2012 FIAT FREEMONT oil viscosity

STARTING AND DRIVING
ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS
A long break-in period is not required for the engine
and drivetrain (transmission and axle) in your vehicle.
Drive moderately during the first 500 km. After the
initial 100 km, speeds up to 80 or 90 km/h are desirable.
While cruising, brief full-throttle acceleration, within
the limits of local traffic laws contributes to a good
break-in. Wide-open throttle acceleration in low gear
can be detrimental and should be avoided.
The engine oil installed in the engine at the factory is a
high-quality energy-conserving type lubricant. Oil
changes should be consistent with anticipated climate
conditions under which vehicle operations will occur.
For the recommended viscosity and quality grades,
refer to “Maintenance Procedures” in “Maintaining
Your Vehicle”. NON-DETERGENT OR STRAIGHT
MINERAL OILS MUST NEVER BE USED.
A new engine may consume some oil during its first few
thousand kilometers of operation. This should be con-
sidered a normal part of the break-in and not inter-
preted as an indication of difficulty. STARTING PROCEDURES
Before starting your vehicle, adjust your seat, adjust the
inside and outside mirrors, fasten your seat belt, and if
present, instruct all other occupants to buckle their
seat belts.
WARNING!
 Before exiting a vehicle, always apply
the parking brake, shift the transmission
into PARK, and remove the key fob from the
ignition. When leaving the vehicle, always lock
your vehicle.
 Never leave children alone in a vehicle, or with
access to an unlocked vehicle.
 Allowing children to be in a vehicle unattended
is dangerous for a number of reasons. A child or
others could be seriously or fatally injured. Chil-
dren should be warned not to touch the parking
brake, brake pedal or the shift lever.
 Do not leave the key fob in or near the vehicle,
and do not leave Keyless Enter-N-Go in the ACC
or ON/RUN mode. A child could operate power
windows, other controls, or move the vehicle.
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Checking Oil Level – Diesel Engine
To assure proper engine lubrication, the engine oil
must be maintained at the correct level. Check the oil
level at regular intervals, such as every fuel stop.
The best time to check the engine oil level is about five
minutes after a fully warmed engine is shut off or
before starting the engine after it has sat overnight.
Checking the oil while the vehicle is on level ground will
improve the accuracy of the oil level readings. Maintain
the oil level between the MIN and MAX markings on
the dipstick. Adding 1 Liter of oil when the reading is at
the MIN mark will result in a MAX reading on theseengines.
Change Engine Oil – Gasoline Engine
Refer to the “Maintenance Schedule” for the proper
maintenance intervals.
Change Engine Oil – Diesel Engine
Refer to the “Maintenance Schedule” for the proper
maintenance intervals.
Engine Oil Viscosity – 3.6L Gasoline Engine
SAE 5W-30 engine oil is recommended for all operating
temperatures. This engine oil improves low tempera-
ture starting and vehicle fuel economy.The engine oil filler cap also shows the recommended
engine oil viscosity for your vehicle. For information on
engine oil filler cap location, refer to “Engine Compart-
ment” in “Servicing And Care” for further information.
Engine Oil Viscosity – 2.0L Diesel Engine
For best performance and maximum protection under
all types of operating conditions, the manufacturer
recommends Fully Synthetic Low Ash 5W-30 engine
oils that meet the requirements of FIAT 9.55535-S1
spec and ACEA C1/C2.
Materials Added To Engine Oil
Do not add any supplemental materials, other than leak
detection dyes, to the engine oil. Engine oil is an
engineered product and its performance may be im-
paired by supplemental additives.
Disposing Of Used Engine Oil And Oil Filters
Care should be taken in disposing of used engine oil and
oil filters from your vehicle. Used oil and oil filters,
indiscriminately discarded, can present a problem to
the environment. Contact your authorized dealer, ser-
vice station, or governmental agency for advice on how
and where used oil and oil filters can be safely discarded
in your area.
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Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192
Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Flooded, Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,301,302
Oil Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,273
Oil Filler Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,273
Oil Filter Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Oil Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Engine Oil Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine Oil Viscosity Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Enhanced Accident Response Feature . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Entry System, Illuminated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192,279
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,279
Exterior Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Light Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,249
Fabric Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Filler Location Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Filters Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,276
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Engine Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Flash-To-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Flashers Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226
Flooded Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fluid Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fluid Level Checks Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,303
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,303
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fluids, Lubricants and Genuine Parts . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fog Light Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,250
Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,226,249,250
Fog Lights, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,250
Folding Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,54
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,300 Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,302
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Filler Cap (Gas Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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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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Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
To Open Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tongue Weight/Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Cooling System Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Trailer and Tongue Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Trailer Towing Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Transaxle Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,286
Selection of Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,303
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Transmitter Battery Service (Remote Keyless Entry) . . 13
Transmitter Programming (Remote Keyless Entry) . . . 12
Transmitter, Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) . . . . . . . . . 12
Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Turbo Cool Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,226,251
UCI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Underhood Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Universal Consumer Interface (UCI) Connector . . . . 154
Unleaded Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Untwisting Procedure, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Upholstery Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicle Modifications/Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,212
Vehicle Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Viscosity, Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Warning Flasher, Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warning Lights (Instrument Cluster Description) . . . 225
Washer Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Washers, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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