Dodge 2500 (2009 year). Manual

Defroster
Check operation by selecting the defrost mode and place
the blower control on high speed. You should be able to
feel the air directed against the windshield. See your
authorized dealer for service if your defroster is
inoperable.

Periodic Safety Checks You Should Make Outside
the Vehicle

Tires
Examine tires for excessive tread wear and uneven wear
patterns. Check for stones, nails, glass, or other objects
lodged in the tread. Inspect the tread and sidewall for
cuts and cracks. Check the wheel nuts for tightness.
Check the tires (including spare) for proper pressure.

Lights
Have someone observe the operation of exterior lights
while you work the controls. Check turn signal and high
beam indicator lights on the instrument panel.

Door Latches
Check for positive closing, latching, and locking.

Fluid Leaks
Check area under vehicle after overnight parking for fuel,
engine coolant, oil, or other fluid leaks. Also, if gasoline
fumes are detected or if fuel, power steering fluid, or
brake fluid leaks are suspected, the cause should be
located and corrected immediately.

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

CONTENTS

䡵 Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

▫ Inside Day/Night Mirror

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

▫ Automatic Dimming Mirror — If Equipped

. 82

▫ Outside Mirrors

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

▫ Outside Mirrors Folding Feature

. . . . . . . . . 84

▫ Power Mirrors — If Equipped

. . . . . . . . . . . 84

▫ Heated Mirrors — If Equipped

. . . . . . . . . . 85

▫ Trailer Towing Mirrors — If Equipped

. . . . . 85

䡵 uconnect威 phone — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . 86

▫ Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

▫ Phone Call Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

▫ uconnect威 phone Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
▫ Advanced Phone Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . 104
▫ Things You Should Know About Your

uconnect

威 phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

▫ General Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

䡵 Voice Recognition (VR) System —

If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

▫ Voice Recognition (VR) System Operation . . 114
▫ Commands

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

▫ Voice Training

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

䡵 Seats

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

▫ Manual Seat Adjuster — If Equipped

. . . . . 120

▫ Reclining Seats (Quad Cab威 Models)

. . . . . 121

▫ Reclining Seats (2500/3500 Models)

. . . . . . 122

▫ Adjustable Head Restraints

. . . . . . . . . . . . 123

▫ Manual Lumbar Support — If Equipped . . . 123
▫ Power Seats — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
▫ Rear Seat Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

▫ Heated Seats — If Equipped

. . . . . . . . . . . 129

䡵 To Open And Close The Hood

. . . . . . . . . . . 130

䡵 Lights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

▫ Interior Lights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

▫ Battery Saver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

▫ Headlight Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
▫ Headlights, Parking Lights And Panel

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

▫ Daytime Running Lights (Canada Only And

Fleet Vehicles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

▫ Lights-On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
▫ Fog Lights — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
▫ Cargo Light — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
▫ Multifunction Lever

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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䡵 Windshield Wipers And Washers

. . . . . . . . . 138

▫ Intermittent Wiper System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
▫ Windshield Washers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

䡵 Tilt Steering Column

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

䡵 Driver Adjustable Pedals — If Equipped

. . . . 141

▫ Adjustment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

䡵 Electronic Speed Control — If Equipped

. . . . 142

▫ To Activate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

▫ To Set a Desired Speed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

▫ To Deactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
▫ To Resume Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
▫ To Vary The Speed Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
▫ To Accelerate For Passing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

䡵 Overhead Console — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . 145

▫ Courtesy/Reading Lights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

䡵 Overhead Console With Compass/Temperature

Mini-Trip Computer — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . 146

▫ US/M Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
▫ Reset Button

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

▫ Global Reset

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

▫ Step Button

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

▫ Average Fuel Economy (AVG ECO)

. . . . . . 148

▫ Distance To Empty (DTE)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

▫ Trip Odometer (ODO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
▫ Elapsed Time (ET)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

▫ C/T Button

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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▫ Automatic Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . 151
▫ Manual Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . 151
▫ Recalibrating The Compass

. . . . . . . . . . . . 151

▫ Outside Temperature

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

䡵 Garage Door Opener — If Equipped . . . . . . . 153

▫ Programming HomeLink威 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
▫ Gate Operator/Canadian Programming

. . . 157

▫ Using HomeLink威

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

▫ Reprogramming A Single HomeLink威

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

▫ Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
▫ Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
▫ General Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

䡵 Power Sunroof — If Equipped

. . . . . . . . . . . 159

▫ Open Sunroof — Express Mode . . . . . . . . . 160
▫ Closing Sunroof — Express

. . . . . . . . . . . . 160

▫ Pinch Protect Feature

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

▫ Pinch Protect Override

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

▫ Venting Sunroof — Express . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
▫ Sunshade Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

▫ Wind Buffeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
▫ Sunroof Maintenance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

▫ Sunroof Fully Closed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

䡵 Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
䡵 Cigar Lighter And Ash Receiver

. . . . . . . . . . 164

䡵 Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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▫ Front Instrument Panel Cupholders

