Fastening
Booster seats . ... . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. 151
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . 149
Infant seats . ............ . ... . . . .. 148
Fastening eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Flat t ire
Changing . . ................ . . . ... 236
Floor mats . . . . ............ . ... . . . .. 108
Fog lights, fro nt ........... . ... . . . . . . 49
Folding master key with remote contro l . . 34
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. 108
For the sake of the environment
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . 192
Letting your engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 90
Reducing engine noise by upshifting ear-
ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Saving fue l by upshift ing early . . . . 10, 11
Using the rear window defogger . . . . . . . 85
Front airbags
Descript ion . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. 126
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fronta l collisions and t he laws of physics 114
Front seats . . . ............ . ... . . . ... 61
Adjusting . . ................ . . . ... 105
Adjust ing the manual seats . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Child restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . 123
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Fuel
Current fuel mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fuel gauge . ... . . .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fuel economy messages (efficiency pro-
gram) . . ... . . . . . ............ . . . . . ... 29
Fuel filler f lap
Unlocking the fuel filler f lap by hand . . 193
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fuel supply
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blended gasoline . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Fuel filler neck ........... . ... . . . . . 191
Fuel gauge . . ............ . ... . . . ... 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 191
Gasoline . ............ . ..... . ... . . 189
Gasoline additives . .. ..... . . . . . . . . . 190
Octane rating ............ . ... . . . . . 189
Inde x 269
Recommendation . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 189
Refuell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 192
Unlocking the fuel fill er flap by hand 193
Fuel tank
Capacity .. . . . . . . . ................ 191
Capacity (gallons/liters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuse arrangeme nt .. . .............. . 244
Fuses
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . .............. 243
G
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 246
Gauges
Engine coolant tempe ratu re . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trip odometer . . . . ................ . 12
Gear recommend ation .. . ........ . . . . . 24
Gearshift indicator .. . .............. . . 24
Gearshift lever . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 96
General illustration
Instr uments and controls ....... . . . . . . 8
Generator
Warning/ind icator lights ........... . . 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology 213
Glove compart ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
CD-changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Light . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 51
Glow plug system
Ind icator light . ... . .............. . . 20
Warning light . . . . . . . ............ . . . 20
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . 255
H
Headlights . . . . . . . . ................ . 47
defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Front fog lights . . . . . .......... . ... . 49
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . 47
Switching on .. . . . . . ..... . .......... 47
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . 4 7
Head restrai nts . . . . . ................ 107
Adjusting ... . . . ..... . ............ 107
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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