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Vehicle customization allows certain features to be programmed for one preferred setting.

Only the customization options available will be displayed on the DIC.

The default settings were preset when the vehicle left the factory, but may have been changed.

The customization preferences are automatically recalled.

To change customization preferences, use the following procedure.

Entering the Feature Settings Menu

  1. Turn the ignition on.
  2. To avoid excessive drain on the battery, it is recommended that the headlamps are turned off.

  3. Press the customization button to enter the feature settings menu.

Feature Settings Menu Items

The following are customization features that allow you to program settings to the vehicle:

Display In English

This feature will only display if a language other than English has been set. This feature allows for changing the language of the DIC messages back to English.

Press the customization button until the Press To Display In English screen appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to select English as the language in which all DIC messages will appear.

Display Language

This feature allows you to select the language in which the DIC messages will appear.

Press the customization button until the Display Language screen appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

English (default): All messages will appear in English.

Deutsch: All messages will appear in German.

Italiano: All messages will appear in Italian.

Francais: All messages will appear in French.

Espanol: All messages will appear in Spanish.

Portugese: All messages will appear in Portugese.

Arabic: All messages will appear in Arabic.

Chinese: All messages will appear in Chinese.

Japanese: All messages will appear in Japanese.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Auto Door Lock

This feature allows you to select when the vehicle's doors will automatically lock. See Programmable Automatic Door Locks for more information.

Press the customization button until Auto Door Lock appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Shift Out Of Park (default on Automatic Transmission) (Automatic Transmission Only): The vehicle's doors automatically lock when the doors are closed and the vehicle is shifted out of P (Park).

At Vehicle Speed (default on Manual Transmission): The vehicle's doors automatically lock when the vehicle speed is above 5 mph (8 km/h) for three seconds.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Auto Door Unlock

This feature allows you to select whether or not the door(s) will automatically unlock. It also allows you to select which doors and when they will automatically unlock. See Programmable Automatic Door Locks for more information.

Press the customization button until Auto Door Unlock appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Off: None of the doors will automatically unlock.

Driver Only At Off: Only the driver's door will unlock when the ignition is turned off.

All At Off (default on Manual Transmission): All of the doors will unlock when the ignition is turned off.

All In Park (default on Automatic Transmission) (Automatic Transmission Only): All of the doors will unlock when the vehicle is shifted into P (Park).

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Remote Door Lock Feedback

This feature allows you to select the type of feedback you will receive when locking the vehicle with the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) or keyless access transmitter, or when the vehicle is automatically locked using the Keyless Locking feature. You will not receive feedback when locking the vehicle with the transmitter if the doors are open. See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation , Keyless Access System Operation , or "Keyless Locking" later in this section for more information.

Press the customization button until Remote Door Lock appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Off: There will be no feedback when you press the lock button on the transmitter.

Lights Only: The exterior lamps will flash when you press the lock button on the transmitter.

Horn Only: The horn will sound on the second press of the lock button on the transmitter.

Horn & Lights (default): The exterior lamps will flash when you press the lock button on the transmitter, and the horn will sound when the lock button is pressed again within five seconds of the previous command.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Remote Door Unlock Feedback

This feature allows you to select the type of feedback you will receive when unlocking the vehicle with the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) or keyless access transmitter, or when the vehicle is automatically unlocked using the Keyless Unlock feature. You will not receive feedback when unlocking the vehicle with the transmitter if the doors are open. See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation , Keyless Access System Operation , or "Keyless Unlock" later in this section for more information.

Press the customization button until Remote Door Unlock appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Lights Off: The exterior lamps will not flash when you press the unlock button on the transmitter.

Lights On (default): The exterior lamps will flash when you press the unlock button on the transmitter.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Exit Lighting

This feature allows you to select the amount of time you want the exterior lamps to remain on when it is dark enough outside. This happens after the key is turned from ON/RUN to LOCK/OFF.

Press the customization button until Exit Lighting appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Off: The exterior lamps will not turn on.

10 Seconds (default): The exterior lamps will stay on for 10 seconds.

30 Seconds: The exterior lamps will stay on for 30 seconds.

2 Minutes: The exterior lamps will stay on for two minutes.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Approach Lighting

This feature allows you to select whether or not to have the exterior lights turn on briefly during low light periods after unlocking the vehicle using the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) or keyless access transmitter.

Press the customization button until Approach Lighting appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Off: The exterior lights will not turn on when you unlock the vehicle with the transmitter.

On (default): If it is dark enough outside, the exterior lights will turn on briefly when you unlock the vehicle with the transmitter. The lights will remain on for 20 seconds or until the lock button on the transmitter is pressed, or the vehicle is no longer off. See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation and Keyless Access System Operation for more information.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Factory Settings

This feature allows you to set all of the customization features back to their factory default settings.

