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16. Trailer Brake Control Panel (IfEquipped). See “Integrated
Trailer Brake Control System”
under Towing Equipment
0 297.
17. ENGINE START/STOP. See Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) 0208 or
Ignition Positions (Key Access)
0 210.
18. Steering Wheel Controls (If Equipped). See the
infotainment manual.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Controls. See Driver
Information Center (DIC) (Base
Level) 0148 or
Driver Information Center (DIC)
(Midlevel and Uplevel) 0149.
19. Horn 0120.
20. Hood Release. See Hood
0 330.
21. Steering Wheel Adjustment
0119 (Out of View).
22. Cruise Control 0243.
Adaptive Cruise Control (1500
Series) 0246 (If Equipped). Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System
0268 (If Equipped).
23. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0138.
24. Electric Parking Brake 0233.
25. Fog Lamps 0170 (If
Equipped).
Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0173.
Exterior Cargo Lamps 0172.
Exterior Lamp Controls 0165.
Task Lighting 0171 (If
Equipped).
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Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 119
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 120
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 120
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 120
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 135
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 136
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 137
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 138
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . 141
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . 142
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . 142
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light (2500/3500
Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light (1500 Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 143
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . 143
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Traction Control System (TCS)/ Electronic Stability Control
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Electronic Stability Control
(ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . 145
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Oil Pressure Light
(Uplevel Cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 146
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 146
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 147
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 147
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 147
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Base Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Midlevel and Uplevel) . . . . . . 149
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . 152
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 156
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 156
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 156
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Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . 161
Universal Remote SystemProgramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
To adjust the steering wheel:
1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up or down.
3. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place. Tilt and Telescoping Wheel
To adjust the tilt and telescoping
steering wheel, if equipped:
1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up or down.
3. Pull or push the steering wheel closer or away from you.
4. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
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Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 165
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 167
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
F
Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 169
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 115
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 343
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Four-Wheel DriveTransfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 227, 360
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 141
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 186
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . 283, 285
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 146
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 219
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Fuel (cont'd)
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 370
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374, 376
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Gauges
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 439
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Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 275
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Lane Departure Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 278
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 142
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Lights
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 140
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 145
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 140
Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 144
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 146
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 167
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 142
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Lights (cont'd)
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 135
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 243
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Storage Areas Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 113
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Brake Pad Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . 343
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 474
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Task Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 464
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 39 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Tires (cont'd)
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387, 389
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 390
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 389
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Terminology and Definitions . . 385
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 403
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 287
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297