Cleaning the outside of your vehicle Vehicle care and maintenance 9-41
9
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Wax your vehicle once or twice a year, or when water does not
bead up on the paint.
Use a soft cloth to put a small amount of waxon the painted surfaces. After the wax has dried, polish with a dry soft cloth. Do not wax your vehicle
in direct sunlight.
You should wax when the painted surfaces are cool.
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If painted surfaces have
been severely dam-
aged and lost their original luster and colortone, polish the surface
lightly with a fine
polishing compound. Avoid limiting your polishing to the damage
d surface only; polish
a somewhat wider area, moving the polishing cloth in one direction.
After polishing, flush
the compound from the surface and apply acoat of wax to regain a beautiful luster.
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Small cracks and scratches in the paint coatshould be touched up as soon as possible with touch-up paint to prevent corrosion. Check body areas facing the road or the tirescarefully for damage to the paint caused by flying stones, etc. The paint code number for your vehicle can be found on the vehicle
information code plate located on the front passenger door sill.
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Use a sponge or chamois to clean these parts.If the vehicle wax sticks to a gray or blackrough surface of the bumper, molding or lights, the surface may appear white in color. In this case, wipe it
off using lukewarm water
and a soft cloth or chamois.
Waxing
CAUTION Waxes containing high abrasive compounds should not be used. These waxes remove rust and stain effectively from the paintwork, butare harmful to the finish of the paint, because they also remove paint/clearcoat. They are also harmful to other glossy sur-faces such as the grille, trim, moldings, etc. Do not use gasoline, benzine, kerosene or paint thinners to remove road tar or other dirt from the vehicle surface. Do not put wax on the areas having black matte coating because
it can cause uneven
discoloration, patches, bl
urs, etc. If these get
wax on them, wipe the wax off right away with a soft clot
h and warm water.
On vehicles with sunr
oof, be careful not to
apply any wax on the
weatherstrip (black
rubber) when waxing the area around thesunroof opening. If stained with wax,
the weatherstrip cannot
maintain a weatherproof seal with the sun-roof.
Polishing Damaged paint
CAUTION
Cleaning plastic parts
CAUTION Do not use a scrubbing brush or other rough scrubber as these may
damage the plastic
surface. Do not use wax containing compounds (pol- ishing powder) which
may damage the plas-
tic surface. Do not let plastic parts
get soiled with gaso-
line, oil, brake fluids, engine oils, greases, paint thinner, and sulfuric acid (battery elec-trolyte), as such substa
nces will cause stains,
cracks, or discoloration. If any of these get on a plastic part, wipethem up with a soft cloth or chamois and a mild solution of soap and water. Then rinse them immediately with water.
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Cleaning the outside of your vehicle 9-42 Vehicle care and maintenance
9
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To prevent spots and corrosion of chrome parts, wash with water, dry thoroughly, and apply a nonabrasive automotive wax. If thechrome is severely da
maged or pitted, use a
commercially available chrome polish.
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1. Remove dirt using a wet sponge. 2. Use a mild detergent on any dirt that can-not be removed ea
sily with water.
Rinse off the detergent after washing the wheel.3. Dry the wheel thoroughly using a chamois leather or a soft cloth.
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The window glass can
usually be cleaned
using only a sponge and
water. Glass cleaner
can be used to remove wax, oil, grease, deadinsects, etc. After washing the glass, wipe it dry with a clean, dry, soft cloth.
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Use a soft cloth and gl
ass cleaner to remove
grease, dead insects, etc., from the wiperblades. Replace the wiper blades when they no longer clean the windshield and rear window prop-erly.
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Clean the inside of the sunroof with a soft cloth. Hard deposits
should be wiped away
with a cloth dipped in
warm, neutral deter-
gent solution. Wipe away the solution with a sponge dipped in fresh water.
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Never spray or splash
water on the electrical
accessories in the engine compartment. This puts the engine at risk of being damaged.Do not bring the circum
ferential parts, the
plastic parts and so on
into contact with sulfu-
ric acid (battery electrolyte) which maycrack, stain or discolor them. If they are in contact, wipe off with soft cloth, chamois or the like and an aqueous solutionof neutral detergent th
en immediately rinse
the affected parts with plenty of water.
Chrome parts Aluminum wheels
(if so equipped)
CAUTION Do not use a brush or other hard implement on the wheels. Do not use any cleaner th
at contains an abra-
sive substance or is ac
idic or alkaline. Doing
so could cause the coating on the wheels to peel or become disc
olored or stained.
Do not directly apply
hot water using a steam
cleaner or by any other means. Contact with seawater or road salt used for de-icing can cause corro
sion. Rinse off such
substances as s
oon as possible.
Window glass Wiper blades Cleaning the sunroof (if so equipped)
NOTE
The surface treatment on the inside of the glass may be removed
if a hard cloth or
organic solvent is used.
Engine compartment
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Alphabetical index
12-5
12
Snow tires
..........................................
9-21
Spark plugs
........................................
9-23
Starting the engine
.....................
5-24
, 5-62
Steering
Steering wheel height
and reach adjustment
5-54 Wheel lock
............................
5-23
, 5-62
Stop lights
Bulb capacity
.................................
9-30
Replacement
..................................
9-35
Storage spaces
..................................
5-228
Sun visors
........................................
5-218
Sunglasses holder
.............................
5-231
Sunroof
..............................................
5-51
Super-all wheel control (S-AWC)
S-AWC drive mode display
.............
5-83
S-AWC drive mode-selector
............
5-83
S-AWC operation display
................
5-84
Supplemental Re
straint System
............
4-33
How the Supplemental Restraint System works
..........................................
4-36
Maintenance service
........................
4-49
T
Tail light
Bulb capacity
.................................
9-30
Replacement
..................................
9-35
Tank capacity
.....................................
11-7
Theft-alarm system
.............................
5-45
Time Setting
......................................
7-47
Timing belt
........................................
9-24
Tire
...................................................
9-15
Inflation pressure
............................
9-18
Maintenance
..................................
9-19
Quality grading
..............................
10-2
Replacing tires and wheels
..............
9-19
Rotation
........................................
9-20
Size (tire and wheel)
.......................
11-7
Snow tires
.....................................
9-21
Tire and loading information placard 11-3 Tire chains
.....................................
9-21
To change a tire
................................
8-6
Tread wear indicator
.......................
9-20
Tire pressure monitoring system
.........
5-119
Tools
...................................................
8-6
Storage
............................................
8-5
Towing
..............................................
8-14
Trailer towing
....................................
6-11
Transfer oil
................................
9-12
, 11-7
Turn signal light
Indicators
.....................................
5-172
Lever
...........................................
5-183
U
USB input terminal
............................
5-215
How to connect a USB memory device
....
5-215
How to connect an iPod
.................
5-216
V
Vanity mirror
....................................
5-218
Vanity mirror lights
Bulb capacity
.................................
9-32
Vehicle care precautions
......................
9-38
Vehicle dimensions
.............................
11-4
Vehicle labeling
..................................
11-2
Vehicle preparation before driving
..........
6-4
Vehicle weights
..................................
11-5
Vents
...................................................
7-2
W
Warning lights
..................................
5-173
Washer
Fluid
.....................................
9-12
, 11-7
Rear window washer
.....................
5-189
Switch
.........................................
5-188
Washing
.............................................
9-40
Waxing
..............................................
9-41
Weights
.............................................
11-5
Wheel
Covers
...........................................
8-13
Specification
..................................
11-7
Wiper
Rear window wiper
.......................
5-189
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