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Vehicle Care 221
Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 222
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 228
Automatic Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 229
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 235
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . 236
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 240 Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Park Brake and P (Park) Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 241
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 248
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . 249
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 250
Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tire Pressure for High-SpeedOperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Different Size Tires and Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tire Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tire Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . 278
Jump Starting
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
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Vehicle Care 249
Replacement Bulbs
Exterior LampBulb
Number
Daytime Running
Lamp (If Equipped) W21/
5W ULL
Headlamp
High-Beam (Base) 9005
Headlamp
Low-Beam (Base) H11 LL
License Plate Lamp W5WLL
Turn Signal Front WY21W
Turn Signal Rear WY21W
For replacement bulbs not listed
here, contact your dealer.
Electrical System
Electrical System
Overload
The vehicle has fuses and circuit
breakers to protect against an
electrical system overload.
When the current electrical load is
too heavy, the circuit breaker opens
and closes, protecting the circuit
until the current load returns to
normal or the problem is fixed. This
greatly reduces the chance of circuit
overload and fire caused by
electrical problems.
Fuses and circuit breakers protect
power devices in the vehicle.
Replace a bad fuse with a new one
of the identical size and rating.
If there is a problem on the road and
a fuse needs to be replaced, the
same amperage fuse can be
borrowed. Choose some feature of
the vehicle that is not needed to use
and replace it as soon as possible.
Headlamp Wiring
An electrical overload may cause
the lamps to go on and off, or in
some cases to remain off. Have the
headlamp wiring checked right away
if the lamps go on and off or
remain off.
Windshield Wipers
If the wiper motor overheats due to
heavy snow or ice, the windshield
wipers will stop until the motor cools
and will then restart.
Although the circuit is protected
from electrical overload, overload
due to heavy snow or ice may
cause wiper linkage damage.
Always clear ice and heavy snow
from the windshield before using the
windshield wipers.
If the overload is caused by an
electrical problem and not snow or
ice, be sure to get it fixed.
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Service and Maintenance 297
At your dealer, you can be certain
that you will receive the highest
level of service available. Your
dealer has specially trained service
technicians, uses genuine
replacement parts, as well as,
up-to-date tools and equipment to
ensure fast and accurate
diagnostics.
The proper replacement parts,
fluids, and lubricants to use are
listed inRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0301 andMaintenance
Replacement Parts 0302. We
recommend the use of genuine
parts from your dealer.
Rotation of New Tires
Tire rotation is not recommended if
the vehicle has different size tires
on the front and rear wheels. If tire
rotation is recommended for the
vehicle, to maintain ride, handling,
and performance of the vehicle, it is
important that the first rotation
service for new tires be performed.
Tires should be rotated every
service. See Tire Rotation 0266.Maintenance
Schedule
When the Change Engine Oil
Soon Message Displays
Change engine oil and filter. See
Engine Oil 0225. An Emission
Control Service.
When the CHANGE ENGINE OIL
SOON message displays, service is
required for the vehicle as soon as
possible, within the next 1 000 km/
600 miles. If driving under the best
conditions, the engine oil life system
may not indicate the need for
vehicle service for up to a year. The
engine oil and filter must be
changed at least once a year and
the oil life system must be reset.
Your dealer has trained service
technicians who will perform this
work and reset the system. If the
engine oil life system is reset
accidentally, service the vehicle
within 5 000 km/3,000 miles since
the last service. Reset the oil life
system whenever the oil is changed.
See Engine Oil Life System 0228.
Every Engine Oil Change
.
Change engine oil and filter.
Reset oil life system. See
Engine Oil 0225 and Engine Oil
Life System 0228. An Emission
Control Service.
. Engine coolant level check. See
Engine Coolant 0231.
. Engine cooling system
inspection. Visual inspection of
hoses, pipes, fittings, and
clamps and replacement,
if needed.
. Windshield washer fluid level
check. See Washer Fluid 0237.
. Windshield wiper blade
inspection for wear, cracking,
or contamination and windshield
and wiper blade cleaning,
if contaminated. See Exterior
Care 0287. Worn or damaged
wiper blade replacement. See
Wiper Blade Replacement
0 241.
. Tire inflation pressures check.
See Tire Pressure 0260.
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318 Index
TowingDriving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 212
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 212
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 284
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 219
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 187
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 188
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 219
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Twilight Sentinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 304
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 135
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 118
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 208
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Washer, Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 269
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 78
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 241
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104