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Remote Start
The remote start button is on the transmitter.
This feature allows you to start your vehicle from outside your vehicle.
The transmitter has an extended operating range.
Vehicles with automatic climate control can be configured to operate
when the vehicle is remote started. Refer to theClimate Control
chapter for more information.
Many states and provinces have restrictions for the use of remote start.
Check your local and state or provincial laws for specific requirements
regarding remote start systems.
The remote start system will not work if:
•the vehicle is on
•the alarm system is triggered
•you disable the feature
•the hood open
•the transmission is not inP
•the vehicle battery voltage is too low
•the powertrain malfunction/reduced power indicator was on the last
time your vehicle was driven.
Remote Starting the Vehicle
Note:You must press each button within three seconds of each other.
Your vehicle will not remote start and the horn will not sound if you do
not follow this sequence.
The label on your transmitter
details the starting procedure.
To remote start your vehicle:
1. Press the lock button to lock all
the doors.
2. Press the remote start button
twice. The exterior lamps flash
twice.
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Note:If locking was not successful or any door or the liftgate is open, or
if the hood is open on vehicles with a perimeter alarm or remote start,
the horn will sound twice and the lamps will not flash.
Opening the Luggage Compartment
Press twice to unlatch the luggage compartment lid.
Mechanical Key
Turn the top of the key toward the front of your vehicle once to lock all
doors.
Turn the top of the key toward the rear of your vehicle once to unlock
the driver door only.
Locking the Doors Individually
If the power locks fail to operate, lock the doors individually using the
key in the position shown.
Left-Hand Side
Turn clockwise to lock.
Right-Hand Side
Turn counterclockwise to lock.
Opening a Rear Door from Inside
Pull the interior door release handle twice to unlock and open a rear
door. The first pull unlocks the door and the second pull will unlatch the
door.
Activating Intelligent Access
The intelligent access key must be within 3 feet (1 meter) of your
vehicle.
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Programming a Spare Intelligent Access Key
See your authorized dealer to have additional keys programmed to your
vehicle.
ANTI-THEFT ALARM
The system will warn you of an unauthorized entry to your vehicle.
The park and turn lamps flash and the horn sounds if unauthorized entry
is attempted while the alarm is armed. It triggers immediately if the
luggage compartment or the hood opens, and after a 12-second delay if
any door opens.
Take all remote controls to an authorized dealer if there is any potential
alarm problem with your vehicle.
Arming the Alarm
The alarm is ready to arm when there is not a key in the ignition. Lock
the vehicle to arm the alarm.
The message indicator flashes when theft protection is active.
Disarming the alarm
Disarm the alarm by any of the following actions:
•Unlock the doors or luggage compartment with the remote control.
•Turn the ignition on or start the vehicle.
•Use a key in the driver door to unlock your vehicle, then turn the
ignition on within 12 seconds.
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HIGH VOLTAGE INFORMATION
WARNING:Exposure to high voltage may result in severe
personal injury or death. High voltage components must be
serviced by a trained service technician.
Your vehicle consists of various high-voltage components and wiring. All
of the high-voltage power flows through specific wiring assemblies which
are labeled as such and/or are covered with a solid orange convolute or
orange stripe tape. Do not come in contact with these components.
OPENING AND CLOSING THE HOOD
1. Inside the vehicle, pull the hood release handle
located on the left hand side under the instrument
panel.
2. Go to the front of the vehicle and
locate the auxiliary latch located
under the front of the hood (left
of center) and then release it by
pushing the auxiliary latch to the
right.
3. Lift the hood and locate the prop rod on the passenger side of the
vehicle. Support the hood with the prop rod.
4. To close the hood, lower the hood and allow it to drop from under its
own weight for the last 8-11 inches (20-30 centimeters).
Make sure that the hood is closed properly.
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Vertical Aim Adjustment
1. Park the vehicle directly in front of a wall or screen on a level surface,
approximately 25 feet (7.6 meters) away.
•(A) 8 feet (2.4 meters)
•(B) Center height of lamp to
ground
•(C) 25 feet (7.6 meters)
•(D) Horizontal reference line
2. Measure the height of the headlamp bulb center from the ground and
mark an 8 foot (2.4 meter) horizontal reference line on the vertical wall
or screen at this height.
3. Turn on the low beam headlamps to illuminate the wall or screen and
open the hood.
To see a clearer light pattern for adjusting, you may want to block the
light from one headlamp while adjusting the other.
For Vehicles with Halogen Headlamps:
On the wall or screen you will
observe a flat zone of high intensity
light located at the top of the right
hand portion of the beam pattern.
If the top edge of the high intensity
light zone is not at the horizontal
reference line, the headlamp will
need to be adjusted.
C
A
B
D
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For Vehicles with HID Headlamps:
There is a distinct cut-off (change
from light to dark) in the left
portion of the beam pattern. The
top edge of this cut-off should be
positioned 2 inches (5 centimeters)
below the horizontal reference line.
4.
Locate the vertical adjuster on
each headlamp. Using a Phillips #2
screwdriver, turn the adjuster either
clockwise or counterclockwise in
order to aim the headlamp. The
horizontal edge of the brighter light
should touch the horizontal reference
line.
5. Close the hood and turn off the lamps.
HORIZONTAL AIM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS VEHICLE AND IS
NOT ADJUSTABLE.
REMOVING A HEADLAMP
1. Make sure the headlamp control
is in the off position and open the
hood.
2. Remove the two screws from the
headlamp assembly.
3. Carefully pull the headlamp
assembly as far as possible towards
the front of the vehicle to disengage
it from the lower fixing point.
4. Carefully lift the outer side of the headlamp and remove it.
5. Disconnect the electrical connector.
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