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Maintenance
Aluminum wheel maintenance
The aluminum wheels are coated with
a clear protective finish.
Do not use any abrasive cleaner,
polishing compound, solvent, or wire
brushes on aluminum wheels. They
may scratch the finish.
Clean the wheel when it has cooled.
Use only a mild soap or neutral
detergent, and rinse thoroughly with
water. Also, be sure to clean the
wheels after driving on salted roads.
This helps prevent corrosion.
Avoid washing the wheels with high-
speed vehicle wash brushes.
Do not use any alkaline or acid
detergents It may damage and cor-
rode the aluminum wheels coated
with a clear protective finish.
Corrosion protection
Protecting your vehicle from corrosion
By using the most advanced design
and construction practices to combat
corrosion, we produce vehicles of
the highest quality. However, this is
only part of the job. To achieve the
long-term corrosion resistance your
vehicle can deliver, the owner's
cooperation and assistance is also
required.
Common causes of corrosion
The most common causes of corro-
sion on your vehicle are:
Road salt, dirt and moisture that is
allowed to accumulate underneath
the vehicle.
Removal of paint or protective
coatings by stones, gravel, abra-
sion or minor scrapes and dents
which leave unprotected metal
exposed to corrosion.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
maintaining a slow forward
speed.
Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-47
Adding equipment to or modifying your air bag
-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
How does the air bag system operate? . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-149
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant
and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151Recirculated air at washer fluid spray . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
Sunroof inside air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
Blind-Spot Collision Warning setting and activation . 5-81
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
AUTO HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
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Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-165
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-166
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-166
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system5-165
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . 5-165Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Front windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
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