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In Brief 71. Air Vents 0 132 .
2. Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer 0 121 .
Turn Signal Lever. See Turn
and Lane-Change Signals
0 123 .
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Buttons. See Driver Information
Center (DIC) 0 110 .
3. Cruise Control 0 159 .
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System 0 164 (If Equipped).
4. Instrument Cluster 0 98 .
5. Driver Information Center (DIC)
0 110 .
6. Steering Wheel Controls 0 94 .
7. Windshield Wiper/Washer 0 94 .
8. Central Locking Switch. See
Power Door Locks 0 28 .
Hazard Warning Flashers
0 123 .
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator 0 101 . 9. AM-FM Radio. See the
infotainment manual.
10. Anti-Theft Alarm System
Indicator Light. See Vehicle
Alarm System 0 31 .
11. Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0 157 .
Lane Departure Warning
(LDW) 0 166 .
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing 0 162 .
12. Dual Automatic Climate Control
System 0 129 .
Heated Front Seats 0 50 (If
Equipped).
Heated Steering Wheel 0 94 (If
Equipped).
13. USB Port. See the infotainment
manual.
Input Jack. See the
infotainment manual.
14. Convertible Top 0 37 .
All Window Switch. See Power
Windows 0 35 .
15. Electric Parking Brake 0 155 . 16. Shift Lever. See Automatic
Transmission 0 151 .
17. Power Outlets 0 96 .
18. Ignition Switch. See Ignition
Positions 0 145 .
19. Horn 0 94 .
20. Steering Wheel Adjustment
0 94 (Out of View).
21. Instrument Panel Storage 0 90 .
Instrument Panel Fuse Block
0 205 .
22. Hood Release. See Hood
0 176 .
23. Exterior Lamp Controls 0 120 .
Fog Lamps 0 124 (If
Equipped).
Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0 124 .
24. Data Link Connector (DLC)
(Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0 102 .
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In Brief 15
; : Turns on the parking lamps
including all lamps, except the
headlamps.
5 : Turns on the headlamps
together with the parking lamps and
instrument panel lights. A warning
chime sounds if the driver door is
opened when the ignition is off and
the headlamps are on.
# : If equipped with fog lamps,
press to turn the lamps on or off.
See:
.
Exterior Lamp Controls 0 120
.
Fog Lamps 0 124
Windshield Wiper/Washer
With the ignition on or in ACC/
ACCESSORY move the lever to
select the wiper speed. HI : Use for fast wipes.
LO : Use for slow wipes.
INT : Move the lever up to INT, then
turn the
x INT band up or down
for more or less sensitivity to
moisture.
OFF : Use to turn the wipers off.
1X : For a single wipe, briefly move
the lever down. For several wipes,
hold the lever down.
n L : Pull the lever toward you to
spray windshield washer fluid and
activate the wipers.
See Windshield Wiper/Washer 0 94 .
Climate Controls The heating, cooling, defrosting, and
ventilation for the vehicle can be
controlled with this system. 1. Driver and Passenger Heated
Seats (If Equipped)
2. Driver and Passenger
Temperature Controls
3. AUTO (Automatic Operation)
4. Air Delivery Modes
5. Fan Controls
6. Defrost
7. Rear Window Defogger
8. Recirculation
9. Heated Steering Wheel (If
Equipped)
10. Air Conditioning
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Instruments and Controls 93
Instruments and
Controls Controls Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 94
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 94
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . 94
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 94
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Engine Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 100
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 101 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 102
Malfunction Indicator Lamp
(Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 102
Brake System Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Electric Parking Brake
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Service Electric Parking Brake
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Antilock Brake System (ABS)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . 105
Power Steering Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lane Departure Warning
(LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 106
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 106
Traction Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 107
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 108
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adaptive Forward Lighting
(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 109 Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 109
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 109
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Information Displays Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Vehicle Messages Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 113
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 114
Vehicle Personalization Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 114
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Instruments and Controls 109
High-Beam On Light The high ‐ beam on light comes on
when the high-beam headlamps are
in use.
See Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer 0 121 for more information.
Adaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) Light
This light should come on briefly as
the vehicle is started. If it does not
come on, have the vehicle serviced
by your dealer. This light comes on solid when
there is a problem with the AFL
system. It flashes when the system
is switching between lighting
modes. See Adaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) 0 122 .
Front Fog Lamp Light
If equipped, this light comes on
when the fog lamps are on.
