Ram Trucks 2013 3500 - User Guide - Manual (Page 3)

INTRODUCTION/WELCOME
WELCOME FROM CHRYSLER GROUP
LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CONTROLS AT A GLANCE
DRIVER COCKPIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . . . . . . . . . . 8
GETTING STARTED
KEY FOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
KEYLESS ENTER-N-GO™ . . . . . . . . . 11
REMOTE START
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
THEFT ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SEAT BELT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
(SRS) — AIR BAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CHILD RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
FRONT SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
HEATED/VENTILATED SEATS . . . . . . . 22
HEATED STEERING WHEEL . . . . . . . . 23
TILT STEERING COLUMN . . . . . . . . . 24
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 25
TURN SIGNALS/WIPER/WASHER/HIGH
BEAMS LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
HEADLIGHT SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SPEED CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
EIGHT–SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
— IF EQUIPPED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ELECTRONIC RANGE SELECT (ERS)
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . 31
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITHOUT
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
PARKSENSE ® REAR PARK ASSIST . . . 37
PARKVIEW ® REAR BACK-UP CAMERA . . 38
TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM
(TPMS) – 2500 MODELS ONLY . . . . . . 38
POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW . . . . 39
POWER SUNROOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
WIND BUFFETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ELECTRONICS
YOUR VEHICLE'S SOUND SYSTEM . . . 42
IDENTIFYING YOUR RADIO . . . . . . . . 44
Uconnect ® Access (AVAILABLE ON
Uconnect ® 8.4A AND Uconnect ® 8.4AN)
(IF EQUIPPED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Uconnect ® 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Uconnect ® 5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Uconnect ® 8.4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Uconnect ® 8.4AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
STEERING WHEEL AUDIO CONTROLS . . 98
ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFORMATION
CENTER (EVIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES . . . . . . 100
UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER
(HomeLink ® ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
POWER INVERTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
POWER OUTLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
OFF-ROAD CAPABILITIES
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE OPERATION . . . 107
UTILITY
TONNEAU COVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
EASY-OFF TAILGATE . . . . . . . . . . . 110
PICKUP BOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
RAMBOX ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
TOWING & PAYLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . 116
TOW/HAUL MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE
MODULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
RECREATIONAL TOWING (BEHIND
MOTORHOME, ETC.) . . . . . . . . . . . 120
DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 122
DIESEL ENGINE STARTING
PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
DIESEL EXHAUST BRAKE (ENGINE
BRAKING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
IDLE-UP FEATURE (AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION ONLY) . . . . . . . . . 124
ENGINE MOUNTED FUEL FILTER/WATER
SEPARATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
UNDERBODY MOUNTED FUEL
FILTER/WATER SEPARATOR . . . . . . . 126
ADDING FUEL – DIESEL ENGINE
ONLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
EXHAUST REGENERATION . . . . . . . 128
COOL-DOWN IDLE CHART . . . . . . . . 129
DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID . . . . . . . . 129
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . 132
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING
LIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
IF YOUR ENGINE OVERHEATS . . . . . 136
JACKING AND TIRE CHANGING . . . . 137
JUMP-STARTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
EMERGENCY TOW HOOKS . . . . . . . 152
SHIFT LEVER OVERRIDE . . . . . . . . 152
TOWING A DISABLED VEHICLE . . . . 155
FREEING A STUCK VEHICLE . . . . . . 156
EVENT DATA RECORDER (EDR) . . . . 157
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