NOTE:
If the gas cap is lost or damaged, be
sure the replacement cap is for use
with this vehicle.CAUTION!
Damage to the fuel system oremission control system could r e-
sult from using an improper fuel
tank filler tube cap (gas cap).
A poorly fitting gas cap may cause
the “Malfunction Indicator Light
(MIL)” to turn on.
To avoid fuel spillage and overfill-
ing, do not “top off” the fuel tank
after filling. When the fuel nozzle
“clicks” or shuts off, the fuel tank
is full.WARNING!
Never have any smoking materi-als lit in or near the vehicle when
the gas cap is removed or the tank
is being filled.
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WARNING!(Continued)
A fire may result if gasoline is
pumped into a portable container
that is inside of a vehicle. You
could be burned. Always place gas
containers on the ground while
filling.
NOTE:
Tighten the gas cap until you hear a “clicking” sound. This is
an indication that the gas cap is
tightened properly. The MIL in
the instrument cluster may turn
on if the gas cap is not secured
properly. Make sure that the gas
cap is tightened each time the
vehicle is refueled.
When the fuel nozzle “clicks” or shuts off, the fuel tank is full.
LOOSE FUEL FILLER CAP
MESSAGE
If the vehicle diagnostic system deter-
mines that the fuel filler cap is loose,
improperly installed, or damaged, a
“CHECK GAS CAP” message will be
displayed in the EVIC (Electronic Ve-
hicle Information Center). Refer to “Electronic Vehicle Information Cen-
ter” in “Understanding Your Instru-
ment Panel” for further information.
Tighten the fuel filler cap properly
and press the odometer reset button to
turn the message off. If the problem
continues, the message will appear
the next time the vehicle is started.
Refer to “Onboard Diagnostic Sys-
tem” in “Maintaining Your Vehicle”
for further information.
NOTE:
If the gas cap is lost or damaged, be
sure the replacement cap is for use
with this vehicle.
VEHICLE LOADING
VEHICLE CERTIFICATION
LABEL
Your vehicle has a certification label
attached to the rear of the
driver's
door.
The label contains the following infor -
mation:
Name of manufacturer
Month and year of manufacture
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When cleaning the rear view mirror,
spray cleaner on the towel or rag that
you are using. Do not spray cleaner
directly on the mirror.
Cleaning Plastic Instrument
Cluster Lenses
The lenses in front of the instruments
in this vehicle are molded in clear
plastic. When cleaning the lenses,
care must be taken to avoid scratch-
ing the plastic.
1. Clean with a wet, soft rag. A mild
soap solution may be used, but do not
use high alcohol content or abrasive
cleaners. If soap is used, wipe clean
with a clean damp rag.
2. Dry with a soft cloth.
Seat Belt Maintenance
Do not bleach, dye, or clean the belts
with chemical solvents or abrasive
cleaners. This will weaken the fabric.
Sun damage can also weaken the fab-
ric.
If the belts need cleaning, use a mild
soap solution or lukewarm water. Do
not remove the belts from the car to
wash them. Dry with a soft cloth.Replace the belts if they appear frayed
or worn or if the buckles do not work
properly.
CLEANING CENTER
CONSOLE CUPHOLDERS
Removal
Grab the rubber portion of the cup-
holder and lift upward.
Cleaning
Soak the rubber cupholder liner in a
mixture of medium hot tap water and
one teaspoon of mild liquid dish soap.
Let soak for approximately one hour.
After one hour pull the liner from the
water and dip it back into the water
about six times. This will loosen any
remaining debris. Rinse the liner thor-
oughly under warm running water.
Shake the excess water from the liner
and dry the outer surfaces with a
clean soft cloth.
Installation
Align the liner in the cupholder and
press down firmly.
CONVERTIBLE TOP CARE
CAUTION!
Failure to follow these cautions may
cause interior water damage, stains
or mildew on the top material:
Avoid high-pressure car washes,
as they can damage the top mate-
rial. Also, increased water pres-
sure may force past the weather
strips.
Remove any standing water from
the top and dry the surface before
opening it. Operating the top,
opening a door or lowering a win-
dow while the top is wet may al-
low water to drip into the vehicles
interior.
Use care when washing the ve-
hicle, water pressure directed at
the weather strip seals may cause
water to leak into the vehicles in-
terior.
