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Vehicle Care 327
Inspect power steering for proper
hook-up, binding, leaks, cracks,
chafing, etc.
Visually check constant velocity joint
boots and axle seals for leaks.
For 1500 Series vehicles, at least
every other oil change lubricate the
outer tie rod ends.
Control arm ball joints on 1500
Series vehicles are
maintenance-free.
Caution
Lubrication of applicable steering/
suspension points should not be
done unless the temperature is
−12 °C (10 °F) or higher,
or damage could result.
Body Component Lubrication
Lubricate all key lock cylinders,
hood hinges, liftgate hinges, steel
fuel door hinge and power assist
step hinges, unless the components
are plastic. Applying silicone greaseon weatherstrips with a clean cloth
will make them last longer, seal
better, and not stick or squeak.
Underbody Maintenance
At least twice a year, spring and fall,
use plain water to flush any
corrosive materials from the
underbody. Take care to thoroughly
clean any areas where mud and
other debris can collect. If equipped
with power running boards, extend
them and then use a high pressure
wash to clean all joints and gaps.
Do not directly power wash the
transfer case and/or front/rear axle
output seals. High pressure water
can overcome the seals and
contaminate the fluid. Contaminated
fluid will decrease the life of the
transfer case and/or axles and
should be replaced.
Sheet Metal Damage
If the vehicle is damaged and
requires sheet metal repair or
replacement, make sure the body
repair shop applies anti-corrosionmaterial to parts repaired or
replaced to restore corrosion
protection.
Original manufacturer replacement
parts will provide the corrosion
protection while maintaining the
vehicle warranty.
Finish Damage
Quickly repair minor chips and
scratches with touch-up materials
available from your dealer to avoid
corrosion. Larger areas of finish
damage can be corrected in your
dealer's body and paint shop.
Chemical Paint Spotting
Airborne pollutants can fall upon
and attack painted vehicle surfaces
causing blotchy, ring-shaped
discolorations, and small, irregular
dark spots etched into the paint
surface. See
“Finish Care”
previously in this section.
Interior Care
To prevent dirt particle abrasions,
regularly clean the vehicle's interior.
Immediately remove any soils.
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334 Service and Maintenance
Every Engine Oil Change
.Change engine oil and filter.
Reset oil life system. See
Engine Oil 0262 and Engine Oil
Life System 0264. An Emission
Control Service.
. Engine coolant level check. See
Engine Coolant 0268.
. Engine cooling system
inspection. Visual inspection of
hoses, pipes, fittings, and
clamps and replacement,
if needed.
. Windshield washer fluid level
check. See Washer Fluid 0272.
. Windshield wiper blade
inspection for wear, cracking,
or contamination and windshield
and wiper blade cleaning,
if contaminated. See Exterior
Care 0323. Worn or damaged
wiper blade replacement. See
Wiper Blade Replacement
0 278.
. Tire inflation pressures check.
See Tire Pressure 0293. .
Tire wear inspection. See Tire
Inspection 0299.
. Rotate tires if necessary. See
Tire Rotation 0299.
. Fluids visual leak check (or
every 12 months, whichever
occurs first). A leak in any
system must be repaired and the
fluid level checked.
. Engine air cleaner filter
inspection. See Engine Air
Cleaner/Filter 0266.
. Brake system inspection (or
every 12 months, whichever
occurs first). See Exterior Care
0 323.
. Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of wear
at least once a year. See
Exterior Care 0323.
Lubricate the steering and
suspension components at least
every other oil change.
(If equipped with grease fittings) .
Body hinges and latches, key
lock cylinders, rear compartment
hinges, outer tailgate handle
pivot points, and folding seat
hardware lubrication. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0338. More frequent
lubrication may be required
when the vehicle is exposed to a
corrosive environment. Applying
silicone grease on weatherstrips
with a clean cloth makes them
last longer, seal better, and not
stick or squeak.
. Restraint system component
check. See Safety System
Check 076.
. Fuel system inspection for
damage or leaks.
. Exhaust system and nearby heat
shields inspection for loose or
damaged components.
. Verify spare tire key lock
operation and lubricate as
needed. See Tire Changing
0 306.
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Index 351
Headlamps (cont'd)Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 137
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 138
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Heated and Cooled Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 294
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 193
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 219
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 48
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 148
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L
Lamps Cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 168
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 130
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Lamps (cont'd)
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 242
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 244
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 134
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Level Control
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 171
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 132
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Lights (cont'd)Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 135
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 136
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 128
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 135
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Locks (cont'd)
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 137
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 222
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 333 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 130
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Messages (cont'd)
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 147
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Object Detection System . . . . . 149
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 152
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Mirror Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Index 355
StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Steering System Messages . . . . . 153
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 109
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 346
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 44
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Tires (cont'd)
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 296
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 295
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 303
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 249
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 249
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 319
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 256
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220