2009 Ram Diesel Quick Reference Guide

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Dual Zone Climate ControlAiR RECiRCULATiON

•Use recrculaton or mamum A/C operaton.

• For wndow deoggng, turn recrculaton o.

• Recrculaton s not allowed n derost or derost/oor

(m) modes.

Diesel exhaust brake (engine braking) • The Ehaust Brake Swtch, located below

the clmate controls on the lower swtch

panel, ads n vehcle brakng when

turned on.

•Once the swtch s n the ON poston and the vehcle s movng

aster than 5 mph, the ehaust brake wll automatcally

operate when the drver removes pressure rom theaccelerator pedal.

•Reer to Owner’s Manual Desel Supplement or urther detals.

atermarket moDiiCations – not reCommenDeD •Non-MOPAR® powertran and ehaust ater-treatment

modfcatons (.e., power-up kts) are not recommended.They can cause damage to the engne, powertran and/or

ehaust system.

•MOPAR® brand ar, uel and engne ol flters are STRONGLY

recommended or use n your vehcle. Non-MOPAR® brand ar,

uel and engne ol flters can damage your vehcle.


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eleCtroniC VehiCle inormation Center (eViC) Controls • The EViC, located n the overhead console, eatures an

nteractve dsplay that allows the drver to select vehcle

normaton and Personal Settngs. Reer to Owner’s Manual

Desel Supplement or urther detals.

iDle-uP eature (automatiC transmission only) • The idle-Up Feature uses the speed control swtches to

ncrease engne dle speed and quckly warm the vehcle’snteror. Ths eature must be enabled by your dealer. See

your local Dodge dealer. •WiththetransmissioninPARK,theparkingbrakeapplied,and

the engne runnng, push the speed control ON/OFF swtch on,then push the SET swtch.

•TheengineRPMwillgoupto1100RPM.ToincreasetheRPM,push and hold the ACCEL/RESUME swtch and the dlespeed wll ncrease to appromately 1500 RPM. To decrease

the RPM, push and hold the DECEL swtch and the dlespeed wll decrease to appromately 1100 RPM.

•TocanceltheIdleUpFeature,eitherpushtheCANCELswitch,

push the ON/OFF swtch or push the brake pedal.

Water in uel message • i a “water n uel” message (shown as WATER iN FUEL)

appears n the cluster and a chme sounds fve tmes, the uel/water separator wll need to be draned mmedately to preventengne damage.

•Reer to Owner’s Manual Desel Supplement or dranng

nstructons or see your dealer.

Diesel engine starting ProceDure •TurnthekeytotheONposition.IftheWaittoStartlightappears

n the cluster, wat or the lght to turn o beore startng.

COLD START PROCEDURE

•Inextremecoldconditions,whentheenginetemperaturemay be below 0*F (-18*C), the above procedure wll need to beperormed twce wth a fve-second pause between cycles.




Vehtire Pressure Monitoring systeM (tPMs) - 2500 onlyDESCRiPTiON

•TheTirePressureMonitoringSystem(TPMS)onyourvehiclehastwo

derent tre pressure settngs based on vehcle loadng. The Tre Lght

Load inaton swtch s located on the nstrument panel below the

clmate controls.

•The“LightLoadInation”and“MaxLoadInation”tirepressures

recommended or your vehcle based on vehcle loadng are ound on

the Supplemental Tre Pressure inormaton label located on the rear

ace o the drver’s ront door.

•Whenthevehicleisinthe“LightLoadInation”setting,theTireLight

Load inaton swtch ndcator lght s ON. The ndcator lght s OFF

when n the “Ma Load inaton” settng.

LiGHT LOAD iNFLATiON (iNDiCATOR LiGHT ON)

•IfthepassengerandcargoarelessthantheLightLoadPressure

defnton shown on the Supplemental Tre Pressure inormaton label,

nate or deate your tres to the correct “Lght Load inaton”

pressure. i the ndcator lght s not on, reset by pushng the swtchonce. Addtonally, the “Tre Pressure LT Load Set” message wll appear

n the overhead console.

