Maintenance and Specifications
1.
Starttheengineandletitrun
untilitreachesnormaloperating
temperature(theenginecoolant
temperaturegaugeindicatorwillbe
nearthecenterofthenormalarea
betweenHandC).
2.
steeringwheelleftandrightseveral
times.
Whiletheengineidles,turnthe
3.
4.
Turntheengineoff.
Checkthefluidlevelinthereservoir.ItshouldbebetweentheMIN
andMAXlines.Donotaddfluidifthelevelisinthisrange.
5.
Ifthefluidislow,addfluidinsmallamounts,continuouslychecking
theleveluntilitreachestherangebetweentheMINandMAXlines.Be
suretoputthecapbackonthereservoir.RefertoMaintenance
productspecificationsandcapacitiesinthischapterfortheproper
fluidtype.
BRAKE FLUID
Thefluidlevelwilldropslowlyas
thebrakeswear,andwillrisewhen
thebrakecomponentsarereplaced.
FluidlevelsbetweentheMINand
MAXlinesarewithinthenormal
operatingrange;thereisnoneedto
addfluid.Ifthefluidlevelsare
outsideofthenormaloperating
range,theperformanceofthe
systemcouldbecompromised;seek
servicefromyourauthorizeddealer
immediately.
TRANSMISSION FLUID
Checking automatic transmission fluid
Refertoyourscheduledmaintenanceinformationforscheduled
intervalsforfluidchecksandchanges.Yourtransmissiondoesnot
consumefluid.However,thefluidlevelshouldbecheckedifthe
transmissionisnotworkingproperly,i.e.,ifthetransmissionslipsor
shiftsslowlyorifyounoticesomesignoffluidleakage.
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Model Year | 2009 |
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