ignition SATURN SKY 2007 Owners Manual

Passenger Sensing System
Your vehicle has a passenger sensing system.
The passenger airbag status indicator will be
visible when you turn your ignition key to
RUN or START.
The words ON and OFF or the symbol for on
and off, will be visible on the instrument panel
during the system check. When the system check
is complete, either the word ON or the word
OFF, or the symbol for on or the symbol for off will
be visible. SeePassenger Airbag Status Indicator
on page 131.The passenger sensing system will turn off the
passenger’s frontal airbag under certain conditions.
The driver’s airbag is not part of the passenger
sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works with
sensors that are part of the passenger’s seat.
The sensors are designed to detect the presence
of a properly-seated occupant and determine if
the passenger’s frontal airbag should be enabled
(may inate) or not.
Accident statistics show that children are safer
if they are restrained in the rear rather than
the front seat. We recommend that rear-facing
child restraints not be transported in your vehicle,
even if the airbag is off.
Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint
in the right front passenger seat unless the
passenger airbag status indicator shows off
and the airbag is off. Here is why:
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Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle
Airbags affect how your vehicle should be
serviced. There are parts of the airbag system
in several places around your vehicle. You do not
want the system to inate while someone is
working on your vehicle. Your retailer and the
service manual have information about servicing
your vehicle and the airbag system. To purchase
a service manual, seeService Publications
Ordering Information on page 369.
{CAUTION:
For up to 10 seconds, after the ignition is
turned off and the battery is disconnected,
an airbag can still inate during improper
service. You can be injured if you are
close to an airbag when it inates. Avoid
yellow connectors. They are probably part
of the airbag system. Be sure to follow
proper service procedures, and make sure
the person performing work for you is
qualied to do so.
The airbag system does not need regular
maintenance.
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Keys.............................................................. 60
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System.......... 62
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation.................................... 63
Doors and Locks.......................................... 66
Manual Door Locks..................................... 66
Power Door Locks....................................... 67
Delayed Locking.......................................... 67
Automatic Door Lock................................... 68
Automatic Door Unlock................................ 68
Trunk.......................................................... 68
Windows....................................................... 71
Power Windows.......................................... 72
Sun Visors.................................................. 72
Theft-Deterrent Systems............................... 73
Content Theft-Deterrent............................... 73
PASS-Key
®III+........................................... 75
PASS-Key®III+ Operation........................... 75
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle........... 77
New Vehicle Break-In.................................. 77
Ignition Positions......................................... 78
Retained Accessory Power (RAP)............... 79Starting the Engine..................................... 80
Automatic Transmission Operation............... 82
Manual Transmission Operation................... 85
Parking Brake............................................. 86
Shifting Into Park (P)
(Automatic Transmission)......................... 87
Shifting Out of Park (P)............................... 89
Parking Your Vehicle
(Manual Transmission)............................. 89
Parking Over Things That Burn................... 90
Engine Exhaust........................................... 91
Running the Engine While Parked............... 92
Mirrors........................................................... 93
Manual Rearview Mirror.............................. 93
Manual Rearview Mirror with OnStar
®......... 93
Outside Power Mirrors................................. 93
OnStar
®System............................................ 94
Storage Areas............................................... 99
Glove Box................................................... 99
Cupholder(s)............................................... 99
Center Console Storage Area.................... 100
Convertible Top.......................................... 100
Section 2 Features and Controls
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Keys
{CAUTION:
Leaving children in a vehicle with the
ignition key is dangerous for many
reasons. They could operate the power
windows or other controls or even make
the vehicle move. The children or others
could be badly injured or even killed.
Do not leave the keys in a vehicle with
children.
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Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation
The vehicle’s doors
can be locked and
unlocked, and the trunk
can be unlatched
from about 3 feet (1 m)
up to 60 feet (18 m)
away with the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter.
Q(Lock):Press the lock button to lock all the
doors. If enabled through the Driver Information
Center (DIC), the parking lamps may ash
once and the horn may chirp to indicate
locking has occurred. See “LOCK HORN” under
DIC Vehicle Personalization on page 152.
"(Unlock):Press the unlock button one time
to unlock the driver’s door. Press the unlock button
again within ve seconds to unlock the other
door. The interior lamps will come on and stay on
for 20 seconds or until the ignition is turned on.
If enabled through the DIC, the parking lamps will
ash once to indicate unlocking has occurred.
See “UNLOCK HORN” underDIC Vehicle
Personalization on page 152.
V(Trunk Release):Press and hold this
button for approximately one second to release
the trunk lid. The trunk release will only work if
the ignition is off or the vehicle speed is less
than 2 mph (3 k/h).
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L(Vehicle Locator/Panic Alarm):Press and
release this button to help locate your vehicle.
The horn will sound three times and the hazard
lamps will ash three times. Press and hold
the button for three seconds to sound the panic
alarm. The horn will sound and the hazard
lamps will ash for 30 seconds. The ignition must
be off for the vehicle locator/remote alarm to
work. Press the vehicle locator/panic alarm button
again or turn the ignition to ACC or RUN to
turn off the alarm.
