steering wheel Ram 1500 2016 Owner's manual (Special services)

WARNING!(Continued)
•If your vehicle is equipped with left and right
Supplemental Side Curtain Air Bags (SABIC), care
must be taken when installing any type of roof
equipment. Drilling and installation of fasteners or
other equipment that may interfere with the
Supplemental Side Curtain Air Bags (SABIC) and
air bag wiring harness is not permitted. Further-
more, make sure no equipment or fasteners are
located in the air bag deployment zone.
•
Do not place objects or mount equipment in front of
the air bag module cover, or in front of the seat areas
that may come in contact with a deploying air bag.
• Dash, tunnel or console mounted equipment
should not be placed outside of the specified zone.
• Failure to follow these instructions could result in
personal injury.
Air Bag Deployment Zones
There are four zones to be aware of:
1.
Driver Air Bag Deployment Zone (Figure 1), and Driver
Air Bag/Steering Wheel Specifications (Figure 2)
2. Passenger Air Bag Deployment Zone (Figure 3) and (Figure 4)
3. Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtain (SABIC) Deployment Zone (Figure 5)
4. Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag (SAB) De- ployment Zone (Figure 6)
8 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE

Figure 1 - Driver Air Bag Deployment Zone, depicts the
following.
1. Vertical Plane Passing Through Center of SteeringWheel
2. 13 inches (330 mm)
3. Vertical Plane Passing Through Maximum Rearward Point that the Driver Air Bag Cushion Reaches
4. Steering Wheel
5. Driver Air Bag Retainer/Housing
6. Driver Air Bag Cushion
Figure 1
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ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFORMATION
CENTER (EVIC)
The Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) fea-
tures a driver-interactive display that is located in the
instrument cluster.This system allows the driver to select a variety of useful
information by pushing the switches mounted on the
steering wheel. The EVIC consists of the following:
•
Digital Speedometer
• Vehicle Info
• Fuel Economy Info
• Trip A
• Trip B
• Stop/Start Info (If Equipped)
• Trailer Tow
• Stored Messages
• Screen Setup
• Vehicle Settings (Not Equipped with a Uconnect 5.0 &
8.4 radio)
Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC)
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•Settings
• Turn Menu Off
The system allows the driver to select information by
pushing the following buttons mounted on the steering
wheel: •
UP Arrow Button
Push and release the UParrow button to scroll
upward through the main menu and sub-
menus (Fuel Economy, Trip A, Trip B, Audio,
Stored Messages, Screen Set Up).
• DOWN Arrow Button
Push and release the DOWNarrow button to
scroll downward through the main menu and
submenus (Fuel Economy, Trip A, Trip B, Au-
dio, Stored Messages, Screen Set Up).
• RIGHT Arrow Button
Push and release the RIGHTarrow button to
access/select the information screens or sub-
menu screens of a main menu item. Push and
hold the RIGHTarrow button for two seconds
to reset displayed/selected features that can be reset.
EVIC Steering Wheels Buttons
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The DID Menu items consists of the following:
•Digital Speedometer
• Vehicle Info
• Fuel Economy Info
• Trip A
• Trip B
• Stop/Start Info (If Equipped)
• Trailer Tow
• Audio
• Stored Messages
• Screen Setup
• Vehicle Settings (Not Equipped with a Uconnect 5.0 &
8.4 radio) The system allows the driver to select information by
pushing the following buttons mounted on the steering
wheel:
DID Controls
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