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2008 Civic Coupe
Owner’s Manual
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© 2007 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. P/N 00X31-SVA-6210
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Owner’s Identification This owner’s manual should be considered OWNER a permanent part of the vehicle and should remain with the vehicle when it is sold. This owner’s manual covers all models of ADDRESS the Civic 2-door. You may find descriptions of equipment and features that are not on STREET your particular model. The information and specifications included CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIP CODE/ in this publication were in effect at the time of approval for printing. Honda Motor Co., POSTAL CODE Ltd.
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Introduction Congratulations! Your selection of a 2008 Honda Civic was a wise investment. As you read this manual, you will It will give you years of driving pleasure. find information that is preceded by a symbol. This One of the best ways to enhance the enjoyment of your new vehicle is to information is intended to help you read this manual. In it, you will learn how to operate its driving controls and avoid damage to your vehicle, other convenience items. Afterwards, keep this owner’s manual
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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)...........................................53 Features (heating and cooling, audio, steering wheel, security, 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 MOONROOF SWITCH (P.102) HAZARD WARNING INSTRUMENT PANEL (P.74) BUTTON INDICATORS(P.55, 56) GAUGES(P.65) CLOCK (P.180) DRIVER’S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 23) PASSENGER’S FRONT MIRROR CONTROLS AIRBAG (P.9, 23) (P.104) AUDIO SYSTEM (P.119) POWER DOOR LOCK MASTER SWITCH (P.80) HEATING/COOLING POWER WINDOW CONTROLS SWITCHES (P.114) (P.100) HOOD RELEASE HANDLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (P.188) ACCESSORY POWER FUEL FILL DOOR/ (P.208) SOCKETS TRUNK RELEASE
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Your Vehicle at a Glance HEADLIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHERS (P.72) PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF (P.71) INDICATOR (P.29) INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS (P.73) DISPLAY CHANGE BUTTON (P.66) SEL/RESET BUTTON (P.65) REAR WINDOW 3 MIRROR CONTROLS DEFOGGER (P.104) (P.74) 3 HEATED MIRRORS (P.105) VEHICLE STABILITY 2 HORN HAZARD WARNING ASSIST (VSA) BUTTON SYSTEM OFF 3 (P.74) SWITCH STEERING WHEEL ADJUSTMENTS (P.75) (P.217) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET REMOTE AUDIO CRUISE 3 (P.108) (P.177) CONTROLS C
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Driver and Passenger Safety Driver and Passenger Safety This section gives you important Additional Information About All Children Should Sit in a information about how to protect Your Seat Belts ........................ 18 Back Seat .................................. 33 yourself and your passengers. It Seat Belt System Components... 18 The Passenger’s Front Airbag shows you how to use seat belts. It Lap/Shoulder Belt....................... 19 Can Pose Serious Risks .......... 33 explains how y
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Important Safety Precautions You’ll find many safety Restrain All Children every additional drink. So don’t drink recommendations throughout this Children age 12 and under should and drive, and don’t let your friends section, and throughout this manual. ride properly restrained in a back drink and drive, either. Therecommendationsonthispage seat, not the front seat. Infants and are the ones we consider to be the smallchildrenshouldbe restrained Control Your Speed most important. in a child seat
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Driver and Passenger Safety Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Your vehicle is equipped with many (1) (3) (4) (6) (9) features that work together to (8) protect you and your passengers (11) during a crash. (7) Some features do not require any action on your part. These include a (5) strong steel framework that forms a safety cage around the passenger compartment, front and rear crush zones, a collapsible steering column, and tensioners that tighten the front (2) (10) seat belts in a crash. (12) (8)
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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 all seating positions. Not wearing a seat belt properly and against other occupants. 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 passenge
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Driver and Passenger Safety Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Airbags Your vehicle has a supplemental Your vehicle also has side airbags to In addition, your vehicle has side restraint system (SRS) with front help protect the upper torso of the curtain airbags to help protect the airbags to help protect the heads and driver or a front seat passenger heads of the driver, front passenger, chests of the driver and a front seat during a moderate to severe side and passengers in the outer rear passenge
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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features The most important things you need What you should do: Always wear The rest of this section gives more to know about your airbags are: your seat belt properly, and sit detailed information about how you upright and as far back from the can maximize your safety. Airbags do not replace seat belts. steering wheel as possible while They are designed to supplement allowing full control of the vehicle. A Remember, however, that no safety the seat belts. front passenger
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens Introduction Locking the doors reduces the 2.Adjust the Front 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, adult passengers, helps prevent passengers from and teenage children who are large accidentally opening a door and enough and mature enough to drive falling out. or ride in the front. Locking the doors also helps prevent S
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Protecting Adults and Teens If you sit too close to the steering 3.Adjust the Seat-Backs wheel or dashboard, you can be seriously injured by an inflating front Sitting too close to a front airbag, or by striking the steering airbag can result in serious wheel or dashboard. injury or death if the front airbags inflate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Transport Always sit as far back from the Canada recommend that drivers front airbags as possible. allow at least 10 inches
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens 4.Adjust the Head Restraints Reclining the seat-back too far Improperly positioning head can result in serious injury or restraints reduces their death in a crash. effectiveness and you can be seriously injured in a crash. Adjust the seat-back to an upright position, and sit well Make sure head restraints are back in the seat. in place and positioned properly before driving. Reclining a seat-back so that the shoulder part of the belt no lo
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Protecting Adults and Teens 5.Fasten and Position the Seat This spreads the forces of a crash Belts over the strongest bones in your Insert the latch plate into the buckle, upper body. then tug on the belt to make sure the belt is securely latched. Check that the belt is not twisted, because a twisted belt can cause serious Improperly positioning the seat injuries in a crash. belts can cause serious injury or death in a crash. Make sure all seat belts are properly positioned before driving. Pos
