MachineGun
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There is a auto volume feature in MyLink. It adjusts the stereos volume according to the noise outside.
To me the stereo sounds better.
To me the stereo sounds better.
Hidden Features, Settings, Tricks, etc...
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MachineGun
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If your connected to bluetooth and press the phone button on the steering wheel your phones battery life and other info is displayed on the MyLink screen.
I have Android.
I have Android.
Blue hedgehog
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It's 4-5 times then quiet for about 10 min then 4-5 more chimes. Then that's it. If it was every 30 seconds I'd have a junk yard clip in mine. I know 3 people who would have died if they were wearing there seat belts and 1 who did die because she was wearing her seat belt. 2 of the survivors were ejected from 1 car. The other was partially ejected (upper body went through the roof of his vette when he slid sideways into a telephone pole. The drivers seat was on top of the folded passenger seat. He hit the pole with he drivers side. The girl who died was strapped into a jeep wrangler that rolled over. Everyone was ejected but her.
SouthFLSonic
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What I meant was it only cycles through the chime sequence 3-4 times but damn that is a crazy story there. I had been in an accident before with three people in the car and myself and my buddy weren't wearing a seat belt and were fine but my GF had hers on and broke her arm and hurt her head, funny how that works some time.
ChicksHateMe
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No need to cut or jump wires to get it to stop chiming they make blanks tha you just clip in and they don't look to bad either, better than placing a cut out of a junk car one in.
For Chevrolet Car Logo Emblem Seat Belt Buckle Alarm Safety Clasp Stop Canceller | eBay
Thanks for the link. I didn't know these were even out there. Someone had bid on them, so I searched for others and found these.
2 Pcs Universal Auto Car Safty Seat Belt Buckle Plug Extension Alarm Canceller | eBay
I requested them in black. I like how I can still plug in, or if I don't it silences the chimes without messing with wires.
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction....
ChicksHateMe
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I didn't notice that yet, Good to know.
I did notice it took two steps to sync my phone to bluetooth, not just one. Step one was adding it, and I thought it would work after I did just that. But I had to go back in again and sync it.
I was REALLY confused when I remotely started the car and the phone rang. I answered it and I didn't hear anything. Figured it was a bad call, so I hung up. They called back, and same thing. Then I realized.... The car had picked it up, not my phone. Doh!!!
I have an old phone, and I don't know of any quick way to disable and enable the Bluetooth to get it back to the phone in time. I searched, but didn't see an answer.
Also, If I press the Talk button on the wheel and let it up, if will dial the last number. If I press and HOLD the button, it will bring up the phone book. It took me a bit to figure out I had to hold it longer, so it didn't just redial.
It does go into voice command mode, but I can't remember if it's the same time it goes into phonebook, or if I had to hold it down even longer.
I do get it working, but would like to know the exact method to do them, and how long to hold them. I guess I will go out tomorrow and call people I want to annoy while I practice figuring the patterns out. I didn't find much in documentation, and I wonder if each type phone acts different
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ChicksHateMe
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I was a bouncer at a wild night club for many years. I'd leave last, and was the first at many accidents. Some pretty bad. I did see a few who were thrown out and survived, but just as many the other way around. I think when it's time, it's time. I wear mine always with the kids in the car. I want to keep control as long as possible if something should happen. But, there are times when I am alone, in wicked slow traffic, and I want to be able to move around and do things better. Only reason I am just looking for a cheap, simple way to stop the chimes in those situations
As other people said, they only come on twice, and I am getting use to it, but I do wear them 80% of the time and believe that it's safer with than without.
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Blue hedgehog
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I drove a tow truck at night years ago. Their were quite a few fatalities. Some wearing the seat belt some without. I'm a firm believer in when its your time its your time.
SuperFudd
Member
Here is a list of such features on the Cruze. Many apply to the Sonic and Many do not.
Yes, I have posted this on this forum before.
Had to delete some. Too long.
