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316 Service and Maintenance
frequent checks and services. The
Additional Required Services -
Normal are for vehicles that:
.Carry passengers and cargo
within recommended limits on
the Tire and Loading Information
label. See Vehicle Load
Limits 0187.
. Are driven on reasonable road
surfaces within legal driving
limits.
. Use the recommended fuel. See
Fuel 0237.
Refer to the information in the
Maintenance Schedule Additional
Required Services - Normal chart.
The Additional Required Services -
Severe are for vehicles that are:
. Mainly driven in heavy city traffic
in hot weather.
. Mainly driven in hilly or
mountainous terrain.
. Frequently towing a trailer.
. Used for high speed or
competitive driving. .
Used for taxi, police, or delivery
service.
Refer to the information in the
Maintenance Schedule Additional
Required Services - Severe chart.
{Warning
Performing maintenance work can
be dangerous and can cause
serious injury. Perform
maintenance work only if the
required information, proper tools,
and equipment are available.
If they are not, see your dealer to
have a trained technician do the
work. See Doing Your Own
Service Work 0250.
Maintenance
Schedule
Owner Checks and Services
At Each Fuel Stop
.
Check the engine oil level. See
Engine Oil 0253.
Once a Month
. Check the tire inflation
pressures. See Tire
Pressure 0282.
. Inspect the tires for wear. See
Tire Inspection 0287.
. Check the windshield washer
fluid level. See Washer
Fluid 0262.
Engine Oil Change
Change the engine oil and filter
when the CHANGE ENGINE OIL
SOON message displays,
12 000 km/7,500 mi, or at one year,
whichever comes first. If driven
under the best conditions, the
engine oil life system may not
indicate the need for vehicle service
for up to a year. The engine oil and
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332 Index
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CoolantEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 123
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 212
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 329
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 328
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 327
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 202, 266
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 219
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 226
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 24
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 185
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 186
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 204
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 129
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 271
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 252
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Cooling System Messages . . . 142
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Engine (cont'd)Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 122
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 197
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 328
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 163
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 165
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
F
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 166
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 256
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 229
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 133
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 271
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Fuses (cont'd)
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
G
Garage Door OpenerProgramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 122
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 315
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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RecordsMaintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 303
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 327
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 71
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 70
Safety Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 59
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 56
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 95, 97
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Security (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 250
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 324
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 325
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 233
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Steering System Messages . . . . . 149
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storage Areas
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cargo ManagementSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 101
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 329
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 43
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . . 56
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 284
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 283 Tires (cont'd)
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 291
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 239
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 239
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 303
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 247
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Traction Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 247
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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Transmission (cont'd)Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
U
Universal Remote SystemOperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
V
VehicleAlarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 325
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 150
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 235
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 291
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 89
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 266
Wipers
Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114