2012 Jeep Compass Owners Manual

Signature, Authorized Service Center

152,000 Miles (247,000 km) or 114 Months Maintenance Service Schedule ❏ Change the engine oil and engine oil

filter.

❏ Rotate the tires, rotate at the first sign of

irregular wear, even if it occurs before 152,000 miles (247 000 km).

Odometer Reading

Repair Order #

Date

Dealer Code

Signature, Authorized Service Center

MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES 463

464 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES

WARNING!

• You can be badly injured working on or around a motor vehicle. Do only service work for which you have the knowledge and the right equipment. If you have any doubt about your ability to perform a service job, take your vehicle to a competent mechanic. • Failure to properly inspect and maintain your vehicle could result in a component malfunction and effect vehicle handling and performance. This could cause an accident.

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CONTENTS

䡵 Suggestions For Obtaining Service For Your

Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
▫ Prepare For The Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . 467
▫ Prepare A List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
▫ Be Reasonable With Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
▫ Chrysler Group LLC Customer Center . . . . . 468
▫ Chrysler Canada Inc. Customer Center . . . . . 468
▫ In Mexico Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

䡵 If You Need Assistance

▫ Customer Assistance For The Hearing Or

▫ Service Contract

Speech Impaired (TDD/TTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
䡵 Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
䡵 MOPAR威 Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
䡵 Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

▫ In The 50 United States And

Washington, D.C.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
▫ In Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

䡵 Publication Order Forms

466 IF YOU NEED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE 䡵 Department Of Transportation Uniform Tire

Quality Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
▫ Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

▫ Traction Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
▫ Temperature Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

SUGGESTIONS FOR OBTAINING SERVICE FOR YOUR VEHICLE

Prepare For The Appointment If you’re having warranty work done, be sure to have the right papers with you. Take your warranty folder. All work to be performed may not be covered by the warranty. Discuss additional charges with the service manager. Keep a maintenance log of your vehicle’s service history. This can often provide a clue to the current problem. Prepare A List Make a written list of your vehicle’s problems or the specific work you want done. If you’ve had an accident or work done that is not on your maintenance log, let the service advisor know. Be Reasonable With Requests If you list a number of items and you must have your vehicle by the end of the day, discuss the situation with

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the service advisor and list the items in order of priority. At many authorized dealers, you may obtain a rental vehicle at a minimal daily charge. If you need a rental, it is advisable to make these arrangements when you call for an appointment.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE The manufacturer and its authorized dealers are vitally interested in your satisfaction. We want you to be happy with our products and services. Warranty service must be done by an authorized dealer. We strongly recommend that you take the vehicle to an authorized dealer. They know your vehicle the best, and are most concerned that you get prompt and high quality service. The manufacturer’s authorized dealers have the facilities, factory-trained technicians, special tools, and the latest information to ensure the vehicle is fixed correctly and in a timely manner.

468 IF YOU NEED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE This is why you should always talk to an authorized dealer’s service manager first. Most matters can be re- solved with this process. • If for some reason you are still not satisfied, talk to the general manager or owner of the authorized dealer- ship. They want to know if you need assistance. • If an authorized dealership is unable to resolve the concern, you may contact the manufacturer’s customer center.

Any communication to the manufacturer’s customer cen- ter should include the following information: • Owner’s name and address • Owner’s telephone number (home and office) • Authorized dealership name • Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) • Vehicle delivery date and mileage

Chrysler Group LLC Customer Center P.O. Box 21–8004
Auburn Hills, MI 48321–8004
Phone: (877) 426–5337
Chrysler Canada Inc. Customer Center P.O. Box 1621
Windsor, Ontario N9A 4H6
Phone: (800) 465–2001 English / (800) 387–9983 French In Mexico contact: Av. Prolongacion Paseo de la Reforma, 1240
Sante Fe C.P. 05109
Mexico, D. F. In Mexico City: 5081-7568
Outside Mexico City: 1-800-505-1300