Things to know about your Cruze
Keep in mind some models may not have all these features based on the options you purchased your car with. Here goes:
1. The reason there is no trunk release button inside the car is because there's a trunk release button on the trunk. It's located right where the license plate lights are. Reach under chrome trunk accent and give it a press. (one of the sales people at the dealer wasn't aware of this). Note the trunk will not open unless the doors are unlocked and the car is in park.
2. The centre console slides forward if you press the latch and pull. It makes things more comfortable. Just remember to slide it back when you want to open it.
3. If you have the automatic transmission, you can use the manual mode to accelerate from 2nd gear rather than 1st. This is particularly handy in the winter when you need the throttle to be less sensitive and the car to ease into speed and avoid tire spin.
4. You don't need to hold the key turned in order to start the car. A simple short flick to the start position engages the starter until the engine ignites. (try it, it's pretty cool, but don't flick too fast). Also because of this, you cannot recrank the engine once started. This prevents damage to the starter motor.
5. The little slot on the passenger side foot well can be used to hold magazines, news papers, documents, or even a collapsable sun shade for the front windshield. (I'll post a photo when I get a chance)
6. You can set the car to unlock all doors when pressing the remote unlock just once. This option is in the configurations menu.
7. You don't need to reach to the centre console to lock the car. Pressing in the lock pin on the drivers door will also lock all doors. Note the doors will pop back to unlocked if your keys are in the ignition to prevent a lockout. So if you're wondering why your car won't lock using this method, check the ignition for your keys.
8. There's a hook to hold 1-2 bags on the left side inside the trunk.
9. There is a handhold to pull the trunk shut without touching it inside the lid (look near the glow in the dark emergency trunk release pull).
10. If you have the Bluetooth call feature, you can change which phone pairs first (if two users are in the car at once) by going though the config menu, selecting the blue tooth device and then selecting the phone you want to have priority.
12. The automatic transmission shifts into N by itself when stopped with your foot on the brakes for more than a few seconds. This is why the car rolls back a few inches if you're on a hill and you lift your foot off the brake. If you lift your foot off the brake slowly you can actually roll back for quite some time, so be careful.
13. When you hit the defrost selection on your HVAC, the fan speed with increase (to help defrost/defog quicker) and the vents will change to windshield mode. Turn the fan knob in either direction to go back to the initial speed.
14. If you have the auto climate control: in the winter on a cold start, when pressing the auto button and setting a comfortable temperature, the fan will not go to high right away. The system waits for the engine to warm up before increasing fan speed and blowing in hot air, not cold.
15. If the fan is on high and you receive a bluetooth call, the fan speed will drop so you can have a comfortable conversation without the sound of a jet engine coming from the vents...
16. The radio volume can correct itself automatically based on road noise and speed. This setting exists in the configuration menu.
17. If you have an manual and you stall or kill the engine for any reason, you must hold the key to restart it, unless you turn the car completely off and back on.
18. If you forget your turn signal on for too long as you're driving you will receive a message on your DIC and a dinging warning. It's not very loud though, but if you constantly look down at your screen you'll notice the message.
22. If your windshield wipers are on for more than 20-30 seconds, the exterior lights will automatically turn on. Your interior lights will stay at the same dimness unless it's dark out, they they will change accordingly. This feature is because in certain states, it is required by law to have your lights on when the wipers are on.
23. If you go into voice control mode with your iphone (press and hold the home button), it's just like making a phone call to your own phone in the sense that the mic built into the car is used, relays your voice commands to the phone, and then gives a "call ended" message and then commences your call. So when I am driving I press and hold the button on the phone, voice command menu comes up, I say "call so and so", the iphone does it's thing, the onstar broad says call ended, and then the call starts as normal. Also works with any other iPhone voice commands.
24. Same as above but with more steps, you can do the following to access your voice commands on the iPhone: press the voice commands button on the steering wheel, Say "Hands Free", wait for the ready, Say "Bluetooth", then "Voice". Wait, you will then hear the iPhone lady say "Ready". Say whatever command you want for your phone. ex. "what time is it?" or "what song is playing?" or "dial 123-456-7890".
