2009 Saturn Astra Owners Manual

Headlamp

Aiming ............................ 9-26
Headlamp Wiring ................. 9-34
Headlamps

Bulb Replacement ............. 9-28
Daytime Running Lamp ....... 5-2
Delayed ............................ 5-2
Exterior Lamps ................... 5-1
Flash-to-Pass ..................... 4-8
Front Turn Signal

Lamps ......................... 9-28
Halogen Bulbs .................. 9-28
High/Low Beam Changer ..... 4-8
Heater ................................. 7-1
Engine .............................. 8-5
Height Adjuster, Seat .............. 1-2
Highbeam On Light .............. 4-23
High-Speed Operation,

Tires ............................... 9-48
Highway Hypnosis ................ 8-25
Hill and Mountain Roads ....... 8-26
Hood

Release ............................ 9-5

Horn .................................... 4-4
How to Wear Safety Belts

Properly .......................... 1-12
Hydraulic Clutch ................... 9-12

Ignition Positions ................... 8-2
Immobilizer ........................... 2-8
Immobilizer Operation ............. 2-8
Infants and Young Children,

Restraints ........................ 1-40
Inflation - Tire Pressure ......... 9-47
Instrument Panel

Brightness ......................... 5-3
Cluster ............................ 4-12
Overview ........................... 4-2

Jump Starting ...................... 9-69

Keyless Entry System ............ 2-3
Keys .................................... 2-2

Labeling, Tire Sidewall .......... 9-42
Lamp

Malfunction Indicator ......... 4-18

Lamps

Dome ............................... 5-3
Exterior, Off Reminder ....... 4-23
Reading ............................ 5-3
................ 1-18

Lap-Shoulder Belt LATCH System

Replacing Parts After a

Crash .......................... 1-50

LATCH System for Child

Restraints ........................ 1-46
License Plate Lamps ............ 9-33
Liftgate

Carbon Monoxide ............... 2-6

Light

Airbag Readiness ............. 4-14
Antilock Brake System

(ABS) Warning .............. 4-17
Brake System Warning ...... 4-16
Charging System .............. 4-16
Cruise Control .................. 4-23

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Light (cont.)

Door Ajar ......................... 4-23
Engine Coolant

Temperature Warning ..... 4-18
Fog Lamp ........................ 4-22
Highbeam On ................... 4-23
Low Fuel Warning ............. 4-24
Low Oil Level ................... 4-22
Oil Pressure ..................... 4-21
Passenger Airbag Status

Indicator ....................... 4-15
Safety Belt Reminders ....... 4-13
Service Vehicle Soon ........ 4-23
StabiliTrak® Indicator ......... 4-17
Tire Pressure ................... 4-18
Winter Driving Mode .......... 4-22

Entry ................................ 5-3

Lighting

Lights

Exterior Lamps ................... 5-1
Flash-to-Pass ..................... 4-8
High/Low Beam Changer ..... 4-8
Loading Your Vehicle ............ 8-30

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INDEX

Locks

Door ................................. 2-5
Power Door ....................... 2-6
Rear Door Security Locks .... 2-6
Loss of Control .................... 8-22
Low Fuel Warning Light ........ 4-24
Lower Anchors and Tethers

for Children ...................... 1-46
Lumbar Seat Adjustment ......... 1-3

Maintenance Replacement

Parts ............................. 11-14

Maintenance Schedule Additional Required

Services ....................... 11-6
.............. 11-9

At Each Fuel Fill At Least Once a

Month ........................ 11-10
At Least Once a Year ...... 11-10
Introduction ...................... 11-1
Maintenance Footnotes ...... 11-8
Maintenance Record ........ 11-16
Maintenance Replacement

Parts ......................... 11-14

Maintenance Schedule (cont.)

Maintenance

Requirements ............... 11-1

Owner Checks and

Services ....................... 11-9

Recommended Fluids

and Lubricants ............ 11-12
Scheduled Maintenance ..... 11-3
Using .............................. 11-2
Your Vehicle and the

Environment ................. 11-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp .... 4-18
Manual Seats ........................ 1-2
Manual Transmission

Fluid ............................... 9-12
Operation .......................... 8-9

Message

DIC Warnings and

Messages .................... 4-36

Mirrors

Manual Rearview Mirror ..... 2-11
Outside ........................... 2-11
Outside Power Mirrors ....... 2-12
MyGMLink.com .................... 12-4

