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Hyundai ELANTRA User Manual

Hyundai ELANTRA
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
• Before entering the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
• Key ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Engine Start/Stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Manual transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
• Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
• Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
• Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
• Disc brakes wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
• Rear drum brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
• Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
• Hill-Start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
• Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Driving assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
• Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
• Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
• Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Special driving conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
• Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
• Snow or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
• Check battery and cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . . 5-62
• Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
• To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
• Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . 5-63
• Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
• Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath. . . . . 5-63
• Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
• Don't place foreign objects or materials in the engine
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Trailer towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
• If you decide to pull a trailer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
• Trailer towing equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
• Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
• Maintenance when towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
Vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
• Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
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BrandHyundai
ModelELANTRA
CategoryAutomobile
LanguageEnglish

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