2008 PONTIAC G8 remote start

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Navigation System
If your vehicle has a navigation
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manual for information on stored
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Radio Frequency
Identication (RFID)
RFID technology is used in some
vehicles for functions such as
tire pressure monitoring and ignition
system security, as well as in
connection with conveniences such
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locking/unlocking and starting, and
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Customer Information 12-17
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R
Radiator Pressure Cap.........9-15
Radio Frequency Identication
(RFID), Privacy . . .............12-17
Radio(s) . . . . . . . ........................ 6-3
Radios
Reception . .......................6-24
Setting the Clock................ 6-2
Theft-Deterrent . . ...............6-23
Reading Lamps..................... 5-4
Rear Door Security Locks....... 2-9
Rear Heated Seats................ 1-5
Rear Seat Operation.............. 1-5
Rearview Mirrors..................2-16
Reclining Seatbacks............... 1-3
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . ................11-12
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . 9-85
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . ....................... 2-3
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System, Operation.............. 2-4
Remote Vehicle Start............. 2-6
Removing the Flat Tire and
Installing the Spare Tire.....9-73Removing the Spare Tire
and Tools........................9-72
Replacement Bulbs . . ............9-32
Replacing LATCH System
Parts After a Crash...........1-45
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . 12-14
General Motors ...............12-14
United States
Government ................12-14
Restraint System Check
Replacing Airbag System
Parts After a Crash........1-32
Replacing Safety Belt
System Parts After
a Crash.......................1-18
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP)..................... 8-3
Roadside
Assistance Program ..........12-6
Rocking Your Vehicle to
Get it Out ........................8-28
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . 11-14
Running the Vehicle While
Parked............................8-12
S
Safety Belt
Reminder Light.................4-12
Safety Belts . . . ....................... 1-5
Care of . ..........................1-18
Check . . . . .........................1-18
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . ...................... 1-8
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . .........1-14
Replacing Parts After
a Crash .......................1-18
Safety Belt Extender.........1-17
Safety Belt Use During
Pregnancy....................1-17
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . . 11-4
Seats
Front . . .............................. 1-2
Head Restraints . . . . . . ........... 1-4
Heated Seats - Rear........... 1-5
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Power Seats . ..................... 1-2
Rear Seat Operation........... 1-5
Reclining Seatbacks............ 1-3
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . ............1-46, 1-48
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Security Light . . ....................4-21
Service . . . . ............................ 9-2
Accessories and
Modications.................. 9-3
Adding Equipment to the
Outside of the Vehicle..... 9-4
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements . . . . 9-3
California Proposition 65
Warning . . . . . . . . . ................ 9-3
Doing Your Own Work........ 9-4
Engine Soon Light............4-18
Owner Checks . . ................. 9-5
Publications Ordering
Information . . . ..............12-15
Service, Scheduling
Appointments . . . ................12-8
Servicing Your
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . 1-30
Setting the Clock . . ................. 6-2
Sheet Metal Damage............9-98
Shift Lock Manual Release . . . . 9-84
Shifting Into Park . . ...............8-10
Shifting Out of Park ..............8-11Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . .................... 4-7
Spare Tire
Compact.........................9-79
Installing..........................9-73
Removing........................9-72
Storing............................9-78
Specications, Capacities......10-2
Speedometer.......................4-12
Start Vehicle, Remote............. 2-6
Starting the Engine................ 8-4
Steering . . . . ..........................8-19
Steering Wheel Controls,
Audio . . . . ..........................6-23
Steering Wheel, Tilt Wheel...... 4-4
Storage Areas
Center Console
Storage Area.................. 3-1
Convenience Net................ 3-1
Glove Box......................... 3-1
Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice,
or Snow..........................8-27
Sun Visors..........................2-15
Sunroof . . . . ..........................2-18T
Tachometer .........................4-12
Taillamps . ...........................9-31
Theft-Deterrent, Radio . . .........6-23
Theft-Deterrent Systems........2-11
Content Theft-Deterrent .....2-13
Immobilizer . . ....................2-11
Immobilizer Operation........2-12
Tilt Wheel . ............................ 4-4
Time, Setting . . ....................... 6-2
Tire
Pressure Light..................4-18
Tires..................................9-39
Buying New Tires . ............9-56
Chains . ...........................9-62
Changing a Flat Tire.........9-71
Compact Spare Tire ..........9-79
Different Size . . . . ...............9-58
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . 9-48
If a Tire Goes Flat ............9-62
Ination - Tire Pressure .....9-46
Inspection and Rotation .....9-54
Installing the Spare Tire .....9-73
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Tires (cont.)
Pressure Monitor
Operation.....................9-51
Pressure Monitor System . . . 9-49
Removing the Flat Tire......9-73
Removing the Spare Tire
and Tools.....................9-72
Storing a Flat or Spare Tire
and Tools.....................9-78
Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit .............9-64
Tire Sidewall Labeling .......9-40
Tire Terminology and
Denitions....................9-43
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading .......................9-59
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance .......................9-60
Wheel Replacement . . ........9-61
When It Is Time for
New Tires....................9-56Towing
Recreational Vehicle ..........9-85
Towing a Trailer................9-85
Your Vehicle.....................9-84
Transmission
Fluid, Automatic................9-13
Transmission Operation,
Automatic.......................... 8-6
Trunk . . ...............................2-10
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals............................. 4-7
Turn Signal/Multifunction
Lever . ............................... 4-4
U
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading...........................9-59
Using this Manual . .................... ii
V
Vehicle
Control............................8-14
Loading . ..........................8-28
Running While Parked . . . . . . . 8-12
Symbols.............................. iii
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . ......................12-16
Vehicle Identication
Number (VIN)...................10-1
Service Parts Identication
Label . ..........................10-1
Vehicle, Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Ventilation Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Visors.................................2-15
Voltmeter Gage....................4-15
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