2018 Ram ProMaster City Owner's Manual

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL
CONTENTS
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ...................72
▫ Instrument Cluster Descriptions .............72
 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY ............73
▫ Location And Controls ...................74
▫ Change Engine Oil — If Equipped ...........76
▫ Instrument Cluster Display Menu Items ........76
 TRIP COMPUTER .........................81
▫ Trip Button ............................81
▫ Trip Functions .........................82
▫ Values Displayed .......................82
 WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES ..........83▫
Red Warning Lights ......................83
▫ Yellow Warning Lights ....................87
▫ Yellow Indicator Lights ...................91
▫ Green Indicator Lights ....................91
▫ Blue Indicator Lights .....................92
 ONBOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM — OBD II ....92
▫ Onboard Diagnostic System (OBD II)
Cybersecurity ..........................92
 EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
PROGRAMS ............................934

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
Instrument Cluster Descriptions
1. Speedometer•Indicates vehicle speed. 2. Fuel Gauge
•The pointer shows the level of fuel in the fuel tank
when the ignition switch is in the ON/RUN position.
•
The fuel pump arrow symbol points to the side
of the vehicle where the fuel door is located.
Instrument Cluster
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3. Temperature Gauge•The temperature gauge shows engine coolant tem-
perature. Any reading within the normal range indi-
cates that the engine cooling system is operating
satisfactorily.
• The gauge pointer will likely indicate a higher tem-
perature when driving in hot weather or up mountain
grades. It should not be allowed to exceed the upper
limits of the normal operating range.
WARNING!
A hot engine cooling system is dangerous. You or
others could be badly burned by steam or boiling
coolant. You may want to call an authorized dealer for
service if your vehicle overheats. If you decide to look
under the hood yourself, see “Servicing And Mainte-
nance.” Follow the warnings under the Cooling System
Pressure Cap paragraph.
CAUTION!
Driving with a hot engine cooling system could dam-
age your vehicle. If the temperature gauge reads “H,”
(Continued)
CAUTION! (Continued)
pull over and stop the vehicle. Idle the vehicle with the
air conditioner turned off until the pointer drops back
into the normal range. If the pointer remains on the
“H,” turn the engine off immediately and call an
authorized dealer for service.
4. Tachometer •Indicates the engine speed in revolutions per minute
(RPM x 1000).
5. Instrument Cluster Display •When the appropriate conditions exist, this display
shows the instrument cluster display messages. Refer
to “Instrument Cluster Display” in “Getting To Know
Your Instrument Panel” for further information.
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY
Your vehicle may be equipped with an instrument cluster
display, which offers useful information to the driver. With
the ignition in the STOP/OFF mode, opening/closing of a
door will activate the display for viewing, and display the
total miles, or kilometers, in the odometer. Your instrument
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cluster display is designed to display important informa-
tion about your vehicle’s systems and features. Using a
driver interactive display located on the instrument panel,
your instrument cluster display can show you how sys-
tems are working and give you warnings when they are
not. The steering wheel mounted controls allow you to
scroll through the main menus and submenus. You can
access the specific information you want and make selec-
tions and adjustments.
Location And Controls
The instrument cluster display features a driver-interactive
display that is located in the instrument cluster.The menu items described below are an example of what
can be found in the vehicle’s menu:
•Dimmer
• Speed Beep
• Trip B
• Set Time
• Set Date
• Autoclose
• Units
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•Language
• Buzzer Volume
• Belt Buzzer
• Day Lights
The system allows the driver to select information by
pushing the following buttons mounted on the instrument
panel to the right of the steering column:
• MENU Button
Push and release the MENUbutton for a time longer than
one second to access/select the information screens or submenu screens of a main menu item. Push and hold the
MENU
button for two seconds to reset displayed/selected
features that can be reset.
• UP Arrow Button
Push and release the uparrow button to scroll upward
through the main menu and submenus.
• DOWN Arrow Button
Push and release the downarrow button to scroll down-
ward through the main menu and submenus.
NOTE: If equipped with a Uconnect system, some of the
menu items will be present in the radio head unit. Refer to
“Uconnect Settings” in “Multimedia” for further informa-
tion.
Dimmer:
With headlights on and without entering in the menu, push
the upordown arrow button to increase or decrease the
brightness of the instrument panel, graphics and command
buttons.
Selecting An Option Of The Main Menu With Submenu:
1. Briefly push and release the MENUbutton to display
the first submenu option.
Instrument Cluster Display Control Buttons
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2. Push and release theupordown arrow button (by
single pushes) to scroll through all the submenu options.
