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208 Driving and Operating
after shifting from R (Reverse) to
D (Drive) and when the vehicle is
moving forward slower than 8 km/h
(5 mph), or when the Front Parking
Assist system detects an object
within 30 cm (12 in).
{Warning
The camera(s) do not display
children, pedestrians, bicyclists,
crossing traffic, animals, or any
other object outside of the
cameras’field of view, below the
bumper, or under the vehicle.
Shown distances may be different
from actual distances. Do not
drive or park the vehicle using
only these camera(s). Always
check behind and around the
vehicle before driving. Failure to
use proper care may result in
injury, death, or vehicle damage.
Parking Assist
With RPA, and if equipped with FPA,
as the vehicle moves at speeds of
less than 8 km/h (5 mph) the
sensors on the bumpers may detect objects up to 2.5 m (8 ft) behind and
1.2 m (4 ft) in front of the vehicle
within a zone 25 cm (10 in) high off
the ground and below bumper level.
These detection distances may be
shorter during warmer or humid
weather. Blocked sensors will not
detect objects and can also cause
false detections. Keep the sensors
clean of mud, dirt, snow, ice, and
slush; and clean sensors after a car
wash in freezing temperatures.
{Warning
The parking assist system does
not detect children, pedestrians,
bicyclists, animals, or objects
located below the bumper or that
are too close or too far from the
vehicle. It is not available at
speeds greater than 8 km/h
(5 mph). To prevent injury, death,
or vehicle damage, even with
parking assist, always check the
area around the vehicle and
check all mirrors before moving
forward or backing.
The instrument cluster may have a
parking assist display with bars that
show
“distance to object” and object
location information for RPA, and on
some vehicles, FPA. As the object
gets closer, more bars light up and
the bars change color from yellow to
amber to red.
When an object is first detected in
the rear, one beep will be heard
from the rear, or both sides of the
Safety Alert Seat will pulse two
times. When an object is very close
(<0.6 m (2 ft) in the vehicle rear,
or <0.3 m (1 ft) in the vehicle front),
five beeps will sound from the front
or rear depending on object
location, or both sides of the Safety
Alert Seat will pulse five times.
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Beeps for Front Parking Assist are
higher pitched than for Rear Parking
Assist.
Backing Warning and Rear
Automatic Braking
Vehicles with Adaptive Cruise
Control (ACC) have the Backing
Warning and Rear Automatic
Braking (RAB) system. The Backing
Warning part of this system can
warn of rear objects when backing
up at speeds greater than
8 km/h (5 mph).
The Backing Warning System will
beep once from the rear when an
object is first detected, or pulse
twice on both sides of the Safety
Alert Seat. When the system
detects a potential crash, beeps will
be heard from the rear, or five
pulses will be felt on both sides of
the Safety Alert Seat. There may
also be a brief, sharp application of
the brakes.{Warning
The Backing Warning System
only operates at speeds greater
than 8 km/h (5 mph). It does not
detect children, pedestrians,
bicyclists, animals, or objects
below the bumper or that are too
close or too far from the vehicle.
In some situations, such as at
higher backing speeds, there may
not be enough time for the short,
sharp application of the vehicle
brake system to occur. To prevent
injury, death, or vehicle damage,
even with the Backing Warning
System, always check the area
around the vehicle and check all
mirrors before backing.
When the vehicle is in R (Reverse)
and if it is backing too fast to avoid
a crash with a detected object
directly behind the vehicle, the Rear
Automatic Braking (RAB) system
may automatically brake hard to a
stop to help avoid or reduce the
harm caused by a backing crash.
{Warning
Rear Automatic Braking may not
avoid many types of backing
crashes. Do not wait for the
automatic braking to apply. This
system is not designed to replace
driver braking and only works in
R (Reverse) when an object is
detected directly behind the
vehicle. It may not brake or stop
in time to avoid a crash. It will not
brake for objects when the
vehicle is moving at very low
speeds. It does not detect
children, pedestrians, bicyclists,
animals, or objects below the
bumper or that are too close or
too far from the vehicle. To
prevent injury, death, or vehicle
damage, even with Rear
Automatic Braking, always check
the area around the vehicle
before and while backing.
Pressing the brake pedal after the
vehicle comes to a stop will release
the Rear Automatic Braking. If the
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HeadlampsAdaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 126
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 154
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 127
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 264
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 175
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 138
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 27
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
L
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 154
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Lamps (cont'd)
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . .119
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Light Adaptive Forward Lighting(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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LightingAdaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 157
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 121
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 124
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 125
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 154
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 123
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . .117
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Lights (cont'd)
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . 194
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 126
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 194
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 297 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 119 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 137
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Object Detection System . . . . . 139
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 141
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Messages (cont'd)Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Mirrors Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 180
O
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 236
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 80
Operating Mode
Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overheated Engine
Protection Operating Mode . . . . 244
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 249
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 185
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 206
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 74
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Power (cont'd)
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 184
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 67
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 308
R
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Rear AxleLimited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Rear Climate Control System . . . 166
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . 62
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . 46
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
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Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 284
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 79
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Ride Control Systems Limited Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 194
Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 307 Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 68
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 67
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 57
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 53
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 52
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 93, 95
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 303
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 304
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 215
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114