HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND SERVICING EXPLANATIONS

This manual provides explanations, etc. concerning procedures for the inspection, maintenance, repair and servicing of the subject model.

ON-VEHICLE SERVICE

"On-vehicle Service" is procedures for performing inspections and adjustments of particularly important locations with regard to the construction and for maintenance and servicing, but other inspection (for looseness, play, cracking, damage, etc.) must also be performed.

INSPECTION

Under this title are presented inspection and checking procedures to be performed by using special tools and measuring instruments and by feeling, but, for actual maintenance and servicing procedures, visual inspections should always be performed as well.

INDICATION OF DESTINATION

General Export and GCC are used for convenience to indicate destination.
1."General Export" means territories other than Europe, GCC, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S.A. and Canada.
2."GCC" indicates countries that are members of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council of nations.
3.In some instances, vehicles with other specifications may be shipped to some countries.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

STANDARD VALUE

Indicates the value used as the standard for judging the quality of a part or assembly on inspection or the value to which the part or assembly is corrected and adjusted. It is given by tolerance.

LIMIT

Shows the standard for judging the quality of a part or assembly on inspection and means the maximum or minimum value within which the part or assembly must be kept functionally or in strength. It is a value established outside the range of standard value.

REFERENCE VALUE

Indicates the adjustment value prior to starting the work (presented in order to facilitate assembly and adjustment procedures, and so they can be completed in a shorter time).

DANGER, WARNING, AND CAUTION

DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION call special attention to a necessary action or to an action that must be avoided. The differences among DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION are as follows:

If a DANGER is not followed, the result is severe bodily harm or even death.
If a WARNING is not followed, the result could be bodily injury.
If a CAUTION is not followed, the result could be damage to the vehicle, vehicle components or service equipment.

INDICATION OF TIGHTENING TORQUE

Tightening torques (units: N·m) are set to take into account the central value and the allowable tolerance. The central value is the target value, and the allowable tolerance provides the checking range for tightening torques.

MODEL INDICATIONS

The following abbreviations are used in this manual for identification of model types.
2WDIndicates the 2-wheel drive vehicles.A/CIndicates the air conditioner.CVT Indicates the continuously variable transmission.DOHC Indicates an engine with the double overhead camshaft.INVECSIndicates the intelligent and innovative vehicles electronic control system.MIVECIndicates the Mitsubishi innovative valve timing electronic control system.MPIIndicates the multipoint injection.M/TIndicates the manual transmission.