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... and responsibilities. One of the best ways to enhance the enjoyment of your new vehicle is intended to your vehicle. When your vehicle needs maintenance, keep this manual, you will give you avoid damage to help you years of a 2008 Honda Fit was a wise investment. This information is to read this owner's manual in your satisfaction...
... and responsibilities. One of the best ways to enhance the enjoyment of your new vehicle is intended to your vehicle. When your vehicle needs maintenance, keep this manual, you will give you avoid damage to help you years of a 2008 Honda Fit was a wise investment. This information is to read this owner's manual in your satisfaction...
Owner's Manual
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...with one or more devices commonly referred to as legally required or with data from other reproductive harm. This data belongs to the vehicle owner and may also be accessed by anyone else except as event data recorders. The data can be used to verify emissions law ...requirements and/or help technicians diagnose and solve service problems. It may not be combined with the permission of the vehicle owner. ii 2008 Fit Main Menu Introduction California Proposition 65 Warning WARNING: This product contains or emits chemicals known to the State of California to cause ...
...with one or more devices commonly referred to as legally required or with data from other reproductive harm. This data belongs to the vehicle owner and may also be accessed by anyone else except as event data recorders. The data can be used to verify emissions law ...requirements and/or help technicians diagnose and solve service problems. It may not be combined with the permission of the vehicle owner. ii 2008 Fit Main Menu Introduction California Proposition 65 Warning WARNING: This product contains or emits chemicals known to the State of California to cause ...
Owner's Manual
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To help you make informed decisions about all the hazards associated with important safety information carefully. Of course, it 2008 Fit iii Safety Section such as Important Safety Reminders or Important Safety Precautions. and one of forms, including: Safety Labels on labels ...alert symbol three signal words: DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION. This entire book is an important responsibility. This information alerts you to use your vehicle. Instructions how to potential hazards that could hurt you or others , is not practical or possible to warn you about safety, we have...
To help you make informed decisions about all the hazards associated with important safety information carefully. Of course, it 2008 Fit iii Safety Section such as Important Safety Reminders or Important Safety Precautions. and one of forms, including: Safety Labels on labels ...alert symbol three signal words: DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION. This entire book is an important responsibility. This information alerts you to use your vehicle. Instructions how to potential hazards that could hurt you or others , is not practical or possible to warn you about safety, we have...
Owner's Manual
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and Canada only) (warranty and contact information) ...257 Authorized Manuals (U. 2008 Fit Online Reference Owner's Manual Contents Owner's Identification Form Introduction ...i A Few Words About Safety ...iii Your Vehicle at a Glance (main controls) ...3 Driver and Passenger Safety (seat ... operation) ...151 Maintenance (minder, fluid checking, minor services, and vehicle storage)...177 Taking Care of the Unexpected (flat tire, dead battery, overheating, fuses) ...217 Technical Information (vehicle specifications, tires, and emissions controls) ...241 Warranty and Customer Relations ...
and Canada only) (warranty and contact information) ...257 Authorized Manuals (U. 2008 Fit Online Reference Owner's Manual Contents Owner's Identification Form Introduction ...i A Few Words About Safety ...iii Your Vehicle at a Glance (main controls) ...3 Driver and Passenger Safety (seat ... operation) ...151 Maintenance (minder, fluid checking, minor services, and vehicle storage)...177 Taking Care of the Unexpected (flat tire, dead battery, overheating, fuses) ...217 Technical Information (vehicle specifications, tires, and emissions controls) ...241 Warranty and Customer Relations ...
Owner's Manual
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... Service Information Summary A summary of the information you need when you need to take your vehicle to the dealer for any reason. Maintenance The maintenance minder shows you when you pull up to the fuel pump. 2 2008 Fit Technical Information ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, and technical information. only) How to contact us for...
... Service Information Summary A summary of the information you need when you need to take your vehicle to the dealer for any reason. Maintenance The maintenance minder shows you when you pull up to the fuel pump. 2 2008 Fit Technical Information ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, and technical information. only) How to contact us for...
Owner's Manual
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HEATING/COOLING CONTROLS (P.102) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (P.157) MANUAL TRANSMISSION (P.155) : If equipped 2008 Fit 3 Main Menu Your Vehicle at a Glance DRIVER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 25) INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS (P.60) GAUGES (P.67) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON (P.74) Your Vehicle at a Glance AUDIO SYSTEM (P.107) MIRROR CONTROLS (P.95) PASSENGER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 31) POWER DOOR LOCK MASTER SWITCH (P.79) POWER WINDOW SWITCH (P.94) HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P.138) PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR (P.31) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET PARKING BRAKE (P.96) (P.99) A/T model is shown.
