Car Owner Manuals
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When you need an owner’s manual or service manual for your car, the last thing you want to do is spend hours digging for the right book. You don’t need to tell us; we have been running an for decades.
In this article, we have tried to simplify the process of finding both types of manuals for your car. This guide breaks down into three sections. The first is a list of resources for finding your vehicle’s owner’s manual. The second and third sections will show you how to find a service manual for your vehicle, whether that’s the factory manual or one written by a third party. There are a limited number of legal free options for service manuals, but they do exist.
(Note: We’re not going to link to any pirated copies of these manuals, though those are floating around.) Owner’s Manuals Option 1: The Manufacturer’s Website The first place to go for your vehicle’s owner’s manual is the maker’s website. Most automakers don’t ask for login information to get access to the manuals; all you have to do is search for your model. Below are the portals where you can begin that process for most of the big car makers. Some of these sites only have manuals dating back a few years; others (such as Volvo) have manuals for vehicles made in the ‘70s. Option 2: Third-Party Websites Some sites have put together databases of owner’s manuals, some of which are a bit more obscure or only available if your register on the website (we’re looking at you, Hyundai). Just Give Me The Damn Manual’s owner was frustrated at the number of sites that offered manuals in exchange for money, signups or ad spam, so he/she created an easy site for car and truck owners to get their manuals easily.
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Makes covered: Acura, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hummer, Hyundai, Jeep, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Toyota, Volvo Nothing but Mini manuals here. You can find factory manuals for 2002–2013 models, factory manuals for certain accessories, and even a couple of unauthorized manuals. Option 3: Google If you are looking for an owner’s manual, and none of the links above have what you are looking for, then head over to Google and search for your make and model followed by the search term “owner’s manual.” Here is an example of how this looks: Option 4: Helm and eBay If Googling doesn’t find what you are looking for, then the digital version of your vehicle’s owner’s manual might just not exist online. You have two options then, both of which are going to cost money. First, check out, which publishes factory service manuals and owner’s manuals. They will have some of the harder-to-find stuff. If Helm doesn’t have what you’re looking for, you must be rolling around around town in something like a mid-60s Citroen.
Time to hit up. It is amazing what owner’s manuals are available there. As an example, at the time of writing there are 20 different 1960 Corvair owner’s manuals for sale. Service Manuals: The Free Options The information contained in service manuals is generally proprietary and very valuable, so publishers charge a lot for that knowledge.
Nevertheless, there are a handful of legal resources where you can find service manuals for free. Option 1: Do you drive a Hyundai or a Kia? If so, those two automakers publish data for the shop manuals on company-owned websites: Note that the sites only pertain to their vehicles’ American models. To get access, simply create a username and password, and you will be taken to the companies’ documents database. Option 2: If you drive something else, try the resources AutoZone provides. You have to join the website’s MyZone portal, which is free, and doing so grants you access to the company’s own Vehicle Repair Guides, which cover numerous makes and models from 1950–2007.
Option 3: You local library Many libraries tend to stock physical copies of Haynes and Chilton repair manuals. Check your local branch to see which copies are immediately available. If the repair manual for your vehicle is not in stock but you can wait a few days, see whether the manual is available to you elsewhere via inter-library loans. One last note on illegal copies of service manuals We understand that some people would prefer to pirate a free copy of a service manual rather than drop $20 on a book. We won’t link to any sites providing pirated content, but we will warn anyone who goes looking for them to watch out for malicious files. If someone in a forum is posting a.zip file to download, be careful.
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From your perspective, the odds are close to 50-50 that this is a useful document or that it is malicious software like a virus. That’s a big gamble to save 20 bucks. Service Manuals: When All Else Fails, Here Are the Paid Options Online access to service and shop manuals is scarce, even if you pay for it. Your best bet for DIY auto repairs, even in 2014, is still to buy a hard copy of the service manual, whether it is a used authorized manual or a third-party publication.
Online: ($26.95, one car, one year of online access) ALLDATA takes repair information straight from OEM service manuals and makes its guides available online. The upside is you can access your manual from any computer.
The downside is that you have to pay more if you need the guide for more than a year. Offline: and manuals ($15–$30) via Amazon.com If the Haynes or Chilton manual for your vehicle was not available through your library, you can order the manual online. We suggest Amazon for fast delivery. The links above list all of the available manuals from each publisher, but if you want to find your manual quickly, simply go to and search for your make and model plus either “haynes manual” or “chilton manual.” An example: “.” ($100-plus, comes as a manual or a CD-ROM) HELM has a limited selection of factory-authorized repair manuals for Ford, GM, Honda (includes Acura), Toyota (includes Scion and Lexus), Hyundai, Isuzu, Jaguar and Mitsubishi vehicles, plus UD trucks. (price varies) You can find used copies of actual factory service manuals on eBay. Due to the nature of that marketplace, price and selection vary wildly from day to day, and shipping will probably not be as fast as it would be on Amazon. That said, if you have, say, a 1972 GMC 1500 Series pickup that you want to do some repairs on,.