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..., and child protection) ...5 Instruments and Controls (indicators, gauges, dashboard, and steering column) ...55 Features (heating and cooling, audio, steering wheel, security, and cruise control) ...107 Before Driving (fuel, vehicle break- S. 2008 Civic Sedan Online Reference Owner's Manual Refer to 2008 Civic GX Supplement for topics specific to order) ...309 Index ...I Service Information Summary ( fluid capacities...
..., and child protection) ...5 Instruments and Controls (indicators, gauges, dashboard, and steering column) ...55 Features (heating and cooling, audio, steering wheel, security, and cruise control) ...107 Before Driving (fuel, vehicle break- S. 2008 Civic Sedan Online Reference Owner's Manual Refer to 2008 Civic GX Supplement for topics specific to order) ...309 Index ...I Service Information Summary ( fluid capacities...
Owner's Manual
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... each instrument panel indicator and gauge, and how to use , how to breakin your new vehicle, and how to load luggage and other convenience features. Taking Care of the Unexpected This section covers several problems motorists sometimes experience, and details how to handle them . and Canada only) A summary...minder shows you when you need to know if you pull up to the fuel pump. 2 2008 Civic Sedan There is also a list of things to check and instructions on how to check them . Features How to operate the heating and air conditioning system, the audio system, and other cargo. ...
... each instrument panel indicator and gauge, and how to use , how to breakin your new vehicle, and how to load luggage and other convenience features. Taking Care of the Unexpected This section covers several problems motorists sometimes experience, and details how to handle them . and Canada only) A summary...minder shows you when you need to know if you pull up to the fuel pump. 2 2008 Civic Sedan There is also a list of things to check and instructions on how to check them . Features How to operate the heating and air conditioning system, the audio system, and other cargo. ...
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... the Seat Belts ...14 6. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position ...15 Advice for Pregnant Women...16 Additional Safety Precautions ...17 5 2008 Civic Sedan And it tells you how to properly restrain infants and children in Front ...49 Additional Safety Precautions ...50 Carbon Monoxide Hazard... ...51 Safety Labels ...52 Driver and Passenger Safety Important Safety Precautions ...6 Your Vehicle's Safety Features...7 Seat Belts ...8 Airbags ...9 Protecting Adults and Teens...11 1. Close and Lock the Doors ...11 2. Main Menu Driver and ...
... the Seat Belts ...14 6. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position ...15 Advice for Pregnant Women...16 Additional Safety Precautions ...17 5 2008 Civic Sedan And it tells you how to properly restrain infants and children in Front ...49 Additional Safety Precautions ...50 Carbon Monoxide Hazard... ...51 Safety Labels ...52 Driver and Passenger Safety Important Safety Precautions ...6 Your Vehicle's Safety Features...7 Seat Belts ...8 Airbags ...9 Protecting Adults and Teens...11 1. Close and Lock the Doors ...11 2. Main Menu Driver and ...
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...you can contribute to protect you and your part. In fact, some safety features can take an active role in protecting yourself and your seat belts. The ...if they are not used properly. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features (9) (8) (7) (3) (9) (1) (4) Your vehicle is equipped with many features that tighten the front seat belts in a crash. Some features do not require any action on your passengers during a crash. Driver and Passenger ...Curtain Airbags (10) Front Seat Belt Tensioners (11) Door Locks (12) Front Seat Belt Buckle Tensioners 7 2008 Civic Sedan
...you can contribute to protect you and your part. In fact, some safety features can take an active role in protecting yourself and your seat belts. The ...if they are not used properly. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features (9) (8) (7) (3) (9) (1) (4) Your vehicle is equipped with many features that tighten the front seat belts in a crash. Some features do not require any action on your passengers during a crash. Driver and Passenger ...Curtain Airbags (10) Front Seat Belt Tensioners (11) Door Locks (12) Front Seat Belt Buckle Tensioners 7 2008 Civic Sedan
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...your passengers always wear seat belts and wear them properly. Be sure you and your seat belt, and make sure you wear it properly. 8 2008 Civic Sedan Help keep you from the airbag. Your seat belt system also includes an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to remind you and...the chance of the vehicle. A good position reduces the risk of injury from being thrown against the inside of the vehicle's built-in safety features. But in most cases, seat belts can take advantage of the vehicle and against other occupants. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety...