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Gas Cap (Fuel Filler Cap) . . . . 160
Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . 159
GaugesCoolant Temperature . . . . . 107
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Gear Select Lever Override . . . 175
General Information . . . . . . . . 14
General Maintenance . . . . . . . 182
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Gross Axle Weight Rating . . . . 162
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating . . 162
GVWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Hands-Free Phone
(Uconnect™) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hazard Driving Through Flowing,
Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . 166
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,203 Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 203
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
High Beam/Low Beam Select
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . 91
On With Wipers . . . . . . . . 91,96
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
High Beam/Low Beam Select
(Dimmer) Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Holder, Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Hood Prop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Hood Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ignition Key Removal . . . . . . . . 12
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . 16
Immobilizer (Sentry Key) . . . . . 13
Infant Restraint . . . . . . . . . 37,39
Information Center, Vehicle . . 115
Instrument Cluster . . . . . 106,107
Instrument Panel and
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Instrument Panel Lens
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Integrated Power Module
(Fuses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Interior Appearance Care . . . . 197
Interior Lighting . . . . . . . . . 91,93
Intermittent Wipers
(Delay Wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . 13
Keyless Entry System (Sedan) . . 16
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Knee Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lane Change and Turn
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . 93,111,205
Lane Change Assist . . . . . . . . . 93
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . 23
LATCH (Lower Anchors and
Tether for CHildren) . . . . . . 40,41
Latch Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
219
Lead Free Gasoline . . . . . . . . 158
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Leveling, Headlight . . . . . . . . . 94
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 47,203
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,91Airbag . . . . . . 32,33,36,46,108
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . 91
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . 150
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . 108
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 203
Courtesy/Reading . . . . . . . . . 93
Dimmer Switch,
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,93
Electronic Stability Program
(ESP) Indicator . . . . . . . . . 150
Engine Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,112,204
Headlight Leveling . . . . . . . . 94
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . . 91
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Headlights On Reminder . . . . 91
Headlights On With
Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,96
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 High Beam Indicator . . . . . . 114
High Beam/Low Beam
Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . 91
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . 91
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . 113
Map Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . 108
Theft Alarm
(Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . 112
Tire Pressure Monitoring
(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 112,155
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . 150
Turn
Signal . . . 47,91,93,111,204,205
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Warning (Instrument Cluster
Description) . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Loading Vehicle . . . . . . . 161,162 Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Auto Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . 18
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Low Tire Pressure System . . . . 155
Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren (LATCH) . . . . . . . 40,41
Lubrication, Body . . . . . . . . . 187
Maintenance Free Battery . . . . 185
Maintenance Procedures . . . . . 182
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . 212
Maintenance, General . . . . . . . 182
Malfunction Indicator Light
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Map/Reading Lights . . . . . . . . 93
Master Cylinder (Brakes) . . . . 194
Memory Feature (Memory
Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Methanol Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Mini-Trip Computer . . . . . . . . 117
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Electric Powered . . . . . . . . . 64
Electric Remote . . . . . . . . . . 64
Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Vanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Modifications/Alterations,
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
220
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Telescoping Steering Column . . 96
Temperature Control,
Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 124
Temperature Gauge, Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,166
Tether Anchor, Child
Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . 14
Theft System
(Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . . 96
Time Delay, Headlight . . . . . . . 92
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,151Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . 153
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
General Information . . . . . . 151
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . 151
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Pressure Monitor System
(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Pressure Warning Light . . . . 112
Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . 153
To Open Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Tonneau Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 176
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Transaxle Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . 12,134
Autostick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Selection of Lubricant . . . . . 207
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . 135,194
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Transmitter Battery Service
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 17
Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . 153
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trip Odometer Reset Button . . 111
Trunk Lid (Deck Lid) . . . . . 20,21
Trunk Release Remote
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Trunk Release, Emergency . . . . 21
Turn Signals . . . . . 91,93,111,205 Uconnect™
(Hands-Free Phone) . . . . . . . . 65
Understanding Your
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . 105
Unleaded Gasoline . . . . . . . . . 158
Untwisting Procedure, Seat
Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Variance, Compass . . . . . . . . . 118
Vehicle Certification Label . . . 161
Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Loading . . . . . . . 161,162
Vehicle Modifications/
Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . 128,203
Vehicle Theft Alarm
(Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Voice Recognition System
(VR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Warning Lights (Instrument
Cluster Description) . . . . . . . . 107
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . 7
Washer
Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Washers, Windshield . . . 94,95,188
Washing Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 196
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