Customer Assistance For The Hearing Or Speech Impaired (TDD/TTY) To assist customers who have hearing difficulties, the manufacturer has installed special TDD (Telecommuni- cation Devices for the Deaf) equipment at its customer center. Any hearing or speech impaired customer, who has access to a TDD or a conventional teletypewriter (TTY) in the United States, can communicate with the manufacturer by dialing 1–800–380–CHRY. Canadian residents with hearing difficulties that require assistance can use the special needs relay service offered by Bell Canada. For TTY teletypewriter users, dial 711
and for Voice callers, dial 1 800 855-0511 to connect with a Bell Relay Service operator. Service Contract You may have purchased a service contract for a vehicle to help protect you from the high cost of unexpected repairs after the manufacturer’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty expires. The manufacturer stands behind only

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the manufacturer’s service contracts. If you purchased a manufacturer’s service contract, you will receive Plan Provisions and an Owner Identification Card in the mail within three weeks of the vehicle delivery date. If you have any questions about the service contract, call the manufacturer’s Service Contract National Customer Hotline at 1-800-521-9922 (Canadian residents, call (800) 465–2001 English / (800) 387–9983 French). The manufacturer will not stand behind any service contract that is not the manufacturer’s service contract. It is not responsible for any service contract other than the manufacturer’s service contract. If you purchased a ser- vice contract that is not a manufacturer’s service contract, and you require service after the manufacturer’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty expires, please refer to the contract documents, and contact the person listed in those documents.

470 IF YOU NEED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE We appreciate that you have made a major investment when you purchased the vehicle. An authorized dealer has also made a major investment in facilities, tools, and training to assure that you are absolutely delighted with the ownership experience. You’ll be pleased with their sincere efforts to resolve any warranty issues or related concerns.

WARNING!

Engine exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle components contain, or emit, chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects, or other reproductive harm. In addi- tion, certain fluids contained in vehicles and certain products of component wear contain, or emit, chemi- cals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

WARRANTY INFORMATION See the Warranty Information Booklet, located on the DVD, for the terms and provisions of Chrysler Group LLC warranties applicable to this vehicle and market.

MOPAR姞 PARTS MOPAR威 fluids, lubricants, parts, and accessories are available from an authorized dealer. They are recom- mended for your vehicle in order to help keep the vehicle operating at its best.

REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS

In the 50 United States and Washington, D.C. If you believe that your vehicle has a defect that could cause a crash or cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying the manufacturer.

If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your authorized dealer, and the manufacturer. To contact NHTSA, you may either call the Auto Safety Hotline toll free at 1–888–327–4236 (TTY: 1–800–424– 9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Washington, D.C. 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.

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In Canada If you believe that your vehicle has a safety defect, you should contact the Customer Service Department immediately. Canadian customers who wish to report a safety defect to the Canadian government should contact Transport Canada, Motor Vehicle Defect Investigations and Recalls at 1-800-333-0510 or go to http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/

PUBLICATION ORDER FORMS To order the following manuals, you may use either the website or the phone numbers listed below. Visa, Mas- tercard, American Express, and Discover orders are ac- cepted. If you prefer mailing your payment, please call for an order form. NOTE: A street address is required when ordering manuals (no P.O. Boxes).

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• Service Manuals

• Owner’s Manuals

These comprehensive Service Manuals provide the information that students and professional technicians need in diagnosing/troubleshooting, problem solving, maintaining, servicing, and repairing Chrysler Group LLC vehicles. A complete working knowledge of the vehicle, system, and/or components is written in straightforward language with illustrations, diagrams, and charts.

• Diagnostic Procedure Manuals

Diagnostic Procedure Manuals are filled with dia- grams, charts and detailed illustrations. These practi- cal manuals make it easy for students and technicians to find and fix problems on computer-controlled ve- hicle systems and features. They show exactly how to find and correct problems the first time, using step-by- step troubleshooting and drivability procedures, proven diagnostic tests and a complete list of all tools and equipment.

These Owner’s Manuals have been prepared with the assistance of service and engineering specialists to acquaint you with specific Chrysler Group LLC ve- hicles. Included are starting, operating, emergency and maintenance procedures as well as specifications, capabilities and safety tips.

