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Service ............................................................5-3
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your
Vehicle ......................................................5-4
Fuel ................................................................5-5
Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10
Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-19
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-20
Automatic Transaxle Fluid (2.2L L4 Engine) ......5-23
Automatic Transaxle Fluid (3.5L V6 Engine) .....5-24
Manual Transaxle Fluid ..................................5-26
Hydraulic Clutch ...........................................5-26
Engine Coolant .............................................5-26
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-29
Engine Overheating .......................................5-29
Cooling System ............................................5-30
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-35
Brakes ........................................................5-36
Battery ........................................................5-39
Jump Starting ...............................................5-40
All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-45
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-47
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-47
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-47
Headlamps and Sidemarker Lamps .................5-48
Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps ..............5-50
Fog Lamps ..................................................5-51
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) .........5-52
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Back-up Lamps .........................................5-52
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-53
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-54
Tires ..............................................................5-55
Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-56
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-58
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-61
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-62
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-64
Buying New Tires .........................................5-64
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-65
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-67
Section 5 Service and Appearance Care
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