
Maintenance
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Tread wear
The tread wear grade is a compara-
tive rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified govern-
ment test course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate. Tires degrade over time, even when
they are not being used. Regardless
of the remaining tread, we recom-
mend that tires be replaced after
approximately six (6) years of normal
service. Heat caused by hot climates
or frequent high loading conditions
can accelerate the aging process.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicles
may vary with respect to grade.
Traction - AA, A, B & C
The traction grades, from highest to
lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those
grades represent the tires ability to
stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on spec-
ified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire marked
C may have poor traction perform-
ance.
The traction grade assigned to this
tire is based on straight-ahead brak-
ing traction tests, and does not
include acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction char-
acteristics.

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Index
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-51Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57
Inner panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Head Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Head up display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Head up display on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Head up display setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-37 Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
If the engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
If the engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 If engine doesn't turn over or turns over slowly . . . . 6-4
If engine turns over normally but does not start . . . . 6-4 If you have a flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Important safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Air bag hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Always wear your seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Control your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Driver distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Keep your vehicle in safe condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Restrain all children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
In case of an emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 If the engine stalls at a crossroad or crossing . . . . . . 6-3
If the engine stalls while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
If you have a flat tire while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
73
Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148 Air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
158
Coat hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Floor mat anchor (s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
Luggage net (Holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159
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Index
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49 Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-53
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Surround view monitoring system (SVM) . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules . 6-14
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36, 8-4
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-36
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36\
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-24 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-21 Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Non-powered trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Power trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Trunk lid control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
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