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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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
327
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
329
Power Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . 313
Pregnant Women and Seat
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Preparation for Jacking . . . . . 272
PretensionersSeat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Programmable Electronic
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Radial Ply Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Radiator Cap (Coolant
Pressure Cap) . . . . . . . . . 295,297
Radio (Sound Systems) . . . . . 187
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . 208
Radio Remote Controls . . . . . . 207
Rear Air Conditioning . . . 212,218
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear Cross Path . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Rear Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Rear Park Sense System . . . . . 130
Rear Window Defroster . . . . . 152
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reclining Front Seats . . . . . . . 106
Recorder, Event Data . . . . . . . . 52
Recreational Towing . . . . . . . . 266
Reminder, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) . . 18 Remote Sound System (Radio)
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Removable Floor Console . . . . 150
Repeater Lights, Side . . . . . . . 309
Replacement Keys . . . . . . . . . . 15
Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . 287
Replacement Tires . . . . . . . . . 249
Resetting Oil Change
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,178
Restraint, Head . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Restraints, Child . . . . . . . . . 53,62
Restraints, Infant . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rocking Vehicle When Stuck . . 279
Roof Rack (Luggage Rack) . . . 153
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Safety Checks Inside Vehicle . . . 64
Safety Checks Outside Vehicle . . 65
Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . 33,63
Schedule, Maintenance . . 318,321
Seat Belt Maintenance . . . . . . 303
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . 43
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,64
Adjustable Shoulder Belt . . . . 38
Adjustable Upper Shoulder
Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
And Pregnant Women . . . . . . 44
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . 53,57 Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fold in Floor
(Stow `n Go) . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Reclining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Stow `n Go (Fold in
Floor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . 16
Selection of Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . 296,312
Sentry Key (Immobilizer) . . . . . 15
Sentry Key Programming . . . . . 16
Sentry Key Replacement . . . . . . 15
Service Engine Soon Light
(Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . 166
Settings, Personal . . . . . . . . . 183
Shift Lever Override . . . . . . . 280
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Side Repeater Lights . . . . . . . 309
Signals,
Turn . . . 65,122,123,164,309,310
332
Sliding Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Slippery Surfaces,
Driving On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
SmartBeams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Snow Chains (Tire Chains) . . . 249
Sound Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Sound Systems (Radio) . . . . . 187
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . 247,269
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SpecificationsFuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . 312
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Speed Control (Cruise
Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Automatic Transmission . . . 225
Cold Weather . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine Fails to Start . . . . . . 227
Starting and Operating . . . . . . 225
Starting Procedures . . . . . . . . 225
Starting Procedures (Diesel
Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Steering Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wheel, Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Steering Wheel Audio
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Steering Wheel Mounted Sound
System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,307
Storage Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . 220,307
Storing Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . 307
Stow `n Go (Fold in Floor)
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . 137
Sunroof Maintenance . . . . . . . 140
Supplemental Restraint System
- Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Synthetic Engine Oil . . . . . . . 289
System, Navigation
(Uconnect™ gps) . . . . . . . . . . 187
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Telescoping Steering
Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Temperature Control,
Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 213
Temperature Gauge, Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,268
Tether Anchor,
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . 127
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,244 Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . 248
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . 247
General Information . . . . . . 244
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . 245
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . 269,272
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Pressure Monitor System
(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Pressure Warning Light . . . . 165
Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . 248
Tongue Weight/Trailer
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 281
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . 241
Traction Control Switch . . . . . 241
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Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Cooling System Tips . . . . . . 266
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Minimum Requirements . . . 262
Trailer and Tongue
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Trailer Towing Guide . . . . . . . 261
Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Transaxle Selection of
Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 299,313
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Automatic . . . . . . . . . . 230,299
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Transmitter Battery Service
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 21
Transmitter, Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . 62
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . 248
Trip Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Turbo Cool Down . . . . . . . . . 229
Turn Signals . . . 123,164,309,310
UCI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Uconnect™ (Hands-Free
Phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Umbrella Holder . . . . . . . . . . 146
Universal Consumer Interface
(UCI) Connector . . . . . . . . . . 187
Upholstery Care . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Variance, Compass . . . . . 170,181
Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Modifications/
Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . 220,307
Voice Recognition System
(VR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Wait to Start Light . . . . . . . . . 176
Warning Flasher, Hazard . . . . 268Warning Lights (Instrument
Cluster Description) . . . . . . . . 164
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . 7
Washer
Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Washers, Headlight . . . . . . . . 126
Washing Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 301
Water
Driving Through . . . . . . . . 236
Wheel and Wheel Trim . . . . . . 302
Wheel and Wheel Trim Care . . 302
Wind Buffeting . . . . . . . . . 28,140
Window Fogging . . . . . . . . . . 220
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rear Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windshield Defroster . . . . . . . . 64
Windshield Washers . . . . . . . . 294
Windshield Wiper Blades . . . . 294
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 294
Zone Control (Temperature
Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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