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SEATS AND RESTRAINTS 55
To adjust the seatback, seeReclining
Seatbacks 057.
To adjust the lumbar support, see
Lumbar Adjustment 056.
Some vehicles are equipped with a
Safety Alert Seat. This feature
activates a vibrating pulse alert in the
driver seat to help the driver avoid
crashes.
High Performance Seat
Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the vehicle
if you try to adjust a driver seat
while the vehicle is moving. Adjust
the driver seat only when the
vehicle is not moving.
High Performance Seat
1. Feature Select
2. Up
3. Rearward
4. Down
5. Forward
. Move Feature Select (1) to display
seat adjustments on the center
stack. Press and release or hold to
scroll through features.
. Press Up (2) to make upward
adjustments of the selected
feature.
. Press Rearward (3) to make
rearward adjustments of the
selected feature. .
Press Down (4) to make downward
adjustments of the selected
feature.
. Press Forward (5) to make forward
adjustments of the selected
feature.
Four-Way Lumbar Support
To adjust lumbar support for a base
seat, see Lumbar Adjustment 056.
To adjust lumbar support for high
performance seats, if equipped:
High Performance Seat
. Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to lumbar
support on the center stack.
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.Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3)
to adjust lumbar forward or
rearward.
. Press Up (2) or Down (4) to adjust
lumbar support up or down.
Cushion Bolster
To adjust cushion bolster, if equipped:
. Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to cushion
bolster on the center stack.
. Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3)
to adjust cushion bolster inward
or outward. Back Bolster
To adjust back bolster, if equipped:
.
Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to back bolster
on the center stack.
. Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3)
to adjust back bolster inward or
outward.
Lumbar Adjustment
Two-Way Lumbar and Bolster
Adjustment
Lumbar Adjustment
To adjust the two-way lumbar and
bolster support, if equipped:
. Press and hold the lumbar
adjustment control forward or
rearward to adjust lumbar support
inward or outward.
. Press and hold the recliner control
up or down to increase or decrease
seatback bolster support.
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Four-Way Lumbar and Bolster
Adjustment
Bolster Adjustment
To adjust the four-way lumbar and
bolster support, if equipped:
. Press and hold the lumbar
adjustment control forward or
rearward to adjust lumbar support
inward or outward and up or down
for vertical lumbar adjustment.
. Press and hold the recliner control
up or down to increase or decrease
seatback bolster support.
Thigh Support Adjustment
Base Seat
If equipped, pull up on the lever. Then
pull or push on the support to
lengthen or shorten. Release the lever
to lock in place.
Reclining Seatbacks
{Warning
Sitting in a reclined position when
the vehicle is in motion can be
dangerous. Even when buckled up,
the safety belts cannot do their job. (Continued)
Warning (Continued)
The shoulder belt will not be
against your body. Instead, it will be
in front of you. In a crash, you
could go into it, receiving neck or
other injuries.
The lap belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be
there, not at your pelvic bones. This
could cause serious internal
injuries.
For proper protection when the
vehicle is in motion, have the
seatback upright. Then sit well back
in the seat and wear the safety belt
properly.
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5. To make the lap part tight, pullup on the shoulder belt.
To unlatch the belt, push the button
on the buckle. The belt should return
to its stowed position.
Always stow the safety belt slowly.
If the safety belt webbing returns
quickly to the stowed position, the
retractor may lock and cannot be
pulled out. If this happens, pull the
safety belt straight out firmly to
unlock the webbing, and then release
it. If the webbing is still locked in the
retractor, see your dealer. Before a door is closed, be sure the
safety belt is out of the way. If a door
is slammed against a safety belt,
damage can occur to both the safety
belt and the vehicle.
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
The vehicle has a shoulder belt height
adjuster for the driver and right front
passenger seating positions.
Adjust the height so the shoulder
portion of the belt is on the shoulder
and not falling off of it. The belt
should be close to, but not contacting,
the neck. Improper shoulder belt
height adjustment could reduce the
effectiveness of the safety belt in a
crash. See
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly 065.
Press the release button and move the
height adjuster to the desired position.
The adjuster can be moved up by
pushing the slide/trim up. After the
adjuster is set to the desired position,
try to move it down without pushing
the release button to make sure it has
locked into position.
Automatic Safety Belt
Tightening System
The vehicle may have the Automatic
Safety Belt Tightening System.
Each time the vehicle is started with
the front safety belts buckled, the
system activates once to tighten the
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Tire Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transmission Messages . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle Reminder Messages . . . . . 148
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . 148
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . . . . 149
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment
To adjust the steering wheel:1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up or down.
3. Pull or push the steering wheel closer or away from you.
4. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place. Power Tilt and Telescoping Wheel
If equipped, the control is on the left
side of the steering column.
.
Push the control up or down to tilt
the steering wheel up or down.
. Push the control forward or
rearward to move the steering
wheel toward the front or rear of
the vehicle.
Do not adjust the steering wheel while
driving.
To set the power tilt wheel memory
position, see Memory Seats 058.
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IndexA
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . 248
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . 246
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Thigh Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 261
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172, 177
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . 75
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . 77
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . 75
What Will You See after anAirbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Passenger Status Indicator . . . . . . . 122
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Alert
Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . 239
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206, 272
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . 206 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . 235
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Auto Stop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Lights (cont'd)Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 159
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 126
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 89
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . 123
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Battery Voltage and Charging . . . . 138
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Object Detection System . . . . . . . . . 142
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Messages (cont'd)
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . . 45
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . 292
N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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O
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . 77
Performance Data
Recorder (PDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . . . . . . 200
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . 69
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . . . . 340
R
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rear Climate Control System . . . . . . 177
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . . . . . 64
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Rear Seats (cont'd)
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . 228
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . 313
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200