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Owner's Identification Form Introduction ...... i A Few Words About Safety...... ii Important Handling Information...... iii Your Vehicle at a Glance...... 4 Driver and Passenger Safety ...... 7 Proper use and care of your vehicle's seat belts, and Supplemental Restraint System. Instruments and Controls...... 59 Instrument panel indicator and gauge, and how to use dashboard and steering column controls. Features ...... 105 How to operate the climate control system, the audio system, and other convenience features. Before Driving...... 185 What gasoline to use, how to break-in your new vehicle, and how to load luggage and other cargo. Driving ...... 197 The proper way to start the engine, shift the transmission, and park, plus towing a trailer. Maintenance...... 227 The Maintenance Schedule shows you when you need to take your vehicle to the dealer. Taking Care of the Unexpected...... 265 This section covers several problems motorists sometimes experience, and how to handle them. Technical Information...... 285 ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, and technical information. Warranty and Customer Relations (U.S. and Canada)...... 299 A summary of the warranties covering your new Acura, and how to contact us. Authorized Manuals (U.S. only)...... 303 How to order manuals and other technical literature. Index...... I Service Information Summary A summary of information you need when you pull up to the fuel pump.
Owner’s Identification
OWNER This owner’s manual should be considered a permanent part of the vehicle and should remain with the vehicle when it is sold.
This owner’s manual covers all models of ADDRESS the Pilot. You may find descriptions of STREET equipment and features that are not on your particular model.
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CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIP CODE/ POSTAL CODE OWNER’S SIGNATURE
DEALER’S SIGNATURE Introduction
Congratulations! Your selection of a 2006 Honda Pilot was a wise investment. As you read this manual, you will It will give you years of driving pleasure. find information that is preceded by a symbol. This One of the best ways to enhance the enjoyment of your new vehicle is to information is intended to help you read this manual. In it, you will learn how to operate its driving controls and avoid damage to your vehicle, other convenience items. Afterwards, keep this owner’s manual in your vehicle so property, or the environment. youcanrefertoitatanytime. California Proposition 65 Warning Several warranties protect your new vehicle. Read the warranty booklet thoroughly so you understand the coverages and are aware of your rights WARNING: This product contains and responsibilities. or emits chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer Maintaining your vehicle according to the schedules given in this manual and birth defects or other helps to keep your driving trouble-free while it preserves your investment. reproductive harm. When your vehicle needs maintenance, keep in mind that your dealer’s staff is specially trained in servicing the many systems unique to your vehicle. Event Data Recorders Your dealer is dedicated to your satisfaction and will be pleased to answer any questions and concerns. This vehicle is equipped with one or more recording devices commonly referred to as event data recorders or sensing and diagnostic modules.
i AFewWordsAboutSafety
Your safety, and the safety of others, You will find this important safety information in a variety of forms, is very important. And operating this including: car safely is an important responsibility. Safety Labels － on the vehicle. Safety Messages － preceded by a safety alert symbol and one of To help you make informed three signal words:DANGER , WARNING, or CAUTION . decisions about safety, we have These signal words mean: provided operating procedures and other information on labels and in You WILL be KILLED or SERIOUSLY this manual. This information alerts HURT if you don’t follow instructions. you to potential hazards that could hurt you or others. You CAN be KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you don’t follow instructions. Of course, it is not practical or possible to warn you about all the You CAN be HURT if you don’t follow hazards associated with operating or instructions. maintaining your vehicle. You must use your own good judgement. Safety Headings － such as Important Safety Reminders or Important Safety Precautions. Safety Section － such as Driver and Passenger Safety. Instructions － how to use this vehicle correctly and safely.
This entire book is filled with important safety information－ please read it carefully.
ii Important Handling Information
Your Pilot has higher ground clearance than a passenger vehicle designed for use only on pavement. Higher ground clearance has many advantages for off-highway driving. It allows you to travel over bumps, obstacles, and rough terrain. It also provides good visibility so you can anticipate problems earlier.
These advantages come at some cost. Because your vehicle is taller and rides higher off the ground, it has a high center of gravity. This means your vehicle can tip or roll over if you make abrupt turns. Utility vehicles have a significantly higher rollover rate than other types of vehicles. In a rollover crash, an unbelted person is significantly more likely to die than a person wearing a seat belt. As a reminder, make sure you and your passengers always wear seat belts.
For information on how to reduce the risk of rollover, read ‘‘Driving Guidelines’’ on page198 of this manual and the Off-Highway Driving Guidelines section on page223 . Failure to operate your vehicle correctly might result in loss of control or an accident.
