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Reporting Safety Defects (Canada)
Canadian customers who wish to report a safety-related defect to Transport Canada, Defect
Investigations and Recalls, may telephone the toll free hotline 1-800-333-0510, or contact
Transport Canada by mail at: Transport Canada, ASFAD, Place de Ville Tower C, 330
Sparks Street, Ottawa ON K1A 0N5.
For additional road safety information, please visit the Road Safety website at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/menu.htm
Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects
Reporting Safety Defects
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Customer Assistance ........................... 9-2
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Dashboard Illumination .................... 5-36
Daytime Running Lights ................... 5-54
DefrosterMirror ......................................... 5-60
Rear window .............................. 5-60
Dimensions ....................................... 10-5
Door Locks ......................................... 3-9
Driving In Flooded Area ................... 4-11
Driving on Uneven Road .................. 4-13
Driving Tips ........................................ 4-7 Automatic transaxle ................... 5-18
Break-in period ............................ 4-7
Driving in flooded area .............. 4-11
Driving on uneven road ............. 4-13
Hazardous driving ........................ 4-8
Money-saving suggestions ........... 4-7
Rocking the vehicle ...................... 4-9
Turbocharged vehicles ............... 4-14
Winter driving ............................ 4-10
Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) ..... 5-24 DSC OFF indicator light ............ 5-25
DSC OFF switch ........................ 5-25
TCS/DSC Indicator light ............ 5-25
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Emergency Starting ........................... 7-16
Flooded engine ........................... 7-16
Jump-starting .............................. 7-17
Push-starting .............................. 7-20
Emergency Towing ........................... 7-21
Emission Control System .................... 4-4
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Engine Coolant ....................................... 8-21
Exhaust gas .................................. 4-5
Hood release .............................. 3-22
Oil .............................................. 8-18
Overheating ................................ 7-14
Starting ......................................... 5-4
Engine Compartment Overview ........ 8-17
Engine Coolant Overheating ................................ 7-14
Engine Coolant Temperature
Gauge ................................................ 5-35
Exhaust Gas ........................................ 4-5
Exterior Care ..................................... 8-60
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Flasher Hazard warning .......................... 5-61
Headlights .................................. 5-51
Flat Tire ............................................... 7-3 Changing ...................................... 7-8
Spare tire and tool storage ............ 7-3
Flexible Floor Board ......................... 6-74
Fluids Classification .............................. 10-4
Owner maintenance ................... 8-15
Fog Lights ......................................... 5-55
Foot Brake .......................................... 5-5
Front Seats
(Electrically Operated Seats) ............... 2-4
Front Seats
(Manually Operated Seats) ................. 2-2
Fuel Filler lid and cap ........................ 3-21
Gauge ......................................... 5-36
Requirements ............................... 4-2
Tank capacity ............................. 10-5
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MaintenanceIntroduction .................................. 8-2
Owner maintenance
precautions ................................. 8-16
Owner maintenance schedule ..... 8-15
Scheduled ..................................... 8-3
Manual Transaxle Operation ............... 5-9 Recommendations for shifting.... 5-10
Map Lights ........................................ 6-63
Mirror Defroster ................................ 5-60
Mirrors Outside mirrors .......................... 3-31
Rearview mirror ......................... 3-32
Money-Saving Suggestions ................ 4-7
Moonroof .......................................... 3-24
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Odometer and Trip Meter .................. 5-34
Outside Mirrors ................................. 3-31
Overhead Lights ................................ 6-63
Overheating ....................................... 7-14
Overloading ...................................... 4-12
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Paint Damage .................................... 8-58
Parking Brake ..................................... 5-6
Parking in an Emergency .................... 7-2
Power Door Locks ............................ 3-10
Power Steering .................................. 5-19 Fluid ........................................... 8-24
Power steering malfunction indicator
light ............................................ 5-19
Power Windows ................................ 3-19
Push-Starting ..................................... 7-20
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Rear Coat Hooks ............................... 6-74
Rear Door Child Safety Locks .......... 3-11
Rear Seat ............................................. 2-7
Rear Window Defroster .................... 5-60
Rear Window Washer ....................... 5-59
Rear Window Wiper .......................... 5-59
Rearview Mirror ................................ 3-32
Recreational Towing ......................... 7-23
Registering Your Vehicle in A Foreign
Country ............................................. 9-18
Rocking the Vehicle ............................ 4-9
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Safety Defects, Reporting ................. 9-46
Seat Belt System Automatic locking ...................... 2-16
Belt minder ................................. 2-25
Center-rear lap/shoulder ............. 2-21
Emergency locking .................... 2-15
Except center-rear position ......... 2-17
Extender ..................................... 2-24
Pregnant women ........................ 2-15
Pretensioner and load limiting .... 2-19
Seat belt precautions .................. 2-13
Warning light/beep ..................... 2-25
Seats Front seat
(Electrically operated seats) ......... 2-4
Front seat
(Manually operated seats) ............ 2-2
Rear seat ....................................... 2-7
Seat warmer ................................ 2-11
Security System Immobilizer system .................... 3-27
Theft-deterrent system ............... 3-29
Service Publications .......................... 9-48
Spare Tire and Tool Storage ................ 7-3
Index
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Specifications .................................... 10-4
Speedometer ...................................... 5-34
SRS Air BagsHow the Air Bags Work ............. 2-48
Supplemental restraint systems
precautions ................................. 2-42
Starting the Engine .............................. 5-4
Steering Wheel .................................. 3-31
Horn ........................................... 5-61
Storage Compartments ...................... 6-72 Cargo securing loops .................. 6-73
Cargo sub-compartment ............. 6-73
Center console ............................ 6-73
Flexible Floor Board .................. 6-74
Glove box ................................... 6-72
Rear coat hooks .......................... 6-74
Sunshade ........................................... 3-26
Sunvisors .......................................... 6-62
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Tachometer ........................................ 5-35
Temporary Spare Tire ....................... 8-37
Theft-Deterrent System ..................... 3-29
Tiedown Hook .......................................... 7-22
Tire Information ................................ 9-26
Tire Pressure Monitoring System ...... 5-27 System error activation .............. 5-31
Tire pressure monitoring system
warning light .............................. 5-29
Tires and wheels ......................... 5-31
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TiresFlat Tire ........................................ 7-3
Inflation pressure ........................ 8-35
Replacement ............................... 8-36
Rotation ...................................... 8-36
Snow tires .................................. 4-10
Spare tire and tool storage ............ 7-3
Specifications ............................. 10-8
Tire chains .................................. 4-11
Uniform tire quality grading system
(UTQGS) ................................... 9-24
Tool ..................................................... 7-3
Towing Description ................................. 7-21
Emergency towing ..................... 7-21
Recreational towing ................... 7-23
Trailer towing ............................. 4-15
Traction Control System (TCS) ........ 5-23 TCS/DSC indicator light ............ 5-24
Trailer Towing .................................. 4-15
Trip Meter ......................................... 5-34
Trunk Lid .......................................... 3-15 Inside trunk release lever ............ 3-17
Trunk Light ....................................... 3-16
Turn and Lane-Change Signals ......... 5-54
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Vanity Mirrors ................................... 6-62
Vehicle Information Labels ............... 10-2
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