2013 CHEVROLET SONIC phone

Black plate (8,1)Chevrolet Sonic Owner Manual - 2013 - 2nd PrintReady - 10/11/12
i-8 INDEX
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements, California . . . . . 10-3
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . 7-26, 7-28, 7-37
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Pictures and Movies . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50, 7-55, 7-56
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Power Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Reduced Engine Light . . . . . . . . 5-20
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-18
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Power Steering Warning Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Pregnancy, Using Safety
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-15 Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 13-7
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
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Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 13-15
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 5-4
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-15
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77 Reduced Engine Power
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2, 2-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-14
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-29
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . 3-16
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

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INDEX i-9
Roadside AssistanceProgram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-3
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
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Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-16
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-15
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-7
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43, 3-45
Security OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-3
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-15
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1 Service (cont'd)
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-11
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-7
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Smartphone Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45, 7-47, 7-48
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-73
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

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i-10 INDEX
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . 1-4, 9-16
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 5-16
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Storage Load Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 10-68
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
System Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-4
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 2-11 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Tires Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-68
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-73
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-49
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-48
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-68
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41 Tires (cont'd)
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-58
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-77
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77
Traction Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 9-28
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9