iii Your Vehicle at a Glance
INSTRUMENT PANEL DRIVER’S FRONT SHIFT LEVER (A/T)(P. 200) REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH INDICATORS(P. 61) AIRBAG(P. 11, 28) COMPASS＊(P. 177) GAUGES(P. 70) AUDIO SYSTEM POWER DOOR LOCK (P. 115) SWITCHES (P. 82) FRONT PASSENGER’S AIRBAG (P. 11, 28) MIRROR CONTROLS HEATING/COOLING (P. 93) SYSTEM CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM (P. 106) POWER WINDOW SWITCHES (P. 94)
GLOVE BOX (P. 99) HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P. 188) FUEL FILL DOOR PARKING BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE PEDAL REAR A/C CONTROL (P. 187) (P. 97) (P. 113) Vehicle with rear entertainment system is shown. ＊ : If equipped. 4 Your Vehicle at a Glance
MOONROOF BUTTONS＊1 HEADLIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS HORN＊ HAZARD WARNING Glance a at Vehicle Your (P. 96) (P. 75) BUTTON(P. 77)
VTM-4 LOCK＊1 (P. 204)
LIGHT CONTROL PASSENGER AIRBAG SWITCH OFF INDICATOR (P. 102) (P. 35) VSA OFF SWITCH (P. 212) REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER (P. 77) CRUISE CONTROL MASTER BUTTON (P. 175)
REMOTE AUDIO STEERING WHEEL CRUISE CONTROL WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ CONTROLS＊1 ADJUSTMENT BUTTONS WASHERS (P. 138) (P. 78) (P. 175) (P. 74)
＊ : To use the horn, press the pad around the ‘‘Honda’’ logo. ＊1: If equipped. 5 6 Driver and Passenger Safety
This section gives you important Lap/Shoulder Belt...... 22 All Children Should Sit in a information about how to protect Automatic Seat Belt Back Seat ...... 39 yourself and your passengers. It Tensioners...... 23 The Passenger’s Front Airbag shows you how to use seat belts. It Seat Belt Maintenance...... 23 Can Pose Serious Risks...... 39 Safety Passenger and Driver explains how your airbags work. And Additional Information About If You Must Drive with Several it tells you how to properly restrain Your Airbags...... 25 Children ...... 41 infants and children in your vehicle. Airbag System Components...... 25 If a Child Requires Close How Your Front Airbags Attention...... 41 Important Safety Precautions...... 8 Work ...... 28 Additional Safety Precautions... . 42 Your Vehicle’s Safety Features...... 9 Advanced Airbags ...... 30 Protecting Infants and Small Seat Belts...... 10 How Your Side Airbags Work... . 31 Children ...... 43 Airbags...... 11 How Your Side Curtain Airbags Protecting Infants...... 43 Protecting Adults and Teens...... 12 Work...... 33 Protecting Small Children...... 44 1. Close and Lock the Doors...... 13 How the SRS Indicator Works.. . 33 Selecting a Child Seat...... 45 2. Adjust the Front Seats...... 13 How the Side Airbag Off Installing a Child Seat ...... 46 3. Adjust the Seat-Backs...... 14 Indicator Works...... 34 With LATCH...... 47 4. Adjust the Head Restraints... . 15 How the Passenger Airbag Off With a Lap/Shoulder Belt...... 49 5. Fasten and Position the Seat Indicator Works...... 35 With a Tether...... 51 Belts ...... 15 Airbag Service...... 36 Protecting Larger Children...... 53 6. Maintain a Proper Sitting Additional Safety Precautions... . 37 Checking Seat Belt Fit...... 53 Position ...... 18 Protecting Children－ General Using a Booster Seat...... 54 Advice for Pregnant Women...... 19 Guidelines...... 38 When Can a Larger Child Sit in Additional Safety Precautions... . 20 All Children Must Be Front...... 55 Additional Information About Your Restrained ...... 38 Additional Safety Precautions... . 56 Seat Belts...... 21 Carbon Monoxide Hazard...... 57 Seat Belt System Components.. . 21 Safety Labels ...... 58
7 Important Safety Precautions
You’ll find many safety (see pages38 － 56 ). Control Your Speed recommendations throughout this Excessive speed is a major factor in section, and throughout this manual. Be Aware of Airbag Hazards crash injuries and deaths. Generally, Therecommendationsonthispage While airbags can save lives, they the higher the speed, the greater the are the ones we consider to be the can cause serious or fatal injuries to risk, but serious injuries can also most important. occupants who sit too close to them, occur at lower speeds. Never drive or are not properly restrained. faster than is safe for current Always Wear Your Seat Belt Infants, young children, and short conditions, regardless of the A seat belt is your best protection in adults are at the greatest risk. Be maximum speed posted. all types of collisions. Airbags are sure to follow all instructions and designed to supplement seat belts, warnings in this manual. Keep Your Vehicle in Safe not replace them. So even though Condition your vehicle is equipped with airbags, Don’t Drink and Drive Having a tire blowout or a make sure you and your passengers Alcohol and driving don’t mix. Even mechanical failure can be extremely always wear your seat belts, and one drink can reduce your ability to hazardous. To reduce the possibility wear them properly (see page15 ). respond to changing conditions, and of such problems, check your tire your reaction time gets worse with pressures and condition frequently, Restrain All Children every additional drink. So don’t drink and perform all regularly scheduled Children age 12 and under should and drive, and don’t let your friends maintenance (see page227 ). ride properly restrained in a back drink and drive, either. seat, not the front seat. Infants and smallchildrenshouldberestrained in a child seat. Larger children should use a booster seat and a lap/ shoulder belt until they can use the belt properly without a booster seat
8 Your Vehicle’s Safety Features
Your vehicle is equipped with many (9) (3) (1) (4) (11) features that work together to protect you and your passengers (10) during a crash. Safety Passenger and Driver (7) Some features do not require any action on your part. These include a strong steel framework that forms a safety cage around the passenger compartment; front and rear crush zones; a collapsible steering column; and tensioners that tighten the front seat belts in a crash.
(10) (6) However, you and your passengers (5) (7) (8) (2) can’t take full advantage of these features unless you remain sitting in (1) Safety Cage a proper position and always wear (2) Crush Zones your seat belts (3) Seats and Seat-Backs . In fact, some safety (4) Head Restraints features can contribute to injuries if (2) (5) Collapsible Steering Column they are not used properly. (6) Seat Belts (7) Front Airbags (8) Front Seat Belt Tensioners The following pages explain how you (9) Door Locks cantakeanactiveroleinprotecting (10) Side Airbags yourself and your passengers. (11) Side Curtain Airbags
9 Your Vehicle’s Safety Features
Seat Belts Help keep you from being thrown Your vehicle is equipped with seat against the inside of the vehicle belts in all seating positions. Not wearing a seat belt properly and against other occupants. increases the chance of serious Your seat belt system also includes injury or death in a crash, even Keep you from being thrown out an indicator on the instrument panel though your vehicle has airbags. of the vehicle. and a beeper to remind you and your passengers to fasten your seat belts. Be sure you and your Help keep you in a good position passengers always wear seat should the airbags ever deploy. A Why Wear Seat Belts belts and wear them properly. good position reduces the risk of Seat belts are the single most injury from an inflating airbag and effectivesafetydeviceforadultsand allows you to get the best larger children. (Infants and smaller When properly worn, seat belts: advantage from the airbag. children must be properly restrained in child seats.) Keep you connected to the vehicle Of course, seat belts cannot so you can take advantage of the completely protect you in every Not wearing a seat belt properly vehicle’s built-in safety features. crash.Butinmostcases,seatbelts increases the chance of serious can reduce your risk of serious injury or death in a crash, even Help protect you in almost every injury. though your vehicle has airbags. type of crash, including frontal, side, and rear impacts and What You Should Do: In addition, most states and all rollovers. Always wear your seat belt, and Canadian provinces require you to make sure you wear it properly. wear seat belts.
