Maintenance and Specifications
itfromworking.Informationaboutyourvehicle’semissionsystemison
theVehicleEmissionControlInformationDecallocatedonornearthe
engine.Thisdecalalsolistsenginedisplacement.
PleaseconsultyourWarrantyGuideforcompleteemissionwarranty
information.
On board diagnostics (OBD-II)
Yourvehicleisequippedwithacomputerthatmonitorstheengine’s
emissioncontrolsystem.ThissystemiscommonlyknownastheOn
BoardDiagnosticsSystem(OBD-II).TheOBD-IIsystemprotectsthe
environmentbyensuringthatyourvehiclecontinuestomeet
governmentemissionstandards.TheOBD-IIsystemalsoassistsyour
authorizeddealerinproperlyservicingyourvehicle.WhentheService
enginesoon
amalfunction.TemporarymalfunctionsmaycausetheServiceengine
indicatortoilluminate.Examplesare:
indicatorilluminates,theOBD-IIsystemhasdetected
soon
1.
2.
Thevehiclehasrunoutoffuel—theenginemaymisfireorrunpoorly.
Poorfuelqualityorwaterinthefuel—theenginemaymisfireorrun
poorly.
3.
Thefuelcapmaynothavebeensecurelytightened.SeeFuelfiller
capinthischapter.IfyouhavetheEasyFuel™“nocap”fuelsystem,
thefuelfillinletmaynothavebeenproperlyclosed.SeeEasyFuel™
“nocapfuelsystem”inthischapter.
4.
Drivingthroughdeepwater—theelectricalsystemmaybewet.
Thesetemporarymalfunctionscanbecorrectedbyfillingthefueltank
withgoodqualityfuel,properlyclosingthefuelfillinletorlettingthe
electricalsystemdryout.Afterthreedrivingcycleswithouttheseorany
othertemporarymalfunctionspresent,theServiceenginesoon
indicatorshouldstayoffthenexttimetheengineisstarted.Adriving
cycleconsistsofacoldenginestartupfollowedbymixedcity/highway
driving.Noadditionalvehicleserviceisrequired.
IftheServiceenginesoon
indicatorremainson,haveyourvehicle
servicedatthefirstavailableopportunity.Althoughsomemalfunctions
detectedbytheOBD-IImaynothavesymptomsthatareapparent,
continueddrivingwiththeServiceenginesoon
indicatoroncan
resultinincreasedemissions,lowerfueleconomy,reducedengineand
transmissionsmoothness,andleadtomorecostlyrepairs.
Readiness for Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) testing
Somestate/provincialandlocalgovernmentsmayhave
Inspection/Maintenance(I/M)programstoinspecttheemissioncontrol
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