(40–20–40 Seats) — Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

▫ Front Instrument Panel Cupholders

(Bucket Seats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

▫ Rear Cupholder (Quad Cab威) —

If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

䡵 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

▫ Center Storage Compartment (40–20–40 Seat) –

If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

▫ Center Storage Compartment (Bucket Seats) –

If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

▫ Storage And Seats (Quad Cab威 Models) . . . . 171
▫ Plastic Grocery Bag Retainers —

If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

䡵 Rear Window Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

▫ Rear Window Defroster And Heated Outside

Mirrors — If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

▫ Power Sliding Rear Window —

If Equipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

▫ Sliding Rear Window — If Equipped . . . . . . 174

䡵 Fold Flat Load Floor — If Equipped . . . . . . . . 174
䡵 Pickup Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
䡵 Slide-In Campers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

▫ Camper Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

䡵 Easy-Off Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

MIRRORS

Inside Day/Night Mirror
Headlight glare can be reduced by moving the small
control under the mirror to the night position (toward the
rear of the vehicle). The mirror should be adjusted while
set in the day position (toward the windshield). The
mirror should be adjusted to center on the view through
the rear window.

Automatic Dimming Mirror — If Equipped
This mirror automatically adjusts for 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 illuminate to indicate when the dim-
ming feature is activated.

Adjusting Rearview Mirror

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

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.

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.

Automatic Dimming Mirror

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

Outside Mirrors Folding Feature
All 6 x 9 in 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.

Power Mirrors — If Equipped
The controls for the power mirrors are located on the
driver’s door trim panel.

Select the left or right mirror using the top switch, then
press one of the four arrows on the bottom switch to
adjust the mirror. Once the mirror is adjusted, set the top
switch to the center (off) position to prevent accidentally
moving a mirror.

Power Mirror Switches

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

Heated Mirrors — If Equipped

These mirrors are heated to melt frost or ice. This
feature is activated whenever you turn on the rear

window defroster. Refer to “Rear Window Features” in
this section, for further information.

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 in or
out).

Power Mirror Movement

Trailer Towing Position

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

NOTE:

Fold the trailer towing mirrors rearward prior to

entering an automated car wash.

A small blindspot mirror is integrated onto the main
mirror surface.

uconnect

姞 phone — IF EQUIPPED

NOTE: The sales code RER and REU radios contain an
integrated uconnect

威 phone. Refer to your “Navigation

User’s Manual” for uconnect

威 phone operating instruc-

tions for these radios. Radio sales code can be located
on the lower right corner of the Radio faceplate.

uconnect

威 phone is a voice-activated, hands-free, in-

vehicle communications system. uconnect

威 allows you to

dial a phone number with your cellular phone using
simple voice commands (e.g.,

⬙Call” ѧ “Mike” ѧ”Work⬙ 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 uconnect

威 phone.

NOTE:

The uconnect

威 phone requires a cellular phone

equipped with the Bluetooth

威 ⬙Hands-Free Profile,⬙ Ver-

sion 0.96 or higher. See the uconnect

威 website for sup-

ported phones.

Blindspot Mirror

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

For uconnect

威 customer support, visit the following

websites:

• www.chrysler.com/uconnect
• www.dodge.com/uconnect
• www.jeep.com/uconnect
• or call 1–877–855–8400

uconnect

威 allows you to transfer calls between the sys-

tem and your cellular phone as you enter or exit your
vehicle and enables you to mute the system’s microphone
for private conversation.

The uconnect

威 phone is driven through your Bluetooth威

“Hands-Free Profile” cellular phone. uconnect

威 features

Bluetooth

威 technology - the global standard that enables

different electronic devices to connect to each other
without wires or a docking station, so uconnect

威 phone

works no matter where you stow your cellular phone (be

it your purse, pocket, or briefcase), as long as your phone
is turned on and has been paired to the vehicle’s
uconnect

威 phone. The uconnect威 phone allows up to

seven cellular phones to be linked to the system. Only
one linked (or paired) cellular phone can be used with the
system at a time. The system is available in English,
Spanish, or French languages.

Phone Button

The rearview mirror contains the microphone
for the system (depending on the type of
mirror and radio equipped), and either the
radio or the mirror has the two control buttons

(PHONE Button and VOICE RECOGNITION button)
that will enable you to access the system.

Voice Recognition Button

Actual button location may vary with the ra-
dio. The individual buttons are described in the
“Operation” section.

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

The uconnect

威 phone can be used with any Hands-Free

Profile certified Bluetooth

威 cellular phone. See the

uconnect

威 website for supported phones. If your cellular

phone supports a different profile (e.g., Headset Profile)
you may not be able to use any uconnect

威 phone

features. Refer to your cellular service provider or the
phone manufacturer for details.

The uconnect

威 phone is fully integrated with the vehi-

cle’s audio system. The volume of the uconnect

威 phone

can be adjusted either from the radio volume control
knob or from the steering wheel radio control (right
switch), if so equipped.

The radio display will be used for visual prompts from
the uconnect

威 phone such as ⬙CELL⬙ or caller ID on

certain radios.

Operation
Voice commands can be used to operate the uconnect

威

phone and to navigate through the uconnect

威 phone

menu structure. Voice commands are required after most
uconnect

威 phone prompts. You will be prompted for a

specific command and then guided through the available
options.

