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Vehicle care, Vehicle care -1, Vehicle care 10-1 – Saturn 2010 VUE User Manual

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Vehicle Care

10-1

Vehicle Care

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
California Proposition

65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

California Perchlorate

Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3

Accessories and

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Vehicle Checks

Doing Your Own

Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Engine Compartment

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-10
Automatic Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-12
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-20
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 10-21
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-27
Automatic Transmission

Shift Lock Control System

Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Ignition Transmission

Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Park Brake and P (Park)

Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-29

Wiper Blade

Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Headlamp Aiming

Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Bulb Replacement

Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Front Turn Signal and

Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Taillamps, Turn Signal,

Stoplamps, and

Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-36
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Electrical System

Electrical System

Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

Fuses and Circuit

Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

Engine Compartment Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

Instrument Panel Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40

Wheels and Tires

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . 10-44
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Tire Terminology and

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47

Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-50
Tire Pressure for

High-Speed Operation . . . . 10-52

Tire Pressure Monitor

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52

Tire Pressure Monitor

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54

Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
When It Is Time for

New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58

Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59