Ram Trucks 2013 Chassis Cab - 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
THEFT ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SEAT BELT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
(SRS) — AIR BAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CHILD RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
FRONT SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
HEATED/VENTILATED SEATS . . . . . . . 21
HEATED STEERING WHEEL . . . . . . . . 22
TILT STEERING COLUMN . . . . . . . . . 23
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TURN SIGNALS/WIPER/WASHER/HIGH
BEAMS LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HEADLIGHT SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SPEED CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ELECTRONIC RANGE SELECT (ERS)
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITHOUT
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW . . . . 33
WIND BUFFETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ELECTRONICS
YOUR VEHICLE'S SOUND SYSTEM . . . 34
IDENTIFYING YOUR RADIO . . . . . . . . 36
Uconnect ® Access (AVAILABLE ON
Uconnect ® 8.4A AND Uconnect ® 8.4AN)
(IF EQUIPPED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Uconnect ® 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Uconnect ® 5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Uconnect ® 8.4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Uconnect ® 8.4AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
STEERING WHEEL AUDIO CONTROLS . . 93
ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFORMATION
CENTER (EVIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES . . . . . . . 95
UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER
(HomeLink ® ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
POWER INVERTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
POWER OUTLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
OFF-ROAD CAPABILITIES
FOUR-POSITION/PART TIME TRANSFER
CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
UTILITY
TOWING & PAYLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . 103
TOW/HAUL MODE
. . . . . . . . . . . . 104
INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE
MODULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
AUXILIARY SWITCHES . . . . . . . . . . 105
RECREATIONAL TOWING (BEHIND
MOTORHOME, ETC.) . . . . . . . . . . . 106
DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 108
DIESEL ENGINE STARTING
PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
DIESEL EXHAUST BRAKE (ENGINE
BRAKING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
IDLE-UP FEATURE (AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION ONLY) . . . . . . . . . 110
ENGINE MOUNTED FUEL FILTER/WATER
SEPARATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
UNDERBODY MOUNTED FUEL
FILTER/WATER SEPARATOR . . . . . . . 112
EXHAUST REGENERATION . . . . . . . 113
COOL-DOWN IDLE CHART . . . . . . . . 114
DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID . . . . . . . . 115
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . 117
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING
LIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
IF YOUR ENGINE OVERHEATS . . . . . 121
JACKING AND TIRE CHANGING . . . . 122
HOISTING
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
JUMP-STARTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
EMERGENCY TOW HOOKS . . . . . . . 130
SHIFT LEVER OVERRIDE . . . . . . . . 131
TOWING A DISABLED VEHICLE . . . . 131
FREEING A STUCK VEHICLE . . . . . . 133
EVENT DATA RECORDER (EDR) . . . . 134
MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
OPENING THE HOOD . . . . . . . . . . 135
ENGINE COMPARTMENT . . . . . . . . 136
FLUIDS AND CAPACITIES . . . . . . . . 138
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE –
GASOLINE ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE – DIESEL
ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
FUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
TIRE PRESSURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
WHEEL AND WHEEL TRIM CARE . . . 155
EXTERIOR BULBS . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
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