• Prior to giving a voice command, one must wait for

the beep, which follows the

⬙Ready⬙ prompt or another

prompt.

• For certain operations, compound commands can be

used. For example, instead of saying

⬙Setup⬙ and then

⬙Phone Pairing,⬙ the following compound command
can be said:

⬙Setup Phone Pairing.⬙

• For each feature explanation in this section, only the

combined form of the voice command is given. You
can also break the commands into parts and say each
part of the command when you are asked for it. For

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

example, you can use the combined form voice com-
mand

⬙Phonebook New Entry,⬙ or you can break the

combined form command into two voice commands:

⬙Phonebook⬙ and ⬙New Entry.⬙ Please remember, the
uconnect

威 phone works best when you talk in a

normal conversational tone, as if speaking to someone
sitting a few feet/meters away from you.

Voice Command Tree
Refer to “Voice Tree” in this section.

Help Command
If you need assistance at any prompt, or if you want to
know your options at any prompt, say

⬙Help⬙ following

the beep. The uconnect

威 phone will play all the options at

any prompt if you ask for help.

To activate the uconnect

威 phone from idle, simply press

the PHONE button and follow the audible prompts for
directions. All uconnect

威 phone sessions begin with a

press of the PHONE button on the radio control head.

Cancel Command
At any prompt, after the beep, you can say

⬙Cancel⬙ and

you will be returned to the main menu. However, in a
few instances the system will take you back to the
previous menu.

Pair (Link) uconnect

威 phone to a Cellular Phone

To begin using your uconnect

威 phone, you must pair

your compatible Bluetooth

威 enabled cellular phone.

To complete the pairing process, you will need to refer-
ence your cellular phone Owner’s Manual. The
uconnect

威 website may also provide detailed instructions

for pairing.

The following are general phone to uconnect

威 phone

pairing instructions:

• Press the PHONE button to begin.
• After the ⬙Ready⬙ prompt and the following beep, say

⬙Setup Phone Pairing.⬙

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• When prompted, after the beep, say ⬙Pair a Phone⬙ and

follow the audible prompts.

• You will be asked to say a four-digit Personal Identi-

fication Number (PIN), which you will later need to
enter into your cellular phone. You can enter any
four-digit PIN. You will not need to remember this PIN
after the initial pairing process.

• For identification purposes, you will be prompted to

give the uconnect

威 phone a name for your cellular

phone. Each cellular phone that is paired should be
given a unique phone name.

• You will then be asked to give your cellular phone a

priority level between one and seven, with one being
the highest priority. You can pair up to seven cellular
phones to your uconnect

威 phone. However, at any

given time, only one cellular phone can be in use,
connected to your uconnect

威 phone. The priority

allows the uconnect

威 phone to know which cellular

phone to use if multiple cellular phones are in the
vehicle at the same time. For example, if priority three
and priority five phones are present in the vehicle, the
uconnect

威 phone will use the priority three cellular

phone when you make a call. You can select to use a
lower priority cellular phone at any time (refer to

⬙Advanced Phone Connectivity⬙ in this section).

Dial by Saying a Number
• Press the PHONE button to begin.
• After the ⬙Ready⬙ prompt and the following beep, say

⬙Dial.⬙

• The system will prompt you to say the number you

want to call.

• For example, you can say ⬙234-567-8901⬙.
• The uconnect威 phone will confirm the phone number

and then dial. The number will appear in the display
of certain radios.

UNDERSTANDING THE FEATURES OF YOUR VEHICLE

Call by Saying a Name

• Press the PHONE button to begin.
• After the ⬙Ready⬙ prompt and the following beep, say

“Call.

⬙

• The system will prompt you to say the name of the

person you want to call.

• After the ⬙Ready⬙ prompt and the following beep, say

the name of the person you want to call. For example,
you can say

⬙John Doe,⬙ where John Doe is a previ-

ously stored name entry in the uconnect

威 phonebook

or downloaded phonebook. To learn how to store a
name in the phonebook, refer to

⬙Add Names to Your

uconnect

威 Phonebook,⬙ in the phonebook.

• The uconnect威 system will confirm the name and then

dial the corresponding phone number, which may
appear in the display of certain radios.

Add Names to Your uconnect

威 Phonebook

NOTE:

Adding names to the uconnect

威 phonebook is

recommended when the vehicle is not in motion.

• Press the PHONE button to begin.
• After the ⬙Ready⬙ prompt and the following beep, say

⬙Phonebook New Entry.⬙

• When prompted, say the name of the new entry. Use of

long names helps the voice recognition and it is
recommended. For example, say

⬙Robert Smith⬙ or

⬙Robert⬙ instead of ⬙Bob.⬙

• When prompted, enter the number designation (e.g.,

⬙Home,⬙ ⬙Work,⬙ ⬙Mobile,⬙ or ⬙Pager⬙). This will allow
you to store multiple numbers for each phonebook
entry, if desired.

• When prompted, recite the phone number for the

phonebook entry that you are adding.

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