25. If you leave your car for days w/o starting it will go on battery saving mode and when you start your car you will see the battery light logo. To remove this after you start the car turn the key again like as if you are starting it and hold it there until the logo disappears.
26. The turning signal has 2 functions: the lane change function, and the full turning signal function. If you just flick the switch, your signal will flash 3 times for a lane change. If you engage the switch, it will flash indefinitely... or until you turn...
28. On an automatic, unless you are COMPLETELY in park, when you shut the engine off, it will NOT release the key to you. Firmly pressing the shifter into to park does the trick. This may sometimes happen if you have a phone (particularly an iPhone) in the little storage bin and it prevents the lever from going into park fully. Kinda annoying if you ask me.
29. If the ignition is turned to LOCK/OFF while the wipers are on 1, 2, or 3, they will immediately stop. If the windshield wiper lever is then moved to OFF before the driver door is opened, or within 10 minutes, the wipers will restart and move to the base of the windshield. If the ignition is turned to LOCK/OFF during a windshield wash, the wipers will stop when they reach the base of the windshield.
32. If you have the nav system, when you get a low fuel warning, the nav system will ask if you'd like to find nearby gas stations. It's pretty accurate too. This feature can be disabled in the settings menu.
35. You cannot drain the battery by forgetting to leave lights or electronics on (interior and exterior). After about 5-10 min, everything will turn off, preserving the battery from discharging.
38. Even with no key in the ignition, you can operate the radio by pressing the power button. This lasts for 10 min and can be turned back on again once for another 10 minutes up to a max of 20 min. After that, you'll have to engage the key to ACC before the electronics will work again. This also works while in remote start.
39. Apparently the windows will not crush your fingers if you go to close them and there's fingers in the way. They will reverse back down. I haven't tried this yet. Anyone wanna be the guinea pig? (I have confirmed this feature but it only works with the express up feature. If you hold the button and put your fingers there the window will still go up until you release the button...it hurts!)
40. If you only press the lock once on the FOB the car locks but waits about 30 seconds to arm the alarm system. The horn wont go off. Pressing the lock twice will arm immediately, and honk the horn for confirmation.
41. If you have the passive entry system you can go to the config settings and setup the car to automatically lock when you leave so do you don't have to touch the painted square on the handle. The car locks when the key is out of range and unlocks again when the key is back in range. Remember, this setting must be enabled for it to work.
42. The radio can hold up to 36 station presets. Use the Favourite button to cycle through pages. On the nav system, you have the option of selecting how many Fav pages you want, each of which holds 6 presets.
45. The doors lock automatically when the car is put into D (depending on the settings you have). To open any door without unlocking the entire car simply pull the door handle twice. The first pull will unlock, the second pull will open the door. This won't work for the back doors if the child lock is engaged. (Warning: this works even when the car is in motion... Yes, I tried it...)
46. If you are out of P (in gear) and unlock the doors, they will remain unlocked until one of the doors opens. Once the door closes again and you release your foot off the brake to continue your drive, all the doors will lock again. This also happens if you use the tip above to open just one door. As soon as you lift your foot off the brake, the door(s) will lock again. Basically, the car will want to remain locked at all times unless it is manually overridden by pressing the unlock button. I'm assuming in case of an accident, the doors should automatically unlock, but don't quote me on that one.
Yes, I have posted this on this forum before.
Had to delete some. Too long.
Things to know about your Cruze
Keep in mind some models may not have all these features based on the options you purchased your car with. Here goes:
1. The reason there is no trunk release button inside the car is because there's a trunk release button on the trunk. It's located right where the license plate lights are. Reach under chrome trunk accent and give it a press. (one of the sales people at the dealer wasn't aware of this). Note the trunk will not open unless the doors are unlocked and the car is in park.
2. The centre console slides forward if you press the latch and pull. It makes things more comfortable. Just remember to slide it back when you want to open it.