Press the customization button until Factory Settings appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Restore All (default): The customization features will be set to their factory default settings.

No Change: The customization features will not be set to their factory default settings.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Keyless Locking

If the vehicle has the keyless access system, this feature allows you to select whether the doors automatically lock during normal vehicle exit. When the ignition is turned off and all doors become closed, the vehicle will determine how many keyless access transmitters remain in the vehicle interior. If at least one keyless access transmitter has been removed from the interior of the vehicle, the doors will lock after several seconds.

For example, if there are two keyless access transmitters in the vehicle and one is removed, the other will be locked in. The keyless access transmitter locked in the vehicle can still be used to start the vehicle or unlock the doors, if needed. A person approaching the outside of the locked vehicle without an authorized keyless access transmitter, however, will not be able to open the door, even with a transmitter in the vehicle. See Keyless Access System Operation for more information.

You may temporarily disable the keyless locking feature by pressing the door unlock switch for three seconds on an open door. Keyless locking will then remain disabled until a door lock switch is pressed or until the power mode transitions from the off power mode.

To select whether the horn sounds or the lights flash when the vehicle is locked, see "Remote Door Lock" earlier in this section.

Press the customization button until Keyless Locking appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Off (default): The keyless locking feature will be disabled.

On: The keyless locking feature will be enabled. The doors will automatically lock several seconds after you turn the ignition off, remove a keyless access transmitter from the interior of the vehicle, and close all of the doors.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Keyless Unlock

If the vehicle has the keyless access system, this feature allows you to select which doors will automatically unlock when you approach the vehicle with the keyless access transmitter and open the driver's door. See Keyless Access System Operation for more information.

To select whether the lights flash when the vehicle is unlocked, see "Remote Door Unlock" earlier in this section.

Press the customization button until Keyless Unlock appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Entry Door Only (default): Only the driver's door will automatically unlock when you approach the vehicle with the keyless access transmitter and open the driver's door. The rest of the doors will unlock if the driver's door handle is pulled a second time.

All Doors: All doors will automatically unlock when you approach the vehicle with the keyless access transmitter and open the driver's door.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Chime Volume

This feature allows you to select the volume level of the chime.

Press the customization button until Chime Volume appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Normal: The chime volume will be set to a normal level.

Loud: The chime volume will be set to a loud level.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

There is no default for chime volume. The volume will stay at the last known setting.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Easy Exit Recall

If the vehicle has this feature, it allows you to select your preference for the automatic easy exit seat feature. See Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel for more information.

Press the customization button until Easy Exit Recall appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Automatic Off: No automatic seat exit recall will occur. The recall will only occur after pressing the easy exit seat button.

Automatic On (Keyless Access default): If the features are enabled though the Easy Exit Setup menu, the driver's seat will move back, and if the vehicle has the power tilt wheel and telescopic steering feature, the power steering column will move up and forward when the vehicle is parked and the driver door is opened, or after pressing the easy exit seat button. The automatic easy exit seat movement will only occur one time after the driver door is opened. If the automatic movement has already occurred, and you close and then open the driver door, the seat and steering column will stay in the original exit position, unless a memory recall took place prior to opening the driver door again.

Automatic On (Key Access default):  If the features are enabled though the Easy Exit Setup menu, the driver's seat will move back, and if the vehicle has the power tilt wheel and telescopic steering feature, the power steering column will move up and forward when the key is removed from the ignition or after pressing the easy exit seat button. The automatic easy exit seat movement will only occur one time after the key is removed from the ignition. If the automatic movement has already occurred, and you put the key back in the ignition and remove it again, the seat and steering column will stay in the original exit position, unless a memory recall took place prior to removing the key again.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Easy Exit Setup

If the vehicle has this feature, it allows you to select which areas will recall with the automatic easy exit seat feature. It also allows you to turn off the automatic easy exit feature. See Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel and "Easy Exit Recall" earlier for more information.

Press the customization button until Easy Exit Setup appears on the DIC display. Press the set/reset button once to access the settings for this feature. Then press the menu up/down button to scroll through the following settings:

Off: No automatic seat exit will recall.

Tilt/Telescope: The steering wheel tilt and steering column telescope features will recall.

All (default): The driver's seat and the steering wheel tilt and steering column telescope features will recall, if the vehicle has this option.

No Change: No change will be made to this feature. The current setting will remain.

To select a setting, press the set/reset button while the desired setting is displayed on the DIC.

Exiting the Feature Settings Menu

The feature settings menu will be exited when any of the following occurs:

    • The vehicle is no longer in ON/RUN.
    • The trip/fuel or vehicle information DIC buttons are pressed.
    • The end of the feature settings menu is reached and exited.
    • A 40 second time period has elapsed with no selection made.