• IfthelightontheswitchashesONandOFF,thesystemwillnotallow

swtchng mode settngs untl the tre pressures have been set to

the Lght Load inaton as ndcated on the Supplemental Tre

Pressure inormaton label.

MAx LOAD iNFLATiON (iNDiCATOR LiGHT OFF) •IfthepassengerandcargoexceedtheLightLoadPressuredenition

shown on the Supplemental Tre Pressure inormaton label, nate

or deate your tres to the correct “Ma Load inaton” pressure. i

the ndcator lght s on, reset by pushng the swtch once. Addtonally,

the “Tre Pressure Ma Load Set” message wll appear n the

overhead console.

• Ifthetirepressuremonitoringlightanda“lowtire”messageappears

n the cluster, nate the tre pressures to the “Ma Load inaton”

settng as ndcated on the Supplemental Tre Pressure inaton label.



Cle eaturestire Pressure Monitoring systeM (tPMs) - 2500 onlyTPMS MESSAGES

•ATirePressureMonitoringLightanda“lowtire”messagewill

dsplay along wth an audble chme one or more o your vehcle’s

our road tres are sgnfcantly under-nated when operatng nether TPMS mode.

• Itisrecommendedthatyoucheckthetirepressureinthemorning

when the tres are cool; nate each tre to the recommended pressure

or your vehcle. The lght wll turn o ater your vehcle’s tre pressures

are properly nated and the pressure has been recognzed. The

vehcle may need to be drven or up to 20 mnutes above 15 mph

(25 km/h) beore lght wll turn o.

• Temperature changes can aect tre pressures, causng the TPMS lght

to turn on. Tre pressures wll also ncrease as the vehcle s drven –

ths s normal and you should not adjust or ths ncreased pressure.

•Drivingonunder-inatedtiresreducesyourvehicle’sfuelefciency

and tre tread le. i your spare tre s n use on the vehcle, the

TPMS lght may turn on. Reer to your Owner’s Manual.

oil change inDicatorMESSAGE

• Ifan“oilchange”message(shownasCHANgEOil)appearsanda

sngle chme sounds, t s tme or your net requred ol change.

RESETTiNG LiGHT AFTER SERViCiNG • TurntheignitionswitchtotheON/RUNposition(donotstartengine).

•Fullydepresstheacceleratorpedalthreetimeswithin10seconds.

• TurntheignitionswitchtotheOFF/LOCKposition.

exhaust after-treatMent systeM

•Ifa“regeneration”messageappears(displayedintheclusterasdPFFULL and n the Electronc Vehcle inormaton Center as Ehaust

System – Regeneraton Requred Now), you smply need to operate

your vehcle or at least 45 mnutes at hghway speeds to perorm the

ehaust ater-treatment. To ensure optmal vehcle perormance, the

regeneraton procedure must be perormed.




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Key fobREMOTE START (AUTOMATiC ONLY)

• PushtheREMOTESTARTbuttontwicewithinveseconds.

• Inordertoallowproperenginepre-heating,dependingonengine

temperature, there may be a delay o up to 30 seconds beore the

engne starts.

• Todrivethevehicle,pushtheUNLOCKbutton,insertthekeyinthegnton and turn to the ON/RUN poston.

•Withremotestart,theenginewillonlyrunfor15minutes(timeout)

unless the gnton key s placed n the ON/RUN poston.

• Thevehiclemustbestartedwiththekeyaftertwo

consecutve tmeouts.

fuel anD engine oil requireMents • UltraLowSulfurDiesel(ULSD)fuelisrequiredforyourvehicle.

ULSD-complant bodesel blends up to fve percent, may

also be used.

• APICJ-4LowAshDieselEngineOilisrequired.Foruseinmost

clmates, SAE 15W-40 s recommended. SAE 5W-40 Synthetc s

requred or use n temperatures less than 0°F (-18°C).

•RefertoOwner’sManualDieselSupplementforfurtherdetails.