3. If you have the automatic transmission, you can use the manual mode to accelerate from 2nd gear rather than 1st. This is particularly handy in the winter when you need the throttle to be less sensitive and the car to ease into speed and avoid tire spin.
4. You don't need to hold the key turned in order to start the car. A simple short flick to the start position engages the starter until the engine ignites. (try it, it's pretty cool, but don't flick too fast). Also because of this, you cannot recrank the engine once started. This prevents damage to the starter motor.
5. The little slot on the passenger side foot well can be used to hold magazines, news papers, documents, or even a collapsable sun shade for the front windshield. (I'll post a photo when I get a chance)
6. You can set the car to unlock all doors when pressing the remote unlock just once. This option is in the configurations menu.
7. You don't need to reach to the centre console to lock the car. Pressing in the lock pin on the drivers door will also lock all doors. Note the doors will pop back to unlocked if your keys are in the ignition to prevent a lockout. So if you're wondering why your car won't lock using this method, check the ignition for your keys.
8. There's a hook to hold 1-2 bags on the left side inside the trunk.
9. There is a handhold to pull the trunk shut without touching it inside the lid (look near the glow in the dark emergency trunk release pull).
10. If you have the Bluetooth call feature, you can change which phone pairs first (if two users are in the car at once) by going though the config menu, selecting the blue tooth device and then selecting the phone you want to have priority.
12. The automatic transmission shifts into N by itself when stopped with your foot on the brakes for more than a few seconds. This is why the car rolls back a few inches if you're on a hill and you lift your foot off the brake. If you lift your foot off the brake slowly you can actually roll back for quite some time, so be careful.
13. When you hit the defrost selection on your HVAC, the fan speed with increase (to help defrost/defog quicker) and the vents will change to windshield mode. Turn the fan knob in either direction to go back to the initial speed.
14. If you have the auto climate control: in the winter on a cold start, when pressing the auto button and setting a comfortable temperature, the fan will not go to high right away. The system waits for the engine to warm up before increasing fan speed and blowing in hot air, not cold.
15. If the fan is on high and you receive a bluetooth call, the fan speed will drop so you can have a comfortable conversation without the sound of a jet engine coming from the vents...
16. The radio volume can correct itself automatically based on road noise and speed. This setting exists in the configuration menu.
17. If you have an manual and you stall or kill the engine for any reason, you must hold the key to restart it, unless you turn the car completely off and back on.
18. If you forget your turn signal on for too long as you're driving you will receive a message on your DIC and a dinging warning. It's not very loud though, but if you constantly look down at your screen you'll notice the message.
22. If your windshield wipers are on for more than 20-30 seconds, the exterior lights will automatically turn on. Your interior lights will stay at the same dimness unless it's dark out, they they will change accordingly. This feature is because in certain states, it is required by law to have your lights on when the wipers are on.
23. If you go into voice control mode with your iphone (press and hold the home button), it's just like making a phone call to your own phone in the sense that the mic built into the car is used, relays your voice commands to the phone, and then gives a "call ended" message and then commences your call. So when I am driving I press and hold the button on the phone, voice command menu comes up, I say "call so and so", the iphone does it's thing, the onstar broad says call ended, and then the call starts as normal. Also works with any other iPhone voice commands.
24. Same as above but with more steps, you can do the following to access your voice commands on the iPhone: press the voice commands button on the steering wheel, Say "Hands Free", wait for the ready, Say "Bluetooth", then "Voice". Wait, you will then hear the iPhone lady say "Ready". Say whatever command you want for your phone. ex. "what time is it?" or "what song is playing?" or "dial 123-456-7890".
25. If you leave your car for days w/o starting it will go on battery saving mode and when you start your car you will see the battery light logo. To remove this after you start the car turn the key again like as if you are starting it and hold it there until the logo disappears.
26. The turning signal has 2 functions: the lane change function, and the full turning signal function. If you just flick the switch, your signal will flash 3 times for a lane change. If you engage the switch, it will flash indefinitely... or until you turn...