Call toll free at: • 1–800–890–4038 (U.S.) • 1–800–387–1143 (Canada) Or Visit us on the Worldwide Web at: • www.techauthority.com

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADES The following tire grading categories were established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The specific grade rating assigned by the tire’s manufacturer in each category is shown on the sidewall of the tires on your vehicle. All passenger car tires must conform to Federal safety requirements in addition to these grades. Treadwear The Treadwear grade is a comparative rating, based on the wear rate of the tire when tested under controlled conditions on a specified government test course. For example, a tire graded 150 would wear one and one-half times as well on the government course as a tire graded 100. The relative performance of tires depends upon the actual conditions of their use, however, and may depart

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significantly from the norm due to variations in driving habits, service practices, and differences in road charac- teristics and climate. Traction Grades The Traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B, and C. These grades represent the tire’s ability to stop on wet pavement, as measured under controlled conditions on specified government test surfaces of asphalt and concrete. A tire marked C may have poor traction perfor- mance.

WARNING!

The traction grade assigned to this tire is based on straight-ahead braking traction tests, and does not include acceleration, cornering, hydroplaning, or peak traction characteristics.

474 IF YOU NEED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE Temperature Grades The temperature grades are A (the highest), B, and C, representing the tire’s resistance to the generation of heat and its ability to dissipate heat, when tested under controlled conditions on a specified indoor laboratory test wheel. Sustained high temperature can cause the material of the tire to degenerate and reduce tire life, and excessive temperature can lead to sudden tire failure. The grade C corresponds to a level of performance, which all passenger car tires must meet under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 109. Grades B and A repre- sent higher levels of performance on the laboratory test wheel, than the minimum required by law.

WARNING!

The temperature grade for this tire is established for a tire that is properly inflated and not overloaded. Excessive speed, under-inflation, or excessive load- ing, either separately or in combination, can cause heat buildup and possible tire failure.

INDEX

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476 INDEX ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
. . . . . . . . . . 423
Adding Engine Coolant (Antifreeze) Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Additives, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Air Cleaner, Engine (Engine Air Cleaner Filter) . . . 412
Air Conditioner Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Air Conditioning Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Air Conditioning Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,415
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,415
Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276,280,414
Air Conditioning, Operating Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,70
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,69,74,86,197
Airbag Light Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,67,69,70

Airbag, Window (Side Curtain) . . . . . . . . . . . 65,67,70
Alarm Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Alarm System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Alterations/Modifications, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Antenna, Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,263
Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Anti-Lock Warning Light Anti-Theft Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . 18
Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . 422,445,446
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Assistance Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,33
Automatic Temperature Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . 280
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,294,381
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,429
Fluid and Filter Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Fluid Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Special Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Autostick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Keyless Transmitter Replacement (RKE)

B-Pillar Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
. . . . . 25
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Body Mechanism Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,426
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314,316
Anti-Lock (ABS) Master Cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

INDEX 477
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake, Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Brake/Transmission Interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,426
Break-In Recommendations, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . 84
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442,443
Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,442

Calibration, Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Capacities, Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . 445
Capacities, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Caps, Filler

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Fuel Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,404,411
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Car Washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Carbon Monoxide Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,360
Cargo Area Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cargo Area Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 10

478 INDEX Cargo Compartment

Light

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cargo Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cargo Load Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cellular Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,275
Center High Mounted Stop Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Changing A Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Chart, Tire Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Check Engine Light (Malfunction Indicator Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Checking Your Vehicle For Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Checks, Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,77
Child Restraint Tether Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child Restraint with Automatic Belts . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Child Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Clean Air Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Climate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,243,252
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Clutch Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Coin Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Compact Disc (CD) Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Compass Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Connector

UCI Universal Consumer Interface (UCI)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
. . . . . . . 266
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Console Contract, Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445,446

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Adding Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421,425
Disposal of Used Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Drain, Flush, and Refill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Points to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424,425
Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Selection of Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . 422
Corrosion Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Cruise Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

INDEX 479
Diagnostic System, Onboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Dimmer Switch, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Dipsticks

Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Disposal

Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) Engine Oil

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door Locks, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door Opener, Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Downshifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Driver’s Seat Back Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Data Recorder, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Dealer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Defroster, Rear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Defroster, Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,278,284
Delay (Intermittent) Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Electric Remote Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic Brake Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Anti-Lock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 10

480 INDEX

Electronic Roll Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Traction Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Electronic Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . 157
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) . . . . 211
Emergency, In Case of

Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Emission Control System Maintenance . . . . . . . . . 406
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,404
Block Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Break-In Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Checking Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,360
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,445,446

Oil Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Oil Filler Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,404,411
Oil Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Oil Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Oil Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
. . . . . . . . . . 71
Enhanced Accident Response Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Ethanol Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,85,360
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,419
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Filters

Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,415
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,446

Flashers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,197,444
Flooded Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Fluid Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fluid Level Checks

Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Fluids, Lubricants and Genuine Parts . . . . . . . . . . 446
Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,208,443
Folding Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Folding Rear Seat (Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Four Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Four Wheel Drive Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Systems

Fuel

INDEX 481
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357,446
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Clean Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Ethanol Filler Cap (Gas Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Materials Added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Octane Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Tank Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Fuel System Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Fuses

10

482 INDEX Garage Door Opener (HomeLink®) . . . . . . . . . . . 160
. . . . . . . . . . . . 361,363,405
Gas Cap (Fuel Filler Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Gasoline (Fuel) Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Gasoline, Reformulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Gauges

Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Gear Select Lever Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,128,356
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Gross Axle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364,365

Hands-Free Phone (Uconnect™) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
High Beam/Low Beam Select Switch . . . . . . 150
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Heater, Engine Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,319
Hill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Hitches

Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

HomeLink® (Garage Door Opener) Transmitter Hood Release

. . . 160
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ignition Key Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Immobilizer (Sentry Key) Infant Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Information Center, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Inside Rearview Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Instrument Panel and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Instrument Panel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Instrument Panel Lens Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Integrated Power Module (Fuses) . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Interior Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Intermittent Wipers (Delay Wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

INDEX 483
Jack Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Jack Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382,384
Jacking Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Keyless Entry System (Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Keys Knee Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Lane Change and Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Lead Free Gasoline Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 10

484 INDEX Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Liftgate (Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Liftgate Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,442
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,148
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,69,74,86,197
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Center Mounted Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Daytime Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Dimmer Switch, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Indicator . . 325
Engine Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,208,443
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Headlights High Beam Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . 207
Map Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Seat Belt Reminder Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . 18,201
. . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . 203
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,148,150,444
Turn Signal Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning (Instrument Cluster Description) . . . 196

Loading Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,365
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Locks

Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Child Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lubrication, Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Lumbar Support

Maintenance Free Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Maintenance, General Malfunction Indicator Light (Check Engine) . . 207,406
Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,296
Downshifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

INDEX 485
Frequency of Fluid Change . . . . . . . . . . . 431,432
Lubricant Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Frequency of Fluid Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Lubricant Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Manual, Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Map/Reading Lights Master Cylinder (Brakes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Mini-Trip Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Electric Powered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Vanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Modifications/Alterations, Vehicle

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10

486 INDEX Monitor, Tire Pressure System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Mopar Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407,470
MTBE/ETBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Multi-Function Control Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

New Vehicle Break-In Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Occupant Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,67,71
Occupant Restraints (Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . 64,65,67,70
Octane Rating, Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Odometer Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,205
Oil Change Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Oil Change Indicator, Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Oil, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,445
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Identification Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Materials Added to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410,445
Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Onboard Diagnostic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405,406
Opener, Garage Door (HomeLink®) . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Operator Manual (Owner’s Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,380
Owner’s Manual (Operator Manual) . . . . . . . . . 5,471

Paint Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Panic Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Passing Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Personal Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Phone, Cellular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Phone, Hands-Free (Uconnect™) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Placard, Tire and Loading Information . . . . . . . . . 332
Power

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Mirrors Outlet (Auxiliary Electrical Outlet) . . . . . . . . 173
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308,309
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Power Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Pregnant Women and Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Preparation for Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Pretensioners

Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Programmable Electronic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

