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Warning (Continued)
size combination and road
conditions. Follow that
manufacturer's instructions. To
avoid vehicle damage, drive slowly
and readjust or remove the traction
device if it contacts the vehicle. Do
not spin the wheels. If traction
devices are used, install them on
the rear tires.
If a Tire Goes Flat
It is unusual for a tire to blowout
while driving, especially if the tires are
maintained properly. If air goes out of
a tire, it is much more likely to leak
out slowly. But if there ever is a
blowout, here are a few tips about
what to expect and what to do:
If a front tire fails, the flat tire creates
a drag that pulls the vehicle toward
that side. Take your foot off the
accelerator pedal and grip the steering
wheel firmly. Steer to maintain lane
position, and then gently brake to a
stop, well off the road, if possible.A rear blowout, particularly on a
curve, acts much like a skid and may
require the same correction as used in
a skid. Stop pressing the accelerator
pedal and steer to straighten the
vehicle. It may be very bumpy and
noisy. Gently brake to a stop, well off
the road, if possible.
{Warning
Driving on a flat tire will cause
permanent damage to the tire.
Re-inflating a tire after it has been
driven on while severely
underinflated or flat may cause a
blowout and a serious crash. Never
attempt to re-inflate a tire that has
been driven on while severely
underinflated or flat. Have your
dealer or an authorized tire service
center repair or replace the flat tire
as soon as possible.
{Warning
Lifting a vehicle and getting under
it to do maintenance or repairs is
dangerous without the appropriate
safety equipment and training. If a
jack is provided with the vehicle, it
is designed only for changing a flat
tire. If it is used for anything else,
you or others could be badly injured
or killed if the vehicle slips off the
jack. If a jack is provided with the
vehicle, only use it for changing a
flat tire.
If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire
and wheel damage by driving slowly
to a level place, well off the road,
if possible. Turn on the hazard
warning flashers. See Hazard Warning
Flashers 0168.
{Warning
Changing a tire can be dangerous.
The vehicle can slip off the jack and
roll over or fall causing injury or
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7. Make sure the tire is storedsecurely. Push, pull, and then try
to turn the tire. If the tire moves,
use the wheel wrench to tighten
the cable.
8. Reinstall the spare tire lock.
9. Reinstall the hoist shaft access cover.
If equipped, reinstall the hitch
cover and turn the retainers
clockwise.
To store the tools: 1. Return the tools (wheel wrench, jack handle, and jack handle
extensions) to the tool bag. 2. Assemble the wheel blocks and
jack together with the wing nut.
3. Position the jack and wheel blocks in the driver side trim
panel over the wheelhouse.
4. Turn the jack knob clockwise until the jack is secured tight in
the mounting bracket. Be sure to
position the holes in the base of
the jack onto the pin in the
mounting bracket.
5. Use the retaining bracket to fasten the tool bag on the stud
and turn the wing nut clockwise
to secure.
6. Close the trim panel door.
Full-Size Spare Tire
If this vehicle came with a full-size
spare tire, it was fully inflated when
new, however, it can lose air over
time. Check the inflation pressure
regularly. See Tire Pressure0291 and
Vehicle Load Limits 0192. For
instructions on how to remove, install,
or store a spare tire, see Tire
Changing 0303.
Caution
If the vehicle has four-wheel drive
and a different size spare tire is
installed, do not drive in four-wheel
drive until the flat tire is repaired
and/or replaced. The vehicle could
be damaged and the repairs would
not be covered by the warranty.
Never use four-wheel drive when a
different size spare tire is installed
on the vehicle.
The vehicle may have a different size
spare tire than the road tires originally
installed on the vehicle. This spare tire
was developed for use on this vehicle,
so it is all right to drive on it. If the
vehicle has four-wheel drive and a
different size spare tire is installed,
drive only in two-wheel drive.
After installing the spare tire on the
vehicle, stop as soon as possible and
check that the spare tire is correctly
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Have the damaged or flat road tire
repaired or replaced and installed
back onto the vehicle as soon as
possible so the spare tire will be
available in case it is needed again.
Do not mix tires and wheels of
different sizes, because they will not
fit. Keep your spare tire and its wheel
together. If the vehicle has a spare tire
that does not match the original road
tires and wheels in size and type, do
not include the spare in the tire
rotation.Jump Starting
For more information about the
vehicle battery, seeBattery0271.
If the vehicle's battery (or batteries)
has run down, you may want to use
another vehicle and some jumper
cables to start your vehicle. Be sure to
use the following steps to do it safely.
{Warning
Batteries can hurt you. They can be
dangerous because: . They contain acid that can
burn you.
. They contain gas that can
explode or ignite.
. They contain enough
electricity to burn you.
If you do not follow these steps
exactly, some or all of these things
can hurt you.
Caution
Ignoring these steps could result in
costly damage to the vehicle that
would not be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Trying to start the vehicle
by pushing or pulling it will not
work, and it could damage the
vehicle.
1. Check the other vehicle. It must have a 12-volt battery with a
negative ground system.
Caution
If the other vehicle does not have a
12-volt system with a negative
ground, both vehicles can be
damaged. Only use a vehicle that
has a 12-volt system with a
negative ground for jump starting.
2. If the vehicle is equipped with dual batteries, using the battery
that is closer to the starter will
reduce electrical resistance. This

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INDEX 347
Engine (cont'd)Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 166
F
Fan Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 261 Fluid (cont'd)
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . . . . 237
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209, 272
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Front Seats Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 137
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 286
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
G
Garage Door OpenerProgramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Gauges
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . 127
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 328
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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ShiftingInto Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 238
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 168
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 334
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 340
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . 151
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Steering System Messages . . . . . . . . . 151
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Storage Areas (cont'd)
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . 234
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 343
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Tires (cont'd)
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291, 292
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 294
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 293
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

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Towing (cont'd)Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . 252
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 168
U
Universal Remote System
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
V
VehicleAlarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 339
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . 300
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . 298
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . 95
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Winter Driving Mode Light . . . . . . . . 134
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 274
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121