2020 CHEVROLET SONIC remote control

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2020 - CRC - 10/4/19
114 Instruments and Controls
28 :Check Right Rear Turn
Signal Lamp
35 : Replace Battery In Remote Key
36 : Stabilitrak/Electronic Stability
Control (ESC) Initializing
49 : Lane Departure Warning
Unavailable
52 : Change Timing Belt
53 : Tighten Gas Cap
56 : Pressure Imbalance Front
57 : Pressure Imbalance Rear
59 : Open, Then Close Driver
Window
60 : Open, Then Close Passenger
Window
61 : Open, Then Close Left Rear
Window
62 : Open, Then Close Right Rear
Window
65 : Theft Attempted
66 : Service Theft Alarm
67 : Service Steering Column Lock
68 : Service Power Steering, Drive
with Care 70 :
Service Leveling System
75 : Service AC System
77 : Service Front Camera System
78 : Service Pedestrian Protection
79 : Engine Oil Low –Add Oil
81 : Service Transmission
82 : Change Engine Oil Soon
84 : Engine Power Is Reduced
88 : Use Transmitter Pocket to Start
89 : Service Vehicle Soon
91 : No Remote Detected
92 : No Remote Detected, Press
Brake To Restart
93 : Press Button Again To Turn
Engine Off
94 : Shift to Park
95 : Service Airbag
99 : Pedestrian Protection System
Disabled
120 : Reduce Speed For Hill
Descent Control
136 : Service Park Assist 145 :
Washer Fluid Low —Add
Fluid
151 : Press Clutch to Start
174 : Low Battery
258 : Park Assist Off
:% CHANGE
This message displays when the
engine oil needs to be changed.
When changing the engine oil, be
sure to reset the Oil Life System.
See Engine Oil Life System 0210,
Engine Oil 0208, and Maintenance
Schedule 0278.
LF XX, RF XX, LR XX,
or RR XX
A message displays when the tire
pressure is low. It shows the
location of the low tire and the
approximate pressure of the low tire.
If a tire pressure message appears,
stop as soon as you can. Inflate the
tires by adding air until the tire
pressure is equal to the values
shown on the Tire and Loading

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The menu may contain the
following:
Rear Seat Reminder
This allows for a chime and a
message when the rear door has
been opened before or during
operation of the vehicle.
Touch Off or On.
Collision / Detection Systems
Touch and the following may
display:
.Park Assist
. Rear Camera Park Assist
Symbols
Park Assist
This feature can assist in backing
up and parking the vehicle. See
Park Assist 0193.
Touch Off or On.
Rear Camera Park Assist Symbols
When on and an object is detected
behind the vehicle, the warning
symbols appear on the infotainment
display. See Park Assist0193. Touch Off or On.
Comfort and Convenience
Touch and the following may
display:
.
Chime Volume
. Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear
Chime Volume
This allows the selection of the
chime volume level.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to adjust the
volume.
Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear
When on and the front wiper is on,
the rear wiper will automatically
activate when the vehicle is shifted
to R (Reverse).
Touch Off or On.
Lighting
Touch and the following may
display:
. Vehicle Locator Lights
. Exit Lighting Vehicle Locator Lights
This feature will flash the exterior
lamps and allows some exterior
lamps and most interior lamps to
turn on briefly when
Kon the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter is pressed to locate the
vehicle.
Touch Off or On.
Exit Lighting
This allows the selection of how
long the exterior lamps stay on
when leaving the vehicle when it is
dark outside.
Touch Off, 30 Seconds, 60 Seconds,
or 120 Seconds.
Power Door Locks
Touch and the following may
display:
. Open Door Anti Lock Out
. Auto Door Unlock
. Delayed Door Lock

