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Safety system of your vehicle
This vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Supplemental Air Bag
System for the driver's seat and front
passenger's seats. The front air bags are designed to supplement the three-point seat
belts. For these air bags to provide
protection, the seat belts must be
worn at all times when driving.
You can be severely injured or killed
in an accident if you are not wearing
a seat belt. Air bags are designed to
supplement seat belts, but do not
replace them. Also, air bags are not
designed to deploy in every collision.
In some accidents, the seat belts are
the only restraint protecting you.AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
ALWAYS use seat belts and child restraints - every trip, every time,
everyone! Even with air bags, you can be seriously injured or killed in
a collision if you are improperly belted or not wearing your seat belt
when the air bag inflates.
NEVER place a child in any child restraint or booster seat in the front
passenger seat. An inflating air bag could forcefully strike the infant
or child causing serious or fatal injuries.
ABC - Always Buckle Children under age 13 in the back seat. It is the
safest place for children of any age to ride. If a child age 13 or older
must be seated in the front seat, he or she must be properly belted
and the seat should be moved as far back as possible.
All occupants should sit upright with the seatback in an upright posi-
tion, centered on the seat cushion with their seat belt on, legs com-
fortably extended and their feet on the floor until the vehicle is parked
and the engine is turned off. If an occupant is out of position during
an accident, the rapidly deploying air bag may forcefully contact theoccupant causing serious or fatal injuries.
You and your passengers should never sit or lean unnecessarily
close to the air bags or lean against the door or center console.
Move your seat as far back as possible from front air bags, while still
maintaining control of the vehicle.WARNING
Safety system of your vehicle
Side air bags
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
air bag in each front seat. The pur-
pose of the air bag is to provide the
vehicle's driver and the front passen-ger with additional protection than
that offered by the seat belt alone.The side air bags are designed to
deploy only during certain side
impact collisions, depending on the
crash severity.
The side and curtain air bags on
both sides of the vehicle may deploy
if a rollover or possible rollover isdetected. The side air bags are not designed to
deploy in all side impact or rollover
situations.
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Move your seat as far back as
possible from front air bags,
while still maintaining control
of the vehicle.
Never lean against the door or
center console.
Do not allow the front passen-
ger to place their feet or legs
on the dashboard.
No objects (such as crash pad
cover, cellular phone holder,
cup holder, perfume or stick-
ers) should be placed over or
near the air bag modules on
the steering wheel, instrument
panel, windshield glass, and
the front passenger's panel
above the glove box. Suchobjects could cause harm if
the vehicle is in a crash
severe enough to cause the
air bags to deploy.
Do not attach any objects on
front windshield and inside
mirror.
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injury or death from an inflating
side air bag, take the follo
wing
precautions:
Seat belts must be worn at all times to help keep occupants
positioned properly.
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WARNING
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Safety system of your vehicle
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Always be sure that you and all vehi-
cle occupants are seated properly
and wearing the seat belt properly for
the most effective protection by theair bag and the seat belt.
The OCS may not function properly if
the passenger takes actions which
can affect the classification system.These include:
Failing to sit in an upright position.
Leaning against the door or centerconsole.
Sitting towards the sides of the front of the seat.
Putting their legs on the dashboard or resting them on other locations which reduce the passenger
weight on the front seat.
Wearing the seat belt improperly.
Reclining the seatback.
Wearing a thick cloth like ski wear or hip protection wear.
Putting an additional thick cushion on the seat.
Putting electrical devices (e.g. notebook, satellite radio) on the
seat with inverter charging.Condition and operation in the front passenger Occupant Classification System
Condition detected by the
occupant classification system
Indicator/Warning lightDevices
“PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF” indicator lightSRS
warning lightFront passenger
air bag
1. Adult * 1OffOffActivated
2. Infant * 2
or child restraint
system with 12 months old * 3
*4 OnOffDeactivated
3. Unoccupied OnOffDeactivated
4. Malfunction in the systemOffOnActivated
*
1
The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in the front
passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as a child depending on his/her physique
and posture.
* 2
Do not allow children to ride in the front passenger seat. When a larger child who has out-
grown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize
him/her as an adult depending upon his/her physique or sitting position.
* 3
Never install a child restraint system on the front passenger seat.
* 4
The PASSENGER AIR BAG "OFF" indicator may turn on or off when a child above 12 months
to 12 years old (with or without child restraint system) sits in the front passenger seat. This is
a normal condition.
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Safety system of your vehicle
Riding in an improper position or placing weight on the front passenger’s seat when it is unoccupied by a
passenger adversely affects the OCS. To reduce the risk of serious injury or death:
WARNING
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NEVER place your feet on
the front passenger seat-
back.
