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Keys, Doors, and Windows 47
{Warning
The Rear Camera Mirror (RCM)
has a limited view. Portions of the
road, vehicles, and other objects
may not be seen. Do not drive or
park the vehicle using only this
camera. Objects may appear
closer than they are. Check the
outside mirrors or glance over
your shoulder when making lane
changes or merging. Failure to
use proper care may result in
injury, death, or vehicle damage.
The camera that provides the RCM
image is above the license plate,
next to the Rear Vision
Camera (RVC).
Troubleshooting
If the tab is in the rearward position
and a blue screen and
dare
displayed in the mirror and the
display shuts off, see your dealer for
service.
The RCM may not work properly or
display a clear image if:
. There is glare from the sun or
headlamps. This may obstruct
objects from view. .
Dirt, snow, or other debris blocks
the camera lens. Clean the lens
with a soft damp cloth.
. The back of the vehicle has
been damaged and the position
and mounting angle of the
camera has changed.
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Instruments and Controls 153
Compensation Technology”under
“Infotainment System Settings” in
the infotainment manual.
Select Off or On.
Maximum Start Up Volume
This feature sets the maximum
startup volume. If the vehicle is
started and the volume is greater
than this level, the volume is
adjusted to this level.
To set the maximum startup volume,
touch + or −to increase or
decrease.
Vehicle
Select and the following may
display:
. Climate and Air Quality
. Collision/Detection Systems
. Comfort and Convenience
. Lighting
. Power Door Locks
. Remote Lock, Unlock, Start Climate and Air Quality
Select and the following may
display:
.
Auto Fan Speed
. Auto Cooled Seats
. Auto Heated Seats
. Auto Defog
. Auto Rear Defog
Auto Fan Speed
This feature will set the auto fan
speed.
Select Low, Medium, or High.
Auto Cooled Seats
When enabled, this feature will
automatically activate ventilated
seats at the level required by the
interior temperature. See Heated
and Ventilated Front Seats 059.
Select Off or On. Auto Heated Seats
When enabled, this feature will
automatically activate heated seats
at the level required by the interior
temperature. See
Heated and
Ventilated Front Seats 059.
Select Off or On.
Auto Defog
When set to On, the front defog will
automatically react to temperature
and humidity conditions that may
cause fogging.
Select Off or On.
Auto Rear Defog
If equipped, this allows the Auto
Rear Defog to be turned on or off.
This feature will automatically turn
on the rear window defogger when it
is cold outside.
Select Off or On.
Collision/Detection Systems
Select the Collision/Detection
Systems menu and the following
may be displayed if equipped:
. Alert Type
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Easy Exit Options
This feature automatically recalls
the current driver’s previously stored
Exit button position when exiting the
vehicle. See Memory Seats 057.
Select Off or On.
Chime Volume
This allows the selection of the
chime volume level.
Touch + or −to adjust the volume.
Reverse Tilt Mirror
When on, both the driver and
passenger outside mirrors will tilt
downward when the vehicle is
shifted to R (Reverse) to improve
visibility of the ground near the rear
wheels. They will return to their
previous driving position when the
vehicle is shifted out of R (Reverse)
or the engine is turned off. See
Reverse Tilt Mirrors 045.
Select Off, On - Driver and
Passenger, On - Driver, or On -
Passenger. Auto Mirror Folding
When on, the outside rearview
mirrors will automatically fold or
unfold when the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter
QorK
button is pressed and held. See
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation
026.
Select Off or On.
Rainsense Wipers
When on, the normal intermittent
wiper control becomes a Rainsense
sensitivity control. See “Rainsense”
in Windshield Wiper/Washer 0110.
Select Off or On.
Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear
When on and the front wiper is on,
the rear wiper will automatically
activate when the vehicle is shifted
to R (Reverse).
Select Off or On.
Lighting
Select and the following may
display:
. Vehicle Locator Lights .
Exit Lighting
Vehicle Locator Lights
This feature will flash the exterior
lamps and allows some of the
exterior lamps and most of the
interior lamps to turn on briefly
when
Kon the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter is pressed
to locate the vehicle.
Select Off or On.
Exit Lighting
This allows the selection of how
long the exterior lamps stay on
when leaving the vehicle when it is
dark outside.
Select Off, 30 Seconds, 60
Seconds, or 120 Seconds.
Power Door Locks
Select and the following may
display:
. Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout
. Auto Door Unlock
. Delayed Door Lock
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Lighting 165
.The other vehicle's lamps are
covered with dirt, snow, and/or
road spray.
. The other vehicle's lamps cannot
be detected due to dense
exhaust, smoke, fog, snow, road
spray, mist, or other airborne
obstructions.
. The vehicle's windshield is dirty,
cracked, or obstructed by
something that blocks the view
of the light sensor.
. The vehicle is loaded such that
the front end points upward,
causing the light sensor to aim
high and not detect headlamps
and taillamps.
. Driving on winding or hilly roads.
The automatic high-beam
headlamps may need to be disabled
if any of the above conditions exist.
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder
A warning chime sounds if the driver
door is opened while the ignition is
off and the exterior lamps are on.
Headlamp High/
Low-Beam Changer
3
: Push the turn signal lever away
from you and release, to turn the
high beams on. To return to low
beams, push the lever again or pull
it toward you and release.
This indicator light turns on in the
instrument cluster when the
high-beam headlamps are on.
Flash-to-Pass
To flash the high beams, pull the
turn signal lever toward you, and
release.
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL)
DRL can make it easier for others to
see the front of your vehicle during
the day. The dedicated DRL will come on
when all of the following conditions
are met:
.
The ignition is on.
. The exterior lamp control is
in AUTO.
. The light sensor determines it is
daytime.
When the DRL are on, the taillamps
and other lamps will not be on.
The DRL turn off when the
headlamps are turned to
Oor the
ignition is off.
Automatic Headlamp
System
When the exterior lamp control is
set to AUTO and it is dark enough
outside, the headlamps come on
automatically.
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Automatic (cont'd)Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Voltage and Charging
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 266
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 129
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 230
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 191
Bulb Replacement Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 269
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 270
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
C
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Management System . . . . . . . . . 104
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 102
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 126 Check
Malfunction Indicator
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 85
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 97
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 117, 119
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Control Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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332 Index
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CoolantEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 123
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 212
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 329
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 328
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 327
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 202, 266
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 219
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 226
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 24
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 185
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 186
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 204
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 129
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 271
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 252
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Cooling System Messages . . . 142
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
LightingEntry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 167
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 129
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 129
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 133
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 165
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 125
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Lights (cont'd)
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 132
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 133
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 316
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 127
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 142
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Object Detection System . . . . . 145
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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MirrorsAutomatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 46
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 191
O
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Oil (cont'd)
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 255
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 122
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 83
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 266
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 196
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 220
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 77
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 131 Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 195
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 70
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 328
R
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear Climate Control System . . . 176
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 220
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 112
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322