10 Your Vehicle’s Safety Features
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Your vehicle has a supplemental Your vehicle also has side airbags to Your vehicle also has side curtain restraint system (SRS) with front help protect the upper torso of the airbags to help protect the heads of airbags to help protect the heads and driver or a front seat passenger the driver, front passenger, and chests of the driver and a front seat during a moderate to severe side passengers in the outer rear seating passenger during a moderate to impact (see page31 for more positions during a moderate to severe frontal collision (see page information on how your side airbags severesideimpact(seepage33 for 28 for more information on how work). more information on how your side your front airbags work). curtain airbags work).
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11 Your Vehicle’s Safety Features, Protecting Adults and Teens
The most important things you need The rest of this section gives more Protecting Adults and Teens to know about your airbags are: detailed information about how you can maximize your safety. Introduction Airbags do not replace seat belts. The following pages provide They are designed to supplement Remember however, that no safety instructions on how to properly the seat belts. system can prevent all injures or protect the driver, adult passengers, Airbags offer no protection in rear deaths that can occur in a severe and teenage children who are large impacts, or minor frontal or side crash, even where seat belts are enough and mature enough to drive collisions. properly worn and the airbags deploy. or ride in the front. Airbags can pose hazards. To do their job, airbags must inflate with See pages38－ 56 for important tremendous force. So while guidelines on how to properly airbags help save lives, they can protect infants, small children, and cause minor injuries or more larger children who ride in your serious or even fatal injuries if vehicle. occupants are not properly restrained or sitting properly.
What you should do: Always wear your seat belt properly, and sit upright and as far back from the steering wheel as possible while allowing full control of the vehicle. A front passenger should move their seat as far back from the dashboard as possible.
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1.Close and Lock the Doors 2.Adjust the Front Seats The National Highway Traffic Safety After everyone has entered the Administration and Transport vehicle, be sure the doors and Canada recommend that drivers tailgate are closed and locked. allow at least 10 inches (25 cm) Safety Passenger and Driver between the center of the steering Your vehicle has a door and wheel and the chest. In addition to tailgate monitor indicator adjusting the seat, you can adjust the on the instrument panel to indicate steering wheel up and down (see when a specific door or the tailgate is page78 ). not tightly closed. If you cannot get far enough away Locking the doors reduces the from the steering wheel and still chance of someone being thrown out reach the controls, we recommend of the vehicle during a crash, and it that you investigate whether some helps prevent passengers from Adjust the driver’s seat as far to the type of adaptive equipment may help. accidentally opening a door and rear as possible while allowing you to falling out. maintain full control of the vehicle. Have a front passenger adjust their Locking the doors also helps prevent seat as far to the rear as possible. an outsider from unexpectedly opening a door when you come to a If you sit too close to the steering stop. wheel or dashboard, you can be seriously injured by an inflating front See page82 for how to lock the airbag, or by striking the steering doors, and page66 for how the door wheel or dashboard. monitor indicator works. CONTINUED
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3.Adjust the Seat-Backs
Sitting too close to a front Reclining the seat-back too far airbag can result in serious can result in serious injury or injury or death if the front death in a crash. airbags inflate. Adjust the seat-back to an Always sit as far back from the upright position, and sit well front airbags as possible. back in the seat.
Once your seat is adjusted correctly, Reclining a seat-back so that the rock it back and forth to make sure shoulder part of the belt no longer the seat is locked in position. rests against the occupant’s chest Adjust the driver’s seat-back to a reduces the protective capability of See page87 for how to adjust the comfortable, upright position, the belt. It also increases the chance front seats. leaving ample space between your of sliding under the belt in a crash chest and the airbag cover in the and being seriously injured. The center of the steering wheel. farther a seat-back is reclined, the greater the risk of injury. Passengers with adjustable seat- backs should also adjust their seat- See page87 for how to adjust the back to a comfortable, upright seat-backs. position.
14 Protecting Adults and Teens
4.Adjust the Head Restraints 5.Fasten and Position the Seat Belts Improperly positioning head Insert the latch plate into the buckle, restraints reduces their then tug on the belt to make sure the Safety Passenger and Driver effectiveness and you can be belt is securely latched. Check that seriously injured in a crash. the belt is not twisted, because a twisted belt can cause serious Make sure head restraints are injuries in a crash. in place and positioned properly before driving. The second row and third row center seats have a detachable shoulder belt that can be unlatched and Properly adjusted head restraints retracted to allow the seats to be will help protect occupants from folded down. See page18 for how to Adjust the driver’s head restraint so whiplash and other crash injuries. unlatch and relatch the seat belts. the back of your head rests against the center of the restraint. See page91 for how to adjust the head restraints. Have passengers adjust their head restraints properly as well. Taller persons should adjust their restraint as high as possible.
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This spreads the forces of a crash RELEASE over the strongest bones in your BUTTON upper body.
Improperly positioning the seat belts can cause serious injury or death in a crash.
Make sure all seat belts are properly positioned before driving. Position the lap part of the belt as The front seats have adjustable seat low as possible across your hips, belt anchors. To adjust the height of then pull up on the shoulder part of If the seat belt touches or crosses an anchor, press and hold the release the belt so the lap part fits snugly. your neck, or if it crosses your arm buttons, and slide the anchor up or This lets your strong pelvic bones instead of your shoulder, you need to down as needed (it has four take the force of a crash and reduces adjust the seat belt anchor height. positions). the chance of internal injuries.
If necessary, pull up on the belt again to remove any slack, then check that the belt rests across the center of your chest and over your shoulder.
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Using the Lap/Shoulder Belt in the Center Position Using a seat belt with the LATCH PLATE detachable seat belt anchor Safety Passenger and Driver unlatched increases the chance of serious injury or death in a crash.
Before using the seat belt, make sure the detachable seat belt anchor is correctly latched.
ANCHOR LATCH ANCHOR BUCKLE ANCHOR LATCH
Pull out the anchor latch and the Insert the hook at the end of the latch plate from each holding slot in anchor latch into the anchor buckle the ceiling, and pull out the seat belt by lining up the triangle marks on to extend it. the anchor latch and buckle. Make sure the belt is not twisted. Push the anchor latch until it locks. Then follow the procedure for fastening and positioning an ordinary seat belt (see page15 ).
