
SUPPLEMENTAL
RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS)
— AIR BAGS
This vehicle has Advanced Front Air
Bags for both the driver and front
passenger as a supplement to the seat
belt restraint systems. The driver's
Advanced Front Air Bag is mounted
in the center of the steering wheel.
The passenger's Advanced Front Air
Bag is mounted in the instrument
panel, above the glove compartment.
The words SRS AIRBAG are em-
bossed on the air bag covers.NOTE:
The Driver and Front Passenger
Advanced Front Air Bags are certi-
fied to the new regulations for Ad-
vanced Air Bags.
The Advanced Front Air Bags have a
multistage inflator design. This allows
the air bag to have different rates of
inflation that are based on several fac-
tors, including the severity and type of
collision.
This vehicle may be equipped with a
driver and/or front passenger seat
belt buckle switch that detects
whether the driver or front passenger
seat belt is fastened. The seat belt
buckle switch may adjust the inflation
rate of the Advanced Front Air Bags.
This vehicle is equipped with Supple-
mental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags
(SAB) to provide enhanced protection
for an occupant during a side impact.
The SABs are located in the outboard
side of the front seats.NOTE:
Air Bag covers may not be obvi-
ous in the interior trim, but they
will open during air bag deploy-
ment.
After any collision, the vehicle should be taken to an autho-
rized dealer immediately.
Air Bag System Components
Your vehicle may be equipped with
the following air bag system compo-
nents:
Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC)
Air Bag Warning Light
Steering Wheel and Column
Instrument Panel
Knee Impact Bolster
Driver Advanced Front Air Bag
Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag
Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags (SAB)
Front and Side Impact SensorsAdvanced Front Air Bag And Knee Bolster Locations1 — Driver And Passenger Ad-
vanced Front Air Bags
2 — Knee Bolster
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INSTRUMENT PANEL FEATURES1 — Air Outlet6 — Radio11 — Storage Compartment
2 — Side Window Demister Outlet 7 — Passenger Airbag 12 — Climate Control
3 — Instrument Cluster 8 — Glove Compartment13 — Trunk Release Button
4 — Ignition Switch 9 — Heated Seat Switch14 — Power Outlet
5 — Analog Clock 10 — Hazard Switch
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About Your Brakes . . . . . . . . . 145
ABS
(Anti-Lock Brake System) . . . 146
Adding Engine Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . 188
Additives, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air Cleaner, Engine
(Engine Air Cleaner Filter) . . . 184
Air Conditioner
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Air Conditioning Filter . . . 128,186
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . 186
Air Conditioning
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,186
Air Conditioning, Operating
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . 151
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . 34
Airbag Light . . . . 32,33,36,46,108
Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . . . . 31,32,33
Airbag, Window
(Side Curtain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . 14
Alarm System
(Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . 14,112Alterations/Modifications,
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anti-Lock Brake System
(ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Anti-Lock Warning Light . . . . 146
Anti-Theft Security Alarm
(Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Antifreeze
(Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . 191,206
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . 196
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Auto Down Power Windows . . . 19
Auto Unlock, Doors . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . 18
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . 91
Automatic Oil Change
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,117
Automatic Temperature
Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . 12,134 Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Selection Of Lubricant . . . . 207
Automatic Transmission . . 135,194 Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Fluid and Filter Changes . . . 195
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . 195
Fluid Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Special Additives . . . . . . . . 195
Autostick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Keyless Transmitter
Replacement (RKE) . . . . . . . 17
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,45
Body Mechanism
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . 148
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Anti-Lock (ABS) . . . . . . . . 146
Fluid Check . . . . . . . . 194,207
Master Cylinder . . . . . . . . . 194
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 108
Brake, Parking . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Brake/Transmission
Interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Break-In Recommendations,
New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . 203
Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . 47,203
Calibration, Compass . . . . . . . 118
216

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

Remote Keyless Entry
(Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Remote Sound System (Radio)
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Remote Trunk Release . . . . . . . 20
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . 203
Replacement Keys . . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . 182
Replacement Tires . . . . . . . . . 154
Resetting Oil Change
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,117
Restraint, Head . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Restraints, Child . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Restraints, Occupant . . . . . . . . 21
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Safety Checks Inside Vehicle . . . 45
Safety Checks Outside Vehicle . . 47
Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . . . 45
Schedule, Maintenance . . . . . . 212
Seat Belt Maintenance . . . . . . 198
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . 29
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . 21,23,45And Pregnant Women . . . . . . 29
Child Restraint . . . . . . 37,39,43
Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,24
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Operating Instructions . . . . . 24 Pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Untwisting Procedure . . . . . . 25
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Easy Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . 85
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Reclining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Seatback Release . . . . . . . . . 88
Tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . 14
Selection of Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . 191,206
Sentry Key (Immobilizer) . . . . . 13
Sentry Key Programming . . . . . 14
Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . 122
Settings, Personal . . . . . . . . . 121
Shift Lever Override . . . . . . . 175
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Side View Mirror Adjustment . . 64
Side Window Demisters
(Defrosters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Signals, Turn . . . . . . . . 47,93,205
Slippery Surfaces, Driving
On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Snow Chains (Tire Chains) . . . 154 Sound Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sound Systems (Radio) . . . . . 122
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Specifications
Fuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . 206
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Speed Control
(Cruise Control) . . . . . . . . 97,111
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Engine Fails to Start . . . . . . 134
Starting and Operating . . . . . . 134
Starting Procedures . . . . . . . . 134
Steering Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel, Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Steering Wheel Audio
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steering Wheel Mounted Sound
System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,203
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Stuck, Freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Supplemental Restraint System
- Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Synthetic Engine Oil . . . . . . . 184
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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