2012 FIAT FREEMONT octane

FUEL REQUIREMENTS — GASOLINE ENGINE
All engines are designed to meet all emissions regula-
tions and provide excellent fuel economy and perfor-
mance when using high quality unleaded gasoline with a
minimum research octane rating of 91. The use of
premium gasoline is not recommended, as it will not
provide any benefit over regular gasoline in these en-gines.
Light spark knock at low engine speeds is not harmful
to your engine. However, continued heavy spark knock
at high speeds can cause damage and immediate service
is required. Poor quality gasoline can cause problems
such as hard starting, stalling, and hesitations. If you
experience these symptoms, try another brand of
gasoline before considering service for the vehicle.
Over 40 auto manufacturer's world wide have issued
and endorsed consistent gasoline specifications (the
Worldwide Fuel Charter, WWFC) which define fuel
properties necessary to deliver enhanced emissions,
performance, and durability for your vehicle. The
manufacturer recommends the use of gasoline that
meets the WWFC specifications if they are available. Methanol
(Methyl or Wood Alcohol) is used in a variety of
concentrations when blended with unleaded gasoline.
You may find fuels containing 3% or more methanol
along with other alcohols called cosolvents. Problemsthat result from using methanol/gasoline or E-85 Etha-
nol blends are not the responsibility of the manufac-
turer. While MTBE is an oxygenate made from Metha-
nol, it does not have the negative effects of Methanol.
Do not use gasolines containing Metha-
nol or E-85 Ethanol. Use of these blends
may result in starting and driveability
problems and may damage critical fuel system
components.
Ethanol
The manufacturer recommends that your vehicle be
operated on fuel containing no more than 10% ethanol.
Purchasing your fuel from a reputable supplier may
reduce the risk of exceeding this 10% limit and/or of
receiving fuel with abnormal properties. It should also
be noted that an increase in fuel consumption should
be expected when using ethanol-blended fuels, due to
the lower energy content of ethanol. Problems that
result from using methanol/gasoline or E-85 ethanol
blends are not the responsibility of the manufacturer.
While MTBE is an oxygenate made from Methanol, it
does not have the negative effects of Methanol.
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Use of fuel with Ethanol content higher
than 10% may result in engine malfunc-
tion, starting and operating difficulties,
and materials degradation.These adverse effects
could result in permanent damage to your vehicle.
Clean Air Gasoline
Many gasolines are now being blended to contribute to
cleaner air, especially in those areas where air pollution
levels are high. These new blends provide a cleaner
burning fuel and some are referred to as “reformulated
gasoline.”
The manufacturer supports these efforts toward
cleaner air. You can help by using these blends as they
become available.
MMT In Gasoline
MMT is a manganese containing metallic additive that is
blended into some gasoline to increase octane. Gaso-
line blended with MMT provides no performance ad-
vantage beyond gasoline of the same octane number
without MMT. Gasoline blended with MMT reduces
spark plug life and reduces emission system perfor-
mance in some vehicles. The manufacturer recom-
mends that gasoline without MMT be used in your
vehicle. The MMT content of gasoline may not be
indicated on the gasoline pump; therefore, you should
ask your gasoline retailer whether or not his/her gaso-
line contains MMT. Materials Added To Fuel
Besides using unleaded gasoline with the proper octane
rating, gasolines that contain detergents, corrosion and
stability additives are recommended. Using gasolines
that have these additives will help improve fuel
economy, reduce emissions, and maintain vehicle per-
formance.
Indiscriminate use of fuel system cleaning agents should
be avoided. Many of these materials intended for gum
and varnish removal may contain active solvents or
similar ingredients. These can harm fuel system gasket
and diaphragm materials.
WARNING!
Carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaust gases
is deadly. Follow the precautions below
to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning:
 Do not inhale exhaust gases.They contain car-
bon monoxide, a colorless and odorless gas,
which can kill. Never run the engine in a closed
area, such as a garage, and never sit in a parked
vehicle with the engine running for an extended
period. If the vehicle is stopped in an open area
with the engine running for more than a short
period, adjust the ventilation system to force
fresh, outside air into the vehicle.
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FLUIDS, LUBRICANTS, AND GENUINE PARTS ENGINEComponent Fluids, Lubricants, and Genuine Parts
Engine Coolant50% mixture of demineralized water and PARAFLU UP* that meets FIAT
Qualification 9.55523 Antifreeze/Coolant or equivalent.
Engine Oil – 3.6L Engine SAE Grade 5W-30 SELENIA K POWER fully synthetic engine oil that meets
FIAT Qualification 9.55535 API SN, ILSAC GF-5 or equivalent.
Engine Oil – 2.0L Diesel Engine SAE Grade 5W-30 SELENIA WR P.E fully synthetic engine oil that meets FIAT
Qualification 9.55535–S1 or equivalent.
Spark Plugs – 3.6L Engine RER8ZWYCB4 (Gap 1.1 mm)
Fuel Selection – 3.6L Engine 91 Octane
Fuel Selection – 2.0L Diesel Engine 50 Cetane or higher (Less than 15 ppm Sulfur).
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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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Vanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mode Fuel Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Modifications/Alterations, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Monitor, Tire Pressure System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Multi-Function Control Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Navigation System (Uconnect™ gps) . . . . . . . . 134,136
New Vehicle Break-In Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Occupant Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,186,189
Occupant Restraints (Sedan) . . . . . . . . 183,184,186,188
Octane Rating, Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,302
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Oil Change Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,226
Oil Change Indicator, Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,226
Oil, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,302 Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,273
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Filter Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Materials Added to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273,301
Onboard Diagnostic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Operating Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Operator Manual (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Outside Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Overhead Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Owner's Manual (Operator Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Paint Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Park Sense System, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Passenger Seat Back Tilt (Easy Entry System) . . . . . . . 52
Passing Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Power
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Distribution Center (Fuses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Outlet (Auxiliary Electrical Outlet) . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,122
Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Power Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,303
Pregnant Women and Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Preparation for Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Pretensioners Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Programming Transmitters (Remote Keyless Entry) . . 12
Radial Ply Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Radiator Cap (Coolant Pressure Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Radio (Sound Systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Radio Remote Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rear Axle (Differential) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear Cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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