Ram Trucks 2014 Chassis Cab Commercial - 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™ . . . . . . . . . 12
REMOTE START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
VEHICLE SECURITY ALARM . . . . . . . 14
SEAT BELT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
(SRS) — AIR BAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CHILD RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
FRONT SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
HEATED/VENTILATED SEATS . . . . . . . 26
HEATED STEERING WHEEL . . . . . . . . 29
TILT STEERING COLUMN . . . . . . . . . 30
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 31
TURN SIGNALS/WIPER/WASHER/HIGH
BEAMS LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
HEADLIGHT SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SPEED CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ELECTRONIC RANGE SELECT (ERS)
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITHOUT
TOUCHSCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCHSCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCHSCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW . . . . 41
WIND BUFFETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ELECTRONICS
YOUR VEHICLE'S SOUND SYSTEM . . . 42
IDENTIFYING YOUR RADIO . . . . . . . . 44
Uconnect ® ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Uconnect ® 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Uconnect ® 5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Uconnect ® 8.4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Uconnect ® 8.4AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
STEERING WHEEL AUDIO
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFORMATION
CENTER (EVIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES . . . . . . 114
UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER
(HomeLink ® ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
POWER INVERTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
POWER OUTLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
OFF-ROAD CAPABILITIES
FOUR-POSITION/PART TIME TRANSFER
CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
UTILITY
TOWING & PAYLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . 123
TOW/HAUL MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE
MODULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
AUXILIARY SWITCHES . . . . . . . . . . 126
RECREATIONAL TOWING (BEHIND
MOTORHOME, ETC.) . . . . . . . . . . . 126
6.7L CUMMINS® DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 131
DIESEL ENGINE STARTING
PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
DIESEL EXHAUST BRAKE
(ENGINE BRAKING) . . . . . . . . . . . 133
IDLE-UP FEATURE (AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION ONLY) . . . . . . . . . 134
ENGINE MOUNTED FUEL FILTER/WATER
SEPARATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
UNDERBODY MOUNTED FUEL
FILTER/WATER SEPARATOR . . . . . . . 136
EXHAUST REGENERATION . . . . . . . 137
COOL-DOWN IDLE CHART . . . . . . . . 139
DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID . . . . . . . . 139
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . 144
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING
LIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
IF YOUR ENGINE OVERHEATS . . . . . 150
JACKING AND TIRE CHANGING . . . . 151
HOISTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
JUMP-STARTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
EMERGENCY TOW HOOKS . . . . . . . 160
SHIFT LEVER OVERRIDE . . . . . . . . 161
TOWING A DISABLED VEHICLE . . . . 161
FREEING A STUCK VEHICLE . . . . . . 163
EVENT DATA RECORDER (EDR) . . . . 164
MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
OPENING THE HOOD . . . . . . . . . . 165
ENGINE COMPARTMENT . . . . . . . . 166
FLUIDS AND CAPACITIES . . . . . . . . 169
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE —
GASOLINE ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE —
6.7L CUMMINS ® DIESEL ENGINE . . . 179
FUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
TIRE PRESSURES/MAINTENANCE AND
REPLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
WHEEL AND WHEEL TRIM CARE . . . 189
EXTERIOR BULBS . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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