Vehicle body care requirements vary according to geographic locations and usage. Chemicals that make roads passable in snow and ice and those that are sprayed on trees and road surfaces during other seasons, are highly corrosive to the metal in your vehicle. Outside parking, which exposes your vehicle to airborne contaminants, road surfaces on which the vehicle is operated, extreme hot or cold weather and other extreme conditions will have an adverse effect on paint, metal trim, and underbody protection.
The following maintenance recommendations will enable you to obtain maximum benefit from the corrosion resistance built into your vehicle.
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Emissions Inspection And MaintenancePrograms
In some localities, it may be a legal requirement to pass an inspection of your
vehicle’s emissions control system.
Failure to pass could prevent vehicle registration.
For states that require an ...
Trip Functions
Both trip functions are resettable (reset — start of new trip).
“Trip A” can be used to display the figures relating to:
• Trip distance A
• Average consumption
• Instant consumption A
• Average ...
Special Care
• If you drive on salted or dusty roads or if you drive near the ocean, hose
off the undercarriage at least once a month.
• It is important that the drain holes in the lower edges of the doors, roc ...