light Hyundai Elantra 2008 Repair Manual

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Features of your vehicle
Cup holder
Cups or small beverage cans may be
placed in the cup holders.
SunvisorUse the sunvisor to shield direct light
through the front or side windows.
To use a sunvisor, pull it downward.
To use a sunvisor for a side window, pull
it downward, unsnap it from the bracket
(1) and swing it to the side (2).
To use the vanity mirror, pull down the
visor and slide the mirror cover (3).
Adjust the sunvisor extension panel for-
ward or backward (4) (if equipped).
WARNING
- Hot liquids
Do not place uncovered cups of
hot liquid in the cup holder while
the vehicle is in motion. If the hot
liquid spills, you could be burned.
Such a burn to the driver could
cause a loss of control of the
vehicle.
To reduce the risk of personal
injury in the event of sudden stop
or collision, do not place uncov-
ered or unsecured bottles, glass-
es, cans, etc., in the cup holder
while the vehicle is in motion.
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Front
OHD046088
Rear (if equipped)
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Features of your vehicle
Care of cassette tapes
(if equipped) Because the thickness of a cassette
tape with the total playback time of
over 60 minutes (C-60) are too thin, we
suggest that you do not use any of
them to avoid having tapes being tan-
gled.
To achieve better sound quality, period-
ically clean the tape head using a cot-
ton stick with colorless alcohol (once
per month).
If a tape is too loose, fasten it to reel by
winding with objects like a pencil.
Because dust or foreign objects on a
cassette tape may damage the play-
back head, always store tapes in their
cases when not in use.
Make sure cassette tapes are kept
away from magnetic devices (TV,
stereo system, etc) in order to achieve
better sound quality.
Be certain that no objects or substances
other than cassette tapes are inserted
into the cassette tape player. Because tape media can be distorted
when exposed to direct sunlight, Do
not leave cassette tapes on the seats,
dashboard or near the back wind-
shield.
Care of disc (if equipped) If the temperature inside the car is too
high, open the car windows for ventilation
before using your car audio.
It is illegal to copy and use
MP3/WMA/AAC/WAVE files without
permission(If equipped with M465, use
only MP3/WMA, If equipped with M445,
use only CD-DA). Use CDs that are cre-
ated only by lawful means.
Do not apply volatile agents such as
benzene and thinner, normal cleaners
and magnetic sprays made for ana-
logue disc onto CDs.
To prevent the disc surface from get-
ting damaged. Hold and carry CDs by
the edges or the edges of the center
hole only.
Clean the disc surface with a piece of
soft cloth before playback (wipe it from
the center to the outside edge).
Do not damage the disc surface or
attach pieces of sticky tape or paper
onto it.
Make sure on undesirable matter other
than CDs are inserted into the CD
player (Do not insert more than one
CD at a time).
Keep CDs in their cases after use to
protect them from scratches or dirt. Depending on the type of CD-R/CD-
RW CDs, certain CDs may not operate
normally according to manufacturing
companies or making and recording
methods. In such circumstances, if you
still continue to use those CDs, they
may cause the malfunction of your car
audio system.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
- Playing an
Incompatible Copy-Protected
Audio CD
Some copy-protected CDs, which do not
comply with the international audio CD
standards(Red Book), may not play on
your car audio. Please note that if you
try to play copy protected CDs and the
CD player of your car audio is not per-
forming to your expectation, this may be
caused by those CDs and not a defect in
the device itself. Please replace those
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1. LOAD ButtonThis compact disc player will accommo-
date up to six compact discs.
To insert one disc into the player, do the
following:
1. Press and release the LOAD Button.
2. Blue light on the slot will be illuminated
and the lowest number of empty slot
will blink on the display. After "WAIT" is
displayed on the LCD, the slot will open
with "INSERT" displayed on the LCD.
3. Insert a disc partway into the slot, label
side up. The player will pull the disc in.
When the disc is inserted, the disc will
begin to play automatically.✽ ✽
NOTICE• Playback of MP3, AAC, and WMA
file formats are supported. Load to
play time for these formats may be
longer due to the compressed nature
of these discs.
• The disc can be only inserted while the
green light is blinking on the slot.
• This CD player is suitable only for 12
cm discs, do not use irregular shaped
CDs.
To insert multiple discs into the player, do
the followings:
1. Press and hold the LOAD button for
one second or more. You will then hear
a beep sound and the green light on
the slot will be illuminated, and the
numbers of empty disc will blink on the
display.
2. After "WAIT" is displayed on the LCD
with the lowest number of empty slot
blinking, the slot will open with
"INSERT" displayed on the LCD.
3. Insert a disc partway into the slot, label
side up. The player will pull the disc in.
