Maintenance and Specifications
WARNING:Exhaustleaksmayresultinentryofharmfuland
potentiallylethalfumesintothepassengercompartment.
Donotmakeanyunauthorizedchangestoyourvehicleorengine.By
law,vehicleownersandanyonewhomanufactures,repairs,services,
sells,leases,tradesvehicles,orsupervisesafleetofvehiclesarenot
permittedtointentionallyremoveanemissioncontroldeviceorprevent
itfromworking.Informationaboutyourvehicle’semissionsystemison
theVehicleEmissionControlInformationDecallocatedonornearthe
engine.Thisdecalalsolistsenginedisplacement.
PleaseconsultyourWarrantyGuide/CustomerInformationGuidefor
completeemissionwarrantyinformation.
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.
Thefuelfillinletmaynothavebeenproperlyclosed.SeeEasyFuel™
“nocap”fuelsysteminthischapter.
4.
Drivingthroughdeepwater—theelectricalsystemmaybewet.
Thesetemporarymalfunctionscanbecorrectedbyfillingthefueltank
withgoodqualityfuel,properlyclosingthefuelfillinletorlettingthe
electricalsystemdryout.Afterthreedrivingcycleswithouttheseorany
othertemporarymalfunctionspresent,theserviceenginesoon
indicatorshouldstayoffthenexttimetheengineisstarted.Adriving
cycleconsistsofacoldenginestartupfollowedbymixedcity/highway
driving.Noadditionalvehicleserviceisrequired.
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