To turn off the
defroster, press the rear window
defroster button again.HORN
CAUTION
To sound the horn, press the area
indicated by the horn symbol onyour steering wheel (see illustra-tion). The horn will operate onlywhen this area is pressed.
Do not strike the horn severely to operate it, or hit it with your fist.Do not press on the horn with asharp-pointed object.
OVQ036055N
DEFROSTER
OVQ049343OVQ049344
Type AType B
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the con- ductors bonded to the inside sur-face of the rear window, never usesharp instruments or window cleaners containing abrasives toclean the window.
If you want to defrost and defog on the front windshield, refer to“Windshield Defrosting andDefogging” in this section.
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Outside mirror defroster
(if equipped)If your vehicle is equipped with the out-
side mirror defroster, it will be operating
at the same time when you operate the
rear window defroster.
Front windshield deicer
(if equipped)The engine must be running to enable
this feature. To activate the front wind-
shield deicer, press the front windshield
deicer button. The indicator on the button
illuminates when the deicer is ON. The
front windshield deicer automatically
turns off after 20 minutes or when the
ignition switch is turned off. To turn off the
deicer, press the front windshield deicer
button again.The hazard warning flasher causes the
front and rear turn signal lights to flash
on and off, which serves as a warning to
other drivers to exercise caution when
approaching or passing your vehicle.
To activate the flasher, depress the haz-
ard warning flasher switch. This switch
operates in any ignition switch position.
To turn the flashers off, depress the
switch again.
HAZARD WARNING FLASHER
❈
The location of the front windshield deicer
button may be different depending on your
model.
OVQ049030
OVQ049031OVQ049032
Type AType B
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Features of your vehicle138
3MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
OVQ049301/OVQ049304/OVQ049305
1. Front temperature control knob
2. Rear temperature control knob*
3. Front fan speed control knob
4. Air conditioning button*
5. Rear window defroster button
6. Mode selection knob
7. Air intake control button
8. Rear climate control selection button*
or Outside (fresh) air position button
9. Rear fan speed control knob*
*: if equipped
Type A
Type B
Type C
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Front fan speed control knob The ignition switch must be in the ON
position for fan operation.
The fan speed control knob allows you to
control the fan speed of the air flowing
from the ventilation system. To change
the fan speed, turn the knob to the right
for higher speed or left for lower speed.
To turn off the fan, turn the knob to the
OFF (0) position.
Temperature control knobThe temperature control knob allows you
to control the temperature of the air flow-
ing from the ventilation system. To
change the air temperature in the pas-
senger compartment, turn the knob to
the WARM (red) position for warm and
hot air or COOL (blue) position for cool-
er air.
Mode selection knob The mode selection knob controls the
direction of the air flow through the venti-
lation system.
OVQ049306
OVQ049307
OVQ049308
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3Outlet port locations MAX/ A/C position (if equipped)
When you select the MAX
A/C mode while the fan
speed is on, the following
system settings will be made
automatically;
• the air conditioning system
will be turned on.
will be selected.
selected.
If you select MAX A/C mode, you will not be able to cancel
the A/C system operation, or
change the recirculated air
mode position.
Set the fan speed control knob to the desired speed
and rotate the temperature
control knob to the COOL
(blue) position for maximum
cooling. (outlet port : B, E)
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MAX A/C
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Face position
Air flow is directed toward theupper body and face.
Additionally, each outlet can
be controlled to direct the air
discharged from the outlet.
(outlet port: B, E)
Face - floor position
Air flow is directed towardsthe face and the floor.
(outlet port: B, C, E, F)
Floor position
Most of the air flow is direct-
ed to the floor, with a small
amount of the air being
directed to the windshield
and side window defroster.
(outlet port: A, C, D, E, F)
Floor - defrost position
Most of the air flow is direct-
ed to the floor and the wind-
shield with a small amount
directed to the side window
defrosters.
(outlet port: A, C, D, E, F)
Defrost position
Most of the air flow is directed
to the windshield with a small
amount of air directed to the
side window defrosters.
(outlet port: A, D, E)
Instrument panel ventsIf air flow control is not satisfactory, check
the instrument panel vents. The outlet
port (B, E) can be opened or closed sep-
arately using the horizontal thumbwheel.
To close the vent, rotate it left to the max-
imum position. To open the vent, rotate it
right to the desired position.
Also, you can adjust the direction of air
delivery from these vents using the vent
control lever as shown.
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3Air intake control button This is used to select outside (fresh) air
position or recirculated air position.
To change the air intake control position,
push the control button.
Recirculated air position
With the recirculated air
position selected, air from
passenger compartment
will be drawn through the
heating system and heated
or cooled according to the
function selected.
Outside (fresh) air position
With the outside (fresh) air
position selected, air enters
the vehicle from outside and
is heated or cooled accord-
ing to the function selected.
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✽
✽NOTICEIt should be noted that prolonged oper-
ation of the heating in recirculated air
position will cause fogging of the wind-
shield and side windows and the air
within the passenger compartment will
become stale.
In addition, prolonged use of the air
conditioning with the “recirculated air
position” selected, will result in exces-
sively dry air in the passenger compart-
ment.
Air conditioning button
(if equipped) Push the A/C button to turn the air condi-
tioning system on (indicator light will illu-
minate). Push the button again to turn the
air conditioning system off.
WARNING
• Continued climate control system
operation in the recirculated air
position may allow humidity to
increase inside vehicle which
may fog the glass and obscure
visibility.
Do not sleep in a vehicle with air conditioning or heating system
on. It may cause serious harm or
death due to a drop in the oxygen
level and/or body temperature.
Continued climate control system operation in the recirculated air
position can cause drowsiness or
sleepiness, and loss of vehicle
control. Set the air intake control
to the outside (fresh) air position
as much as possible while driv-
ing.
OVQ049310