
Maintenance
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
• Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Owner maintenance schedule  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Scheduled maintenance service   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . 8-15
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21\
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
 Engine coolant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
 Inverter coolant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
 Recommended coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Checking the brake fluid level   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
• Checking the engine clutch actuator fluid level 8-27
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Checking the washer fluid level   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
• Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
Air cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Filter replacement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
• Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
• Blade replacement   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
 Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
 Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40\
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
8-41
 Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 8-41
 Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42
 Checking tire inflation pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42
 Tire rotation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
 Wheel alignment and tire balance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
 Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
 Wheel replacement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
 Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
 Tire maintenance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
 Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
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When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
 The battery must be removed from
the vehicle and placed in an area
with good ventilation.
 Do not allow cigarettes, sparks, or flame near the battery.
 Watch the battery during charging, and stop or reduce the charging
rate if the battery cells begin
gassing (boiling) violently or if the
temperature of the electrolyte of
any cell exceeds 120°F (49°C).
 Wear eye protection when check- ing the battery during charging.
 Disconnect the battery charger in the following order.
1. Turn off the battery charger main switch.
2. Unhook the negative clamp from the negative battery terminal.
3. Unhook the positive clamp from the positive battery terminal.  Before performing maintenance or
recharging the battery, turn off all
accessories and stop the engine.
 The negative battery cable must be removed first and installed last
when the battery is disconnected.Reset items
The following items should be reset
after the battery has been dis-
charged or the battery has been dis-
connected.
 Auto up/down window (See chapter 4)
 Sunroof (See chapter 4)
 Trip computer (See chapter 4)
 Climate control system  (See chapter 4)
 Driver position memory system (See chapter 3)
 Audio (See chapter 5) 

Index
4I
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
129Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
20 Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-21
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-20
Driver Attention Alert system (DAA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-84 Resetting the system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
System disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-84
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Dual Clutch Transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Electrical Equipment (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15 Installation of a mobile two-way radio system . . . . 9-15
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Before jump starting (for Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Method to disconnect the (-) cable for regularmaintenance (For Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-106 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-106
Evaporative emission control(Including ORVR :Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . 8-106
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-107
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 9-2
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27 Checking the engine clutch actuator fluid level. . . . 8-27
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 8-3
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
19 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 8-15
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165 Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
4 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
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