2012 FIAT FREEMONT hood release

INSTRUMENT PANEL FEATURES (fig. 2)(fig. 2)1 — Side Window Demist Outlet 6 — Switch Bank 11 — Engine Start/Stop Button
2 — Air Outlet 7 — Uconnect Touch™ Hard Controls12 — Hood Release Lever
3 — Instrument Cluster 8 — SD Memory Card Slot 13 — Dimmer Controls
4 — Uconnect Touch™ System 9 — Power Outlet 14 — Headlight Switch
5 — Glove Compartment 10 — CD/DVD Slot
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WARNING!
A cargo cover that is unsecured in the
vehicle could cause injury in a collision. It
could become airborne during a sudden stop and
strike someone inside the vehicle. Do not store
the cargo cover on the cargo floor or in the
passenger compartment . Remove the cover from
the vehicle when taken from its mounting. Do not
store it in the vehicle. TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE HOOD
Two latches must be released to open the hood.
1. Pull the hood release lever located under the left
side of the instrument panel. (fig. 97)
2. Outside of the vehicle, locate the safety latch lever near the center of the grille between the grille and
hood opening. Push the safety latch lever to the
right and then raise the hood. (fig. 98)
Use the hood prop rod to secure the hood in the open
position. Place the upper end of the prop rod in the
hole on the underside of the hood. (fig. 99)
(fig. 97) Hood Release
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The A/C air filter is identified with an
arrow to indicate airflow direction
through the filter. Failure to install the
filter properly will result in the need to replace it
more often.
7. Reinstall the glove box door. Make sure that the hinges are seated fully as you raise the door. Other-
wise, the door latch will not align properly.
BODY LUBRICATION
Locks and all body pivot points, including such items as
seat tracks, door hinge pivot points and rollers, liftgate,
tailgate, sliding doors and hood hinges, should be
lubricated periodically with a lithium based grease to
assure quiet, easy operation and to protect against rust
and wear. Prior to the application of any lubricant, the
parts concerned should be wiped clean to remove dust
and grit; after lubricating excess oil and grease should
be removed. Particular attention should also be given
to hood latching components to ensure proper func-
tion. When performing other underhood services, the
hood latch, release mechanism and safety catch should
be cleaned and lubricated.
The external lock cylinders should be lubricated twice
a year, preferably in the Fall and Spring. Apply a small
amount of a high quality lubricant directly into the lock
cylinder. WIPER BLADES
Clean the rubber edges of the wiper blades and the
windshield and rear window periodically with a sponge
or soft cloth and a mild nonabrasive cleaner. This will
remove accumulations of salt, waxes, or road film, and
help reduce streaking and smearing.
Operation of the wipers on dry glass for long periods
may cause deterioration of the wiper blades. Always
use washer fluid when using the wipers to remove salt
or dirt from a dry windshield or rear window.
Avoid using the wiper blades to remove frost or ice
from the windshield or rear window. Make sure that
they are not frozen to the glass before turning them on
to avoid damaging the blade. Keep the blade rubber out
of contact with petroleum products such as engine oil,
gasoline, etc.
NOTE:
Life expectancy of wiper blades varies de-
pending on geographical area and frequency of use.
Poor performance of blades may be present with chat-
tering, marks, water lines or wet spots. If any condition
is present please proceed to clean wiper blades with
humid cloth removing any debris that may be affecting
its function.
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Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Octane Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,302
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Saver Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Tank Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fuel Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel System Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Gas Cap (Fuel Filler Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,156
Gas Gauge (Fuel Gauge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Gauges Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,14,128
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Gross Axle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Hazard Driving Through Flowing, Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Headlight Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Headlights
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
High Beam/Low Beam Select Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
On With Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
High Beam/Low Beam Select (Dimmer) Switch . . . . . 73
Holder, Coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Holder, Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Hood Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Ignition Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Immobilizer (Sentry Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Infant Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,173
Inflation Pressure Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Information Center, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inside Rearview Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,225
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Rear Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Rear Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Rear Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear Park Sense System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear Seat, Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,54
Rear Window Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear Window Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Rear Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reclining Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reclining Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,54
Recorder, Event Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Recreational Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Release, Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Reminder, Lights On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Reminder, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Remote Sound System (Radio) Controls . . . . . . . . . 137
Repeater Lights, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Replacement Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Replacement Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Resetting Oil Change Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,226
Restraint, Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Restraints, Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Restraints, Occupant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Retractable Cargo Area Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Reverse Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Rocking Vehicle When Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Roof Rack (Luggage Rack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Safety Checks Inside Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Safety Checks Outside Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Safety, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192
Schedule, Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Seat Belt Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,159,193
Adjustable Upper Shoulder Anchorage . . . . . . . . 162
And Pregnant Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,173,175,179
Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,160
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Untwisting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child Booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Easy Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,45
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,54
Reclining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reclining Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,54
Seatback Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,49,54
Tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230
Selection of Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . 281,302
Sentry Key (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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