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Open Door Anti Lock Out
When on, this feature will keep the
driver door from locking until the
door is closed. If this feature is
turned on, the Delayed Door Lock
menu will not be available.
Touch Off or On.
Auto Door Unlock
This allows selection of which of the
doors will automatically unlock when
the vehicle is shifted into P (Park).
Touch Off, All Doors, or Driver Door.
Delayed Door Lock
When on, this feature will delay the
locking of the doors. To override the
delay, press the power door lock
switch on the door.
Touch Off or On.
Remote Lock, Unlock, Start
Touch and the following may
display:
.Remote Unlock Light Feedback
. Remote Lock Feedback
. Remote Door Unlock .
Remote Start Auto Heat Seats
. Passive Door Unlock
. Passive Door Lock
. Remote Left in Vehicle Alert
Remote Unlock Light Feedback
When on, the exterior lamps will
flash when unlocking the vehicle
with the RKE transmitter
Touch Off or Flash Lights.
Remote Lock Feedback
This allows selection of what type of
feedback is given when locking the
vehicle with the RKE transmitter.
Touch Off, Lights and Horn, Lights
Only, or Horn Only.
Remote Door Unlock
This allows selection of which doors
will unlock when pressing
Kon the
RKE transmitter.
Touch All Doors or Driver Door. Remote Start Auto Heat Seats
If equipped and turned on, this
feature will turn the heated seats on
when using remote start on
cold days. See
Heated Front Seats
0 41 and
Remote Vehicle Start 020.
Touch Off or On.
Passive Door Unlock
This allows the selection of what
doors will unlock when using the
button on the driver door to unlock
the vehicle.
Touch All Doors or Driver Door.
Passive Door Lock
This feature specifies if the
vehicle will automatically lock,
or lock and alert you after all the
doors are closed, and you walk
away from the vehicle with RKE
transmitter. See Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) System Operation
(Keyless Access) 010 or
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation (Key Access)
0 16.

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Touch Off, On with Horn
Chirp, or On.
Remote Left in Vehicle Alert
This feature sounds an alert when
the RKE transmitter is left in the
vehicle. This menu also enables
Remote No Longer in Vehicle Alert.
Touch Off or On.
Valet Mode
This will lock the infotainment
system and steering wheel controls.
It may also limit access to vehicle
storage locations, if equipped.
To enable valet mode:1. Enter a four-digit code on the keypad.
2. Touch Enter to go to the confirmation screen.
3. Re-enter the four-digit code.
Touch Lock or Unlock to lock or
unlock the system. Touch Back to
go back to the previous menu.

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Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
Some exterior lamps and interior
lamps turn on briefly at night, or in
areas with limited lighting, when
K
is pressed on the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter. When a
door is opened, the interior lamps
come on if the dome lamp control is
in the Door position. They stay on
for about 20 seconds. When all of
the doors have been closed or the
ignition is turned on, they gradually
fade out.
This feature can be changed. See
“Vehicle Locator Lights”under
Vehicle Personalization 0115.
Exit Lighting
Some exterior lamps and interior
lamps come on at night, or in areas
with limited lighting, when the key is
removed from the ignition. The
exterior lamps and dome lamp
remain on for a set amount of time,
then automatically turn off. If equipped with Keyless Access,
the exterior lamps automatically turn
on when a door is opened after the
ignition is turned off. The dome
lamps also come on after the
ignition is turned off. See
Ignition
Positions (Keyless Access) 0170 or
Ignition Positions (Key Access)
0 172.
The exterior lamps turn off
immediately by turning the exterior
lamps control off.
This feature can be changed. See
Vehicle Personalization 0115.
Battery Load
Management
The vehicle has Electric Power
Management (EPM) that estimates
the battery's temperature and state
of charge. It then adjusts the voltage
for best performance and extended
life of the battery.
When the battery's state of charge
is low, the voltage is raised slightly
to quickly bring the charge back up.
When the state of charge is high,
the voltage is lowered slightly to prevent overcharging. If the vehicle
has a voltmeter gauge or a voltage
display on the Driver Information
Center (DIC), you may see the
voltage move up or down. This is
normal. If there is a problem, an
alert will be displayed.
The battery can be discharged at
idle if the electrical loads are very
high. This is true for all vehicles.
This is because the generator
(alternator) may not be spinning fast
enough at idle to produce all the
power needed for very high
electrical loads.
A high electrical load occurs when
several of the following are on, such
as: headlamps, high beams, fog
lamps, rear window defogger,
climate control fan at high speed,
heated seats, engine cooling fans,
trailer loads, and loads plugged into
accessory power outlets.
EPM works to prevent excessive
discharge of the battery. It does this
by balancing the generator's output
and the vehicle's electrical needs.
It can increase engine idle speed to
generate more power, whenever

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Index 325
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 300
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 51
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 50
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 39
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 80, 82
Security
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Service (cont'd)
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 153
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 204
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 289
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 300
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Special Application Services . . . . 283
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 103
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Storage Load Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storage Areas
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 86
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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326 Index
SystemForward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 297
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . 28, 29 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 243
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 242 Tires (cont'd)
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Terminology and Definitions . . 238
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 251
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 201
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 105
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Turn Signal
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
U
Ultrasonic Parking SensorLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 249
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 290
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . 102