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Never place the shoulder portion of a 6.Maintain a Proper Sitting lap/shoulder belt under your arm or Position behind your back. This could cause After all occupants have adjusted SMALL LATCH PLATE very serious injuries in a crash. their seats and put on seat belts, it is very important that they continue to If a seat belt does not seem to work sit upright, well back in their seats, as it should, it may not protect the with their feet on the floor, until the occupant in a crash. vehicle is parked and the engine is off. No one should sit in a seat with an inoperative seat belt. Using a seat Sitting improperly can increase the belt that is not working properly can chance of injury during a crash. For result in serious injury or death. example, if an occupant slouches, TRIANGULAR MARK Have your dealer check the belt as lies down, turns sideways, sits soon as possible. forward, leans forward or sideways, To unlatch the detachable anchor, or puts one or both feet up, the insert a key into the slot on the side See page21 for additional chance of injury during a crash is of the small buckle. Line up the information about your seat belts greatly increased. triangle marks on the plate and and how to take care of them. buckle when reattaching the belt and buckle.
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In addition, an occupant who is out of Advice for Pregnant Women When driving, remember to sit position in the front seat can be upright and adjust the seat as far seriously or fatally injured in a crash back as possible while allowing full by striking interior parts of the control of the vehicle. When riding Safety Passenger and Driver vehicle or being struck by an as a front passenger, adjust the seat inflating front airbag. as far back as possible.
This will reduce the risk of injuries to both you and your unborn child Sitting improperly or out of that can be caused by a crash or an position can result in serious inflating front airbag. injury or death in a crash. Each time you have a checkup, ask Always sit upright, well back in your doctor if it’s okay for you to the seat, with your feet on the If you are pregnant, the best way to drive. floor. protect yourself and your unborn child when driving or riding in a vehicle is to always wear a seat belt, and keep the lap part of the belt as low as possible across the hips.
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Additional Safety Precautions Do not put any accessories on seat Do not attach or place objects on Never let passengers ride in the belts. Devices intended to improve the front airbag covers. Objects on cargo area or on top of a folded- occupant comfort or reposition the the covers marked ‘‘SRS AIRBAG’’ down back seat. If they do, they shoulder part of a seat belt can could interfere with the proper could be very seriously injured in a reduce the protective capability of operation of the airbags or be crash. the seat belt and increase the propelled inside the vehicle and chance of serious injury in a crash. hurt someone if the airbags inflate. Passengers should not stand up or change seats while the vehicle is Do not place hard or sharp objects Do not attach solid objects on or moving. A passenger who is not between yourself and a front near a door. If a side airbag or a wearing a seat belt during a crash airbag. Carrying hard or sharp side curtain airbag inflates, a cup or emergency stop can be thrown objects on your lap, or driving with holder or other solid object against the inside of the vehicle, a pipe or other sharp object in attached on or near the door could against other occupants, or out of your mouth, can result in injuries be propelled inside the vehicle and the vehicle. if your front airbag inflates. hurt someone.
Two people should never use the Keep your hands and arms away same seat belt. If they do, they from the airbag covers. If your could be very seriously injured in a hands or arms are close to an crash. airbag cover, they could be injured if the airbag inflates.
20 Additional Information About Your Seat Belts
Seat Belt System Components If a front passenger does not fasten The seat belts use the same Your seat belt system includes lap/ their seat belt, the indicator will monitoring system as the front shoulder belts in all eight seating come on about 6 seconds after the airbags. The system may not work positions. The front seat belts are ignition switch is turned to the ON properly under these conditions: Safety Passenger and Driver also equipped with automatic seat (II) position. belt tensioners. Placing heavy items on the front If either the driver or a front passenger’s seat. The seat belt system passenger does not fasten their seat includes an indicator on the belt while driving, the beeper will The front passenger is not sitting instrument panel and a beeper to sound and the indicator will flash properly. remind you and your passengers to again at regular intervals. fasten your seat belts. Have your vehicle checked by a When no one is sitting in the front dealer if the indicator comes on or This system monitors the front seat passenger’s seat, or a small child is the beeper sounds when there is no belts. riding there, the indicator will not front passenger or objects on the If you turn the ignition switch to the come on and the beeper will not front seat. ON (II) position before your seat sound. belt is fastened, the beeper will sound and the indicator will flash. If your seat belt is not fastened before the beeper stops, the indicator will stop flashing but remain on.
21 Additional Information About Your Seat Belts
Lap/Shoulder Belt To unlock the belt, press the red If the shoulder part of the belt is The lap/shoulder belt in the center PRESSbuttononthebuckle.Guide pulled all the way out, the locking seat of the second and third row the belt across your body so that it mechanism will activate. The belt seats is equipped with a detachable retracts completely. After exiting the will retract, but it will not allow the anchor that has two parts: a small vehicle, be sure the belt is out of the passenger to move freely. latch plate and a buckle. way and will not get closed in the door. To deactivate the locking The detachable anchor should mechanism, unlatch the buckle and normally be latched whenever the All seat belts have an emergency let the seat belt fully retract. To seats-backs are in an upright position. locking retractor. In normal driving, refasten the seat belt, pull it out only For more information about the the retractor lets you move freely in as far as needed. detachable anchor (see page18 ). your seat while it keeps some tension on the belt. During a collision The lap and shoulder belt goes over or sudden stop, the retractor your shoulder, across your chest, automatically locks the belt to help and across your hips. restrain your body.
To fasten the belt, insert the latch The seat belts in all positions except plate into the buckle, then tug on the the driver’s have an additional belt to make sure the buckle is locking mechanism that must be latched (see page15 for how to activated to secure a child seat (see properly position the belt). page49 ).