INDEX 487
Radial Ply Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Rear Axle (Differential) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Rear Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Rear Liftgate (Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear Seat, Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rear Window Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Rear Window Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Rear Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Recorder, Event Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Recreational Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Reformulated Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Reminder, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Remote Control Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Security Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Remote Keyless Entry (Sedan) Remote Sound System (Radio) Controls . . . . . . . . 273 10

488 INDEX Remote Starting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Replacement Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Replacement Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Restraint, Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Restraints, Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,82
Restraints, Occupant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Retractable Cargo Area Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Roll Over Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Safety Checks Inside Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Safety Checks Outside Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Safety Defects, Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Safety Information, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Safety Tips Safety, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Satellite Radio Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,263
Schedule, Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Seat Belt Maintenance Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,86
Seat Belts Adjustable Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjustable Upper Shoulder Anchorage . . . . . . 48
And Pregnant Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,76
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Extender Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear Seat Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lumbar Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Rear Folding (Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Seatback Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Selection of Oil Sentry Key (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sentry Key Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sentry Key Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Service Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Service Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,243,252
Settings, Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Shift Lever Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Shift Speeds, Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Short Message Service (SMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Side Window Demisters (Defrosters) . . . . . . . . . . 287

INDEX 489
Signals, Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,197,444
Snow Chains (Tire Chains) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Snow Tires Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,341,383
Specifications

Oil

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
. . . . . . . . . . . 157,202
Speed Control (Cruise Control) Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Engine Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Starting Procedures Steering

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308,309
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Steering Wheel Audio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

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490 INDEX Steering Wheel Mounted Sound System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179,442
Storage Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Stuck, Freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Sun Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sun Visor Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Supplemental Restraint System - Airbag . . . . . . . . 61
Synthetic Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
System, Remote Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tachometer . . . . . . . . 280
Temperature Control, Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . 201,381
Temperature Gauge, Engine Coolant Tether Anchor, Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) Theft System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tie Down Hooks, Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Tire and Loading Information Placard . . . . . . . . . 332
Tire Identification Number (TIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Tire Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Tire Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,336,473
Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Load Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332,333
Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . 348

Pressure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Radial Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326,336
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Sizes Snow Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Tread Wear Indicators Tongue Weight/Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
24-Hour Towing Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Weight Towing Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

INDEX 491
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Cooling System Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Trailer and Tongue Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Trailer Towing Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Transaxle

Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,294
Autostick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,296
Transmission

Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,429
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Transmitter Battery Service (Remote Keyless Entry) Transmitter, Garage Door Opener (HomeLink®)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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492 INDEX Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Trip Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Trip Odometer Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,197,444

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
UCI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Uconnect™ (Hands-Free Phone) Understanding Your Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . 194
Uniform Tire Quality Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Universal Consumer Interface (UCI) Connector . . . 266
Universal Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Unleaded Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Variance, Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Vehicle Certification Label

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333,363,365
Vehicle Modifications/Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,442
Vehicle Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . 18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Voice Recognition System (VR)

Warning Lights (Instrument Cluster Description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning, Roll Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Washer

Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Washers, Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Washing Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Wheel and Wheel Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Wheel and Wheel Trim Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Wind Buffeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Window Fogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Power

INDEX 493
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,278,284
Windshield Defroster Windshield Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,155
Windshield Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,417
Wipers, Intermittent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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INSTALLATION OF RADIO TRANSMITTING EQUIPMENT Special design considerations are incorporated into this vehicle’s electronic system to provide immunity to radio frequency signals. Mobile two-way radios and telephone equipment must be installed properly by trained personnel. The following must be observed during installation.

The positive power connection should be made directly to the battery and fused as close to the battery as possible. The negative power connection should be made to body sheet metal adjacent to the negative battery connection. This connection should not be fused.

Antennas for two-way radios should be mounted on the roof or the rear area of the vehicle. Care should be used in mounting antennas with magnet bases. Magnets may affect the accuracy or operation of the compass on vehicles so equipped.

The antenna cable should be as short as practical and routed away from the vehicle wiring when possible. Use only fully shielded coaxial cable.

Carefully match the antenna and cable to the radio to ensure a low Standing Wave Ratio (SWR).

Mobile radio equipment with output power greater than normal may require special precautions.

All installations should be checked for possible interference between the communications equipment and the vehicle’s electronic systems.

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