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Thousands Of Kilometers20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Months 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120
Check and, if necessary, top up fluid levels (brakes,
windshield washer, battery, engine coolant, etc.).
Visually inspect the condition of accessory drive
belt/s.
Check toothed timing drive belt conditions.
Check the handbrake lever stroke and adjust it, if
necessary.
Check exhaust gas emissions.
Check engine management system operation (via
diagnostic socket).
Drain and refill the automatic transmission fluid.
Replace main sump filter and spin-on cooler return
filter (for versions/markets, where provided).
Replace fuel filter (diesel version).
Replace accessory drive belt/s.
Replace toothed timing drive belt (*).
Replace air filter cartridge.
Change engine oil and replace oil filter (**).
Change brake fluid (or every 24 months).
Replace pollen filter.
(*) Regardless of the distance cov-
ered, the timing belt must be changed
every 4 years for particularly de- manding use (cold climates, city driv-
ing, long periods of idling) or at least
every 5 years.
(**) The actual oil and oil filter re-
placement interval depends on the carusage conditions and is indicated by a
warning light or message on the in-
strument panel, or in any case every
12 months.
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Periodic Checks
Every1 000 km or before long jour-
neys, check and, if necessary, restore:
engine coolant;
brake fluid;
windshield washer fluid level;
tire inflation pressure and condi- tion;
operation of lighting system (head- lights, direction indicators, hazard
warning lights, etc.);
operation of windshield washer/ wiper system and positioning/wear
of windshield/rear window wiper
blades.
Every 3 000 km, check and top up, if
required, the engine oil level. Heavy-Duty Use Of The Car
If the car is used mainly under one of
the following conditions:
towing a trailer or caravan;
dusty roads;
short, repeated journeys (less than
7-8 km) at sub-zero outside tem-
peratures;
engine often idling or driving long distances at low speeds or long pe-
riods of idleness.
You should perform the following in-
spections more frequently than shown
on the Scheduled Servicing Plan:
check front disc brake pad condi- tions and wear;
check cleanliness of hood and trunk locks, cleanliness and lubrication of
linkage; visually inspect conditions of: en-
gine, transmission, pipes and hoses
(exhaust - fuel system - brakes) and
rubber elements (boots - sleeves -
bushes - etc.);
check battery charge and battery fluid level (electrolyte);
visually inspect condition of the ac- cessory drive belts;
check and, if necessary, change en- gine oil and replace oil filter;
check and, if necessary, replace pol- len filter;
check and, if necessary, replace air cleaner.
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Adding Engine Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . 294
Additives, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Adjustable Pedals . . . . . . . . . 127
Air Cleaner, Engine (Engine
Air Cleaner Filter) . . . . . . . . . 289
Air Conditioner
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . 209
Air Conditioning Controls . . . . 209
Air Conditioning Filter . . . 220,293
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . 292
Air Conditioning
System . . . . . . . . . . . 209,213,292
Air Conditioning System, Zone
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Air Conditioning, Operating
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Air Conditioning, Rear
Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,218
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . 245
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,50
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . 50
Airbag Light . . . . . . 49,52,64,167
Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . 51
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . 46,48,49,50Airbag, Window (Side
Curtain) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,48,50
Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . 16
Alarm Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Alterations/Modifications,
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anti-Lock Warning Light . . . . 164
Anti-Theft System . . . . . . . . . . 16
Antifreeze (Engine
Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296,311
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . 300
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,145
Auto Down Power Windows . . . 27
Auto Up Power Windows . . . . . 27
Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . 75
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . 23
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . 121
Automatic Temperature
Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Automatic Transaxle Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . 300,313
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . 300
Selection Of Lubricant
. . 299,313
Special Additives . . . . . . . . 300
Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . 230,299,300 Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Fluid and Filter Changes . . . 300 Fluid Change . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Fluid Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . 277
Keyless Transmitter
Replacement (RKE) . . . . . . . 21
Saving Feature
(Protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Blind Spot Monitoring . . . . . . . 78
Body Mechanism
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . 242
Brake Control System,
Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Fluid Check . . . . . . . . 299,313
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 168
Brake/Transmission
Interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Break-In Recommendations,
New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . 308
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Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . 65,308
Calibration, Compass . . . 172,181
Camera, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Capacities, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . 311
Caps, FillerFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . 238
Radiator (Coolant
Pressure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Car Washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Carbon Monoxide Warning . . . . 63
Cargo (Vehicle Loading) . . . . . 148
Cargo Compartment Luggage Carrier . . . . . . . . . 153
Caution, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . 33
Cellular Phone . . . . . . . . . 82,208
Center High Mounted Stop
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Changing A Flat Tire . . . . . . . 269
Check Engine Light
(Malfunction Indicator
Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Checking Your Vehicle For
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Checks, Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . 53,56,57 Child Restraint Tether
Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . 31
Child Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Clean Air Gasoline . . . . . . . . . 257
Cleaning
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Climate Control . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Coat Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Coin Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . 227
Compact Disc (CD)
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . 247
Compass . . . . . . . . . 170,172,180
Compass Calibration . . . . 172,181
Compass Variance . . . . . . 170,181
Computer, Trip/Travel . . . . . . 179
Connector
UCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Universal Consumer
Interface (UCI) . . . . . . . . . . 187
Conserving Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Console, Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Console, Overhead . . . . . . . . . 136
Console, Removable . . . . . . . . 150
Cool Down, Turbo . . . . . . . . . 229 Coolant Pressure Cap
(Radiator Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Adding Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Coolant Capacity . . . . . . . . 311
Coolant Level . . . . . . . 295,297
Disposal of Used Coolant . . . 297
Drain, Flush, and Refill . . . . 296
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Points to Remember . . . . . . 298
Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Radiator Cap . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Selection of Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . 296,311,312
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . 144,303
Data Recorder, Event . . . . . . . . 52
Defroster, Rear Window . . . . . 152
