RAM RAM 3500 2013, User Manual

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
HEATED/VENTILATED SEATS . . . . . . . 23
HEATED STEERING WHEEL . . . . . . . . 24
TILT STEERING COLUMN . . . . . . . . . 25
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS
. . . . . . . . . . . 26
TURN SIGNALS/WIPER/WASHER/HIGH
BEAMS LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
HEADLIGHT SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SPEED CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ELECTRONIC RANGE SELECT (ERS)
OPERATION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITHOUT
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROLS WITH
TOUCH-SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW
. . . . 35
WIND BUFFETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ELECTRONICS
YOUR VEHICLE'S SOUND SYSTEM . . . 36
IDENTIFYING YOUR RADIO . . . . . . . . 38
Uconnect
® Access (AVAILABLE ON
Uconnect
®
8.4A AND Uconnect
®
8.4AN)
(IF EQUIPPED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Uconnect
®
3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Uconnect
®
5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Uconnect ® 8.4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Uconnect ® 8.4AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
STEERING WHEEL AUDIO
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFORMATION
CENTER (EVIC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES . . . . . . . 99
UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER
(HomeLink
® ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
POWER INVERTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
POWER OUTLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
OFF-ROAD CAPABILITIES
FOUR-POSITION/PART TIME
TRANSFER CASE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
UTILITY
TOWING & PAYLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . 107
TOW/HAUL MODE
. . . . . . . . . . . . 108
INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE
MODULE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
AUXILIARY SWITCHES . . . . . . . . . . 109
RECREATIONAL TOWING
(BEHIND MOTORHOME, ETC.) . . . . . 110
DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINE BREAK-IN
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DIESEL ENGINE STARTING
PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DIESEL EXHAUST BRAKE
(ENGINE BRAKING)
. . . . . . . . . . . 114
IDLE-UP FEATURE (AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION ONLY)
. . . . . . . . . 115
ENGINE MOUNTED FUEL FILTER/WATER
SEPARATOR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
UNDERBODY MOUNTED FUEL
FILTER/WATER SEPARATOR . . . . . . . 117
EXHAUST REGENERATION
. . . . . . . 118
COOL-DOWN IDLE CHART . . . . . . . . 119
DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID
. . . . . . . . 120
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . 122
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING
LIGHTS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
IF YOUR ENGINE OVERHEATS . . . . . 126
JACKING AND TIRE CHANGING
. . . . 127
HOISTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
JUMP-STARTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
EMERGENCY TOW HOOKS . . . . . . . 135
SHIFT LEVER OVERRIDE . . . . . . . . 136
TOWING A DISABLED VEHICLE . . . . 137
FREEING A STUCK VEHICLE . . . . . . 138
EVENT DATA RECORDER (EDR)
. . . . 139
MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
OPENING THE HOOD . . . . . . . . . . 140
ENGINE COMPARTMENT . . . . . . . . 141
FLUIDS AND CAPACITIES . . . . . . . . 143
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE –
GASOLINE ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE –
DIESEL ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
FUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
TIRE PRESSURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
WHEEL AND WHEEL TRIM CARE
. . . 161
EXTERIOR BULBS . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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