2010 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER stop start

Driving safety
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4 Safe driving techniques
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Even this vehicle’s safety equipment, and your safest driving,
cannot guarantee that you can avoid an accident or injury.
However, if you give extra attention to the following areas, you
can better protect yourself and your passengers:

Drive defensively. Be aware of traffic, road and weather
conditions. Leave plenty of stopping distance between
your vehicle and the vehicle ahead.


Before changing lanes, check your mirrors and use your
turn-signal light.


While driving, watch the behavior of other drivers, bicy-
clists, and pedestrians.


Always obey applicable laws and regulations. Be a polite
and alert driver. Always leave room for unexpected
events, such as sudden braking.


If you plan to drive in another country, obey their vehicle
registration laws and make sure you will be able to get the
right fuel.
Driving during cold weather
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Check the battery. At the same time, check the terminals
and wiring. During extremely cold weather, the battery
will not be as strong. Also, the battery power level may
drop because more power is used for cold starting and
driving.
Before driving the vehicle, check to see if the engine runs
at the proper speed and if the headlights are as bright as
normally. Charge or replace the battery if necessary. Dur-
ing extreme cold weather, it is possible that a very low
battery could freeze.


Warm the engine sufficiently. After starting the engine,
allow a short warm-up time to distribute oil to all cylin-
ders. Then drive your vehicle slowly.
Stay at low speeds at first so that the transaxle, transfer
case and rear axle oil have time to spread to all lubrication
points.
WA R N I N G
!

The battery gives off explosive hydrogen gas. Any
spark or flame can cause the battery to explode,
which could cause serious injury or death.
Always wear protective clothes and a face mask
when working with your battery, or let a skilled
mechanic do it.
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Vehicle preparationBefore you start, check the trailer hitch, safety chains, tires and
mirror adjustment.TireBe sure your vehicle’s tires are inflated to the cold inflation
pressure listed in the manual. You’ll find these numbers on the
tire and loading information placard at the sill of the driver’s
door.
Refer to “Tire inflation pressures” on page 7-27.Following distanceStay at least twice as far behind the vehicle ahead as you would
when driving your vehicle without a trailer. This can help you
avoid situations that require heavy braking and sudden turns.PassingYou’ll need more passing distance up ahead when you’re tow-
ing a trailer. And, because you’re a good deal longer, you’ll
need to go much farther beyond the passed vehicle before you
can return to your lane.Backing upHold the bottom of the steering wheel with one hand. Then, to
move the trailer to the left, just move that hand to the left. To
move the trailer to the right, move your hand to the right.
Always back up slowly and, if possible, have someone guide
you.
Making turnsWhen you’re turning with a trailer, make wider turns than nor-
mal to help prevent the trailer from striking shoulders, curbs,
road signs, trees or other objects.
Avoid jerky or sudden maneuvers. Signal well in advance.OverheatingTowing a trailer puts additional burden on the engine and tran-
saxle, which may cause overheating. Following are some sug-
gestions to reduce overheating:
CAUTION
!

Making sharp turns while towing a trailer could
cause the trailer to come in contact with the vehicle.
Your vehicle could be damaged. Avoid making sharp
turns while towing a trailer.
Cause of overheating
Solution
Air conditioning on Turn off
Highway speeds Reduce speed
Going up hills Select lower position
Stop-and-go city traffic With the vehicle stopped, shift
to the “N” (NEUTRAL) posi-
tion and idle the engine at high
idle.
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When restarting out after parking on a hill:
1. Check that the selector lever is set to the “P” (PARK)
position.
2. Start the engine. Be sure to keep the brake pedal
depressed.
3. Set the selector lever to the “D” (DRIVE) position or “R”
(REVERSE) position.
4. Release the parking brake and brake pedal and slowly pull
or back away from the chocks or blocks. Stop and apply
your brakes.
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Comfort controls
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NOTE

If you wish to listen to another station of the same PTY as
currently selected, repeat the previous procedure from
step 2.


To display the station name and the PTY, press the DISP
button (4) and the PTY button (8) respectively.


If no station is found with your desired PTY, “EMPTY”
will appear on the display for 5 seconds. Then the radio
will return to the previous station and exit the PTY mode.


