Dodge 2500 Diesel (2005 year). Instruction — part 5

• Check the coolant and oil levels frequently.
• Vary throttle position at highway speeds when carry-

ing or towing significant weight.

Because of the construction of the Cummins Diesel
engine, engine run-in is enhanced by loaded operating
conditions which allow the engine parts to achieve final
finish and fit during the first 6,000 miles (10 000 km).

CAUTION!

• During the first 500 miles (805 km) your new

vehicle is driven, do not tow a trailer. Doing so
may damage your vehicle.

• Limit your speed to 50 mph (80 km/h) during the

first 500 miles (805 km) of towing.

SAFETY TIPS

Transporting Passengers
This vehicle is designed to carry passengers in the cab
only. For safety reasons, NEVER TRANSPORT PASSEN-
GERS IN THE CARGO AREA.

WARNING!

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area,
inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people
riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously
injured or killed.

Do not allow people to ride in any area of your
vehicle that is not equipped with seats and seat belts.

Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and
using a seat belt properly.

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Lock Your Vehicle
Always remove the keys from the ignition and lock all
doors when leaving the vehicle unattended, even in your
own driveway or garage. Try to park your vehicle in a
well-lighted area and never invite theft by leaving ar-
ticles of value exposed.

Exhaust Gas

WARNING!

Exhaust gases contain carbon monoxide, a poten-
tially toxic gas that by itself is colorless and odorless.
To avoid inhaling these gases, the following precau-
tions should be observed:

• Do not run the engine in a closed garage or in confined

areas any longer than needed to move your vehicle in
or out of the area.

• If it is necessary to sit in a parked vehicle with the

engine running for more than a short period, adjust
your climate control system to force outside air into
the vehicle. Set the blower at high speed and the
controls in any position except OFF or MAX A/C.

• The best protection against carbon monoxide entry

into the vehicle body is a properly maintained engine
exhaust system.

Be aware of changes in the sound of the exhaust system;
exhaust fumes detected inside the vehicle; or damage to
the underside or rear of the vehicle. Have a competent
mechanic inspect the complete exhaust system and adja-
cent body areas for broken, damaged, deteriorated or
mispositioned parts. Open seams or loose connections
could permit exhaust fumes to seep into the passenger
compartment. In addition, inspect the exhaust system
each time the vehicle is raised for lubrication or oil
change. Replace or adjust as required.

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Safety Checks You Should Make Inside The
Vehicle

Seat Belts
Inspect the belt system periodically, checking for cuts,
frays and loose parts. Damaged parts must be replaced
immediately. Do not disassemble or modify the system.

Seat belt assemblies must be replaced after an accident if
they have been damaged (bent retractor, torn webbing,
etc.) or if the front airbags have deployed. If there is any
question regarding belt or retractor condition, replace the
belt.

Airbag Light
The light should come on and remain on for 6 to 8
seconds as a bulb check when the ignition switch is first
turned ON. If the light is not lit during starting, see you
authorized dealer. If the light stays on, flickers or comes

on while driving, have the system checked by an autho-
rized dealer. If there is a problem with the airbag light the
seatbelt light will flash.

Safety Checks You Should Make Outside The
Vehicle

Tires
Examine tires for tread wear or uneven wear patterns.
Check for stones, nails, glass or other objects lodged in
the tread.

Inspect for tread cuts or sidewall cracks. Check wheel
nuts for tightness and tires for proper pressure.

Lights
Check the operation of all exterior lights. Check turn
signal and high beam indicator lights on the instrument
panel.

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Door Latches
Check for positive closing, latching and locking.

Fluid Leaks
Check area under vehicle after overnight parking for fuel,
water, oil, or other fluid leaks. Also, if fuel fumes are
detected the cause should be located and corrected.

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CONTENTS

䡵 Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

▫ Inside Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
▫ Automatic Dimming Mirror— If Equipped . . . .79
▫ Outside Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
▫ Exterior Mirrors Folding Feature . . . . . . . . . . .80
▫ Electronic Power Mirrors — If Equipped . . . . . .80
▫ Electric Rear Window Defroster And Heated

Sideview Mirrors — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . .81

▫ Trailer Towing Mirrors — If Equipped . . . . . . .81

䡵 Hands–Free Communication (UConnect™) — If

Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

▫ Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
▫ Phone Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
▫ UConnect™ System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
▫ Advanced Phone Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
▫ Things You Should Know About Your

UConnect™ System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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䡵 Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

▫ 40-20-40 Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
▫ Reclining Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
▫ Adjustable Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
▫ Instruction Rotary Lumbar Support

Adjustment — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

▫ Power Seats — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
▫ Heated Seats — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

䡵 To Open And Close The Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
䡵 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

▫ Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
▫ Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
▫ Headlamp Delay — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . 116

▫ Headlights, Parking Lights, Panel Lights . . . . . 116
▫ Daytime Running Lights (Canada And Fleet

Vehicles Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

▫ Lights-On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
▫ Fog Lights — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
▫ Cargo Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

䡵 Multifunction Control Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

▫ Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
▫ Passing Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
▫ High Beam / Low Beam Select Switch . . . . . . 119
▫ Windshield Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
▫ Windshield Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

䡵 Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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䡵 Driver Adjustable Pedals — If Equipped . . . . . . 123

▫ Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

䡵 Electronic Speed Control — If Equipped . . . . . . 124

▫ To Activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
▫ To Set At A Desired Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
▫ To Deactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
▫ To Resume Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
▫ To Vary The Speed Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
▫ To Accelerate For Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