22 Additional Information About Your Seat Belts
Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners If a side curtain airbag deploys Seat Belt Maintenance during a side impact, the tensioner For safety, you should check the on that side of the vehicle will also condition of your seat belts regularly. deploy. Safety Passenger and Driver Pull each belt out fully, and look for The tensioners can also be activated frays, cuts, burns, and wear. Check during a collision in which the front that the latches work smoothly and airbags do not deploy. In this case, the the belts retract easily. If a belt does airbags would not be needed, but the not retract easily, cleaning the belt additional restraint could be helpful. may correct the problem (see page 254 ). Any belt that is not in good When the tensioners are activated, condition or working properly will the seat belts will remain tight until not provide good protection and they are unbuckled in the normal should be replaced as soon as For added protection, the front seat manner. possible. belts are equipped with automatic seat belt tensioners. When activated, If the front seat belt tensioners ever Honda provides a lifetime warranty the tensioners immediately tighten activate, they must be replaced as on seat belts for U.S. models. See the belts to help hold the driver and the belts will no longer retract your Honda Warranty Information a front passenger in place. properly. booklet for details.
The tensioners are designed to activate in any collision severe enough to cause a front, side, or side curtainairbagtoinflate. CONTINUED
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If a seat belt is worn during a crash, it must be replaced by the dealer. A belt that has been worn during a Not checking or maintaining crash may not provide the same level seat belts can result in serious of protection in a subsequent crash. injury or death if the seat belts do not work properly when The dealer should also inspect the needed. anchors for damage and replace them if needed. If the automatic seat Check your seat belts regularly belt tensioners activate during a and have any problem crash, they must be replaced. corrected as soon as possible.
24 Additional Information About Your Airbags
Airbag System Components
(1) Driver’s Front Airbag (2) Passenger’s Front Airbag (8) (1) (8) Safety Passenger and Driver (3) Control Unit (10) (2) (4) Seat Belt Tensioners (3) (5) Side Airbags (6) Driver’s Seat Position Sensor (7) Front Passenger’s Position Sensors (8) Front Impact Sensors (11) (9) Side Impact Sensors (First) (12) (10) Passenger Airbag Off Indicator (5) (11) Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) Sensors (12) Front Passenger’s Weight Sensors/ OPDS Sensors Control Unit (14) (13) Seat Belt Buckle Tensioners (4) (14) Roll Rate Sensor (9) (6) (13) (7) (9) (5) (4)
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25 Additional Information About Your Airbags
Your airbag system includes:
(15) Rear Safing Sensor Two SRS (supplemental restraint (16) Side Impact Sensor (second) (17) Side Curtain Airbags system) front airbags. The driver’s (17) airbag is stored in the center of the steering wheel; the front passenger’sairbagisstoredinthe dashboard. Both are marked ‘‘SRS AIRBAG’’ (see page28 ).
Two side airbags, one for the driver and one for a front passenger. The airbags are stored in the outer edges of the seat- backs. Both are marked ‘‘SIDE AIRBAG’’ (see page31 ).
(16) Two side curtain airbags, one for each side of the vehicle. The airbags are stored in the ceiling above the side windows. All pillars are marked ‘‘SIDE CURTAIN (15) AIRBAG’’ (see page33 ).
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Automatic front seat belt Weight sensors that monitor the An indicator on the instrument tensioners (see page23 ). weight on the front passenger’s panel that alerts you to a possible seat. If the weight of an infant or problem with your airbags, Sensors that can detect a small child is detected, the sensors, or seat belt tensioners Safety Passenger and Driver moderate to severe front impact or passenger’s front airbag will be (see page33 ). side impact. turned off (see page31 ). An indicator on the instrument Sensors that can detect whether a A sophisticated electronic system panel that alerts you that the child is in the passenger’s side that continually monitors and passenger’s side airbag has been airbag path and automatically turn records information about the turned off (see page34 ). the airbag off (see page34 ). sensors, the control unit, the airbag activators, the seat belt An indicator on the dashboard that A driver’s seat position sensor that tensioners, and driver and front alerts you that the passenger’s monitors the distance of the seat passenger seat belt use when the front airbag has been turned off from the front airbag. If the seat is ignition switch is in the ON (II) (see page35 ). too far forward, the airbag will position. inflate with less force (see page Emergency backup power in case 30). A roll rate sensor that monitors your vehicle’s electrical system is the degree and rate your vehicle disconnected in a crash. may roll over and automatically deploy the side curtain airbags and activate the front seat belt tensioners if needed (see page33 ).
27 Additional Information About Your Airbags
How Your Front Airbags Work During a frontal crash, your seat belt restrains your lower body and torso, and the front airbag helps protect your head and chest.
Although both airbags normally inflate within a split second of each other, it is possible for only one airbag to deploy.
This can happen if the severity of a collision is at the margin, or threshold, that determines whether or not the airbags will deploy. In If you ever have a moderate to such cases, the seat belt will provide After inflating, the front airbags will severe frontal collision, sensors will sufficient protection, and the immediately deflate, so they won’t detect the vehicle’s rapid supplemental protection offered by interfere with the driver’s visibility, deceleration. the airbag would be minimal. or the ability to steer or operate other controls. If the rate of deceleration is high Only the driver’s airbag can deploy if enough, the control unit will instantly there is no passenger in the front inflate the driver’s and front seat, or if the advanced airbag passenger’s airbags, at the time and system has turned the passenger’s with the force needed. airbag off (see page35 ).
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The total time for inflation and Dual-Stage Airbags Dual-Threshold Airbags deflation is one-tenth of a second, so Your front airbags are dual-stage Your front airbags are also dual- fast that most occupants are not airbags. This means they have two threshold airbags. Airbags with this aware that the airbags deployed until inflation stages that can be ignited feature have two deployment Safety Passenger and Driver they see them lying in their laps. sequentially or simultaneously, thresholds that depend on whether depending on crash severity. or not the occupant is wearing a seat After a crash, you may see what belt. looks like smoke. This is actually In a more severe crash, both stages powder from the airbag’s surface. will ignite simultaneously to provide If the occupant’s belt is not latched, Although the powder is not harmful, the quickest and greatest protection. the airbag will deploy at a slightly people with respiratory problems lower threshold, because the mayexperiencesometemporary In a less severe crash, one stage will occupant would need extra discomfort. If this occurs, get out of ignite first, then the second stage protection. the vehicle as soon as it is safe to do will ignite a split second later. This so. provides longer airbag inflation time If the occupant’s belt islatched , the with a little less force. airbag will inflate at a slightly higher threshold, when the airbag would be needed to supplement the protection provided by the seat belt.