3. Briefly push and release the MENUbutton to select the
displayed submenu option and to open the relevant
setup menu.
4. Push and release the upordown arrow button (by
single pushes) to select the new setting for this submenu
option.
5. Briefly push and release the MENUbutton to store the
new setting and go back to the previously selected
submenu option.
6. Push and hold the MENUbutton to return to the main
menu (short hold) or the main screen (longer hold).
Change Engine Oil — If Equipped
Your vehicle may be equipped with an engine oil change
indicator system. The “Change Engine Oil” message will
display in the instrument cluster display. The engine oil
change indicator system is duty cycle based, which means
the engine oil change interval may fluctuate, dependent
upon your personal driving style.
Unless reset, this message will continue to display each
time you turn the ignition switch to the ON/RUN position. To turn off the message temporarily, push and release the
MENU
button. To reset the oil change indicator system
(after performing the scheduled maintenance), refer to the
following procedure.
1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON position (do not start the engine).
2. Fully push the accelerator pedal slowly, three times, within 10 seconds.
3. Turn the ignition switch to the OFF/LOCK position.
NOTE: If the indicator message illuminates when you
start the vehicle, the oil change indicator system did not
reset. If necessary, repeat this procedure.
Instrument Cluster Display Menu Items
Speed Beep
This function is used to set a speed limit (MPH or km/h);
the driver is alerted when this limit is exceeded.
To set the desired speed limit:
1. Push the MENUbutton briefly. The display will show
the wording (SPEED) and the unit (MPH) or (km/h)
previously set.
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2. If the function is on, push and release theupordown
arrow button to select the required speed limit and then
push MENU to confirm.
NOTE: The speed may be set in the range from 20 to 125
MPH (30 to 200 km/h) according to the previously chosen
unit.
The setting will increase/decrease by five units each time
the upordown arrow button is pushed. Hold down the up
or down arrow button to automatically increase/decrease
the setting rapidly. Complete the adjustment when you
approach the desired value.
Push the MENUbutton briefly to return to the menu
screen or hold the MENUbutton down to return to the
standard screen without storing.
To cancel the setting:
1. Briefly push the MENUbutton. “ON” will flash in the
display.
2. Push the downarrow button. “OFF” will flash in the
display.
3. Push the MENUbutton briefly to return to the menu
screen or hold the MENUbutton down to return to the
standard screen without storing.Trip B Data
This function can be used to activate (On) or deactivate
(Off) the Trip B display (Partial Trip).
Refer to Trip Computer in this section for further infor-
mation.
To switch the function On/Off:
1. Push the MENUbutton briefly. The display will flash
On or Off according to the previous setting.
2. Push and release the upordown arrow button to select.
Push the MENUbutton briefly to return to the menu
screen or hold the MENUbutton down to return to the
standard screen without storing.
Set Time
With this function, it is possible to set the time through two
submenus: TimeandMode.
To set the time:
1. Push the MENUbutton; the display will show the two
submenus “Time” and “Mode”.
2. Push and release the upordown arrow button to switch
between the two submenus.
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3. Select the required option and then pushMENU.
4. If selecting the “Time” submenu, briefly push MENU,
the “hours” will flash on the display.
5. Push and release the upordown arrow button to adjust.
6. Push the MENUbutton; the “minutes” will flash on the
display.
7. Push and release the upordown arrow button to adjust.
8. Push the MENUbutton briefly to return to the menu
screen or hold the MENUbutton down to return to the
standard screen without storing.
The setting will increase or decrease by one unit each time
the upordown arrow button is pushed. Hold down the
button to increase/decrease the setting rapidly and auto-
matically. Complete the adjustment when you approach
the desired value.
When you select “Mode”, pushing the MENUbutton
makes the mode flash on the display.
1. Push upordown arrow button to select 24hor12h. 2. When you have made the required settings, push the
MENU button briefly to go back to the submenu screen
or hold the button down to go back to the main menu
screen without saving.
3. Hold the MENUbutton down again to return to the
standard screen or to the main menu according to where
you are in the menu.
Set Date
With this function, it is possible to set the date.
To adjust the date:
1. Push the MENUbutton; the “year” will flash on the
display.
2. Push and release the upordown arrow button to adjust.
3. Push the MENUbutton; the “month” will flash on the
display.
4. Push and release the upordown arrow button to adjust.
5. Push the MENUbutton; the “day” will flash on the
display.
6. Push and release the upordown arrow button to adjust.
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