Service ............................................................5-3
Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-3
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your
Vehicle ......................................................5-4
Fuel ................................................................5-4
Gasoline Octane ............................................5-4
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-5
Additives .......................................................5-5
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-6
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-6
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .......................5-9
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10
Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-20
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-21
Engine Coolant .............................................5-23
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-26
Engine Overheating .......................................5-26
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode ...5-28
Cooling System ............................................5-28
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-35
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-36
Brakes ........................................................5-37
Battery ........................................................5-40
Jump Starting ...............................................5-40
All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-46
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-48
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-48
Headlamps and Sidemarker Lamps .................5-48
Front Turn Signal, Parking and Daytime
Running Lamps (DRL) ................................5-50
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Back-up Lamps .........................................5-50
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-51
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-52
Tires ..............................................................5-53
Tire Sidewall Labeling ...................................5-54
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-56
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-59
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-60
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-61
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