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Caution (Continued)
them. If the contact continues, slow
down until it stops. Driving too fast or
spinning the wheels with chains on will
damage the vehicle.
Caution
If the vehicle is equipped with
LT235/80R18 size tires, use tire chains
only where legal and only when
necessary. Use low profile chains that add
no more than 12 mm (0.5 in) thickness to
the tire tread and sidewalls. Use chains
that are the proper size for the tires.
Install them on the tires of the rear axle
only. Tighten them as tightly as possible
with the ends securely fastened. Drive
slowly and follow the chain
manufacturer’s instructions. If the chains
contact the vehicle, stop and retighten
them. If the contact continues, slow
down until it stops. Driving too fast or
spinning the wheels with chains on will
damage the vehicle.
If a Tire Goes Flat
It is unusual for a tire to blow out while
driving, especially if the tires are maintained
properly. SeeTires0345. If air goes out of
a tire, it is much more likely to leak out
slowly. But if there ever is a blowout, here
are a few tips about what to expect and
what to do:
If a front tire fails, the flat tire creates a
drag that pulls the vehicle toward that side.
Take your foot off the accelerator pedal and
grip the steering wheel firmly. Steer to
maintain lane position, and then gently
brake to a stop, well off the road,
if possible.
A rear blowout, particularly on a curve, acts
much like a skid and may require the same
correction as used in a skid. Stop pressing
the accelerator pedal and steer to straighten
the vehicle. It may be very bumpy and
noisy. Gently brake to a stop, well off the
road, if possible.{Warning
Driving on a flat tire will cause
permanent damage to the tire.
Re-inflating a tire after it has been driven
on while severely underinflated or flat
may cause a blowout and a serious crash.
Never attempt to re-inflate a tire that has
been driven on while severely
underinflated or flat. Have your dealer or
an authorized tire service center repair or
replace the flat tire as soon as possible.
{Warning
Lifting a vehicle and getting under it to
do maintenance or repairs is dangerous
without the appropriate safety equipment
and training. If a jack is provided with
the vehicle, it is designed only for
changing a flat tire. If it is used for
anything else, you or others could be
badly injured or killed if the vehicle slips
off the jack. If a jack is provided with the
vehicle, only use it for changing a
flat tire.
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If equipped with a spare tire cable,
reattach the clip to the frame
attachment bracket. Note that there may
be slack in the cable.
Repeat this tightness check procedure
when checking the spare tire pressure
according to the scheduled maintenance
information or any time the spare tire is
handled due to service of other
components.Correctly Stored
Incorrectly Stored
10. Reinstall the spare tire lock, if the vehicle has one. Return the jack and tools to their original
location in the vehicle. See
“Removing the
Spare Tire and Tools.”
Full-Size Spare Tire
If this vehicle came with a full-size spare
tire, it was fully inflated when new,
however, it can lose air over time. Check the
inflation pressure regularly. See Tire Pressure
0 350 and
Vehicle Load Limits 0210 for information
regarding proper tire inflation and loading
the vehicle. For instructions on how to
remove, install, or store a spare tire, see Tire
Changing 0365.
After installing the spare tire on the vehicle,
stop as soon as possible and check that the
spare is correctly inflated. The spare tire is
made to perform well at speeds up to
112 km/h (70 MPH) at the recommended
inflation pressure, so you can finish
your trip.
Have the damaged or flat road tire repaired
or replaced and installed back onto the
vehicle as soon as possible so the spare tire
will be available in case it is needed again.
Do not mix tires and wheels of different
sizes, because they will not fit. Keep the
spare tire and its wheel together.
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Caution
If the vehicle has four-wheel drive and a
different size spare tire is installed, do
not drive in four-wheel drive until the flat
tire is repaired and/or replaced. The
vehicle could be damaged and the repairs
would not be covered by the warranty.
Never use four-wheel drive when a
different size spare tire is installed on the
vehicle.
The vehicle may have a different size spare
tire than the road tires originally installed
on the vehicle. This spare tire was developed
for use on this vehicle, so it is all right to
drive on it. If the vehicle has four-wheel
drive and a different size spare tire is
installed, drive only in two-wheel drive.
If the vehicle has a spare tire that does not
match the vehicle’s original road tires and
wheels, in size and type, do not include the
spare in the tire rotation.
Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North America
For more information about the vehicle
battery, see Battery - North America 0327.
If the vehicle's battery (or batteries) has run
down, you may want to use another vehicle
and some jumper cables to start your
vehicle. Be sure to use the following steps
to do it safely.
{Warning
WARNING: Battery posts, terminals and
related accessories can expose you to
chemicals including lead and lead
compounds, which are known to the
State of California to cause cancer and
birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Wash hands after handling. For more
information go to
www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
See California Proposition 65 Warning 01.
{Warning
Batteries can hurt you. They can be
dangerous because:
.They contain acid that can burn you.
.They contain gas that can explode or
ignite.
.They contain enough electricity to
burn you.
If you do not follow these steps exactly,
some or all of these things can hurt you.
Caution
Ignoring these steps could result in costly
damage to the vehicle that would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty. Trying
to start the vehicle by pushing or pulling
it will not work, and it could damage the
vehicle.
Caution
If the jumper cables are connected or
removed in the wrong order, electrical
shorting may occur and damage the
vehicle. The repairs would not be covered
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Index 429
Engine (cont'd)Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extended Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
F
Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Filter Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Floor Console
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Fog Lamp Light Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 329
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Heated and Ventilated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 276
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 275
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Fuel (cont'd)
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . 337
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . 341, 342
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Gauges Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Transmission Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
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Shifting (cont'd)Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Shutdown, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Storage Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Storage (cont'd)
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
System Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Brake Pad Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Task Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . 361
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 362
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 359
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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W
WarningBrake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 111
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Wiper
Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109