Section 6
Service and Appearance Care
Service
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6-3
Accessories and Modifications
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6-3
California Proposition 65 Warning
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6-4
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements
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6-4
Doing Your Own Service Work
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6-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of the
Vehicle
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6-5
Fuel
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6-5
Gasoline Octane
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6-6
Gasoline Specifications
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6-6
California Fuel
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6-6
Additives
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6-7
Fuel E85 (85% Ethanol)
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6-8
Fuels in Foreign Countries
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6-9
Filling the Tank
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6-10
Filling a Portable Fuel Container
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6-12
Checking Things Under the Hood
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6-12
Hood Release
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6-13
Engine Compartment Overview
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6-14
Engine Oil
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6-16
Engine Oil Life System
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6-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
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6-20
Automatic Transmission Fluid
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6-22
Cooling System
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6-26
Engine Coolant
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6-27
Engine Overheating
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6-31
Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode
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6-33
Engine Fan Noise
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6-33
Power Steering Fluid
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6-34
Windshield Washer Fluid
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6-35
Brakes
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6-36
Battery
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6-39
Jump Starting
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6-40
Rear Axle
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6-45
Four-Wheel Drive
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6-46
Front Axle
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6-47
Headlamp Aiming
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6-48
Bulb Replacement
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6-50
Halogen Bulbs
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6-51
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps
and Back-up Lamps
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6-51
License Plate Lamp
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6-52
Replacement Bulbs
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6-52
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
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6-53
Tires
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6-54
Tire Sidewall Labeling
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6-55
Tire Terminology and Definitions
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6-60
Inflation - Tire Pressure
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6-62
6-1