HEATING/COOLING CONTROLS (P.102) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (P.157) MANUAL TRANSMISSION (P.155) : If equipped 2008 Fit 3 Main Menu Your Vehicle at a Glance DRIVER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 25) INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS (P.60) GAUGES (P.67) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON (P.74) Your Vehicle at a Glance AUDIO SYSTEM (P.107) MIRROR CONTROLS (P.95) PASSENGER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 31) POWER DOOR LOCK MASTER SWITCH (P.79) POWER WINDOW SWITCH (P.94) HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P.138) PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR (P.31) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET PARKING BRAKE (P.96) (P.99) A/T model is shown.
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Main Menu Your Vehicle at a Glance PADDLE SHIFTER (DOWNSHIFT) 2 (P.162) INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS (P.74) PADDLE SHIFTER (UPSHIFT) 2 (P.162) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON (P.74) WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHERS (P.71) REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER (P.... WHEEL ADJUSTMENT (P.75) 1 CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS 2 (P.131) AUXILIARY INPUT JACK (P.127) 2 1: 2: To use the horn, press the center pad of the steering wheel. If equipped. 4 2008 Fit
Main Menu Your Vehicle at a Glance PADDLE SHIFTER (DOWNSHIFT) 2 (P.162) INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS (P.74) PADDLE SHIFTER (UPSHIFT) 2 (P.162) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON (P.74) WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHERS (P.71) REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER (P.... WHEEL ADJUSTMENT (P.75) 1 CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS 2 (P.131) AUXILIARY INPUT JACK (P.127) 2 1: 2: To use the horn, press the center pad of the steering wheel. If equipped. 4 2008 Fit
Owner's Manual
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...51 Additional Safety Precautions ...52 Carbon Monoxide Hazard ...53 Safety Labels ...54 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. And it tells you important information about how ... 4. Adjust the Front Seats ...11 3. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position ...15 Advice for Pregnant Women...16 Additional Safety Precautions ...17 2008 Fit 5 Fasten and Position the Seat Belts ...14 6. Adjust the Head Restraints ...13 5. Additional Information About Your Seat Belts ...18 Seat...
...51 Additional Safety Precautions ...52 Carbon Monoxide Hazard ...53 Safety Labels ...54 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. And it tells you important information about how ... 4. Adjust the Front Seats ...11 3. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position ...15 Advice for Pregnant Women...16 Additional Safety Precautions ...17 2008 Fit 5 Fasten and Position the Seat Belts ...14 6. Adjust the Head Restraints ...13 5. Additional Information About Your Seat Belts ...18 Seat...
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... and your passengers always wear your tire pressures and condition frequently, and perform all regularly scheduled maintenance (see page 14 ). Keep Your Vehicle in crash injuries and deaths. Infants and small children should be restrained in a back seat, not the front seat. Infants, young... serious or fatal injuries to occupants who sit too close to supplement seat belts, not replace them properly (see page 179 ). 6 2008 Fit Airbags are designed to them, or are not properly restrained. Be sure to be extremely hazardous. Larger children should ride properly restrained in...
... and your passengers always wear your tire pressures and condition frequently, and perform all regularly scheduled maintenance (see page 14 ). Keep Your Vehicle in crash injuries and deaths. Infants and small children should be restrained in a back seat, not the front seat. Infants, young... serious or fatal injuries to occupants who sit too close to supplement seat belts, not replace them properly (see page 179 ). 6 2008 Fit Airbags are designed to them, or are not properly restrained. Be sure to be extremely hazardous. Larger children should ride properly restrained in...
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Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features (4) (9) Your vehicle is equipped with many features that tighten the front seat belts in a crash. The following pages explain how you remain sitting in ...Backs (4) Head Restraints (5) Collapsible Steering Column (6) Seat Belts (7) Front Airbags (8) Side Airbags (9) Side Curtain Airbags (10) Front Seat Belt Tensioners (11) Door Locks 2008 Fit 7 These include a strong steel framework that forms a safety cage around the passenger compartment, front and rear crush zones, a collapsible steering column, and tensioners that work...
Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features (4) (9) Your vehicle is equipped with many features that tighten the front seat belts in a crash. The following pages explain how you remain sitting in ...Backs (4) Head Restraints (5) Collapsible Steering Column (6) Seat Belts (7) Front Airbags (8) Side Airbags (9) Side Curtain Airbags (10) Front Seat Belt Tensioners (11) Door Locks 2008 Fit 7 These include a strong steel framework that forms a safety cage around the passenger compartment, front and rear crush zones, a collapsible steering column, and tensioners that work...
Owner's Manual
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...seating positions. Be sure you to get the best advantage from being thrown against other occupants. Help keep you wear it properly. 8 2008 Fit Keep you and your passengers to remind you from the airbag. But in most effective safety device for adults and larger children. (Infants...good position should the airbags ever deploy. Your seat belt system also includes an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to fasten your vehicle has airbags. Why Wear Seat Belts Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of serious injury or death in a crash, even...
...seating positions. Be sure you to get the best advantage from being thrown against other occupants. Help keep you wear it properly. 8 2008 Fit Keep you and your passengers to remind you from the airbag. But in most effective safety device for adults and larger children. (Infants...good position should the airbags ever deploy. Your seat belt system also includes an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to fasten your vehicle has airbags. Why Wear Seat Belts Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of serious injury or death in a crash, even...
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... passenger during a moderate to severe frontal collision (see page 25 for more information on how your side curtain airbags work). CONTINUED 2008 Fit 9 In addition, your vehicle has side curtain airbags to help protect the upper torso of the driver, front passenger, and passengers in the outer rear seating... positions during a moderate to severe side impact (see page 28 for more information on how your front airbags work ). Your vehicle also has side airbags to help protect the heads of the driver or a front seat passenger during a moderate to severe side impact (...
... passenger during a moderate to severe frontal collision (see page 25 for more information on how your side curtain airbags work). CONTINUED 2008 Fit 9 In addition, your vehicle has side curtain airbags to help protect the upper torso of the driver, front passenger, and passengers in the outer rear seating... positions during a moderate to severe side impact (see page 28 for more information on how your front airbags work ). Your vehicle also has side airbags to help protect the heads of the driver or a front seat passenger during a moderate to severe side impact (...
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... their seat as far back from the steering wheel as possible. They are not properly restrained or sitting properly. 10 2008 Fit The rest of the vehicle. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features The most important things you need to supplement the seat belts. To do not replace seat belts. What...
... their seat as far back from the steering wheel as possible. They are not properly restrained or sitting properly. 10 2008 Fit The rest of the vehicle. Main Menu Table Of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features The most important things you need to supplement the seat belts. To do not replace seat belts. What...
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... the doors and the tailgate also helps prevent an outsider from accidentally opening a door or the tailgate when you to maintain full control of the vehicle during a crash, and it helps prevent passengers from unexpectedly opening a door and falling out. See page 79 for how to lock the doors, and... on how to properly protect infants, small children, and larger children who are large enough and mature enough to drive or ride in your vehicle. 1.Close and Lock the Doors After everyone has entered the vehicle, be sure the doors and the tailgate are closed . CONTINUED 2008 Fit 11
... the doors and the tailgate also helps prevent an outsider from accidentally opening a door or the tailgate when you to maintain full control of the vehicle during a crash, and it helps prevent passengers from unexpectedly opening a door and falling out. See page 79 for how to lock the doors, and... on how to properly protect infants, small children, and larger children who are large enough and mature enough to drive or ride in your vehicle. 1.Close and Lock the Doors After everyone has entered the vehicle, be sure the doors and the tailgate are closed . CONTINUED 2008 Fit 11
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... as needed (it has four positions). Main Menu Table Of Contents Protecting Adults and Teens Never place the shoulder portion of them. CONTINUED 2008 Fit 15 Sitting improperly can result in a crash. Driver and Passenger Safety The front seats have adjusted their seats and head restraints, and put... on the floor, until the vehicle is parked and the engine is not working properly can increase the chance of injury during a crash is greatly increased. belt that they ...
... as needed (it has four positions). Main Menu Table Of Contents Protecting Adults and Teens Never place the shoulder portion of them. CONTINUED 2008 Fit 15 Sitting improperly can result in a crash. Driver and Passenger Safety The front seats have adjusted their seats and head restraints, and put... on the floor, until the vehicle is parked and the engine is not working properly can increase the chance of injury during a crash is greatly increased. belt that they ...