If the radio cannot read the station name, the PTY and the
frequency will alternately appear on the display for 6 sec-
onds. Then the radio will start receiving the program and
exit the PTY mode.
Scan function
1. After selecting your desired PTY, press the SCAN button
(9). The radio will tune consecutively to each available
station of the selected PTY for about 5 seconds per sta-
tion.
2. To stop the scan mode, press the SCAN button again.
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To listen to a CD
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To set discs1. Press the PWR switch (3) to turn the audio system ON and
OFF. The system turns on in the last mode used.
2. Insert the disc with the label facing up.
When a disc is inserted, the CD player will begin playing
even if the radio is being used. The CD player will also
begin playing when the CD button (2) is pressed with a
disc set in the CD player or in the disc loading slot (12),
even if the radio is being used.NOTE

For information concerning the adjustment of volume and
tone, refer to “To adjust the volume” on page 5-48 and
“To adjust the tone” on page 5-48.


For information concerning the handing of the compact
discs, refer to “Handling of compact discs” on page 5-131.
To eject discsWhen the eject button (11) is pressed, the disc automatically
stops and is ejected. The system automatically switches to
radio mode.NOTE

If you do not remove an ejected disc before 15 seconds
have elapsed, the disc will be reloaded.
To listen to a music CDPush the CD button (2) if a disc is already in the CD player.
The audio system will enter CD mode and start playback. The
track number and the playing-time will appear on the display.
The tracks in the disc will be played consecutively and contin-
uously.
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To find the start of each track on a disc for playbackPress the SCAN button (10). “SCAN” will appear on the dis-
play and the CD player will play back the first 10 seconds of
each track on the selected disc.
The track number will blink while the scan mode is selected.
To stop the scan mode, press the SCAN button again.NOTE

Once all tracks on the disc have been scanned, playback
of the disc will restart from the beginning of the track that
was playing when scanning started.


The scan mode will be canceled when radio or CD opera-
tion is selected.


With a disc that contains both CD-DA and MP3 files, the
scan mode causes only files of the same format (CD-DA
only or MP3 files only) to be played.
CD text and MP3 title display
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This CD player can display CD text and MP3 titles including
ID3 tag information.
CD text
The CD player can display disc and track titles for discs
encoded with disc and track title information. Press the DISP
button (5) repeatedly to make selections in the following
sequence: disc name → track name → normal display mode.NOTE

The display can show up to 12 characters. If a disc name
or track name has more than 12 characters, press the
PAGE button (4) to view the next 12 characters.


When there is no title information to be displayed, the dis-
play shows “NO TITLE”.


Characters that the CD player cannot display are shown as
“”.
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NOTE

If you wish to listen to another station of the same PTY as
currently selected, repeat the previous procedure from
step 2.


To display the station name and the PTY, press the DISP
button (4) and the PTY button (8) respectively.


If no station is found with your desired PTY, “EMPTY”
will appear on the display for 5 seconds. Then the radio
will return to the previous station and exit the PTY mode.


If the radio cannot read the station name, the PTY and the
frequency will alternately appear on the display for 6 sec-
onds. Then the radio will start receiving the program and
exit the PTY mode.
Scan function
1. After selecting your desired PTY, press the SCAN button
(9). The radio will tune consecutively to each available
station of the selected PTY for about 5 seconds per sta-
tion.
2. To stop the scan mode, press the SCAN button again.
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To listen to a CD
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The compact disc (CD) can be loaded or ejected by pressing
the LOAD button (5) or the eject button (15) even if the audio
system power is OFF.
1. Press the PWR switch (3) to turn the audio system ON and
OFF. The system turns on in the last mode used.
2. Press the CD button (2) to enter CD mode. The
autochanger will start playback if the CD is already in the
autochanger.
3. To stop the CD, turn off the power by pressing the PWR
switch (3) or change over to radio mode by pressing the
RADIO button (1), or eject the disc by pressing the eject
button (15).NOTE

For information concerning the adjustment of volume and
tone, refer to “To adjust the volume” on page 5-68 and
“To adjust the tone” on page 5-68.


As many as 6 CDs can be inserted into the CD
autochanger.


For information concerning the handing of the compact
discs, refer to “Handling of compact discs” on page 5-131.
To set discsTo set a single disc
1. Press the LOAD button (5) briefly.
2. The autochanger will show “WAIT” on the display and
start making itself ready for disc loading.
3. When the autochanger is ready for disc loading, the
LOAD indicator (4) will illuminate and the display will
show “LOAD DISC No. (1-6)”.
4. When a disc is inserted into the CD slot, the disc will
begin to play.NOTE

If there are multiple empty slots, you can select your
desired slot by pressing the DISC buttons (12 or 13).


If you do not insert a disc for about 15 seconds after the
autochanger starts standing by for loading, the loading
standby mode will be canceled.
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