Driving and Operating 9-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-17
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-18
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-21
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-26
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-30
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Parking Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-34
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Fuel Economy Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-39
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
StabiliTrak
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-45
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Gasoline Specifications (U.S.
and Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-53
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Fuel E85 (85% Ethanol) . . . . . 9-54
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
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