Once the disc is loaded, the numbers
of the empty disc will blink on the dis-
play continuously. If the next "DISC
NO." is displayed when the slot is illu-
minated, you can then load another
disc.
4. Load the remaining disc by following
the same procedures 1 and 2. When
you finished loading 6 discs, the CD
player will begin to play the last CD
loaded.5. To load more than one disc but less
than six, complete Steps 1 and 2.
When you have finished loading discs,
press LOAD button to cancel the load-
ing function or wait for 10 seconds.
The CD player will begin to play the
last CD loaded. As each CD starts to
play, the DISC number will appear on
the display.
✽ ✽
NOTICEThe disc player takes up to six discs.
Do not try to load more than six.2. CD(AUDIO/MP3)/AUX Select
Button Press the CD Button to start CD play-
back, during radio operation or cas-
sette tape playing.
When discs are in the CD deck, if you
press the CD button, the CD player will
begin playing even if the radio or cas-
sette player is being used.
The CD player can be used when the
ignition switch is in either the "ON" or
"ACC" position.
Push the CD button to start CD play-
back without pushing Power ON-OFF
control knob. (Only when a CD is in the
deck.

Features of your vehicle116 41. CD/AUX Selector The system will start playing the CD
when you press this button while radio
or XM is on. (If no CD is found, the LCD
will display "NO DISC" for 3 seconds.)
If the ignition switch of the automobile
is set to ACC (1st notch) or ON (2nd
notch), the system will be turned on
and automatically play the CD from the
last played part when you press this
button even if the power of the audio
system is off. (However, only when the
disc is placed inside the system)2. Disc DeckThis is the place you insert or eject the
CD. When the ignition switch of the auto-
mobile is set to ACC (1st notch) or ON
(2nd notch), if you push the disc in, the
power will be turned on and the CD will
be played. The CD player can play both
12cm and 8cm audio discs. if you insert
a video CD or Data CD then the LCD will
display "ERROR7" and it will turn to the
previous mode (radio or XM).✽ ✽
NOTICEMake sure the printed side of the disk
faces upward when you insert the disk.
3. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)It displays the state of the song currently
played as well as the information of the
disc including the track, number, CD,
RPT, RDM, SCAN, runtime, and EQ
mode (CLASSIC, POP, ROCK, JAZZ).4. Disc Eject ButtonPress this button to eject the disk when
the disk is in the deck. If no CD is in the
deck, LCD will display “NO DISC” for 3
seconds. (The disk will be ejected when
you press this button even when the igni-
tion switch (ACC) of the automobile is set
to OFF or when the power of the audio
system is off.)✽ ✽
NOTICEForced Eject: When you press and hold
this button for more than 3 seconds, the
disk will be ejected by all means. (Use
this function only when the disk is not
ejected in the abnormal state.)
5. CD IndicatorThis indicator light will be on if the CD is
inside the deck whether the audio sys-
tem is on or off if the ignition switch of the
automobile is set to ACC (1st notch) or
ON (2nd notch). This light will go off
when the CD is ejected.6. SCAN ButtonWhen you press this button, the player
will play 10 seconds of each track (LCD
will display “SCAN”). Press it again to
cancel scanning.7. Search / Selection ButtonTurn the search control to the left or right
while playing CD then the track number
on the LCD will change correspondingly.
When you find the track you want to lis-
ten to, press the button to play the select-
ed song. (The search will be canceled
when you do not select the track within 5
seconds after searching the track.)8. RDM(Random) ButtonPress this button to play the songs in ran-
dom order regardless of the order of
tracks (LCD will display “RDM”). Press it
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8. RDM(Random) ButtonPress this button to play the songs in ran-
dom order regardless of the order of
tracks (LCD will display “RDM”). Press it
again to cancel random play.9. RPT(Repeat) ButtonThis lets you listen to the song or CD you
like repeatedly. Simply press this button
when the song or the CD you want to
repeat is played. Press this button again
to cancel repetition
Repeats 1 song
or 1 file (LCD will display “RPT”)
Repeats 1 DISC
only (LCD will display “ALL RPT”)10. Fast Forward/Rewind ButtonPress and hold “FF” button while the CD
is played to quickly search through the
latter part of the song and “REW”, the
front part. When you release the button,
the song will be played from current posi-
tion.11. Track Move (Track Up/Down)
Button Press [ ](Track Up) button while play-
ing CD to play from the beginning of the
next song. (If you hold this button, it will
continue to move to the next song.) Press [ ](Track Down) button while
playing CD to move to the beginning of
the song and press again to move to
the beginning of the previous song. (If
you hold this button, it will continue to
move to the previous song.)