28. On an automatic, unless you are COMPLETELY in park, when you shut the engine off, it will NOT release the key to you. Firmly pressing the shifter into to park does the trick. This may sometimes happen if you have a phone (particularly an iPhone) in the little storage bin and it prevents the lever from going into park fully. Kinda annoying if you ask me.
29. If the ignition is turned to LOCK/OFF while the wipers are on 1, 2, or 3, they will immediately stop. If the windshield wiper lever is then moved to OFF before the driver door is opened, or within 10 minutes, the wipers will restart and move to the base of the windshield. If the ignition is turned to LOCK/OFF during a windshield wash, the wipers will stop when they reach the base of the windshield.
32. If you have the nav system, when you get a low fuel warning, the nav system will ask if you'd like to find nearby gas stations. It's pretty accurate too. This feature can be disabled in the settings menu.
35. You cannot drain the battery by forgetting to leave lights or electronics on (interior and exterior). After about 5-10 min, everything will turn off, preserving the battery from discharging.
38. Even with no key in the ignition, you can operate the radio by pressing the power button. This lasts for 10 min and can be turned back on again once for another 10 minutes up to a max of 20 min. After that, you'll have to engage the key to ACC before the electronics will work again. This also works while in remote start.
39. Apparently the windows will not crush your fingers if you go to close them and there's fingers in the way. They will reverse back down. I haven't tried this yet. Anyone wanna be the guinea pig? (I have confirmed this feature but it only works with the express up feature. If you hold the button and put your fingers there the window will still go up until you release the button...it hurts!)
40. If you only press the lock once on the FOB the car locks but waits about 30 seconds to arm the alarm system. The horn wont go off. Pressing the lock twice will arm immediately, and honk the horn for confirmation.
41. If you have the passive entry system you can go to the config settings and setup the car to automatically lock when you leave so do you don't have to touch the painted square on the handle. The car locks when the key is out of range and unlocks again when the key is back in range. Remember, this setting must be enabled for it to work.
42. The radio can hold up to 36 station presets. Use the Favourite button to cycle through pages. On the nav system, you have the option of selecting how many Fav pages you want, each of which holds 6 presets.
45. The doors lock automatically when the car is put into D (depending on the settings you have). To open any door without unlocking the entire car simply pull the door handle twice. The first pull will unlock, the second pull will open the door. This won't work for the back doors if the child lock is engaged. (Warning: this works even when the car is in motion... Yes, I tried it...)
46. If you are out of P (in gear) and unlock the doors, they will remain unlocked until one of the doors opens. Once the door closes again and you release your foot off the brake to continue your drive, all the doors will lock again. This also happens if you use the tip above to open just one door. As soon as you lift your foot off the brake, the door(s) will lock again. Basically, the car will want to remain locked at all times unless it is manually overridden by pressing the unlock button. I'm assuming in case of an accident, the doors should automatically unlock, but don't quote me on that one.
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Blue hedgehog
New member
2, 5, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 41 don't apply to the sonic. Others may apply to the sedan and not the hatch, I don't know. And others I haven't tried.
#10 on the sonic the last phone that was paired to the radio will be automaticly paired next time the ignition is turned on. If another phone was used last, you have to tell it to pair with your phone.
#10 on the sonic the last phone that was paired to the radio will be automaticly paired next time the ignition is turned on. If another phone was used last, you have to tell it to pair with your phone.
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ChicksHateMe
Member
Nice list, thanks!
The Center console is pretty much the only option I wanted but the Sonic doesn't offer.
I stumbled upon this one because the two press was bugging me.
THANK YOU! I think there's two in the Hatchback. One on each side. Just today I was in a conversation wondering what they were for, and we couldn't think of anything.
I was going to ask about this when I went to the dealer next. I thought it was a problem. I wasn't paying attention and I rolled a good distance backwards down a hill while sitting at a stop light. I was surprised. Especially after they tout the Hill-assist for manuals. My old Jeep didn't let me roll unless I took my foot off the break and tapped the gas first. I don't like it like this...
