INTRODUCTION This Consumer Information Guide has been ROLLOVER WARNING prepared to help you become acquainted with Utility vehicles have a significantly higher rollover important information pertaining to your vehicle. rate than other types of vehicles. This vehicle has a higher ground clearance and a higher cen- This guide illustrates and describes the opera- ter of gravity than many passenger vehicles.
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VEHICLE Front Head Restraints SEATS Seats are a part of the Occupant Restraint sys- WARNING! tem of the vehicle. • All occupants, including the driver, should not operate a vehicle or sit in a vehicle’s WARNING! seat until the head restraints are placed in •...
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tion of the headlights, parking lights, instrument panel lights, instrument panel light dimming, interior lights and rear fog lights. In addition, there are buttons for the ParkSense system and Engine Stop/Start. Rear Head Restraint 1 — Adjustment Button 2 — Release Button NOTE: Headlight Switch To allow maximum visibility for the driver, if the...
When the speed is higher than 25 mph To deactivate the automatic headlight function, (40 km/h) and the function is active, the lights rotate the headlight switch to the position. will turn off if the multifunction lever is pushed NOTE: again.
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If brake failure is indicated, immediate repair is WARNING! necessary. might be a malfunction in the restraint sys- tems; This could mean the air bags or pre- WARNING! tensioners may not deploy in the event of • If the warning light does not turn on when an accident or, they could deploy errone- the ignition is placed in the ON/RUN posi- ously.
Please note that the TPMS is not a substitute for The aim of the OBD system (Onboard Diagnos- proper tire maintenance, and it is the driver’s tic) is to: responsibility to maintain correct tire pressure, • Monitor the efficiency of the system even if underinflation has not reached the level •...
SAFETY AUXILIARY DRIVING a temperature drop to 20°F (-7°C) will decrease the tire pressure to approximately 24 psi SYSTEMS (165 kPa). This tire pressure is low enough to turn on the Tire Pressure Monitoring System Warning Light. Driving the vehicle may cause the Tire Pressure Monitoring tire pressure to rise to approximately 28 psi System (TPMS)
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• If the ignition is cycled, this sequence will repeat, Driving on a significantly underinflated tire will cause the tire to overheat, and can lead to tire provided that the system fault still exists. The failure. Underinflation also reduces fuel effi- Tire Pressure Monitoring System Warning Light ciency and tire tread life, and may affect the will turn off when the fault condition no longer...
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6. All occupants should always wear their lap Initial Indication and shoulder belts properly. If the driver is unbuckled when the ignition switch is first in the ON/RUN position, a chime 7. The driver and front passenger seats should will signal for a few seconds. If the driver or out- be moved back as far as practical to allow the board front seat passenger (if equipped with front air bags room to inflate.
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WARNING! WARNING! • A seat belt that is buckled into the wrong • Relying on the air bags alone could lead to buckle will not protect you properly. The more severe injuries in a collision. The air lap portion could ride too high on your bags work with your seat belt to restrain body, possibly causing internal injuries.
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Second Row Center Seat Belt Operating Instructions Seat Belt Latch Plate Inserted Into Seat Belt Buckle 4. Position the lap belt so that it is snug and lies low across your hips, below your abdomen. To remove slack in the lap belt portion, pull up on the shoulder belt.
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To remove slack in the lap belt portion, pull Seat belts must be worn by all occupants includ- ing pregnant women: the risk of injury in the up on the shoulder belt. To loosen the lap event of an accident is reduced for the mother belt if it is too tight, pull on the lap belt.
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If the passenger seating position is equipped WARNING! with an ALR and is being used for normal usage, only pull the seat belt webbing out far enough to • Do not use the Automatic Locking Mode to comfortably wrap around the occupant’s mid- restrain occupants who are wearing the seat section so as to not activate the ALR.
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The ORC also includes diagnostics that will illu- The passenger front air bag is mounted in the instrument panel, above the glove compartment. minate the instrument panel Air Bag Warning The words “SRS AIRBAG” or “AIRBAG” are Light if a malfunction is detected that could embossed on the air bag covers.
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Front Air Bag Operation WARNING! Front Air Bags are designed to provide addi- • Never install a rear-facing child restraint in tional protection by supplementing the seat the front seat of a vehicle. Only use a rear- belts. Front air bags are not expected to reduce facing child restraint in the rear seat.
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WARNING! Do not use accessory seat covers or place objects between you and the Side Air Bags; the performance could be adversely affected and/or objects could be pushed into you, causing serious injury. Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtains (SABICs) Driver Knee Air Bag This vehicle is equipped with Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtains (SABICs).
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WARNING! WARNING! • • In order for the SABICs to work as intended, Being too close to the Side Air Bags during do not install any accessory items in your deployment could cause you to be severely vehicle which could alter the roof. Do not injured or killed.
