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234 VEHICLE CARE
{Warning
Heater and radiator hoses, and
other engine parts, can be very hot.
Do not touch them. If you do, you
can be burned.
Do not run the engine if there is a
leak. If you run the engine, it could
lose all coolant. That could cause
an engine fire, and you could be
burned. Get any leak fixed before
you drive the vehicle.
Caution
Using coolant other than
DEX-COOL®can cause premature
engine, heater core, or radiator
corrosion. In addition, the engine
coolant could require changing
sooner. Any repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Always use DEX-COOL (silicate-free)
coolant in the vehicle.
Engine Coolant
The engine and Charged Air Coolant
(CAC) cooling systems in the vehicle
are filled with DEX-COOL
®engine
coolant mixture. See Recommended
Fluids and Lubricants 0295 and
Maintenance Schedule 0288.
The following explains the cooling
systems and how to check and add
coolant when it is low. If there is a
problem with engine overheating, see
Engine Overheating 0237.
What to Use
{Warning
Adding only plain water or some
other liquid to the cooling system
can be dangerous. Plain water and
other liquids, can boil before the
proper coolant mixture will. The
coolant warning system is set for
the proper coolant mixture. With
plain water or the wrong mixture,
the engine could get too hot but
you would not get the overheat
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
warning. The engine could catch
fire and you or others could be
burned. Use a 50/50 mixture of
clean, drinkable water and
DEX-COOL coolant.
Use a 50/50 mixture of clean,
drinkable water and DEX-COOL
coolant. If using this mixture, nothing
else needs to be added. This mixture:
. Gives freezing protection down to
−37 °C (−34 °F), outside
temperature.
. Gives boiling protection up to 129
°C (265 °F), engine temperature.
. Protects against rust and
corrosion.
. Will not damage aluminum parts.
. Helps keep the proper engine
temperature.
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306 INDEX
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CoolantEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 117
Engine Temperature WarningLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159, 163
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cover Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . 194
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . 2
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . 153
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear Seat Pass-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . 301
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 242
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . 201
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 171
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 122
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 220
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 248
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 251
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . 117
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . 136
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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INDEX 307
Engine (cont'd)Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Overheated Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 152
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . 157
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 231
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Fluid (cont'd)
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . . . . 208
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 126
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 248
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 251
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
G
GaugesEngine Coolant Temperature . . . . 117
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 287
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . 154
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Headlamps Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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Lights (cont'd)Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 152
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . . . . 123
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 123
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Locks (cont'd)
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 87
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . 120
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Battery Voltage and Charging . . . . 134
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Messages (cont'd)
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Object Detection System . . . . . . . . . 138
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . . 43
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42