Maintenance Procedures

The pages that follow contain the required maintenance services determined by the engineers who designed your vehicle.

Besides those maintenance items specified in the fixed maintenance schedule, there are other components which may require servicing or replacement in the future.

• Failure to properly maintain your vehicle or perform repairs and service CAUTION!

• Failure to properly maintain your vehicle or perform repairs and service when necessary could result in more costly repairs, damage to other components or negatively impact vehicle performance.
Immediately have potential malfunctions examined by an authorized dealer or qualified repair center.
• Your vehicle has been built with improved fluids that protect the performance and durability of your vehicle and also allow extended maintenance intervals. Do not use chemical flushes in these components as the chemicals can damage your engine, transmission, or air conditioning. Such damage is not covered by the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. If a flush is needed because of component malfunction, use only the specified fluid for the flushing procedure.

See also:

Side doors
Check that it is safe to open a door before doing so. Make sure that the left-hand sliding side door is completely closed before refueling (see “At the filling station” in this chapter). You cou ...

Rubber hoses
As far as the brake system and fuel rubber hoses are concerned, carefully follow the “Service schedule” in this section. Indeed ozone, high temperatures and prolonged lack of fluid in the system ma ...

In Canada
If you believe that your vehicle has a safety defect, you should contact the Customer Service Department immediately. Canadian customers who wish to report a safety defect to the Canadian governmen ...