Navigation System,

Privacy .......................... 12-17
New Vehicle Break-In ............. 8-2
Notices and Cautions ............... iii

Odometer ........................... 4-13
Odometers, Trip ................... 4-13
Off-Road Recovery ............... 8-21
Oil

Engine .............................. 9-7
Low Oil Level Light ........... 4-22
Pressure Light .................. 4-21
Oil, Engine Oil Life System ..... 9-9
Older Children, Restraints ...... 1-38
OnStar, Privacy .................. 12-17
OnStar® System, see

OnStar® Manual ............... 4-38
.................. 7-4

Outlet Adjustment Outlets

Accessory Power .............. 4-10

Outside

Mirrors ............................ 2-11
Power Mirrors .................. 2-12

Owner Checks and

Services .......................... 11-9
Owner Checks, Service .......... 9-4
Owners, Canadian .................... ii

Privacy ............................. 12-16
Event Data Recorders ..... 12-16
Navigation System .......... 12-17
OnStar .......................... 12-17
Radio Frequency

Identification ................ 12-17

Paint, Damage ..................... 9-79
Park

Shifting Into ..................... 8-11
Shifting Out of .................. 8-12
Park Brake .......................... 8-10
Parking

Over Things That Burn ...... 8-13
Parking Your Vehicle ............ 8-13
Passenger Airbag Status

Indicator .......................... 4-15
Passenger Sensing System ... 1-30
Passing .............................. 8-22
Perchlorate Materials

Requirements, California ...... 9-3

Power

Door Locks ........................ 2-6
Retained Accessory ............ 8-3
Steering Fluid ................... 9-20
Windows ......................... 2-10
Pressure Cap ...................... 9-18

Radio Frequency Identification

(RFID), Privacy ............... 12-17
Radio(s) ............................... 6-2
Radios

Reception ........................ 6-24
Theft-Deterrent ................. 6-23
Reading Lamps ..................... 5-3
Rear Door Security Locks ....... 2-6
Rear Heated Seats ................ 1-6
Rear Seat Operation .............. 1-7
Rear Windshield Washer/

Wiper ............................... 4-9
Rearview Mirrors .................. 2-11
Reclining Seatbacks ............... 1-3
Recommended Fluids and

Lubricants ...................... 11-12
Recreational Vehicle Towing ... 9-73
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)

System ............................. 2-3

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Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)

System, Operation .............. 2-4

Removing the Flat Tire and

Installing the Spare Tire ..... 9-63

Removing the Spare Tire

and Tools ........................ 9-62
Replacement Bulbs .............. 9-34
Replacing LATCH System

Parts After a Crash ........... 1-50

Reporting Safety Defects

Canadian Government ..... 12-14
Saturn ........................... 12-14
United States

Government ................ 12-14

Restraint System Check

Replacing Airbag System

Parts After a Crash ........ 1-37

Replacing Safety Belt

System Parts After a Crash .......................... 1-23
Retained Accessory Power ...... 8-3
Roadside

Assistance Program .......... 12-6

Rocking Your Vehicle to

Get it Out ........................ 8-29
Routing, Engine Drive Belt .... 11-15
Running the Vehicle While

Parked ............................ 8-14

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INDEX

Safety Belt Reminders .......... 4-13
Safety Belts .......................... 1-8
Care of ........................... 1-23
Check ............................. 1-22
How to Wear Safety

Belts Properly ............... 1-12
Lap-Shoulder Belt ............. 1-18
Replacing Parts After a

Crash .......................... 1-23
Safety Belt Extender ......... 1-22
Safety Belt Use During

Pregnancy .................... 1-22
Scheduled Maintenance ........ 11-3
Seats

Head Restraints ................. 1-5
Heated Seats - Rear ........... 1-6
Height Adjuster .................. 1-2
Lumbar Adjustment ............. 1-3
Rear Seat Operation ........... 1-7
Reclining Seatbacks ............ 1-3

Securing Child

Restraints ................ 1-51, 1-53

Service ................................ 9-2

Accessories and

Modifications .................. 9-3

Adding Equipment to the

Outside of the Vehicle ..... 9-4

California Perchlorate

Materials Requirements .... 9-3

California Proposition 65

Warning ......................... 9-3
Doing Your Own Work ........ 9-4
Engine Soon Lamp ........... 4-18
Owner Checks ................... 9-4
Publications Ordering

