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Technical Data 11-3
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Fuel Tank 71.0 L 18.8 gal
Rear Axle Fluid
V6 Engine 6–Speed Automatic 0.9 L 1.0 qt
V6 Engine 6–Speed Manual* 0.9 L 1.0 qt
V8 Engine* 0.9 L 1.0 qt
Transmission Fluid (Pan Removal and Filter Replacement) V6 Engine 6–Speed Automatic** 6.3 L 6.7 qt
V8 Engine 6–Speed Automatic** 6.3 L 6.7 qt
V6 Engine 6–Speed Manual 1.8 L 1.9 qt
V8 Engine 6–Speed Manual 3.9 L 4.2 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 ft lb
*Add 2.5 oz. (75 mL) of friction modifier to the specified quantity of axle lubricant.
**See Automatic Transmission Fluid
on page 9‑14for information on checking fluid level.
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.
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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Active Fuel Management™ . . . . 8-25
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-34
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . 9-15
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Passenger Sensing
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
What Will You See After
an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 2-24 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 4-19
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Alarm System Anti-Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Antenna
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Alarm System Messages . . . . . 4-36
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-95 Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Audio System Backglass Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 6-1
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . 8-26 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Shiftlock Control SystemCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
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B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-86
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . 9-32
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . 6-21, 6-22, 6-25
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Headlamps, FrontTurn Signal and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . 9-37, 9-38 Bulb Replacement (cont.)
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Taillamps, Turn Signal and
Stoplamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iii
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Cautions, Danger, and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 3-1 Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 4-20
Check
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 9-32
Child Restraints Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50, 2-52
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Where to Put the Restraint . . . 2-43
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-95
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 7-1
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Cluster, IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . 12-10
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
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E
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . 9-6
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Engine (cont.)
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Cooling System Messages . . . 4-33
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 8-26
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 12-15
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 5-1
F
Filter Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 5-4
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Flat Tire, Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 9-14
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
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SeatsAdjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 2-4
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50, 2-52
Security Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Maintenance Records . . . . . . 10-12
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 11-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 12-8
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-34 Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
StabiliTrak
®System . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79 Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
System Check
Automatic TransmissionShiftlock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Taillamp Indicator Light . . . . . . . . 4-27
TaillampsTurn Signal, and
Stoplamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 12-4
Theater Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 1-11 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Tires Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67