Fuel .......................... . .. 180
Fuel economy .................. . .. 164
Leakage from your vehicle ... . . . . . . . . 182
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . 165
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . 192
Proper disposal of drained engine cool-
ant . . . . . . . . . . ....... . .. . . ... . . . . 190
Proper disposal of drained engine
oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 188
Recycling used engine oil ... . . . . . . . . . 187
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
What should I do with an old battery? . 193
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . 19
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exhaust tail pipes
Cleaning . . . ................ . . . . .. 172
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . ............ . ... . . . ... 50
Dimming .. . ................ . . . ... . 50
Heating . . . . ... . . .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . 50
F
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Radiator .. . . . .............. . . . ... 191
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . 139
Infant seats . ............ . ... . . . .. 138
Fastening eyelets .................... 63
Flat t ire
Changing . . . ... . ........ . ... . . . . . 225
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Fog lights . . . . . .............. . . . . ... 47
Folding master key with remote control . . 35
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
For the sake of the environment
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . 180
Letting your engine warm up ... . . . . . . 76
Refueling . . . . .............. . . . . .. 180
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . 10
Front airbags
Description . . ............ . ... . . . . . 115
How they work .............. . . . . . . 120
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics 104
Index 253
Front seats ......................... S7
Adjusting ... . . . . . . ................ 95
Adjusting the manual seats . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Child restraints in the front seat .... . . 113
Fuel
Additives ... . . . . . . . ............... 178
Blended gasoline . . . .............. . 178
Current fuel mileage .............. . . 24
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Gasoline additives . . .............. . 179
Octane rating . . . .................. 178
Recommendation . . ... . ........ . . . . 178
Refuelling ... . . . . . . ............... 180
Reserve ..... . . . . . . ................ 12
Tank capacity .... . . .............. . 242
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . 181
Fuel economy messages (efficiency pro-
gram) .... . . . ... . . . . . ............... 28
Fuse arrangement .. . ... . . . ........ . 231
G
Garage door opener (HomeLink ®) .. . . . . . 90
Gas discharge lamps . . ............... 233
Gauges
Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gearshift lever . . ... . ... . . . .......... 83
General illustration
Instruments and controls ........... . . 8
Generator
Warning/indicator lights ............. 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology 199
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) ... 240
H
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. ...... . 45
adaptive light . . . . . . . .............. . 46
defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21
Front fog lights . .................. . 47
Switching off .... . . ................ 45
Switching on . . . . . . . ................ 45
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