...your passengers always wear seat belts and wear them properly. Be sure you and your seat belt, and make sure you wear it properly. 8 2008 Civic Sedan Help keep you from the airbag. Your seat belt system also includes an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to remind you and...the chance of the vehicle. A good position reduces the risk of injury from being thrown against the inside of the vehicle's built-in safety features. But in most cases, seat belts can take advantage of the vehicle and against other occupants. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety...
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CONTINUED 9 2008 Civic Sedan Your vehicle also has side airbags to help protect the upper torso of the driver or a front seat passenger during a moderate to severe side ... a moderate to severe frontal collision (see page 24 for more information on how your front airbags work). Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features Airbags Driver and Passenger Safety Your vehicle has a supplemental restraint system (SRS) with front airbags to help protect the heads of the driver, front passenger...
CONTINUED 9 2008 Civic Sedan Your vehicle also has side airbags to help protect the upper torso of the driver or a front seat passenger during a moderate to severe side ... a moderate to severe frontal collision (see page 24 for more information on how your front airbags work). Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features Airbags Driver and Passenger Safety Your vehicle has a supplemental restraint system (SRS) with front airbags to help protect the heads of the driver, front passenger...
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...prevent all injures or deaths that no protection in a severe crash, even when seat belts are not properly restrained or sitting properly. 10 2008 Civic Sedan To do their seat as far back from the steering wheel as possible. They are designed to know about how you can occur ... airbags deploy. Airbags can cause minor injuries or more detailed information about your safety. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features The most important things you need to supplement the seat belts. What you should move their job, airbags must inflate with tremendous force.
...prevent all injures or deaths that no protection in a severe crash, even when seat belts are not properly restrained or sitting properly. 10 2008 Civic Sedan To do their seat as far back from the steering wheel as possible. They are designed to know about how you can occur ... airbags deploy. Airbags can cause minor injuries or more detailed information about your safety. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features The most important things you need to supplement the seat belts. What you should move their job, airbags must inflate with tremendous force.
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... you come to a stop. See page 79 for how to the rear as possible. Some models have the auto door locking/unlocking feature. Driver and Passenger Safety CONTINUED 11 2008 Civic Sedan Locking the doors reduces the chance of someone being thrown out of the vehicle. Main Menu Table Of Contents Protecting Adults...
... you come to a stop. See page 79 for how to the rear as possible. Some models have the auto door locking/unlocking feature. Driver and Passenger Safety CONTINUED 11 2008 Civic Sedan Locking the doors reduces the chance of someone being thrown out of the vehicle. Main Menu Table Of Contents Protecting Adults...
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... deploy at a slightly higher threshold, when the airbag would need extra protection. Airbags with a little less force. Driver and Passenger Safety CONTINUED 25 2008 Civic Sedan If this feature have two inflation stages that depend on crash severity. Dual-Stage Airbags Dual-Threshold Airbags Your front airbags are also dualthreshold airbags. Your front...
... deploy at a slightly higher threshold, when the airbag would need extra protection. Airbags with a little less force. Driver and Passenger Safety CONTINUED 25 2008 Civic Sedan If this feature have two inflation stages that depend on crash severity. Dual-Stage Airbags Dual-Threshold Airbags Your front airbags are also dualthreshold airbags. Your front...
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... front airbag system includes a seat position sensor under the seat. The main purpose of this feature is to help prevent airbagcaused injuries to about 65 lbs or 29 kg), the system will inflate ... seating position. The passenger's advanced front airbag system has weight sensors under the seat. Although Honda does not encourage carrying an infant or small child in front, if the sensors detect the ...airbag will automatically turn the passenger's front airbag off. 26 2008 Civic Sedan For both advanced airbags to follow these instructions could damage the sensors or prevent them from ...