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Advanced Airbags Your front airbags are also advanced airbags. The main purpose of this feature is to help prevent airbag- caused injuries to short drivers and children who ride in front.
For both advanced airbags to work DRIVER’S properly: SEAT PASSENGER’S POSITION SEAT WEIGHT SENSOR Occupants must sit upright and SENSOR wear their seat belts properly.
Do not spill any liquids on or The driver’s advanced front airbag The passenger’s advanced front under the seats, cover the sensors, system includes a seat position airbag system has weight sensors or put any cargo or metal objects sensor under the seat. If the seat is under the seat. Although Honda under the front seats. too far forward, the airbag will does not encourage carrying an inflate with less force, regardless of infant or small child in the front, if Back-seat passengers should not the severity of the impact. the sensors detect the weight of an put their feet under the front seats. infant or small child, the system will If there is a problem with the sensor, automatically turn the passenger’s Failure to follow these instructions the SRS Indicator will come on, and front airbag off. could damage the sensors or prevent the airbag will inflate in the normal them from working properly. manner regardless of the driver’s seating position.
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When the airbag is turned off, an Moving the front seat forcibly How Your Side Airbags Work indicator in the center of the back against cargo on the seat or dashboard will come on indicating floor behind it. passenger airbag ‘‘OFF’’ (see page Safety Passenger and Driver 35 ). Hanging heavy items on the front passenger seat, or placing heavy If the weight sensors detect there is items in the seat-back pocket. no passenger in the front seat, the airbag will be off. However, the Also,makesurethefloormatbehind passenger airbag off indicator will the front passenger’s seat is hooked not come on. to the floor mat anchor (see page 254 ). If it is not, the mat may To ensure that the passenger’s interfere with the proper operation advanced front airbag system will of the sensors and operation of the work properly, do not do anything seat. If you ever have a moderate to that would increase or decrease the severe side impact, sensors will weight on the front passenger’s seat. detect rapid deceleration and signal This includes: the control unit to instantly inflate either the driver’s or the passenger’s A rear passenger pushing or side airbag. pulling on the back of the passenger’s seat.
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Only one airbag will deploy during a Side Airbag Cutoff System If the side airbag off indicator comes side impact. If the impact is on the Your vehicle has a side airbag cutoff on (see page35 ), have the passenger’s side, the passenger’s system designed primarily to protect passenger sit upright. Once the side airbag will deploy even if there a child riding in the front passenger’s passenger is out of the airbag’s is no passenger. seat. deployment path, the system will turn the airbag back on, and the To get the best protection from the Although Honda does not encourage indicator will go out. side airbags, front seat occupants children to ride in front, this system should wear their seat belts and sit is designed to shut off the side There will be some delay between upright and well back in their seats. airbag if a child leans into the side the moment the passenger moves airbag’s path. into or out of the airbag deployment pathandwhentheindicatorcomes Thesideairbagmayalsoshutoffifa on or goes off. short adult leans sideways, or a larger adult slouches and leans A front seat passenger should not sideways into the airbag’s use a cushion or other object as a deployment path. backrest. It may prevent the cutoff system from working properly. Objects placed on the front passenger seat can also cause the side airbag to be shut off.
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How Your Side Curtain Airbags If the impact is on the passenger’s How the SRS Indicator Works Work side, the passenger’s side curtain The SRS indicator alerts airbag will inflate even if there are no you to a potential problem occupants on that side of the vehicle. with your airbags or seat belt Safety Passenger and Driver tensioners. In a Rollover If the roll rate sensor detects your When you turn the ignition switch to vehicle is about roll over, the control the ON (II) position, this indicator unit will instantly deploy both side comes on briefly then goes off. This curtain airbags. tells you the system is working properly. To get the best protection from the side curtain airbags, occupants SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG should wear their seat belts and sit upright and well back in their seats. In a Side Impact In a moderate to severe side impact, sensors will detect rapid deceleration and signal the control unit to instantly inflate the side curtain airbag on the driver’s or the passenger’s side of the vehicle.
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If the indicator comes on at any HowtheSideAirbagOff other time, or does not come on at all, Indicator Works you should have the system checked Ignoring the SRS indicator can U.S. Canada This indicator by your dealer. For example: result in serious injury or death alerts you that the if the airbag systems or passenger’s side If the SRS indicator does not come tensioners do not work properly. airbag has been automatically shut on after you turn the ignition off. It doesnot mean there is a switch to the ON (II) position. Have your vehicle checked by a problem with your side airbags. dealer as soon as possible if If the indicator stays on after the the SRS indicator alerts you to When you turn the ignition switch to engine starts. a possible problem. the ON (II) position, the indicator should come on briefly and then go If the indicator comes on or off(seepage63 ).Ifitdoesn’tcome flashesonandoffwhileyoudrive. on, stays on, or comes on while driving without a passenger in the If you see any of these indications, front seat, have the system checked. the airbags and seat belt tensioners may not work properly when you need them.
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How the Passenger Airbag Off The passenger airbag off indicator Indicator Works may also come on and off repeatedly if total weight on the seat is near the U.S. models Canadian models airbag cutoff threshold. Safety Passenger and Driver
If this happens, have the passenger ride properly restrained in a back seat. If the passenger must ride in 4WD 2WD front, move the seat as far to the rear as possible, and have the passenger sit upright and wear the seat belt properly.
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR This indicator alerts you that the Ifnooneisridinginthefrontseat, passenger’s front airbag has been the airbag will be automatically shut shut off because weight sensors off. However, the indicator will not detect an infant or small child may come on. be in the front passenger’s seat. It doesnot mean there is a problem If the indicator comes on with no with the airbag. passenger in the front, or with an adult in the seat, there may be a problem with the advanced airbag system. Have the vehicle checked by your dealer as soon as possible.
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Airbag Service An airbag ever inflates. Any airbag The SRS indicator alerts you to a Your airbag systems are virtually that has deployed must be problem. Take your vehicle to an maintenance free, and there are no replaced along with the control authorized dealer as soon as parts you can safely service. unit and other related parts. Any possible. If you ignore this However, you must have your seat belt tensioner that activates indication, your airbags may not vehicle serviced if: must also be replaced. operate properly.
