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REPLACEMENT TIRES
The tires on your new vehicle provide a balance of
many characteristics. They should be inspected regu-
larly for wear and correct cold tire inflation pressure.
The manufacturer strongly recommends that you use
tires equivalent to the originals in size, quality and
performance when replacement is needed (refer to the
paragraph on “Tread Wear Indicators”). Refer to the
“Tire and Loading Information” placard for the size
designation of your tire. The Load Index and Speed
Symbol for your tire will be found on the original
equipment tire sidewall. See the Tire Sizing Chart
example found in the Tire Safety Information section of
this manual for more information relating to the Load
Index and Speed Symbol of a tire.
It is recommended to replace the two front tires or
two rear tires as a pair. Replacing just one tire can
seriously affect your vehicle’s handling. If you ever
replace a wheel, make sure that the wheel’s specifica-
tions match those of the original wheels.
It is recommended you contact your original equip-
ment or an authorized tire dealer with any questions
you may have on tire specifications or capability. Failure
to use equivalent replacement tires may adversely af-
fect the safety, handling, and ride of your vehicle.
WARNING!
 Do not use a tire, wheel size or rating
other than that specified for your ve-
hicle. Some combinations of unapproved tires
and wheels may change suspension dimensions
and performance characteristics, resulting in
changes to steering, handling, and braking of your
vehicle. This can cause unpredictable handling
and stress to steering and suspension compo-
nents.You could lose control and have a collision
resulting in serious injury or death. Use only the
tire and wheel sizes with load ratings approved
for your vehicle.
 Never use a tire with a smaller load index or
capacity, other than what was originally
equipped on your vehicle. Using a tire with a
smaller load index could result in tire overloading
and failure. You could lose control and have a
collision.
 Failure to equip your vehicle with tires having
adequate speed capability can result in sudden
tire failure and loss of vehicle control.Replacing original tires with tires of a
different size may result in false speed-
ometer and odometer readings.
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CHASSISComponent Fluid, Lubricant, or Genuine Part
Automatic Transmission (for
versions/markets, where provided)TUTELA TRANSMISSION FORCE4 Totally synthetic lubricant that meets FIAT
Classification 9.55550- AV4
Manual Transmission (for
versions/markets, where provided) Grade SAE 75W synthetic lubricant that meets Qualification FIAT
9.55550-MZ6 (TUTELA TRANSMISSION GEARFORCE Contractual Technical
Reference No. F002.F10).
Wheel-Side Constant Velocity Joints Molybdenum disulphide grease, for use at high temperatures. FIAT 9.55580
certification. NL.GI. 1-2 consistency (TUTELA ALL STAR Contractual
Technical Reference No. F702.G07)
Differential-Side Constant Velocity
Joints Grease for constant-velocity joints with low friction coefficient. FIAT 9.55580
certification. NL.GI. 0-2 consistency (TUTELA STAR 700 Contractual Technical
Reference No. F701.C07)
Brake/Clutch Master Cylinder Synthetic fluid, FMVSS no. 116, DOT 4, ISO 4925 SAE J-1704. Qualification
FIAT 9.55597 (TUTELA TOP 4 Contractual Technical Reference No. F001.A93)
Power Steering Reservoir Please refer to your Dealership.
Windshield/Rear Window Washer Fluid Mixture of alcohol, water and surfactants CUNA NC 956-II FIAT 9.55522
certification (TUTELA PROFESSIONAL SC35 Contractual Technical Reference
No. F201.D02)
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Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,284Anti-Lock (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,114
Fluid Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,303
Master Cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake, Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brake/Transmission Interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,284
Break-In Recommendations, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . 195
Brightness, Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,249
Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,248
Camera, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Capacities, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Caps, Filler Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,273
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Radiator (Coolant Pressure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Car Washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Carbon Monoxide Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cargo (Vehicle Loading) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cargo Area Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cargo Area Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cargo Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Luggage Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cargo Load Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Rollaway Tonneau Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Tri-Fold Load Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cellular Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Changing A Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Checking Your Vehicle For Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Checks, Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Child Booster Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,173,175,177,179
Child Restraint Tether Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,177
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Clean Air Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Cleaning Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Windshield Wiper Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Climate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Coin Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Compact Disc (CD) Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Computer, Trip/Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connector UCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Universal Consumer Interface (UCI) . . . . . . . . . . 154
Conserving Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Console, Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Console, Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cool Down, Turbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Coolant Pressure Cap (Radiator Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Adding Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,282
Coolant Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280,283
Diesel Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
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Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,225
Intensity Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,21
Low Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . 225
Map Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Parade Mode (Daytime Brightness) . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Rear Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,250
Rear Servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,251
Rear Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,249
Service Engine Soon (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . 225
Side Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Side Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . 123,227
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226,249,251
Vanity Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning (Instrument Cluster Description) . . . . . . 225
Load Floor, Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Auto Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Child Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Low Tire Pressure System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren
(LATCH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,177
Lubrication, Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Luggage Rack (Roof Rack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Maintenance Free Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Maintenance, General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Maintenance, Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Malfunction Indicator Light (Check Engine) . . . . . . . 225
Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,286 Downshifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,287
Frequency of Fluid Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,287
Lubricant Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,287
Map/Reading Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Marker Lights, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Master Cylinder (Brakes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Methanol Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Mini-Trip Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,84 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electric Powered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electric Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Sentry Key Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sentry Key Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Service Engine Soon Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . 225
Shoulder Belt Upper Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Side Repeater Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Side View Mirror Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Signals, Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226,251
Slippery Surfaces, Driving On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sound Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sound Systems (Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,294,295
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
SpecificationsFuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Cold Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting and Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting Procedures (Diesel Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Steering Column Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,122
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Wheel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Wheel, Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Steering Wheel Audio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Steering Wheel Mounted Sound System Controls . . . 137
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,212
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stuck, Freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Sun Visor Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sunroof Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Supplemental Restraint System - Airbag . . . . . . . . . 181
Sway Control, Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
System, Navigation (Uconnect™ gps) . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Telescoping Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Temperature Control, Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 65
Temperature Gauge, Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tether Anchor, Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Theft System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tie Down Hooks, Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time Delay, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
TIREFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,291
Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
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