12. Information ButtonIf the song title is long while playing an
MP3 file, press this button to scroll the
song title to the end.13. FOLDER Name Search ButtonPress [FLDR ](Folder Up) button while
playing an MP3 file to display the next
available folder name and [FLDR
](Folder Down) button, the previous folder
name. Find the folder you searched for
and press 7 to play the songs inside the
folder from the top of the list. (If you do
not take any action after searching for the
folder for 5 or more seconds, this search
will be canceled.)14. Mark / Memory ButtonYou can choose only the songs you want
to listen to and play them in respective
order. (Refer to the operation method.)
Press again to cancel.
15. Disc Load /All Load ButtonWhen you press [LOAD] button, one of
the empty slots of the CD changer will be
opened in the order of (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Insert the CD when the word "INSERT"
on LCD and the light of the deck flicker
then the deck will be closed you will be
able to play and listen to the correspon-
ding CD. Also, you can load all 6 CDs to
all empty slots of the changer when you
press the [LOAD] button for more than 0.8
seconds in respective order. In this case
the CD you loaded last will be played. If
you do not load CD for 10 seconds after
pressing the [LOAD] button, or press the
[LOAD] button once again, the loading
will be canceled. In this case, the display
for empty disc slots will go off, and it will
be displayed again when the slot is
loaded with a disc.✽ ✽
NOTICE• Insert CD only when the word
"INSERT" on the LCD and the light
of the deck flicker. (Insert CDs one by
one in respective order.)
• In other cases, the CD will not be
inserted (CD DOOR will be closed),
and if you try to insert CD by force it
may cause damage to the audio sys-
tem.

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Driving your vehicle
Before entering vehicle• Be sure that all windows, outside mir-
ror(s), and outside lights are clean.
Check the condition of the tires.
Check under the vehicle for any sign of
leaks.
Be sure there are no obstacles behind
you if you intend to back up.Necessary inspections Fluid levels, such as engine oil, engine
coolant, brake fluid, and washer fluid
should be checked on a regular basis,
with the exact interval depending on the
fluid. Further details are provided in
Section 7, “Maintenance”.Before starting Close and lock all doors.
Position the seat so that all controls are
easily reached.
Adjust the inside and outside rearview
mirrors. Be sure that all lights work.
Check all gauges.
Check the operation of warning lights
when the ignition switch is turned to
the ON position.
Release the parking brake and make
sure the brake warning light goes out.
For safe operation, be sure you are famil-
iar with your vehicle and its equipment.BEFORE DRIVING
WARNING
All passengers must be properly
belted whenever the vehicle is mov-
ing. Refer to “Seat belts” in section
3 for more information on their
proper use.
WARNING
Always check the surrounding
areas near your vehicle for people,
especially children, before putting a
car into “Drive” or “Reverse”.
PROPOSITION 65 WARN-
ING
Engine exhaust and a wide variety
of automobile components and
parts, including components found
in the interior furnishings in a vehi-
cle, contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects and
reproductive harm. In addition, cer-
tain fluids contained in vehicles
and certain products of component
wear contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects or
other reproductive harm.

Driving your vehicle4 5
Illuminated ignition switch Whenever a front door is opened, the
ignition switch will be illuminated for your
convenience, provided the ignition switch
is not in the ON position. The light will go
off immediately when the ignition switch
is turned on or go off after about 30 sec-
onds when the door is closed.
Ignition switch positionLOCKThe steering wheel locks to protect
against theft. The ignition key can be
removed only in the LOCK position.
When turning the ignition switch to the
LOCK position, push the key inward at
the ACC position and turn the key toward
the LOCK position.
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WARNING
- Driving under
the influence of alcohol or
drugs
Drinking and driving is dangerous.
Drunk driving is the number one
contributor to the highway death
toll each year. Even a small amount
of alcohol will affect your reflexes,
perceptions and judgement.
Driving while under the influence of
drugs is as dangerous or more dan-
gerous than driving drunk.
You are much more likely to have a
serious accident if you drink or
take drugs and drive.
If you are drinking or taking drugs,
don’t drive. Do not ride with a driv-
er who has been drinking or taking
drugs. Choose a designated driver
or call a cab.
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ACC (Accessory)The steering wheel is unlocked and elec-
trical accessories are operative.✽ ✽
NOTICEIf difficulty is experienced in turning the
ignition key to the ACC position, turn
the steering wheel right and left to
release the tension and then turn the
key.ONThe warning lights can be checked
before the engine is started. This is the
normal running position after the engine
is started.Do not leave the ignition switch ON if the
engine is not running to prevent battery
discharge.
STARTTurn the ignition key to the START posi-
tion to start the engine. The engine will
crank until you release the key; then it
returns to the ON position. The brake
warning lamp can be checked in this
position.
Starting the gasoline engine 1. Make sure the parking brake is
applied.
2.Manual Transaxle- Depress the
clutch pedal fully and shift the
transaxle into Neutral. Keep the clutch
pedal and brake pedal depressed
while turning the ignition switch to the
start position.
