This section explains why it is important to keep your vehicle well maintained and how to follow basic maintenance safety precautions.
This section also includes instructions on how to read the maintenance minder messages on the information display, and instructions for simple maintenance tasks you may want to take care of yourself.
If you have the skills and tools to perform more complex maintenance tasks on your vehicle, you may want to purchase the service manual.
Protecting Larger Children
Checking Seat Belt Fit
To determine if a lap/shoulder belt properly fits a child, have the child put
on the seat belt, then ask yourself:
1. Does the child sit all the way back against the seat? ...
MTF Inspection and Replacement (M/T)
Park the vehicle on level ground, and turn the engine off.
Raise the vehicle on a lift, and make sure it is securely supported.
Remove the splash shield.
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For Safe Driving
The following pages explain your vehicle’s safety features and how to use
them
properly. The safety precautions below are ones that we consider to be among the
most important. ...