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2008 Element
Owner’s Manual
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© 2007 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. P/N 00X31-SCV-6502
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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 This owner’s manual covers all models of the STREET Element. You may find descriptions of equipment and features that are not on your particular model. CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIP CODE/ POSTAL CODE The information and specifications included V. I. N. in this publication were in effect at the time of approval for printing. Honda Motor Co.,
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Introduction Congratulations! Your selection of a 2008 Honda Element was a wise As you read this manual, you will investment. 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 manu
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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 Safety Labels on the vehicle. responsibility. Safety Messages preceded by a safety alert symbol and one of three signal words: DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION. To help you make informed These signal words mean: decisions about safety, we have provided operating procedures and You WILL be K
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Important Handling Information Your Element has higher ground clearance than a passenger vehicle designed for use only on pavement. Higher ground clearance has many advantages for off-highway driving. It allows you to travel over bumps, obstacles, and rough terrain. It also provides good visibility so you can anticipate problems earlier. These advantages come at some cost. Because your vehicle is taller and rides higher off the ground, it has a high center of gravity. This means your vehicle ca
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INDEX Contents Your Vehicle at a Glance (main controls) ................................................................................................4 Driver and Passenger Safety (seat belts, SRS, and child protection) .............................................................7 Instruments and Controls (indicators, gauges, dashboard, and steering column)...........................................57 Features (heating and cooling, audio, steering wheel, and cruise control) .................
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Overview of Contents Contents features. Technical Information A convenient reference to the ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, sections in this manual. Before Driving and technical information. What gasoline to use, how to break- Your Vehicle at a Glance in your new vehicle, and how to load Warranty and Customer A quick reference to the main luggage and other cargo. Relations controls in your vehicle. (U.S. and Canada only) Driving A summary of the warranties Driver and Passenger Safety The pr
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Your Vehicle at a Glance MIRROR CONTROLS INSTRUMENT PANEL (P.59) POWER DOOR DRIVER’S FRONT (P.92) GAUGES(P.66) LOCK SWITCH AIRBAG(P.11, 27) (P.80) PASSENGER’S FRONT AIRBAG (P.11, 34) HEATING/COOLING CONTROLS POWER WINDOW (P.102) SWITCHES (P.91) PARKING BRAKE (P.93) HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P.142) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION(P.161) MANUAL TRANSMISSION (P.159) A/T model is shown. 4
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Your Vehicle at a Glance Your Vehicle at a Glance PASSENGER AIRBAG HEADLIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS WINDSHIELD AUDIO SYSTEM OFF INDICATOR (P.71) WIPERS/WASHERS (P.107) DIGITAL CLOCK (P.70) (P.34) (P.132) REMOTE AUDIO 2 CONTROLS REAR WINDOW (P.134) DEFOGGER (P.73) CRUISE CONTROL MASTER BUTTON (P.135) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET (P.98) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON (P.73) 1 HORN VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST(VSA) SYSTEM ON/OFF SWITCH (P.172) STEERING WHEEL ADJUSTMENT CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS (P.74) (P.135) A/T model is sho
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Driver and Passenger Safety Driver and Passenger Safety This section gives you important Lap/Shoulder Belt....................... 21 The Passenger’s Front Airbag information about how to protect Automatic Seat Belt Can Pose Serious Risks .......... 38 yourself and your passengers. It Tensioners................................ 22 If You Must Drive with Several shows you how to use seat belts. It Seat Belt Maintenance................ 22 Children .................................... 40 explains ho
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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 features that work together to (9) (11) (8) (3) (4) protect you and your passengers during a crash. (7) (1) Some features do not require any action on your part. These include a strong steel framework that forms a (5) safety cage around the passenger compartment; front and rear crush zones, a collapsible steering column; and tensioners that tighten the seat belts in a crash. However, you and your passe
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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 s
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens Introduction 1.Close and Lock the Doors 2.Adjust the Front Seats The following pages provide After everyone has entered the instructions on how to properly vehicle, be sure the doors are closed protect the driver, adult passengers, and locked. and teenage children who are large enough and mature enough to drive Your vehicle has a door and or ride in the front. tailgate open monitor on the instrument panel to indicate See pages 37 53 for i
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Protecting Adults and Teens The National Highway Traffic Safety Once a seat is adjusted correctly, 3.Adjust the Seat-Backs Administration and Transport rock it back and forth to make sure it Canada recommend that drivers is locked in position. allow at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the center of the steering See page 83 for how to adjust the wheel and the chest. In addition to front seats. adjusting the seat, you can adjust the steering wheel up and down (see page 74 ). If you cannot get far