Automatic Transaxle- Place the
transaxle shift lever in P (Park).
Depress the brake pedal fully.
You can also start the engine when
the shift lever is in the N (Neutral)
position.
WARNING -
Ignition key
Never turn the ignition switch to
LOCK or ACC while the vehicle is
moving. This would result in loss
of directional control and braking
function, which could cause an
accident.
The anti-theft steering column lock
is not a substitute for the parking
brake. Before leaving the driver’s
seat, always make sure the shift
lever is engaged in P (Park) for the
automatic transaxle and set the
parking brake fully and shut the
engine off. Unexpected and sud-
den vehicle movement may occur
if these precautions are not taken.
Never reach for the ignition switch,
or any other controls through the
steering wheel while the vehicle is
in motion. The presence of your
hand or arm in this area could
cause a loss of vehicle control, an
accident and serious bodily injury
or death.
Do not place any movable objects
around the driver’s seat as they
may move while driving, interfere
with the driver and lead to an acci-
dent.
WARNING
Always wear appropriate shoes
when operating your vehicle.
Unsuitable shoes (high heels, ski
boots,etc.) may interfere with your
ability to use the brake and acceler-
ator pedal, and the clutch (if
equipped).STARTING THE ENGINE

Driving your vehicle8 5
To shift into reverse, rest the lever in
neutral for at least 3 seconds after your
car is completely stopped. Then move
the lever into the reverse position.
During cold weather, shifting may be
difficult until the transaxle lubricant has
warmed up. This is normal and not
harmful to the transaxle.
If you've come to a complete stop and
it's hard to shift into 1st or R (Reverse),
put the shift lever in N (Neutral) posi-
tion and release the clutch. Press the
clutch pedal back down, and then shift
into 1st or R (Reverse) gear position.
CAUTION
When downshifting from fifth
gear to fourth gear, caution
should be taken not to inadver-
tently press the gear shift lever
sideways in such a manner that
second gear is engaged. Such a
drastic downshift may cause the
engine speed to increase to the
point that the tachometer will
enter the red-zone. Such over-
revving of the engine may possi-
bly cause engine damage.
Do not downshift more than 2
gears or downshift the gear when
the engine is running at high
speed (5,000 RPM or higher).
Such a downshifting may damage
the engine.
CAUTION
To avoid premature clutch wear
and damage, do not drive with
your foot resting on the clutch
pedal. Also, don’t use the clutch
to hold the vehicle stopped on an
uphill grade, while waiting for a
traffic light, etc.
Do not use the shift lever as a
handrest during driving, as this
can result in premature wear of
the transaxle shift forks.
WARNING
Before leaving the driver’s seat,
always set the parking brake fully
and shut the engine off. Then make
sure the transaxle is shifted into 1st
gear when the vehicle is parked on
a level or uphill grade, and shifted
into R (Reverse) on a downhill
grade. Unexpected and sudden
vehicle movement can occur if
these precautions are not followed
in the order identified.

Driving your vehicle12 5Transaxle rangesThe indicator lights in the instrument
cluster indicate the shift lever position
when the ignition switch is in the ON
position.
P (Park)
Always come to a complete stop before
shifting into P (Park). This position locks
the transaxle and prevents the front
wheels from rotating.R (Reverse)
Use this position to drive the vehicle
backward.
N (Neutral)
The wheels and transaxle are not locked.
The vehicle will roll freely even on the
slightest incline unless the parking brake
or service brakes are applied.
D (Drive)
This is the normal forward driving posi-
tion. The transaxle will automatically shift
through a 4-gear sequence, providing the
best fuel economy and power.
For extra power when passing another
vehicle or climbing grades, depress the
accelerator fully, at which time the
transaxle will automatically downshift to
the next lower gear.
(Continued)
Before leaving the driver’s seat,
always make sure the shift lever
is in the P (Park) position. Set the
parking brake fully, shut the
engine off and take the key with
you. Unexpected and sudden
vehicle movement can occur if
you do not follow these precau-
tions in the order specified.
Never leave a child unattended in
a vehicle.
WARNING
Shifting into P (Park) while the
vehicle is in motion will cause the
drive wheels to lock which will
cause you to lose control of the
vehicle.
Do not use the P (Park) position
in place of the parking brake.
Always make sure the shift lever
is latched in the P (Park) position
and set the parking brake fully.
(Continued)
CAUTION
The transaxle may be damaged if
you shift into P (Park) while the
vehicle is in motion.
CAUTION
Always come to a complete stop
before shifting into or out of R
(Reverse); you may damage the
transaxle if you shift into R while
the vehicle is in motion, except as
explained in “Rocking the Vehicle”,
in this manual.