2009 Dodge Caliber Quick Reference Guide - Page 4

2009 Dodge Caliber Manual

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vehi Fuel Cap Loose Gas Cap Message • If a "gas cap" message (shown as gASCAP) appears, tighten the gas cap until a "clicking" sound is heard. • Press the odometer reset button to turn the message off. • If the message continues to appear for more than three days after tightening the gas cap, see your dealer. Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) •  If one or more of the four road tire pressures are low, the Tire Pressure Monitoring Light will illuminate and an audible chime will sound.  • Check the inflation pressure of each road tire on your vehicle and inflate to the recommended cold pressure value, shown on the placard located in the driver's door opening. The TPMS display should not be used as a tire pressure gauge when adjusting your tire pressure The light will turn off once the updated tire pressure has been recognized. The vehicle may need to be driven for up to 20 minutes above 15 mph (25 km/h) before the light will turn off.  • Temperature changes can affect tire pressures, causing the TPMS light to turn on. Colder temperatures will decrease tire pressure and warmer temperatures will increase tire pressure.  • If your spare tire is in use on the vehicle, the TPMS light may turn on. Refer to your Owner's Manual. Oil Change Indicator Message •  If an "oil change" message (shown as CHAngE Oil or Oil Change Required) appears and a single chime sounds, it is time for your next required oil change. Resetting light after servicing • Turn the ignition switch to the ON/RUN position (do not start engine). • F  ully depress the accelerator pedal three times within 10 seconds. •  Turn the ignition switch to the OFF/LOCK position.

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VEHI
FUEL CAP
LOOSE GAS CAP MESSAGE
•฀If฀a฀“gas฀cap”฀message฀(shown฀as฀gASCAP)฀appears,฀tighten฀the฀gas฀฀
฀ ฀ cap฀until฀a฀“clicking”฀sound฀is฀heard.
฀ •฀Press฀the฀odometer฀reset฀button฀to฀turn฀the฀message฀off.
฀ •฀If฀the฀message฀continues฀to฀appear฀for฀more฀than฀three฀days฀
after tightening the gas cap, see your dealer.
TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS)
•฀฀If฀one฀or฀more฀of฀the฀four฀road฀tire฀pressures฀are฀low,฀the฀Tire฀Pressure฀
Monitoring Light will illuminate and an audible chime will sound.
฀ ฀•฀Check฀the฀inFation฀pressure฀of฀each฀road฀tire฀on฀your฀vehicle฀and
฀ inFate฀to฀the฀recommended฀cold฀pressure฀value,฀shown฀on฀the฀placard฀฀
located in the driver’s door opening. The TPMS display should not be
฀ used฀as฀a฀tire฀pressure฀gauge฀when฀adjusting฀your฀tire฀pressure.
฀ ฀•฀฀The฀light฀will฀turn฀off฀once฀the฀updated฀tire฀pressure฀has฀been฀
recognized. The vehicle may need to be driven for up to 20 minutes
above 15 mph (25 km/h) before the light will turn off.
฀ ฀•฀
Temperature changes can affect tire pressures, causing the TPMS
light to turn on. Colder temperatures will decrease tire pressure and
warmer temperatures will increase tire pressure.
฀ ฀•฀If฀your฀spare฀tire฀is฀in฀use฀on฀the฀vehicle,฀the฀TPMS฀light฀may฀turn฀on.฀฀
Refer to your Owner’s Manual.
OIL CHANGE INDICATOR
MESSAGE
•฀฀If฀an฀“oil฀change”฀message฀(shown฀as฀CHAngE฀Oil฀or฀Oil฀Change฀
Required) appears and a single chime sounds, it is time for your next
required oil change.
RESETTING LIGHT AFTER SERVICING
฀ •฀Turn฀the฀ignition฀switch฀to฀the฀ON/RUN฀position฀(do฀not฀start฀engine).฀
฀ •฀฀±ully฀depress฀the฀accelerator฀pedal฀three฀times฀within฀10฀seconds.
฀ •฀฀Turn฀the฀ignition฀switch฀to฀the฀O±±/LOCK฀position.