Do not try to remove or replace If your vehicle has a moderate to anyairbagbyyourself.Thismust severe impact. Even if your be done by your dealer or a airbags do not inflate, your dealer knowledgeable body shop. should inspect the driver’s seat position sensor, the front passenger’s weight sensors, the front seat belt tensioners, and all seat belts worn during the crash to make sure they are operating properly.
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Additional Safety Precautions Do not cover or replace front seat- Donotattempttodeactivateyour back covers without consulting airbags. Together, airbags and your dealer. Improperly replacing seat belts provide the best or covering front seat-back covers Safety Passenger and Driver protection. can prevent your side airbags from inflating during a side impact. Do not tamper with airbag components or wiring for any Do not expose the front seat-backs reason. Tampering could cause to liquid. If water or another liquid the airbags to deploy, possibly soaks into a seat-back, it can causing very serious injury. prevent the side airbag cutoff system from working properly. Do not remove or modify a front seat without consulting your dealer. This could make the driver’s seat position sensor or the front passenger’s weight sensors ineffective. If it is necessary to remove or modify a front seat to accommodate a person with disabilities, first contact Honda Automobile Customer Service at (800) 999-1009.
37 Protecting Children－ General Guidelines
All Children Must Be Restrained Each year, many children are injured or killed in vehicle crashes because Children who are unrestrained they are either unrestrained or not or improperly restrained can be properly restrained. In fact, vehicle seriously injured or killed in a accidents are the number one cause crash. of the death of children ages 12 and under. Any child too small for a seat belt should be properly To reduce the number of child restrained in a child seat. A deaths and injuries, every state and larger child should be properly Canadian province requires that restrained with a seat belt and infants and children be properly use a booster seat if necessary. Children depend on adults to protect restrained when they ride in a them. However, despite their best vehicle. intentions, many adults do not know Larger children must be restrained how toproperly protect child Infants and small children must be with a lap/shoulder belt and ride on passengers. restrained in an approved child seat a booster seat until the seat belt fits that is properly secured to the them properly (see pages53－ 56 ). If you have children, or ever need to vehicle (see pages43－ 52 ). drive with a child in your vehicle, be sure to read this section. It begins with important general guidelines, then presents special information for infants, small children, and larger children.
38 Protecting Children－ General Guidelines
All Children Should Sit in a Back The Passenger’s Front Airbag Small Children Seat Can Pose Serious Risks Placing a forward-facing child seat in According to accident statistics, Front airbags have been designed to the front seat of a vehicle equipped children of all ages and sizes are help protect adults in a moderate to with a passenger’s front airbag can Safety Passenger and Driver safer when they are restrained in a severe frontal collision. To do this, be hazardous. If the vehicle seat is back seat. The National Highway the passenger’s front airbag is quite too far forward, or the child’s head is Traffic Safety Administration and large, and it can inflate with enough thrown forward during a collision, an Transport Canada recommend that force to cause very serious injuries. inflating front airbag can strike the all children age 12 and under be child with enough force to kill or properly restrained in a back seat. Even though your vehicle has an very seriously injure a small child. advanced front airbag system that Children who ride in back are less automatically turns the passenger’s Larger Children likely to be injured by striking front airbag off (see page35 ), Children who have outgrown child interior vehicle parts during a please follow these guidelines: seats are also at risk of being injured collision or hard braking. Also, or killed by an inflating passenger’s children cannot be injured by an Infants front airbag. Whenever possible, inflating front airbag when they ride Never put a rear-facing child seat in larger children should sit in the back in the back. the front seat of a vehicle equipped seat, on a booster seat if needed, and with a passenger’s front airbag. If be properly restrained with a seat the airbag inflates, it can hit the back belt (see page53 for important of the child seat with enough force information about protecting larger to kill or very seriously injure an children). infant.
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To remind you of the passenger’s U.S. Models DASHBOARD front airbag hazards, and that SUN VISOR children must be properly restrained in a back seat, your vehicle has warninglabelsonthedashboard(on U.S. models, the dashboard label is removedbytheowner)andonthe front visors. Please read and follow the instructions on these labels.
Canadian Models SUN VISOR
40 Protecting Children－ General Guidelines
If You Must Drive with Several If a Child Requires Close If a child requires close physical Children Attention attention or frequent visual Your vehicle has a back seat where Many parents say they prefer to put contact, we strongly recommend children can be properly restrained. an infant or small child in the front that another adult ride with the Safety Passenger and Driver If you ever have to carry a group of passenger seat so they can watch the child in a back seat. The back seat children, and a child must ride in child, or because the child requires is far safer for a child than the front: attention. front.
Place the largest child in the front Placing a child in the front seat seat, provided the child is large exposes the child to hazards in a enough to wear the lap/shoulder frontal collision, and paying close belt properly (see page53 ). attention to a child distracts the driver from the important tasks of Move the vehicle seat as far to the driving, placing both of you at risk. rear as possible (see page13 ).
Have the child sit upright and well backintheseat(seepage18 ).
Make sure the seat belt is properly positioned and secured (see page 18 ).
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Additional Safety Precautions Use the childproof door locks to Lock all doors and the tailgate Neverholdaninfantorchildon prevent children from opening the when your vehicle is not in use. your lap. If you are not wearing a rear doors. This can prevent Children who play in vehicles can seat belt in crash, you could be children from accidentally falling accidentally get trapped inside. thrown forward and crush the out (see page83 ). Teach your children not to play in child against the dashboard or a or around vehicles. seat-back. If you are wearing a Do not leave children alone in a seat belt, the child can be torn vehicle. Leaving children without Keep vehicle keys/remote from your arms and be seriously adult supervision is illegal in most transmitters out of the reach of hurt or killed. states and Canadian provinces, children. Even very young and can be very hazardous. children learn how to unlock Never put a seat belt over yourself vehicle doors, turn on the ignition and a child. During a crash, the For example, infants and small switch, and open the tailgate, belt could press deep into the child childrenleftinavehicleonahot which can lead to accidental injury and cause serious or fatal injuries. day can die from heatstroke. A or death. child left alone with the key in the Never let two children use the ignition switch can accidentally set same seat belt. If they do, they the vehicle in motion, possibly could be very seriously injured in a injuring themselves or others. crash.
