Maintenance
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High-pressure washing
When using high-pressure wash-
ers, make sure to maintain suffi-
cient distance from the vehicle.
Insufficient clearance or excessive
pressure can lead to component
damage or water penetration.
Do not spray the camera, sensors or its surrounding area directly with
a high pressure washer. Shock
applied from high pressure water
may cause the device to not oper-
ate normally.
Do not bring the nozzle tip close to boots (rubber or plastic covers) or
connectors as they may be dam-
aged if they come into contact with
high pressure water. Waxing
Wax the vehicle when water will no
longer bead on the paint.
Always wash and dry the vehicle
before waxing. Use a good quality
liquid or paste wax, and follow the
manufacturer’s instructions. Wax all
metal trim to protect it and to main-
tain its luster.
Removing oil, tar, and similar materi-
als with a spot remover will usually
strip the wax from the finish. Be sure to
re-wax these areas even if the rest of
the vehicle does not yet need waxing.
CAUTION- Wetting motor
compartment
Water washing in the motor- compartment including highpressure water washing maycause the failure of electricalcircuits located in the motorcompartment.
Never allow water or other liq- uids to come in contact withelectrical/electronic compo-nents inside the vehicle asthis may damage them.
OJB037800
WARNING
After washing the vehicle, test
the brakes while driving slowly
to see if they have been affected
by water. If braking performance
is impaired, dry the brakes by
applying them lightly while main-
taining a slow forward speed.
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Maintenance
Finish damage repair
Deep scratches or stone chips in the
painted surface must be repaired
promptly. Exposed metal will quickly
rust and may develop into a major
repair expense.
✽ ✽NOTICE
If your vehicle is damaged and
requires any metal repair or
replacement, be sure the body shop
applies anti-corrosion materials to
the parts repaired or replaced.
Bright-metal maintenance
To remove road tar and insects,
use a tar remover, not a scraper or
other sharp object.
To protect the surfaces of bright- metal parts from corrosion, apply a
coating of wax or chrome preser-
vative and rub to a high luster.
During winter weather or in coastal areas, cover the bright metal parts
with a heavier coating of wax or
preservative. If necessary, coat the
parts with non-corrosive petroleum
jelly or other protective compound.
Underbody maintenance
Road salt and other corrosive chemi-
cals are used in cold weather states to
melt snow and prevent ice accumula-
tion. If these chemicals are not regu-
larly removed, they will corrode the
vehicle underbody and over time dam-
age fuel lines, the fuel tank retention
system, the vehicle suspension, the
exhaust system, and even the body
frame. The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration has warned all
vehicle owners of all brands of the
need to take the following steps: Wash the undercarriage of your
vehicle regularly during the winter
and whenever your vehicle has
been exposed to such salts or
chemicals.
Do a thorough washing of the undercarriage at the end of the
winter.
Use professional service techni- cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for cor-
rosion.
Immediately seek an inspection of your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scal-
ing or if you become aware of a
change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongy brakes, flu-
ids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.
CAUTION- Drying vehicle
Wiping dust or dirt off the body with a dry cloth willscratch the finish.
Do not use steel wool, abra- sive cleaners, acid detergentsor strong detergents contain-ing high alkaline or causticagents on chrome-plated oranodized aluminum parts.This may result in damage tothe protective coating andcause discoloration or paintdeterioration.
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Index
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
114
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-15 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33 Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35 To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately
20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . 5-35
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-141
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-93 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
10 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-11
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-10
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
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