warning DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2009 5.G Owners Manual

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 (U.S. Vehicles Only)
See the Warranty Information Booklet for the terms and
provisions of Chrysler Motors LLC warranties applicable
to this vehicle.
MOPART
PARTS
Mopartfluids, lubricants, parts, and accessories are
available from an authorized dealer. They will 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
506 IF YOU NEED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE

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 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.
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9

Temperature GradesThe 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.
510 IF YOU NEED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE

Adding Engine Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . 453
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Additives, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Adjustable Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Air Cleaner, Engine (Engine Air Cleaner Filter) . . . 442
Air Conditioner Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Air Conditioning Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Air Conditioning Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,448
Air Conditioning, Operating Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Air Conditioning, Rear Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,319
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,314,446
Air Conditioning System, Zone Control . . . . . . . . 310
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,70
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Airbag Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,69,73,93,249Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,70
Airbag, Window (Side Curtain) . . . . . . . . . . . 65,68,70
Alarm Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Alterations/Modifications, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Antenna, Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . 452,453,480
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Anti-Lock Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Anti-Theft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Assistance Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Auto Down Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Up Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,210
Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,33
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
512 INDEX

Automatic Temperature Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . 314
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Interlock System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Selection Of Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,482
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Special Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,460 Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459,460
Fluid and Filter Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Fluid Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Fluid Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,482
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Keyless Transmitter Replacement (RKE) . . . . . . . 25
Saving Feature (Protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Blind Spot Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Body Mechanism Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
B-Pillar Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Brake Control System, Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Brake, Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Fluid Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Brake/Transmission Interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Break-In Recommendations, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . 91
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,475
INDEX 513
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Calibration, Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,261
Camera, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Capacities, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Caps, FillerFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Radiator (Coolant Pressure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Car Washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Carbon Monoxide Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,382
Cargo Compartment Luggage Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cargo (Vehicle Loading) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Caution, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,382
Cellular Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,305
Center High Mounted Stop Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Changing A Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Chart, Tire Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Check Engine Light
(Malfunction Indicator Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,436
Checking Your Vehicle For Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Checks, Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,81
Child Restraint Tether Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Child Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Clean Air Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Cleaning
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Climate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,271,280
Coat Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Coin Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Compact Disc (CD) Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,255,261
514 INDEX

Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Disabled Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Disposal Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Domelight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door Locks, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door Opener, Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Driving On Slippery Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Through Flowing, Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
DVD Player (Video Entertainment System™) . . . . 301
E-85 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Electric Remote Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electronic Brake Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Electronic Stability Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Electronic Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . 188
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Electronic Vehicle Information Center
(EVIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196,256
Emergency, In Case of Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,415
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Emission Control System Maintenance . . . . . . 436,484
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,434 Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Block Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Break-In Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Checking Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,434
Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
516 INDEX

Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,92,382
Flooded, Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378,480
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439,480,481
Oil Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Oil Filler Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Oil Filter Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Oil Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440,480
Oil Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Enhanced Accident Response Feature . . . . . . . . . . 70
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,92,382,443
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,443 Express Down Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exterior Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fabric Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Filler Location Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Filters
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,448
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442,481
Engine Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Flashers Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,241,477,478
Flash-To-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Flat Tire Stowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
INDEX 517
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Garage Door Opener (HomeLinkt) . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Gas Cap (Fuel Filler Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387,388
Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Gasoline, Reformulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
GaugesCoolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Gearshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,26,141,378
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Grocery Bag Retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Gross Axle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,393
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,393
Hands-Free Phone (uconnectt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Hazard
Driving Through Flowing, Rising, or Shallow
Standing Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Heater, Engine Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
High Beam/Low Beam Select (Dimmer) Switch . . 183
INDEX 519
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Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Lead Free Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,176
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,69,73,93,249
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475,476
Center Mounted Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Daytime Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Dimmer Switch, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engine Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,248,477
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Headlights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
High Beam/Low Beam Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,178
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . 246
Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,477
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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