The vehicle may have Remote Lock/Unlock
Conrmation. This feature provides feedback that
a command has been received by the vehicle.
The parking lamps will ash and the horn
may sound briey. See “LOCK HORN”
and “UNLOCK HORN” underDIC Vehicle
Personalization on page 152for programming
information.Matching Transmitter(s) to
Your Vehicle
Each RKE transmitter is uniquely coded to prevent
another transmitter from unlocking the vehicle.
If a transmitter is lost or stolen, a replacement can
be purchased through your retailer. Remember
to bring any additional transmitters so they
can also be re-coded to match the new transmitter.
Once your retailer has coded the new transmitter,
the lost transmitter cannot unlock the vehicle.
The vehicle can have a maximum of four
transmitters coded to it.
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There are a couple of ways to lock and unlock
your vehicle manually.
From inside the vehicle,
use the manual door
lock knob. Pull up or
down on the knob to
unlock or lock the door.
To lock either door from the outside, turn the key
toward the rear of the vehicle. To unlock the
door, turn the key toward the front of the vehicle.
Power Door Locks
You can use the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter to lock and unlock the doors from inside
or outside the vehicle. SeeRemote Keyless
Entry (RKE) System Operation on page 63for
more information.
The power door lock switches are located on the
driver’s and passenger’s door.
Press the top of the switch to unlock all doors.
Press the bottom of the switch to lock all doors.
Delayed Locking
If your vehicle has power door locks, it will have
the delayed locking feature. This feature delays the
actual locking of the doors when the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter is used to lock the
vehicle.
If any door is open when locking the vehicle using
the RKE transmitter, three chimes will sound
signaling that the delayed locking feature is active.
Five seconds after the last door is closed, both
doors will lock and the parking lamps will ash.
To cancel the delay and lock the doors immediately,
press the lock button on the RKE a second time.
If the key is in the ignition, this feature will not
lock the doors.
Your vehicle is programmed from the factory with
this feature turned off. To turn the feature on,
you must go through the Driver Information
Center (DIC). SeeDIC Vehicle Personalization
on page 152.
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Automatic Door Lock
If your vehicle has power door locks, the doors will
automatically lock when the shift lever is moved
out of PARK (P) for a vehicle with an automatic
transmission. For a vehicle with a manual
transmission, the speed must be greater than
5 mph (8 km/h).
The automatic door locking feature cannot be
disabled.
Automatic Door Unlock
If your vehicle has an automatic transmission and
power door locks, the doors with automatically
unlock when the shift lever is moved into
PARK (P).
If your vehicle has a manual transmission and
power door locks, the doors will automatically
unlock when the key is removed from the ignition.The automatic unlock feature can be disabled or
programmed in different ways if the vehicle has
an automatic transmission. SeeDIC Vehicle
Personalization on page 152for more information.
Trunk
To release the trunk lid use either the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter, or see “Remote
Trunk Release” following.
{CAUTION:
It can be dangerous to drive with
the trunk lid open because carbon
monoxide (CO) gas can come into your
vehicle. You cannot see or smell CO.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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CAUTION: (Continued)
It can cause unconsciousness and even
death. If you must drive with the trunk
lid open or if electrical wiring or other
cable connections must pass through
the seal between the body and the
trunk lid:
Make sure all other windows are shut.
Turn the fan on your heating or
cooling system to its highest speed
and select the control setting that will
force outside air into your vehicle.
See Climate Control System.
If you have air outlets on or under
the instrument panel, open them all
the way.
SeeEngine Exhaust on page 91.
Remote Trunk Release
To open the trunk from
inside the vehicle, press
the remote trunk
release button located
in the glovebox.
The remote trunk release will only work when
either the ignition is off or in ACC, the parking
brake is engaged, or the vehicle speed is less
than 2 mph (3 km/h).
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Theft-Deterrent Systems
Vehicle theft is big business, especially in some
cities. Although your vehicle has a number of
theft-deterrent features, we know that nothing we
put on it can make it impossible to steal.
Content Theft-Deterrent
Your vehicle may have a content theft-deterrent
alarm system.
The security light,
located on the
instrument panel cluster,
will turn on to indicate
that arming has
been initiated.
Once the system is armed, the security light will
ash once every three seconds.
If the security light is ashing twice per second,
this means that a door is open.
Arming the System
While the ignition is off, press the remote keyless
entry transmitter lock button, to arm the system.
The system will arm after either of these
things occur:
Thirty seconds after all the doors are closed.
Sixty seconds with any door open.
If you press the lock button on the transmitter a
second time while all the doors are closed,
the system will arm immediately. The system arms
in 60 seconds if a door is open, or after the
open door is closed.
If you do not want to arm the system, lock the car
with the manual door lock knobs.
Disarming the System
You can disarm the system by doing any one of
the following:
Press the unlock button on the remote keyless
entry transmitter.
Turn the ignition on.
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