䡵 Overhead Console— If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . 127

▫ Courtesy/Reading Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

䡵 Overhead Console With Compass/Temperature

Mini-Trip Computer — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . 128

▫ US/M Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
▫ Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
▫ Global Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
▫ Step Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
▫ Average Fuel Economy (AVG ECO) . . . . . . . . 130
▫ Distance To Empty (DTE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
▫ Trip Odometer (ODO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
▫ Elapsed Time (ET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
▫ C/T Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
▫ Automatic Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . 132
▫ Instruction Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
▫ Recalibrating The Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
▫ Outside Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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䡵 Garage Door Opener — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . 134

▫ Programming Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
▫ Canadian Programming/Gate Programming . . 138
▫ Using Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
▫ Erasing Homelink Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
▫ Reprogramming a Single Homelink Button . . . 140
▫ Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

䡵 Power Sunroof — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

▫ Opening Sunroof - Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
▫ Closing Sunroof - Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
▫ Pinch Protect Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
▫ Pinch Protect Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
▫ Venting Sunroof - Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

▫ Sunshade Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
▫ Wind Buffeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
▫ Sunroof Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
▫ Ignition Off Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
▫ Sunroof Fully Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

䡵 Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
䡵 Cigar Lighter And Ash Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
䡵 Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

▫ Front Instrument Panel Cupholders —

Automatic Transmission Only . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

▫ Rear Cupholder — Quad Cab — If Equipped . 146

䡵 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

▫ Center Storage Compartment — If Equipped . . 147

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▫ Storage And Seats — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . 148

䡵 Fold Flat Load Floor — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . 148

▫ Fold Flat Load Floor — If Equipped . . . . . . . . 148

䡵 Pickup Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

䡵 Slide-In Campers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

▫ Camper Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

䡵 Easy-Off Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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MIRRORS

Inside Mirror
The mirror should be adjusted to center on the view
through the rear window.

Annoying headlight glare can be reduced by moving the
small control under the mirror to the night position
(toward rear of vehicle). The mirror should be adjusted
while set in the day position (toward windshield).

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Automatic Dimming Mirror— If Equipped
This mirror automatically adjusts for annoying headlight
glare from vehicles behind you. You can turn the feature
on or off by pressing the button at the base of the mirror.
A light in the button will indicate when the dimming
feature is activated.

CAUTION!

To avoid damage to the mirror during cleaning,
never spray any cleaning solution directly onto the
mirror. Apply the solution onto a clean cloth and
wipe the mirror clean.

Outside Mirrors
To receive maximum benefit, adjust the outside mirror(s)
to center on the adjacent lane of traffic with a slight
overlap of the view obtained on the inside mirror.

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WARNING!

Vehicles and other objects seen in a right side convex
mirror will look smaller and farther away than they
really are. Relying too much on your right side
convex mirror could cause you to collide with an-
other vehicle or other object. Use your inside mirror
when judging the size or distance of a vehicle seen
in the right side convex mirror. Some vehicles will
not have a convex right side mirror.

Exterior Mirrors Folding Feature
All 6 x 9 inch exterior mirrors are hinged and may be
moved either forward or rearward to resist damage. The
hinges have three detent positions; full forward, full
rearward, and normal.

Electronic Power Mirrors — If Equipped

The controls for the power mirrors are located on the
driver’s door trim panel.

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Set the top switch to the left or right for the left or right
mirror, and set it to the center off position to prevent
accidentally moving a mirror when you are finished
adjusting the mirror. To adjust a mirror, select left or right
with the top switch, and press one of the four arrows for
the direction you want the mirror to move.

Electric Rear Window Defroster and Heated
Sideview Mirrors — If Equipped

The Electric Rear Window Defroster and Heated
side view mirrors are activated by pressing the

heated grid button, located on the Climate Control panel,
with the ignition On. Turning Off the ignition will
deactivate the Electric Rear Window Defroster and
Heated side view mirrors feature. These features also
turn off after activation, when 15 minutes have elapsed.
To reactivate, simply press the button again.

Trailer Towing Mirrors — If Equipped
These mirrors are designed with an adjustable mirror
head to provide a greater vision range when towing
extra-wide loads. To change position inboard or out-
board, the mirror head should be rotated (flipped Out or
In). A small blindspot mirror is integrated onto the main
mirror surface.

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NOTE:

Fold the 7 x 10 inch trailer towing mirrors

rearward prior to entering an automated car wash.

CAUTION!

Do not attempt to fold the 7 x 10 inch trailer towing
mirrors forward. The 7 x 10 inch trailer towing
mirrors are not designed to be folded forward and
doing so will damage the mirrors and/or vehicle.

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HANDS–FREE COMMUNICATION (UConnect™) —
IF EQUIPPED
UConnect™ is a voice-activated, hands-free, in vehicle
communications system. UConnect™ allows you to dial
a phone number with your cellular phone* using simple
voice commands (e.g.,

⬙Call ѧ Mike ѧWork⬙ or ⬙Dial ѧ

248-555-1212

⬙). Your cellular phone’s audio is transmitted

through your vehicle’s audio system; the system will
automatically mute your radio when using the UCon-
nect™ system.

NOTE:

The UConnect™ system use requires a cellular

phone equipped with the Bluetooth

⬙Hands-Free Profile,⬙

version 0.96 or higher.

For UConnect Customer Support call 1-877-855-8400 or
visit

the

UConnect

website

(www.chrysler.com/

uconnect).

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