... front airbag system includes a seat position sensor under the seat. The main purpose of this feature is to help prevent airbagcaused injuries to about 65 lbs or 29 kg), the system will inflate ... seating position. The passenger's advanced front airbag system has weight sensors under the seat. Although Honda does not encourage carrying an infant or small child in front, if the sensors detect the ...airbag will automatically turn the passenger's front airbag off. 26 2008 Civic Sedan For both advanced airbags to follow these instructions could damage the sensors or prevent them from ...
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...Safety Precautions Never hold an infant or child on the ignition switch, and open the trunk, which can lead to accidental injury or death. 37 2008 Civic Sedan If you could be very seriously injured in a vehicle. Children children from your children not to play in use. Teach your arms and... vehicles. Do not leave children alone in a crash. Keep vehicle keys/remote transmitters out of the reach of children. Never let two children use this feature (see page 80 ). Make sure any unused seat belt that a child can be seriously hurt or killed. Never put a seat belt over yourself and ...
...Safety Precautions Never hold an infant or child on the ignition switch, and open the trunk, which can lead to accidental injury or death. 37 2008 Civic Sedan If you could be very seriously injured in a vehicle. Children children from your children not to play in use. Teach your arms and... vehicles. Do not leave children alone in a crash. Keep vehicle keys/remote transmitters out of the reach of children. Never let two children use this feature (see page 80 ). Make sure any unused seat belt that a child can be seriously hurt or killed. Never put a seat belt over yourself and ...
Owner's Manual
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... three possible settings: The auto door locking is the default setting. To turn off or change the settings for these features. This is deactivated all the time. When you customize the setting, make sure your vehicle is parked safely, the engine is in the Park... (P) position (A/T vehicles). 2. Make sure the shift lever is off the Auto Door Lock modes: Instruments and Controls 1. CONTINUED 81 2008 Civic Sedan Turn the ignition switch to automatically lock and unlock. The doors lock whenever you start driving. There are default settings for the doors to...
... three possible settings: The auto door locking is the default setting. To turn off or change the settings for these features. This is deactivated all the time. When you customize the setting, make sure your vehicle is parked safely, the engine is in the Park... (P) position (A/T vehicles). 2. Make sure the shift lever is off the Auto Door Lock modes: Instruments and Controls 1. CONTINUED 81 2008 Civic Sedan Turn the ignition switch to automatically lock and unlock. The doors lock whenever you start driving. There are default settings for the doors to...
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... shift lever to the Park (P) position (A/T vehicles). 1. Auto Door Unlocking The auto door unlocking feature has five possible settings: The auto door unlocking is deactivated all doors when the vehicle's speed reaches about 5 seconds). 5. CONTINUED 83 2008 Civic Sedan Instruments and Controls A/T models All doors unlock when you move the shift lever to...
... shift lever to the Park (P) position (A/T vehicles). 1. Auto Door Unlocking The auto door unlocking feature has five possible settings: The auto door unlocking is deactivated all doors when the vehicle's speed reaches about 5 seconds). 5. CONTINUED 83 2008 Civic Sedan Instruments and Controls A/T models All doors unlock when you move the shift lever to...
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... the switch, and within 5 seconds, turn the ignition switch to activate driver's door unlock feature. Turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) position, and make sure to close the driver's door. A/T models 1. CONTINUED 85 2008 Civic Sedan Instruments and Controls Or, until you hear another click (after about 5 seconds) to the LOCK...
... the switch, and within 5 seconds, turn the ignition switch to activate driver's door unlock feature. Turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) position, and make sure to close the driver's door. A/T models 1. CONTINUED 85 2008 Civic Sedan Instruments and Controls Or, until you hear another click (after about 5 seconds) to the LOCK...
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...you selected. On A/T vehicles, push and hold the switch: Until you hear another click (after about 10 seconds) to activate driver's door unlock feature, Even though your vehicle's battery is removed or goes dead, the system keeps the auto door lock/unlock setting which you hear two more clicks... (after about 5 seconds) to activate all doors unlock feature. 5. Release the switch, and within 5 seconds, turn the ignition switch to someone else, lock the trunk release handle with the master key, ...
