2015 KIA SOUL climate control

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Maintenance
When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
The battery must be removed fromthe vehicle and placed in an area
with good ventilation.
Do not allow cigarettes, sparks, or flame near the battery.
Watch the battery during charging, and stop or reduce the charging
rate if the battery cells begin
gassing (boiling) violently or if the
temperature of the electrolyte of
any cell exceeds 120°F (49°C).
Wear eye protection when check- ing the battery during charging.
Disconnect the battery charger in the following order. 1.Turn off the battery charger main
switch.
2.Unhook the negative clamp from the negative battery terminal.
3.Unhook the positive clamp from the positive battery terminal.
Before performing maintenance or recharging the battery, turn off all
accessories and stop the engine.
The negative battery cable must be removed first and installed last
when the battery is disconnected.Reset items
Items should be reset after the bat-
tery has been discharged or the bat-
tery has been disconnected.
Auto up/down window (See chapter 4)
Sunroof (See chapter 4)
Trip computer (See chapter 4)
Climate control system (See chapter 4)
Clock (See chapter 4)
Audio (See chapter 4)

Maintenance
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4. Tire ply composition and mate-
rial
The number of layers or plies of rub-
ber-coated fabric in the tire. Tire
manufacturers also must indicate the
materials in the tire, which include
steel, nylon, polyester, and others.
The letter "R" means radial ply con-
struction; the letter "D" means diago-
nal or bias ply construction; and the
letter "B" means belted-bias ply con-
struction.
5. Maximum permissible inflationpressure
This number is the greatest amount
of air pressure that should be put in
the tire. Do not exceed the maximum
permissible inflation pressure. Refer
to the Tire and Loading Information
label for recommended inflation
pressure.
6. Maximum load rating
This number indicates the maximum
load in kilograms and pounds that
can be carried by the tire. When
replacing the tires on the vehicle,
always use a tire that has the same
load rating as the factory installed
tire.
7. Uniform tire quality grading
Quality grades can be found where
applicable on the tire sidewall
between tread shoulder and maxi-
mum section width.
For example:
TREADWEAR 200
TRACTION AA
TEMPERATURE A
Tires degrade over time, even when
they are not being used. Regardless
of the remaining tread, we recom-
mend that tires be replaced after
approximately six (6) years of normal
service. Heat caused by hot climates
or frequent high loading conditions
can accelerate the aging process. Tread wear
The tread wear grade is a compara-
tive rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified govern-
ment test course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicle
may vary with respect to grade.

Index
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A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
62
Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Limitation of Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
When Active ECO is activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Air bag collision sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Air bag inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Air bag operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Air bags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 3-37 Air bag collision sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Air bag inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35\
Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109,122
Airconditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100,110 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-143
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Armrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Audio remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Audio remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Speaker lightings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Auto light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Auto start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
44
Auto stop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-43
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-111
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Ignition key interlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Shift lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
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Shift-lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Aux, USB and iPod
®port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-43
Battery replacement (Remote keyless entry) . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Battery replacement (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Parking brake - Hand type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Brakes/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-9 Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Care
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46\
Cargo area cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31\
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
127
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108,120,7-37
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-50
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
129
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-29
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
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Index
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Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Outside Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12\
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Glove box lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
GVW (Gross vehicle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Headlamp escort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Headlight bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Headlight position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-100 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Hight adjustment (seat belt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54 Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-29
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-42
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Ignition key interlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
52
Instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91\
Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131 Cargo area cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Luggage net holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
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Index
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User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
LCD modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58\
LCD Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74\
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-85 Auto light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Headlamp escort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
One-touch lane change function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Luggage net holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Luggage room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Maintenance
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 7-23
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Checking the amount of air conditionerrefrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Manual transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
93
Master Warning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-45 Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Moonroof, see Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34M

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Vehicle weight glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
GVW (Gross vehicle weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-24 Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Windshield wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Change to "winter weight" oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57 Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . . 5-58
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . .
5-57
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . . 5-57
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Wipers and Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90 Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Rear window wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Windshield wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
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