Dodge Charger: BODYWORK / Protection From Atmospheric Agents
Vehicle body care requirements vary according to geographic locations and usage.
Chemicals that make roads passable in snow and ice and those that are sprayed on
trees and road surfaces during other seasons are highly corrosive to the metal in
your vehicle. Outside parking, which exposes your vehicle to airborne contaminants,
road surfaces on which the vehicle is operated, extreme hot or cold weather and
other extreme conditions will have an adverse effect on paint, metal trim, and underbody
protection.
The following maintenance recommendations will enable you to obtain maximum benefit
from the corrosion resistance built into your vehicle.
What Causes Corrosion?
Corrosion is the result of deterioration or removal of paint and protective coatings
from your vehicle.
The most common causes are:
- Road salt, dirt and moisture accumulation.
- Stone and gravel impact.
- Insects, tree sap and tar.
- Salt in the air near seacoast localities.
- Atmospheric fallout/industrial pollutants.
Cleaning Headlights
Your vehicle is equipped with plastic headlights and fog lights that are lighter
and less susceptible to stone breakage than glass headlights...
Other information:
Children who are large enough to wear the shoulder belt comfortably, and whose
legs are long enough to bend over the front of the seat when their back is against
the seatback, should use the seat belt in a rear seat. Use this simple 5-step test
to decide whether the child can use the vehicle’s seat belt alone:
Can the child sit all the way back against the back of the vehicle seat?
Do the child’s knees bend comfortably over the front of the vehicle seat
– while the child is still sitting all the way back?
Does the shoulder belt cross the child’s shoulder between the neck and arm?
Is the lap part of the belt as low as possible, touching the child’s thighs
and not the stomach?
Can the child stay seated like this for the whole trip?
If the answer to any of these questions was “no,” then the child still needs
to use a booster seat in this vehicle...
The best protection against carbon monoxide entry into the vehicle body is a
properly maintained engine exhaust system.
If you notice a change in the sound of the exhaust system; or if the exhaust
fumes can be detected inside the vehicle; or when the underside or rear of the vehicle
is damaged; have an authorized technician inspect the complete exhaust system and
adjacent body areas for broken, damaged, deteriorated, or mispositioned parts...