Defroster, Windshield . . . . 64,217
Diagnostic System, Onboard . . 287
Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 258,312
Diesel Fuel Requirements . . . . 258
Dimmer Control . . . . . . . . . . 120
Dipsticks Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . 300
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . 238
Disabled Vehicle Towing . . . . . 281
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DisposalAntifreeze (Engine
Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Domelight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door Locks, Automatic . . . . . . 23
Driving On Slippery Surfaces . . . . . 236
Through Flowing, Rising, or
Shallow Standing Water . . . 236
Driving to Achieve Maximum
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Electric Remote Mirrors . . . . . . 76
Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . 141
Electronic Brake Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Brake Assist System . . . . . . 242
Electronic Speed Control
(Cruise Control) . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electronic Stability Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Electronic Vehicle Information
Center (EVIC) . . . . . . . . 135,172
Emergency, In Case of Hazard Warning Flasher . . . 268
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . 269,272
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . 277 Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Break-In Recommendations . . 62
Checking Oil Level . . . . . . . 288
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Compartment
Identification . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . 312
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . 33,63
Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Flooded, Starting . . . . . . . . 227
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . 311
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . 288,311,312
Oil Change Interval . . . . . . 288
Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Oil Filler Cap . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Oil Filter Disposal . . . . . . . 289
Oil Selection . . . . . . . . 288,311
Oil Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 169
Enhanced Accident Response
Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Entry System, Illuminated . . . . 18
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . 52
Exhaust Gas Caution . . 33,63,290 Exhaust System . . . . . . . . 63,290
Exterior Folding Mirrors . . . . . . 76
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fabric Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Filler Location Fuel . . . . . . . . 167
Filters
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Air Conditioning . . . . . 220,293
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . 289,312
Engine Oil Disposal . . . . . . 289
Flash-To-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Flashers Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . 268
Turn Signal . . . . . . . 65,164,309
Flooded Engine Starting . . . . . 227
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Fluid Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fluid Level Checks Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . 300
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,313
Power Steering . . . . . . 238,313
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Fluids, Lubricants and
Genuine Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Fog Light Service . . . . . . . . . . 310
Fog Lights . . . . . . . . 122,164,310
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Fog Lights, Rear . . . . . . . . . . 169
Fold in Floor (Stow `n Go)
Seating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle . . . . . 279
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,258Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,312
Filler Cap (Gas Cap) . . 167,258
Filler Door (Gas Cap) . . . . . 167
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Octane Rating . . . . . . . 256,312
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Saver Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tank Capacity . . . . . . . . . . 311
Fuel Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fuel Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Gas Cap (Fuel Filler Cap) . . . . 258
Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . 257 Gauges
Coolant Temperature . . . . . 169
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Gear Select Lever Override . . . 280
General Information . . . . . . 16,22
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Gross Axle Weight Rating . . . . 260
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating . . 259
Hands-Free Phone
(Uconnect™) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Hazard
Driving Through Flowing,
Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . 268
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Headlight Washers . . . . . . . . . 126
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . 122
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Washers . . . . . . . . . . . 121,126
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
High Beam/Low Beam Select
(Dimmer) Switch . . . . . . . . . . 123
Hood Release . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Hook, Coat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,14
Ignition Key Removal . . . . . . . . 14
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . 18
Immobilizer (Sentry Key) . . . . . 15
Infant Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Information Center, Vehicle . . 172
Inside Rearview Mirror . . . . . . . 75
Instrument Cluster . . . . . 162,164
Instrument Panel and
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Instrument Panel Cover . . . . . 302
Instrument Panel Lens
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Integrated Power Module
(Fuses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interior Appearance Care . . . . 302
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . 119,120
Intervention Regeneration
Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Jack Location . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Jack Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . 16
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 15
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . 15
Keyless EnterNGo™ . . . 24,180,226
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . 18
Keyless Go . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,180
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lane Change Assist . . . . . . . . 123
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . 35
LATCH (Lower Anchors and
Tether for CHildren) . . . . . . . . 58
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Leveling, Headlight . . . . . . . . 124
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,119
Airbag . . . . . . . . . 49,52,64,167
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Automatic Headlights . . . . . 121
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . 244
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 308
Center Mounted Stop . . . . . 311
Dimmer Switch,
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Electronic Stability Program
(ESP) Indicator . . . . . . . . . 244
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . 122,164,310
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . 268
Headlight Leveling . . . . . . . 124
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . 120
Headlights On Reminder . . . 122
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . 164
High Beam/Low Beam
Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . 18
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,120
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . 122
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . 166
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,309
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . 169
Security Alarm (Theft
Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Service Engine Soon
(Malfunction Indicator) . . . . 166
Side Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . 309
SmartBeams . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Theft Alarm (Security
Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Tire Pressure Monitoring
(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . 244
Turn Signal . . . . . . . 65,309,310
Wait to Start . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Warning (Instrument Cluster
Description) . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Loading Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren (LATCH) . . . . . . . . . 58
Lubrication, Body . . . . . . . . . 293
Luggage Rack (Roof Rack) . . . 153
330