Maintenance and Specifications
Usethefollowingguidelinestoavoidelectrostaticchargebuild-upwhen
fillinganungroundedfuelcontainer:
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Placeapprovedfuelcontainerontheground.
DONOTfillafuelcontainerwhileitisinthevehicle(includingthe
cargoarea).
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Keepthefuelpumpnozzleincontactwiththefuelcontainerwhile
filling.
DONOTuseadevicethatwouldholdthefuelpumphandleinthefill
position.
Easy Fuel™ “no cap” fuel system
YourfueltankisequippedwithanEasyFuel™“nocap”fuelfiller
system.Thisallowsyoutosimplyopenthefuelfillerdoorandinsertthe
fuelfillernozzleintothefuelsystem.TheEasyFuel™systemis
self-sealingandprotectedagainstdust,dirt,waterandsnow/ice.
Whenfuelingyourvehicle:
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2.
3.
Turntheengineoff.
Openthefuelfillerdoor.
Slowlyinsertthefuelfillernozzlefullyintothefuelsystem.Pumpfuel
asnormal.
4.
Afteryouaredonepumpingfuel,slowlyremovethefuelfiller
nozzle—allowaboutfivesecondsafterpumpingfuelbeforeremovingthe
fuelfillernozzle.Thisallowsresidualfueltodrainbackintothefueltank
andnotspillontothevehicle.
Note:Afuelspillageconcernmayoccurifoverfillingthefueltank.Do
notoverfillthetanktothepointthatthefuelisabletobypassthefuel
fillernozzle.Theoverfilledfuelmayrundownthedrainlocatedbelow
andinfrontofthefuelfillerdoor.
IftheCheckFuelFillInletlamporCheckFuelFillInletmessagecomes
on,thefuelfillinletmaynothaveproperlyclosed.Theinletmayhave
stuckopenordebrismaybepreventingtheinletfromfullyclosing.At
thenextopportunity,safelypullofftheroad,turnofftheengine,open
thefuelfillerdoorandremoveanyvisibledebrisfromthefuelfill
opening.Inserteitherthefuelfillnozzleorthefuelfillfunnel(see
Refillingwithaportablefuelcontainerforfunnellocation)provided
withthevehicleseveraltimestodislodgeanydebrisand/orallowthe
inlettocloseproperly.Ifthisactioncorrectstheproblem,theCheck
FuelFillInletlamporCheckFuelFillInletmessagemaynotreset
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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