NEVER sit with your hips
shifted towards the frontof the seat.
NEVER ride with the seat-
back reclined when the
vehicle is moving.
NEVER place your feet or
legs on the dashboard.
NEVER lean on the door or center console or sit on
one side of the front pas-
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Wipers and washers .........................................3-104Windshield Wipers .......................................................3-104
Windshield Washers ....................................................3-105
Rear View Monitor (RVM) ...............................3-106
Defroster .............................................................3-108 Rear Window Defroster ..............................................3-108
Automatic climate control system ...................3-109 Automatic Heating and Air Conditioning.................3-110
Manual Heating and Air Conditioning......................3-111
System Operation .........................................................3-118
System Maintenance....................................................3-120
Windshield defrosting and defogging ............3-122 To Defog Inside Windshield ........................................3-122
To Defrost Outside Windshield ..................................3-123
Defogging Logic ............................................................3-123
Auto Defogging System .............................................3-124
Climate control additional features ...............3-125 Automatic Ventilation ...................................................3-125
Storage compartment ........................................3-126 Center Console Storage ..............................................3-126
Glove Box ........................................................................3-126
Sunglass Holder.............................................................3-127
Multi Box .........................................................................3-127 Interior features ...............................................3-128
Cup Holder ......................................................................3-128
Sunvisor ...........................................................................3-129
Power Outlet ..................................................................3-129
Wireless Cellular Phone Charging System ............3-130
Clock .................................................................................3-132
Clothes Hanger ..............................................................3-133
Floor Mat Anchor(s).....................................................3-134
Cargo Security Screen .................................................3-134
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Convenient features of your vehicleS
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To avoid possible theft, do not
leave valuables in the storage
compartments.
Center Console Storage
To open :
Grab and hold the latch (1) on the
arm rest then lift the lid.
Glove Box
To open:
Pull the lever (1).
NOTICE
Never store cigarette lighters,
propane cylinders, or other
flammable/explosive materials
in the vehicle. These items may
catch fire and/or explode if the
vehicle is exposed to hot tem-
peratures for extended periods.
WARNING
ALWAYS keep the storage com-
partment covers closed secure-
ly while driving. Items inside
your vehicle are moving as fast
as the vehicle. If you have to
stop or turn quickly, or if there
is a crash, the items may fly out
of the compartment and may
cause an injury if they strike the
driver or a passenger.
WARNING
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ALWAYS close the glove box
door after use.
An open glove box door can
cause serious injury to the pas-
senger in an accident, even if the
passenger is wearing a seat belt.
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Steering wheel.................................................................3-16
Electric Power Steering (EPS) ...................................3-16
Heated Steering Wheel ...............................................3-18
Horn ............................................................................3-18
Tilt Steering / Telescope Steering ..............................3-17
Storage compartment ....................................................3-126 Center Console Storage ............................................3-126
Glove Box ................................................................3-126
Multi Box .................................................................3-127
Sunglass Holder........................................................3-127
Sunroof ...........................................................................3-35
Resetting the sunroof..................................................3-38
Sliding the sunroof .....................................................3-36
Sunroof opening and closing......................................3-36
Sunshade.....................................................................3-37
Tilting the sunroof ......................................................3-37
Theft-alarm system .........................................................3-13
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) .......................6-8 Changing a Tire with TPMS ......................................6-12
Check Tire Pressure......................................................6-8
Low Tire Pressure LCD Display with Position Indicator ...................................................................6-10
Low Tire Pressure Telltale..........................................6-10
Tire Pressure Monitoring System.................................6-9
TPMS Malfunction Indicator .....................................6-11 Tire specification and pressure label ................................8-8
Tires and wheels ......................................................7-23, 8-4
All Season Tires .........................................................7-36
Check Tire Inflation Pressure .....................................7-25
Low Aspect Ratio Tires .............................................7-37
Radial-Ply Tires ..........................................................7-36
Recommended Cold Tire Inflation Pressures.............7-24
Snow Tires ..................................................................7-36
Summer Tires .............................................................7-36
Tire Care .....................................................................7-23
Tire Maintenance ........................................................7-28
Tire Replacement........................................................7-27
Tire Rotation ..............................................................7-26
Tire Sidewall Labeling ...............................................7-28
Tire Terminology and Definitions .............................7-32
Tire Traction ..............................................................7-28
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ...........................7-27
Wheel Replacement....................................................7-28
Towing ............................................................................6-21
Emergency Towing.....................................................6-23
Removable Towing Hook...........................................6-22
Towing service ...........................................................6-21
Trailer Towing...............................................................5-145
TRIP Computer ...............................................................3-86 Trip modes ..................................................................3-86
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