Information ................. 12-15
Vehicle Soon Light ............ 4-23

Service, Scheduling

Appointments ................... 12-8

Servicing Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .... 1-35
Sheet Metal Damage ............ 9-79
Shifting Into Park ................. 8-11
Shifting Out of Park .............. 8-12
Signals, Turn and

Lane-Change ..................... 4-8

Spare Tire Compact ......................... 9-68
Installing .......................... 9-63
Removing ........................ 9-62
Storing ............................ 9-66
Specifications, Capacities ...... 10-2
Speedometer ....................... 4-13
StabiliTrak® Indicator Light ..... 4-17
StabiliTrak® System .............. 8-19
Starting the Engine ................ 8-3
Steering .............................. 8-20
Steering Wheel Controls,

Audio .............................. 6-23
Steering Wheel, Tilt Wheel ...... 4-4
Storage Areas

Cupholders ........................ 3-1
Glove Box ......................... 3-1
Sunglasses Storage

Compartment .................. 3-1

Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice, or

Snow .............................. 8-29
Sun Visors .......................... 2-11
Sunroof .............................. 2-12

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Tachometer ......................... 4-13
Taillamps .................... 9-30, 9-32
Theft-Deterrent, Radio ........... 6-23
Theft-Deterrent Systems ......... 2-8
Content Theft-Deterrent ....... 2-9
Immobilizer ........................ 2-8
Immobilizer Operation ......... 2-8
Tilt Wheel ............................. 4-4
Tire

Pressure Light .................. 4-18
Tires .................................. 9-40
Buying New Tires ............. 9-54
Chains ............................ 9-60
Changing a Flat Tire ......... 9-61
Compact Spare Tire .......... 9-68
Different Size ................... 9-56
High-Speed Operation ....... 9-48
If a Tire Goes Flat ............ 9-60
Inflation - Tire Pressure ..... 9-47
Inspection and Rotation ..... 9-52
Installing the Spare Tire ..... 9-63
Pressure Monitor

Operation ..................... 9-51

Pressure Monitor

System ........................ 9-49
Removing the Flat Tire ...... 9-63

Tires (cont.)

Removing the Spare Tire

and Tools ..................... 9-62

Storing a Flat or Spare

Tire and Tools ............... 9-66
Tire Sidewall Labeling ....... 9-42
Tire Terminology and

Definitions .................... 9-44

Uniform Tire Quality

Grading ....................... 9-57

Wheel Alignment and

Tire Balance ................. 9-58
Wheel Replacement .......... 9-59
When It Is Time for

New Tires .................... 9-54
Winter Tires ..................... 9-41

Towing

Recreational Vehicle .......... 9-73
Towing a Trailer ................ 9-73
Your Vehicle ..................... 9-73

StabiliTrak® System .......... 8-19

Traction

Transmission

Fluid, Automatic ................ 9-12
Fluid, Manual ................... 9-12

Transmission Operation,

Automatic .......................... 8-6

Transmission Operation,

Manual ............................. 8-9

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Trip Odometers .................... 4-13
Turn and Lane-Change

Signals ............................. 4-8

Turn Signal/Multifunction

Lever ................................ 4-4

Uniform Tire Quality

Grading ........................... 9-57

Vehicle

Control ............................ 8-17
Loading ........................... 8-30
Parking Your .................... 8-13
Running While Parked ....... 8-14
Service Soon Light ........... 4-23
Symbols .............................. iii

Vehicle Data Recording and

Privacy .......................... 12-16

Vehicle Identification

Number (VIN) ................... 10-1
Service Parts Identification

Label ........................... 10-1
Ventilation Adjustment ............. 7-4
Visors ................................. 2-11

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INDEX

Warning Lights, Gages and

Indicators ........................ 4-11

Warnings

DIC Warnings and

Messages .................... 4-36
Hazard Warning Flashers .... 4-4

Wheels

Alignment and Tire

Balance ....................... 9-58
Different Size ................... 9-56
Replacement .................... 9-59
Where to Put the Restraint .... 1-44
Windows ............................. 2-10
Power ............................. 2-10

Windshield

Washer ............................. 4-9
Washer Fluid .................... 9-20
Wiper Blade

Replacement

................ 9-21
Wipers .............................. 4-8

Windshield, Rear Washer/

Wiper ............................... 4-9
Winter Driving ...................... 8-27
Winter Driving Mode Light ..... 4-22
Winter Tires ........................ 9-41

Your Vehicle and the

Environment ..................... 11-2