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2008 S2000
Owner’s Manual
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© 2007 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. P/N 00X31-S2A-6800
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Owner’s Identification OWNER This owner’s manual should be considered a permanent part of the vehicle and should remain with the vehicle when it is sold. ADDRESS STREET This owner’s manual covers all models of the S2000. You may find descriptions of equipment and CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIP CODE/ features that are not on your particular model. POSTAL CODE V. I. N. The information and specifications included in this publication were in DELIVERY DATE effect at the time of approval for (Date sold to o
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Introduction Congratulations on your selection of the 2008 Honda S2000. We are certain As you read this manual, you will you will be pleased with your purchase of one of the most sophisticated and find information that is preceded by technologically-advanced sports cars in the world. a symbol. This information is intended to help you One of the best ways to enhance the enjoyment of your new vehicle is to avoid damage to your vehicle, other read this manual. In it, you will learn how to operate
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Introduction California Proposition 65 Warning WARNING: This product contains or emits chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Event Data Recorders This vehicle is equipped with one or more devices commonly referred to as event data recorders. These devices record front seat belt use, front passenger seat occupancy, airbag deployment data, and the failure of any airbag system component. This data belongs to the vehicle owner and m
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AFewWordsAboutSafety Your safety, and the safety of others, You will find this important safety information in a variety of forms, is very important. And operating this including: vehicle safely is an important responsibility. Safety Labels on the vehicle. Safety Messages preceded by a safety alert symbol and one of To help you make informed three signal words: DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION. decisions about safety, we have These signal words mean: provided operating procedures and other informa
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INDEX Contents Your Vehicle at a Glance (main controls) ................................................................................................3 Driver and Passenger Safety (seat belts, SRS, and child protection) .............................................................5 Instruments and Controls (indicators, gauges, dashboard, and steering column)...........................................43 Features (heating and cooling, audio, steering wheel, and cruise control) .................
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Overview of Contents Contents Before Driving Warranty and Customer A convenient reference to the What gasoline to use, how to break- Relations sections in this manual. in your new vehicle, and how to load (U.S. and Canada only) luggage and other cargo. A summary of the warranties Your Vehicle at a Glance covering your new vehicle, and how A quick reference to the main Driving to contact us for any reason. Refer to controls in your vehicle. The proper way to start the engine, your warranty manua
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Your Vehicle at a Glance Your Vehicle at a Glance (P.46) INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR GAUGES(P.53) (P.26) PASSENGER’S FRONT DRIVER’S FRONT AIRBAG AIRBAG (P.9, 20) (P.9, 20) AUDIO SYSTEM (P.104) POWER DOOR LOCK (P.65) MANUAL TRANSMISSION (P.147) POWER WINDOW SWITCHES (P.70) HAZARD WARNING MIRROR BUTTON CONTROLS (P.60) (P.87) ROOF SWITCH REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER BUTTON (P.73) (P.61) U.S. S2000 model is shown. : If equipped 3
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Your Vehicle at a Glance INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS HEADLIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS CLOCK BUTTON VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (P.59) (P.56) (P.60) (VSA) SYSTEM OFF SWITCH (P.153) REMOTE AUDIO 2 CONTROLS (P.122) 2 HEATING/COOLING CONTROLS (P.96, 100) ENGINE START BUTTON (P.146) WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ WASHERS (P.58) CRUISE CONTROL 1 BUTTONS HOOD RELEASE HANDLE CRUISE BUTTON HORN (P.124) (P.130) (P.124) 1: To use the horn, press the center pad of the steering wheel. 2: If equipped 4
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Driver and Passenger Safety Driver and Passenger Safety This section gives you important Important Safety Precautions .......... 6 How the Passenger Airbag Off information about how to protect Your Vehicle’s Safety Features........ 7 Indicator Works....................... 26 yourself and your passenger. It Seat Belts ........................................ 8 Airbag Service.............................. 27 shows you how to use seat belts Airbags............................................ 9 Add
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Important Safety Precautions You’ll find many safety Never carry an infant in a rear-facing Control Your Speed recommendations throughout this child seat in this vehicle. Excessive speed is a major factor in section, and throughout this manual. If an older child must ride in this crash injuries and deaths. Generally, Therecommendationsonthispage vehicle, follow all child safety the higher the speed, the greater the are the ones we consider to be the instructions and warnings in this risk, but s
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Driver and Passenger Safety Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Your vehicle is equipped with many features that work together to (4) (1) (9) (8) (3) (7) (6) protect you and your passenger during a crash. Some features do not require any action on your part. These include a strong steel framework that forms a safety cage around the passenger (8) compartment; front and rear crush zones, a collapsible steering column; and tensioners that tighten the seat (2) belts in a crash. (5) However, you and your
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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Seat Belts Help keep you from being thrown Your vehicle is equipped with seat against the inside of the vehicle belts in both seating positions. Not wearing a seat belt properly and against a passenger. increases the chance of serious Your seat belt system also includes injury or death in a crash, even Keep you from being thrown out an indicator on the instrument panel though your vehicle has airbags. of the vehicle. and a beeper to remind you and your passengers
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Driver and Passenger Safety Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Airbags The most important things you need What you should do: Always wear to know about your airbags are: your seat belt properly, and sit upright and as far back from the Airbags do not replace seat belts. steering wheel as possible while They are designed to supplement allowing full control of the vehicle. A the seat belts. passenger should move the seat as far back from the dashboard as Airbags offer no protection in side possible.
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Protecting Adults and Teens Introduction Locking the doors reduces the 2.Adjust the Seats The following pages provide chance of someone being thrown out instructions on how to properly of the vehicle during a crash, and it protect the driver, an adult helps prevent a passenger from passenger or teenage child large accidentally opening a door and enough and mature enough to drive falling out. or ride in your vehicle. See pages 29 40 for important guidelines on Locking the doors also helps preve
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens The National Highway Traffic Safety 3.Adjust the Seat-Backs Administration and Transport Canada recommend that drivers Sitting too close to a front allow at least 10 inches (25 cm) airbag can result in serious between the center of the steering injury or death if the front wheel and the chest. airbags inflate. If you cannot get far enough away Always sit as far back from the from the steering wheel and still front airbags as possible. reac
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Protecting Adults and Teens Reclining a seat-back so that the 4.Fasten and Position the Seat shoulder part of the belt no longer Belts rests against the occupant’s chest Insert the latch plate into the buckle, reduces the protective capability of then tug on the belt to make sure the the belt. It also increases the chance belt is securely latched. Check that of sliding under the belt in a crash the belt is not twisted, because a and being seriously injured. The twisted belt can cause serious fa
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens If necessary, pull up on the shoulder Never place the shoulder portion of a 5.Maintain a Proper Sitting belt again to remove any slack, then lap/shoulder belt under your arm or Position check that the belt rests across the behind your back. This could cause After occupants have adjusted their center of your chest and over your very serious injuries in a crash. seats and put on seat belts, it is very shoulder. This spreads the forces of imp
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Protecting Adults and Teens In addition, an occupant who is out of Advice for Pregnant Women When driving, remember to sit position can be seriously or fatally upright and adjust the seat as far injured in a crash by striking interior back as possible while allowing full parts of the vehicle or being struck control of the vehicle. When riding by an inflating front airbag. as a passenger, adjust the seat as far back as possible. This will reduce the risk of injuries Sitting improperly or out of
