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Features of your vehicle Hood
Hood
The hood serves as a cover for the
engine compartment.
Open the hood if maintenance work
needs to be performed in the engine
compartment or if you need to look at
the compartment.
Opening the hood
1. Pull the release lever to unlatch the
hood. The hood should pop open
slightly.
Open the hood after turning off the
engine on a flat surface, shifting the
shift lever to the P (Park, for Dual
Clutch Transmission/ Intelligent Vari
-
able Transmission) or first gear or R
(Reverse, for Manual Transmission)
and set the parking brake.
2. Go to the front of the vehicle, raise the
hood slightly, push the secondary
latch (1) up side and lift the hood (2).
3. Pull out the support rod.
4. Hold the hood opened with the sup
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port rod(3).
Hot parts
Grasp the support rod in the area
wrapped in rubber. The rubber will help
prevent you from being burned by hot
metal when the engine is hot.