2006 Vue Automobile Owner's Manual

Service ............................................................5-3
Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-4
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside
of Your Vehicle ...........................................5-5
Fuel ................................................................5-5
Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10
Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-19
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-21
Automatic Transaxle Fluid (2.2L L4 Engine) ......5-24
Automatic Transaxle Fluid (3.5L V6 Engine) .....5-24
Manual Transaxle Fluid ..................................5-26
Hydraulic Clutch ...........................................5-27
Engine Coolant .............................................5-27
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-30
Engine Overheating .......................................5-30
Cooling System ............................................5-32
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-37
Brakes ........................................................5-38
Battery ........................................................5-41
Jump Starting ...............................................5-42
All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-47
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-48
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-48
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-48
Headlamps ..................................................5-49
Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps ..............5-51
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) .........5-52
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Back-up Lamps .........................................5-53
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-54
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-55
Section 5 Service and Appearance Care
5-1