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6 Introduction
1.Air Vents 0171.
2. Exterior Lamp Controls 0155.
Turn Signal Lever. See Turn
and Lane-Change Signals
0 159.
3. Instrument Cluster (Base and
Midlevel) 0115 or
Instrument Cluster (Uplevel)
0 119.
4. Windshield Wiper/Washer
0107.
Rear Window Wiper/Washer
0 109.
5. Light Sensor. See Automatic
Headlamp System 0158.
6. Infotainment 0164.
7. Dual Automatic Climate Control
System 0165.
8. USB Port (If Equipped). Auxiliary Input Jack. See
Infotainment 0164.
9. Wireless Charging 0112 (If
Equipped).
10. Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats 049 (If Equipped). 11.|Hazard Warning Flashers
0 159.
gTraction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0209.
XPark Assist Switch. See
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing 0227 (If
Equipped).
12. Driver Mode Control 0212.
13.
ALane Keep Assist (LKA)
0 240 (If Equipped).
5Hill Descent Control (HDC)
0 211 (If Equipped).
14.
hAuto Stop Disable Button.
See Stop/Start System 0193
(If Equipped).
15. Power Outlets 0110.
16. Shift Switches. See Automatic
Transmission 0201.
17. ENGINE START/STOP Button. SeeStarting the Engine 0192.
18. Steering Wheel Controls 0107
(If Equipped). Driver Information Center (DIC)
Buttons. See
Driver Information
Center (DIC) (Base) 0137 or
Driver Information Center (DIC)
(Midlevel and Uplevel) 0139.
19. Horn 0107.
20. Steering Wheel Adjustment
0106.
21. Cruise Control 0214.
Adaptive Cruise Control 0216
(If Equipped).
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System 0231 (If Equipped).
Heated Steering Wheel 0107
(If Equipped).
22. Hood Release. See Hood
0 262.
23. Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0160 (Out of View).
Head-Up Display (HUD) 0142
(If Equipped).
24. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0127.
25. Electric Parking Brake 0207.
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The height of the head restraint can
be adjusted. Pull the head restraint
up to raise it. Try to move the head
restraint to make sure that it is
locked in place.
To lower the head restraint, press
the button, located on the top of the
seatback, and push the head
restraint down. Try to move the
head restraint after the button is
released to make sure that it is
locked in place.
The second row head restraints are
not removable.Third Row Seats
The vehicle’s rear third row seats
have head restraints in the outboard
seating positions that cannot be
adjusted up or down.
The rear third row outboard head
restraints are not removable.
The rear third row outboard head
restraints are designed to be folded.
The head restraint can be folded to
allow for better visibility when the
rear seat is unoccupied.
When folding the seatback down,
the head restraint will automatically
fold out of the way as the seat is
folded down.
Return the lowered head restraint to
the upright position until it locks into
place. Push and pull on the head
restraint to make sure it is locked.
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the
vehicle if you try to adjust a driver
seat while the vehicle is moving.
Adjust the driver seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
To adjust a manual seat:
1. Lift the handle under the seat to unlock it.
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2. Move the seat forward orrearward to adjust the seat
position.
3. Release the handle to stop the seat from moving.
4. Try to move the seat back and forth to be sure it is locked in
place.
Seat Height Adjuster
If equipped, move the lever up or
down to manually raise or lower
the seat.
Power Seat Adjustment
{Warning
The power seats will work with
the ignition off. Children could
operate the power seats and be
injured. Never leave children
alone in the vehicle.
To adjust a power seat, if equipped:
. Move the seat forward or
rearward by sliding the control
forward or rearward. .
Raise or lower the front part of
the seat cushion by moving the
front of the control up or down.
. Raise or lower the entire seat by
moving the rear of the control up
or down.
To adjust the seatback, see
Reclining Seatbacks 045.
To adjust the lumbar support, see
Lumbar Adjustment 045.
Some vehicles are equipped with a
feature that activates a vibration in
the driver seat to help the driver
avoid crashes. See Driver
Assistance Systems 0225.
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4. If equipped with a shoulder beltheight adjuster, move it to the
height that is right for you. See
“Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster”
later in this section for
instructions on use and
important safety information.
5. To make the lap part tight, pullup on the shoulder belt.
To unlatch the belt, push the button
on the buckle. The belt should
return to its stowed position.
Always stow the seat belt slowly.
If the seat belt webbing returns
quickly to the stowed position, the
retractor may lock and cannot be
pulled out. If this happens, pull the
seat belt straight out firmly to unlock
the webbing, and then release it.
If the webbing is still locked in the
retractor, see your dealer.
Before a door is closed, be sure the
seat belt is out of the way. If a door
is slammed against a seat belt,
damage can occur to both the seat
belt and the vehicle.
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
The vehicle has a shoulder belt
height adjuster for the driver and
front outboard passenger seating
positions.
Adjust the height so that the
shoulder portion of the belt is on the
shoulder and not falling off of it. The
belt should be close to, but not
contacting, the neck. Improper
shoulder belt height adjustment
could reduce the effectiveness of
the seat belt in a crash. See How to
Wear Seat Belts Properly 057.
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Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 106
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 107
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 107
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 107
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Instrument Cluster (Base and
Midlevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Instrument Cluster (Uplevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Oil Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 125
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 126
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 127
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 127
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Service Electric Parking Brake Light (Uplevel and Midlevel
Cluster Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Gear Shifting Light . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . 131
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . 131
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 132
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . 132
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 133
Traction Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 134
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 135
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 135
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 136
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 136
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Base) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Midlevel and Uplevel) . . . . . . 139
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . 142
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 146
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 146
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 146
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FusesUsage
F28 Heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning
display
F29 Radio
F30 Steering wheel adjustment controls
F31 Electronic brake control module
electric brake
booster
F32 DC AC inverter
F33 Driver power seat
F34 Passenger power seat
F35 Battery IEC 1 feed
F36 Electric power steering
F37 Rear seat entertainment/USB
charge/Wireless
charging module
F38 Body control module 8 Fuses
Usage
F39 –
Circuit
Breakers Usage
F40 –
F41 –
F42 Auxiliary power outlet/Lighter
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block
The rear compartment fuse block is
behind a trim panel on the driver
side of the rear storage
compartment.
Remove the side bin, load floor, and
foam. See Cargo Management
System 0101.
Remove the trim plate to access the
fuse block.
The label for this fuse block is in the
spare tire area, on the foam under
the cargo floor.
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Lights (cont'd)Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 133
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 134
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 157
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 131
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 125
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Locks (cont'd)
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 135
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 353 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 127
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Mirror
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 33
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 390
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 190
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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ShiftingInto Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 238
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Special Application Services . . . . 358
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Storage Areas (cont'd)
Cargo Management
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . 273
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 383
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 373
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 30Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 306
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 308
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 307
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Terminology and Definitions . . 302