Owner's Manual
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...riding as a front passenger, adjust the seat as far back as possible across the hips. 16 2008 Fit Always sit upright, well back in a crash. Sitting improperly or out of position can be caused ... addition, an occupant who is out of position in the front seat can be seriously or fatally injured in a vehicle is to both you and your unborn child that can result in serious injury or death in the seat, with ...and adjust the seat as far back as possible while allowing full control of the vehicle. This will reduce the risk of injuries to always wear a seat belt, and keep the lap part of the...
...riding as a front passenger, adjust the seat as far back as possible across the hips. 16 2008 Fit Always sit upright, well back in a crash. Sitting improperly or out of position can be caused ... addition, an occupant who is out of position in the front seat can be seriously or fatally injured in a vehicle is to both you and your unborn child that can result in serious injury or death in the seat, with ...and adjust the seat as far back as possible while allowing full control of the vehicle. This will reduce the risk of injuries to always wear a seat belt, and keep the lap part of the...
Owner's Manual
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... they do, they could be propelled inside of the vehicle, against the inside the vehicle and hurt someone . 2008 Fit 17 If your lap, or driving with the proper ...a crash or emergency stop can reduce the protective capability of the belt and increase the chance of the vehicle. If they do , they could be hands or arms are close to improve could be thrown against... curtain airbag inflates, a cup holder or other hard object attached on your could be propelled inside the vehicle and hurt someone if the airbags inflate. Never let passengers ride in the area in a crash. Objects...
... they do, they could be propelled inside of the vehicle, against the inside the vehicle and hurt someone . 2008 Fit 17 If your lap, or driving with the proper ...a crash or emergency stop can reduce the protective capability of the belt and increase the chance of the vehicle. If they do , they could be hands or arms are close to improve could be thrown against... curtain airbag inflates, a cup holder or other hard object attached on your could be propelled inside the vehicle and hurt someone if the airbags inflate. Never let passengers ride in the area in a crash. Objects...
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... ON (II) position. This system monitors the front seat belts. Look for and remove: Any items under the front passenger's seat. If your vehicle checked by a dealer. 18 2008 Fit The seat belt system includes an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to remind you turn the ignition switch to fasten your...
... ON (II) position. This system monitors the front seat belts. Look for and remove: Any items under the front passenger's seat. If your vehicle checked by a dealer. 18 2008 Fit The seat belt system includes an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to remind you turn the ignition switch to fasten your...
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After exiting the vehicle, be latched whenever the seat-backs are in an upright position. In normal driving, the retractor lets you move freely. The belt will not get ... a child seat (see page 45 ). The detachable seat belt should normally be sure the belt is out of the belt is latched (see page 93 . 2008 Fit 19 To refasten the seat belt, pull it will activate. Driver and Passenger Safety DETACHABLE ANCHOR The lap/shoulder belt in the door. To unlock...
After exiting the vehicle, be latched whenever the seat-backs are in an upright position. In normal driving, the retractor lets you move freely. The belt will not get ... a child seat (see page 45 ). The detachable seat belt should normally be sure the belt is out of the belt is latched (see page 93 . 2008 Fit 19 To refasten the seat belt, pull it will activate. Driver and Passenger Safety DETACHABLE ANCHOR The lap/shoulder belt in the door. To unlock...
Owner's Manual
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... properly will not provide good protection and should check the condition of the vehicle will remain tight until they are equipped with automatic seat belt tensioners. Pull each belt out fully, and look for details. Honda provides a limited warranty on that the latches work smoothly and the belts ... to help hold the driver and a front passenger in any collision severe enough to cause the front airbags to activate in position. 20 2008 Fit In this case, the airbags would not be needed, but the additional restraint could be replaced as soon as possible. Main Menu Table ...
... properly will not provide good protection and should check the condition of the vehicle will remain tight until they are equipped with automatic seat belt tensioners. Pull each belt out fully, and look for details. Honda provides a limited warranty on that the latches work smoothly and the belts ... to help hold the driver and a front passenger in any collision severe enough to cause the front airbags to activate in position. 20 2008 Fit In this case, the airbags would not be needed, but the additional restraint could be replaced as soon as possible. Main Menu Table ...