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determine whether to have the Enhanced Acci- If A Deployment Occurs dent Response System perform the following The front air bags are designed to deflate imme- functions: diately after deployment. • Cut off fuel to the engine (if equipped) • NOTE: Cut off battery power to the electric motor (if equipped)
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Customer Action NOTE: Customer Will See Each step MUST BE held for at least two seconds 1. Turn ignition OFF. (Turn Signal Switch Must be placed in Neutral State). Right turn light BLINKS. 2. Turn ignition ACC/ON/RUN. Left turn light is OFF. Right turn light is ON SOLID.
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• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing WARNING! the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and, • How fast the vehicle was traveling. In a collision, an unrestrained child can These data can help provide a better under- become a projectile inside the vehicle. The standing of the circumstances in which crashes force required to hold even an infant on your and injuries occur.
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Infant And Child Restraints WARNING! Safety experts recommend that children ride injured or killed. Follow the child restraint rear-facing in the vehicle until they are two years manufacturer’s directions exactly when old or until they reach either the height or installing an infant or child restraint.
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Recommendations For Attaching Child Restraints Restraint Combined Use Any Attachment Method Shown With An “X” Type Weight of Below the Child + LATCH – Seat Belt LATCH – Seat Belt + Child Lower Only Lower Top Tether Restraint Anchors Anchors + Anchor Only Top Tether...
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Frequently Asked Questions About Installing Child Restraints With LATCH Do not use the seat belt when you use the LATCH anchorage system to attach a rear-facing or forward-facing Can the LATCH anchorages and the child restraint. seat belt be used together to attach a Booster seats may be attached to the rear-facing or forward-facing child LATCH anchorages if allowed by the...
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Forward-facing child restraints and some rear- 5. Tighten all of the straps as you push the child restraint rearward and downward into the facing child restraints will also be equipped with seat. Remove slack in the straps according to a tether strap. The tether strap will have a hook the child restraint manufacturer’s at the end to attach to the top tether anchorage instructions.
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The seat belts in the passenger seating positions Lap/Shoulder Belt Systems For are equipped with a Switchable Automatic Lock- Installing Child Restraints In This ing Retractor (ALR) that is designed to keep the Vehicle lap portion of the seat belt tight around the child restraint so that it is not necessary to use a locking clip.
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5. To lock the seat belt, pull down on the 1. Look behind the seating position where you shoulder part of the belt until you have plan to install the child restraint to find the pulled all the seat belt webbing out of the tether anchorage.
SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE NOTE: TIRES • P (Passenger) — Metric tire sizing is based on Tire Safety Information US design standards. P-Metric tires have the letter “P” molded into the sidewall preceding Tire safety information will cover aspects of the the size designation.
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EXAMPLE: Service Description: 95 = Load Index • A numerical code associated with the maximum load a tire can carry H = Speed Symbol • A symbol indicating the range of speeds at which a tire can carry a load corresponding to its load index under certain operating conditions •...
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Term Definition Recommended Cold Tire The manufacturer recommended cold tire inflation pressure as shown on the tire placard. Inflation Pressure Tire Placard A label permanently attached to the vehicle describing the vehicle’s loading capacity, the original equipment tire sizes and the recommended cold tire inflation pressures.
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vehicle, the amount of available Metric Example For Load Limit For example, if “XXX” amount equals 635 kg cargo and luggage load capacity is and there will be five 68 kg passengers in your 650 lbs. (1400-750 (5x150) = 650 vehicle, the amount of available cargo and lug- lbs.) gage load capacity is 295 kg (635-340 (5x68) =...
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Inflation pressures specified on the placard are WARNING! always “cold tire inflation pressure”. Cold tire • inflation pressure is defined as the tire pressure Overinflated or underinflated tires can after the vehicle has not been driven for at least affect vehicle handling and can fail suddenly, three hours, or driven less than 1 mile (1.6 km) resulting in loss of vehicle control.
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For driving speeds above 100 mph (160 km/h) WARNING! recommended cold tire inflation pressures are listed in the following table under "High Speed High speed driving with your vehicle under Tire Inflation Pressure". Vehicle loading condi- maximum load is dangerous. The added strain tion must not exceed 688 lb (312kg) (driver + on your tires could cause them to fail.
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Once a Run Flat tire reaches the Run Flat mode Life Of Tire it has limited driving capabilities and needs to be The service life of a tire is dependent upon vary- replaced immediately. A Run Flat tire is not ing factors including, but not limited to: repairable.
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Treadwear WARNING! The Treadwear grade is a com- • Do not use a tire, wheel size, load rating, or parative rating, based on the wear speed rating other than that specified for your vehicle. Some combinations of unap- rate of the tire when tested proved tires and wheels may change suspen- under controlled conditions on a sion dimensions and performance character-...
Temperature Grades Safety Standard No. 109. Grades B and A represent higher levels of The temperature grades are A performance on the laboratory (the highest), B, and C, represent- test wheel, than the minimum ing the tire's resistance to the required by law.
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