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as well, this publication should remain with the vehicle if it is
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This manual will familiarize you with operational, mainte-
nance and safety information about your new vehicle. It is sup-
plemented by a Warranty and Consumer Information manual
that provides important information on all warranties regarding
your vehicle.
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of your new vehicle.
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for its various models. Therefore, some of the equipment
described in this manual, along with the various illustrations,
may not be applicable to your particular vehicle.
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Foreword
We want to help you get the greatest
possible driving pleasure from your
vehicle. Your Owner’s Manual can
assist you in many ways. We strong-
ly recommend that you read the
entire manual. In order to minimize
the chance of death or injury, you
must read the WARNING and CAU-
TION sections in the manual.
Illustrations complement the words
in this manual to best explain how to
enjoy your vehicle. By reading your
manual, you will learn about fea-
tures, important safety information,
and driving tips under various road
conditions.
The general layout of the manual is
provided in the Table of Contents.
Use the index when looking for a
specific area or subject; it has an
alphabetical listing of all information
in your manual.
Sections: This manual has nine sec-
tions plus an index. Each section
begins with a brief list of contents so
you can tell at a glance if that section
has the information you want.You will find various WARNINGs,
CAUTIONs, and NOTICEs in this
manual. These WARNINGs were pre-
pared to enhance your personal safe-
ty. You should carefully read and follow
ALL procedures and recommenda-
tions provided in these WARNINGs,
CAUTIONs and NOTICEs.
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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
WARNING
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tion in which harm, serious bod-
ily injury or death could result if
the warning is ignored.
CAUTION
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in which damage to your vehiclecould result if the caution isignored.

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Index
Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-117
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35 Children always in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-39
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-36
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Consumer assistance (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Emergency roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Registering your vehicle in a foreign country . . . . . 8-15
Toll free consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Trip interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-21 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Inverter coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Recommended coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23 Cruise Control (CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. 5-118
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172 FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
130 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
21 Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-22
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-21
Driver Attention Warning (DAW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107 Leading vehicle departure alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
Low activity warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
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Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-167
Electrical Equipment (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16Installation of a mobile two-way radio system . . . . 8-16
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Before Jump Starting (For Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Method to disconnect the (-) cable for regular maintenance (For Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . 7-114
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-115
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 8-2
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Checking the engine clutch actuator fluid level. . . . 7-28
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-4
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
19 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 ENGINE START/STOP button position . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Illuminated ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . 5-11
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-15
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-166
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-166
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
4 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) (front view camera only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Detecting sensor (front view camera) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-56
Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) (sensor fusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
Detecting sensors (front view camera/front radar) . 5-74
FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-72
Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
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High Beam Assist (HBA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-51 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 8-17 Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW). . . . . 5-157
System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157
Warning message and system control . . . . . . . . . . 5-159
Rear View Monitor (RVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12 Regenerative Braking (Paddle Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Regenerative braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Reporting Safety Defects (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Reverse Parking Distance Warning (PDW) . . . . . . . . 4-112 Non-operational conditions of Reverse Parking Distance Warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Operation of Reverse Parking Distance Warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Reverse Parking Distance Warning system precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
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Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-4Driver position memory system (for power seat) . . 3-10
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment - power (for driver’s seat) . . . . 3-8
Headrest (for front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-21 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Smart Cruise Control (SCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120 Detecting Sensor (front view camera/front radar) . 5-133
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-136
Set SCC Reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128
Smart cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128
When the lane ahead is clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-129
When there is a vehicle ahead of you in your lane . 5-130
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key immobilizer system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-171
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-171
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47 Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-50
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-42 Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
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Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45\
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . 6-13 Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Low tire pressure position telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42, 8-5 All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-42
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42\
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43 Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-39 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-178
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-178 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-181
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-178
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
GAW (Gross Axle Weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
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