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heaDlight switchDiMMER CONTROL

•Rotatethedimmercontroltotheextremebottompositiontofullydim

the nstrument panel lghts and prevent the nteror lghts rom

llumnatng when a door s opened.

• Rotatethedimmercontroluptoincreasethebrightnessofthe

nstrument panel lghts when the parkng lghts or headlghts are on. • Rotatethedimmercontroluptothenextdetentpositiontofully

brghten the odometer and rado dsplays when the parkng lghts or

headlghts are on.

• Rotatethedimmercontroluptothelastdetentpositiontoturnonthe

nteror lghtng.

FOG LiGHTS

• Turn the headlghts or parkng lghts on and push the headlght

swtch once to turn the og lghts on. Push the swtch a second tme

to turn the og lghts o. Fog lghts do not operate when the

hgh beams are on.

•Afoglightsymbolwillilluminateintheclustertoindicate

the og lghts are on.

CARGO LiGHT

• Push the button once to turn the cargo lght on; push a second tme

to turn the lght o.

•Acargolightsymbolwillilluminateintheclustertoindicate

the cargo lght s on.

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sPeeD controlCRUiSE ON/OFF

•PushtheON/OFFswitchtoactivatetheSpeedControl.

•CRUISEwillappearontheinstrumentclustertoindicatethe

Speed Control s on.

• PushtheON/OFFswitchasecondtimetoturnthesystemoff.

SET

• WithSpeedControlon,ataspeedgreaterthan35mph(56km/h),

Push and release the Set swtch.

ACCEL/DECEL

• PushandholdtheResume/Accelswitchtoaccelerateorpushand

hold the Decel swtch to decelerate the vehcle; release the swtch to

save the new set speed.

• Onceaspeedisset,pushingtheResume/AccelswitchonceorDecel

swtch once wll ncrease or decrease the set speed appromately

1 mph (2 km/h).

CANCEL

•PushtheCancelswitch,orapplythebrakestocancelthesetspeed

and mantan the set speed memory. • PushtheON/OFFswitchtoturnthesystemoffanderasetheset

speed memory.

RESUME

•Toresumeapreviouslyselectedsetspeedinmemory,pushthe

Resume/Accel swtch and release.

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turn signals/wiPer/washer/high beaMs leVerTURN SiGNALS/LANE CHANGE ASSiST

•Taptheleverupordownonceandtheturnsignal(rightorleft)

wll ash three tmes then automatcally turn o.

WiPERS

intermttent, Low and Hgh Operaton

• Rotatetheendofthelevertotherstdetentpositionforoneofve

ntermttent settngs, the second detent or low wper operaton and

the thrd detent or hgh wper operaton.

Washer

• Pushinontheendoftheleverandholdforaslongassprayisdesired.

HiGH BEAMS

• PullthelevertowardyoutoactivatetheHighBeams.

• AHighBeamsymbolwillilluminateintheclustertoindicatethe

Hgh Beam lghts are on.

electronic range select (ers)(raM trucK w/ autoMatic transMission only) •ERSallowsyoutolimitthehighestavailablegearwhentheshiftlever

s n the DRiVE poston.

•Toggletheswitchonthecolumnshiftleverdown(-)orup(+)toselect

the desred top gear.

•TodisableERS,pressandholdthecolumnshifterswitchup(+)until

“D” s dsplayed n the odometer.

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Ram 2500/3500

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Dodge s a regstered trademark o Chrysler LLC.

www.DODGE.com

Ths gude has been prepared to help you get quckly acquanted

wth your new Dodge and to provde a convenent reerence source

or common questons. However, t s not a substtute or your

Owner’s Manual.

For complete operatonal nstructons, mantenance procedures and

mportant saety messages, please consult your Owner’s Manual,

Navgaton Rado User Manual, Multmeda User Manual and other

Warnng Labels n your vehcle.

Not all eatures shown n ths gude may apply to your vehcle.

For addtonal normaton on accessores to help personalze your

vehcle, vst www.mopar.com or your local Dodge dealer.

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