The light goes out when the fog
lamps are turned off. See Fog
Lamps 0 124 . Lamps On Reminder This light comes on when the
exterior lamps are in use. See
Exterior Lamp Controls 0 120 .
Cruise Control Light
For vehicles with cruise control, the
cruise control light is white when the
cruise control is on and ready, and
turns green when the cruise control
is set and active.
The light turns off when the cruise
control is turned off. See Cruise
Control 0 159 .
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Instruments and Controls 117Symbols
See Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing 0 162 .
Select to enable or disable.
Guide Lines
See Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing 0 162 .
Select to enable or disable.
Display Off
Select to turn the display off. The
display will return when any controls
on the radio center stack are
pressed or the infotainment screen
is touched.
Map Settings
See “ Map Settings ” in the
infotainment manual.
Vehicle Settings
Select and the following may
display:
.
Climate and Air Quality
.
Comfort and Convenience
.
Collision Detection Systems .
Lighting
.
Power Door Locks
.
Remote Lock/Unlock/Start
.
Return to Factory Settings?
Climate and Air Quality Select and the following may
display:
.
Auto Fan Speed
.
Remote Start Auto Heat Seat
.
Auto Rear Defog
Auto Fan Speed
Choose the blower speed setting.
Select High, Medium, or Low.
Remote Start Auto Heat Seat
When on, this feature will turn the
heated seats on when using remote
start on cold days.
Select to enable or disable.
Auto Rear Defog
When on, this feature turns on the
rear window defogger at vehicle
start when the interior temperature
is cold and fog is likely. The auto rear defog function can be disabled
by selecting
1 . When off, the
feature can be turned on by
selecting
1 . See “ Rear Window
Defogger ” under Dual Automatic
Climate Control System 0 129 .
Select to enable or disable.
Comfort and Convenience Select and the following may
display:
.
Chime Volume
.
Button Chime
Chime Volume
This allows the selection of the
chime volume level.
Select Low or High.
Button Chime
This allows the Button Chime
feature to be turned on or off.
Select to enable or disable.
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120 Lighting
Lighting Exterior Lighting Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . 120
Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Automatic Headlamp
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Headlamp Leveling Control . . . 123
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 123
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Interior Lighting Instrument Panel Illumination
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Battery Load Management . . . 126
Battery Power Protection . . . . . 126
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exterior Lighting Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is to the
left of the steering column on the
instrument panel.
There are four positions:
O : Turns the exterior lamps off and
deactivates the AUTO mode. Turn
to
O again to reactivate the
AUTO mode.
In Canada, the headlamps will
automatically reactivate when the
vehicle is shifted out of P (Park).
AUTO : Turns the headlamps on
automatically at normal brightness,
together with the parking lamps,
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Lighting 121taillamps, license plate lamps,
instrument panel lights, and
sidemarker lamps.
; : Turns on the parking lamps
including all lamps, except the
headlamps.
5 : Turns on the headlamps
together with the parking lamps and
instrument panel lights. A warning
chime sounds if the driver door is
opened when the ignition is off and
the headlamps are on.
# : If equipped, press to turn the
fog lamps on or off. See Fog Lamps
0 124 .
When the lights are on,
; will be
lit. See Lamps On Reminder 0 109 .
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 all the way toward
you. Then release it. Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) DRL can make it easier for others to
see the front of your vehicle during
the day. Fully functional DRL are
required on all vehicles first sold in
Canada.
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 vehicle is not in P (Park).
The headlamps automatically
change from DRL to the regular
headlamps depending on the
darkness of the surroundings and
information provided by the rain
sensor. The other lamps that come
on with the headlamps will also
come on.
When it is bright enough outside,
the headlamps go off and the DRL
come on.
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124 Lighting burned out bulbs. If a bulb is not
burned out, check the fuse. See
Fuses and Circuit Breakers 0 202 .
Fog Lamps
If equipped, the front fog lamp
button is on the exterior lamp
control to the left of the steering
column. The ignition must be on to turn on
the fog lamps.
# : Press to turn the fog lamps on
or off. An indicator light on the
instrument cluster comes on when
the fog lamps are on.
The fog lamps come on together
with the parking lamps.
Some localities have laws that
require the headlamps to be on
along with the fog lamps.
Interior Lighting Instrument Panel
Illumination Control
This feature controls the brightness
of the instrument panel controls and
infotainment display screen. The
thumbwheel is to the left of the
steering column on the instrument
panel.
D : Move the thumbwheel up or
down and hold, to brighten or dim
the instrument panel controls and
infotainment display screen.