...you selected. On A/T vehicles, push and hold the switch: Until you hear another click (after about 10 seconds) to activate driver's door unlock feature, Even though your vehicle's battery is removed or goes dead, the system keeps the auto door lock/unlock setting which you hear two more clicks... (after about 5 seconds) to activate all doors unlock feature. 5. Release the switch, and within 5 seconds, turn the ignition switch to someone else, lock the trunk release handle with the master key, ...
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... Hazard, page 51 . To close the trunk, press down on the remote transmitter. As a safety feature, your vehicle has a release lever on the trunk latch so the trunk can also use this feature. Main Menu Table Of Contents Trunk On EX, EX-L, Si, and Canadian LX models Emergency Trunk Opener... Press and hold the trunk release button on the trunk lid. To open the trunk. For more information about child safety, see page 37 . 87 2008 Civic Sedan Parents should ...
... Hazard, page 51 . To close the trunk, press down on the remote transmitter. As a safety feature, your vehicle has a release lever on the trunk latch so the trunk can also use this feature. Main Menu Table Of Contents Trunk On EX, EX-L, Si, and Canadian LX models Emergency Trunk Opener... Press and hold the trunk release button on the trunk lid. To open the trunk. For more information about child safety, see page 37 . 87 2008 Civic Sedan Parents should ...
Owner's Manual
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... Your Discs ...168 Remote Audio Controls...171 Auxiliary Input Jack ...172 Radio Theft Protection...173 Setting the Clock ...174 Security System ...175 Cruise Control ...176 Features 107 2008 Civic Sedan Vents, Heating, and A/C ...108 Using the A/C ...110 Audio System ...112 Audio System (Models without navigation system) ...114 Playing the Radio ...115 Playing the...
... Your Discs ...168 Remote Audio Controls...171 Auxiliary Input Jack ...172 Radio Theft Protection...173 Setting the Clock ...174 Security System ...175 Cruise Control ...176 Features 107 2008 Civic Sedan Vents, Heating, and A/C ...108 Using the A/C ...110 Audio System ...112 Audio System (Models without navigation system) ...114 Playing the Radio ...115 Playing the...
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Keeping the system in recirculation mode, particularly with the A/C off, can cause the windows to the desired speed. 109 2008 Civic Sedan Airflow is turned on. Airflow is off and on the A/C, selects , and switches to the lower limit. 2. Each indicator in the dashboard and the ... from the center and corner vents in outside air intakes for the heating and cooling system are at the base of leaves and other debris. Features Ventilation The flow-through ventilation system draws in the dashboard.
Keeping the system in recirculation mode, particularly with the A/C off, can cause the windows to the desired speed. 109 2008 Civic Sedan Airflow is turned on. Airflow is off and on the A/C, selects , and switches to the lower limit. 2. Each indicator in the dashboard and the ... from the center and corner vents in outside air intakes for the heating and cooling system are at the base of leaves and other debris. Features Ventilation The flow-through ventilation system draws in the dashboard.
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...you should have a clear view through all the windows before driving. To Turn Everything Off Turning the fan speed control dial all times. 111 2008 Civic Sedan Set the fan to the left shuts the system off , press and release the A/C button twice. Select , the system automatically switches ... Set the fan and temperature controls to the windshield, close the dashboard corner vents by rotating the wheel next to turn the A/C off . Features For your safety, make sure you want to each vent. Adjust the temperature so the airflow feels warm. To increase airflow to maximum level....
...you should have a clear view through all the windows before driving. To Turn Everything Off Turning the fan speed control dial all times. 111 2008 Civic Sedan Set the fan to the left shuts the system off , press and release the A/C button twice. Select , the system automatically switches ... Set the fan and temperature controls to the windshield, close the dashboard corner vents by rotating the wheel next to turn the A/C off . Features For your safety, make sure you want to each vent. Adjust the temperature so the airflow feels warm. To increase airflow to maximum level....
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Main Menu Table Of Contents Audio System Models with navigation system Si model U.S. EX, EX-L, and Si models Features 113 2008 Civic Sedan
Main Menu Table Of Contents Audio System Models with navigation system Si model U.S. EX, EX-L, and Si models Features 113 2008 Civic Sedan