I need to look at this. Road here after winter vary from horrible to tolerable and the sound varies equally.
LOL, I can tell how much older I am getting by the number of times I hear this every month.
I think some things just do too much thinking for us. Same with the light set-up. I live in a pretty dense area, and if I park a certain way, my lights go into someones apartment. Too many times I turn it on, or the wipers, and I am not going anywhere right away. I would have preferred a position where I could have manually set the lights off and they stay off, even with the key being cycled.
My car can sit for a very long time before I leave my place again. I would have never figured this out. Thanks for this one!!
I HATED this feature of auto up, even for the driver. I always have the kids running around in the car, hanging on the windows. I fear this "option". I did try to see if resistance would stop it, but even with a good amount of force it didn't stop or reverse. First thing I said was "Lawsuit". I think I will try it with something like a banana, or maybe something less messy. I dunno though, I don't think I will ever like this feature.
I found this one and LOVE it. I hate those annoying attention seeking people that insist on playing with there alarms. I tense up and want to slap someone. I REALLY want to slap the idiot that invented it and the engineer who decided to put it in the cars. Those rich (*%$^$'s probably live in a mansion, away from where people park right outside your bedroom. I come close to going postal over this poor implementation of the alarm alert.
So, people can still get away from me if I am talking too much and driving them crazy? Even in motion?
Thanks for the list...
ColonelPanic
Banned
Have you tried moving the headlight knob momentarily to the far left 'OFF' position when in the scenario you described? I suspect that would disable the lights being on with the wipers, but have never tried it.
Honestly, I applaud GM for forcing the lights to turn on because today's average motorist is a complete moron when it comes to proper light usage. Just because THEY can see, they do not find it necessary to turn on the lights. Especially in the rain. So I think it's not a bad idea that the car does more thinking than the driver.
DRL's without automatic headlight control have also contributed to the dumbing down of society. Couple those with gauge clusters that are lit all the time and people instantly assume that because they can see in front of them at night and they can see their gauges then the rest of their lights must be on. GM had the foresight to attempt to protect these idiots from themselves by offering standard automatic light control, if only other manufacturers would follow suit...
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Ms.DannyStone
Still love it
It does.. The bolts are designed to loosen up.. Learned the hard way when my wiper flew off.
ChicksHateMe
Member
Have you tried moving the headlight knob momentarily to the far left 'OFF' position when in the scenario you described? I suspect that would disable the lights being on with the wipers, but have never tried it.
Honestly, I applaud GM for forcing the lights to turn on because today's average motorist is a complete moron when it comes to proper light usage. Just because THEY can see, they do not find it necessary to turn on the lights. Especially in the rain. So I think it's not a bad idea that the car does more thinking than the driver.
DRL's without automatic headlight control have also contributed to the dumbing down of society. Couple those with gauge clusters that are lit all the time and people instantly assume that because they can see in front of them at night and they can see their gauges then the rest of their lights must be on. GM had the foresight to attempt to protect these idiots from themselves by offering standard automatic light control, if only other manufacturers would follow suit...
I agree that it's a great idea. There are a lot of idiots out there. I am one of them sometimes.
I don't have a problem with turning them off as I pull in, but I hate that when I am parked towards an apartment, and I turn the car on, there's no way I can think of to keep them from coming on when I turn the key. It comes on, and I immediately flip it off, but the annoyance to the neighbor is already done. Backing in still gets them a little. I may just have to move or park elsewhere if it becomes an issue.
Just trying to be a good neighbor...
Blue hedgehog
New member
I don't think that was a safety feature. They should have a circuit breaker built in to the motor.
Ms.DannyStone
Still love it
Yeah GM said it's designed to do that because the guy at the dealer didint know why they kept becoming loose because once they became loose they would fly around all over my windshield then he told me that he got ahold of GM and they said they were designed to loosen up so it does not strip anything. I have a video of it somewhere on YouTube when it first started to happen and I didint know why
http://youtu.be/SoTBkO9GMrw