42 Protecting Infants and Small Children
Protecting Infants Two types of seats may be used: a Rear-facing Child Seat Placement seat designed exclusively for infants, A rear-facing child seat can be placed or a convertible seat used in the rear- in any seating position in the back facing, reclining mode. seat, but not in the front. Never put a Safety Passenger and Driver rear-facing child seat in the front Do not put a rear-facing child seat in seat. a forward-facing position. If placed facing forward, an infant could be If the passenger’s front airbag very seriously injured during a inflates, it can hit the back of the frontal collision. child seat with enough force to kill or seriously injure an infant.
When properly installed, a rear- facing child seat may prevent the Child Seat Type driver or a front passenger from An infant must be properly moving their seat as far back as restrained in a rear-facing, reclining recommended, or from locking their child seat until the child reaches the seat-back in the desired position. seat maker’s weight or height limit for the seat and the child is at least It could also interfere with proper one year old. operation of the passenger’s advanced front airbag system. Only a rear-facing child seat provides proper support for a baby’s head, neck, and back. CONTINUED
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In any of these situations, we Protecting Small Children Child Seat Placement strongly recommend that you install We strongly recommend placing a the child seat directly behind the forward-facing child seat in a back front passenger’s seat, move the seat seat, not the front. as far forward as needed, and leave it unoccupied. Or, you may wish to get Placing a forward-facing child seat in a smaller rear-facing child seat. the front seat of a vehicle equipped with a passenger’s airbag can be hazardous. If the vehicle seat is too far forward, or the child’s head is Placing a rear-facing child seat thrown forward during a collision, an in the front seat can result in inflating airbag can strike the child serious injury or death during a with enough force to cause very collision. serious or fatal injuries. Child Seat Type Always place a rear-facing child A child who is at least one year old, Even with advanced front airbags seat in the back seat, not the and who fits within the child seat that automatically turn the front. maker’s weight and height limits, passenger’s front airbag off (see should be restrained in a forward- page35 ), a back seat is the safest facing, upright child seat. place for a small child.
Of the different seats available, we recommend those that have a five- point harness system as shown.
44 Protecting Infants and Small Children, Selecting a Child Seat
If it is necessary to put a forward- Selecting a Child Seat In seating positions and vehicles not facing child seat in the front, move When buying a child seat, you need equipped with LATCH, a LATCH- the vehicle seat as far to the rear as to choose either a conventional child compatible child seat can be installed possible, and be sure the child seat is seat, or one designed for use with using a seat belt. Safety Passenger and Driver firmly secured to the vehicle and the the lower anchors and tethers for child is properly strapped in the seat. children (LATCH) system. Whatever type of seat you choose, to provide proper protection, a child Conventional child seats must be seat should meet three secured to a vehicle with a seat belt, requirements: Placing a forward-facing child whereas LATCH-compatible seats seat in the front seat can result are secured by attaching the seat to in serious injury or death if the hardware built into the two outer front airbag inflates. second row seats.
Ifyoumustplaceaforward- Since LATCH-compatible child seats facing child seat in front, move are easier to install and reduce the the vehicle seat as far back as possibility of improper installation, possible, and properly restrain we recommend selecting this style. the child. We also recommend selecting a LATCH-compatible seat with a rigid, rather than a flexible, anchor (see page47 ).
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45 Selecting a Child Seat, Installing a Child Seat
1. The child seat should meet U.S. or Installing a Child Seat movement can be expected and Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety After selecting a proper child seat should not reduce the child seat’s Standard 213. Look for FMVSS and a good place to install the seat, effectiveness. 213 or CMVSS 213 on the box. there are three main steps in installing the seat: If the child seat is not secure, try 2. The child seat should be of the installing it in a different seating proper type and size to fit the child. 1. Properly secure the child seat to position, or use a different style of Rear-facing for infants, forward- the vehicle. All child seats must be child seat that can be firmly secured. facing for small children. secured to the vehicle with the lap part of a lap/shoulder belt or with 3. Secure the child in the child seat. 3. The child seat should fit the the LATCH (lower anchors and Make sure the child is properly vehicle seating position (or tethers for children) system. A strappedinthechildseat positions) where it will be used. child whose seat is not properly according to the child seat maker’s secured to the vehicle can be instructions. A child who is not Before purchasing a conventional endangered in a crash. properly secured in a child seat child seat, or using a previously can be seriously injured in a crash. purchased one, we recommend that 2. Make sure the child seat is firmly you test the seat in the specific secured. After installing a child The following pages provide vehicle seating position or positions seat, push and pull the seat guidelines on how to properly install where the seat will be used. forward and from side-to-side to a child seat. A forward-facing child verify that it is secure. seat is used in all examples, but the instructions are the same for rear- A child seat secured with a seat belt facing child seats. should be installed as firmly as possible. However, it does not need to be ‘‘rock solid.’’ Some side-to-side
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Installing a Child Seat with BUTTON LATCH Your vehicle is equipped with LATCH (lower anchors and tethers Safety Passenger and Driver for children) at the outer second row LOWER seats. The lower anchors are located ANCHORS between the seat-back and seat bottom, and are to be used only with a child seat designed for use with LATCH.
The location of each lower anchor is Rigid-type indicated by a small button above the anchor point. To install a LATCH-compatible child 3. Place the child seat on the vehicle seat: seat, then attach the seat to the lower anchors according to the 1. Move the seat belt buckle or child seat maker’s instructions. tongue away from the lower anchors. Some LATCH-compatible seats have a rigid-type connector as 2. Make sure there are no objects shown above. near the anchors that could prevent a secure connection between the child seat and the anchors. CONTINUED
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7. Push and pull the child seat ANCHOR forward and from side-to-side to verify that it is secure.
Flexible-type TETHER STRAP HOOK
Other LATCH-compatible seats 5. Lift the head restraint (see page have a flexible-type connector as 91 ), then route the tether strap shown above. through the legs of the head restraint and over the seat-back, 4. Whatever type you have, follow making sure the strap is not the child seat maker’s instructions twisted. for adjusting or tightening the fit. 6. Attach the tether strap hook to the tether anchor, then tighten the strap as instructed by the child seat maker.
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Installing a Child Seat with a Lap/ Shoulder Belt When not using the LATCH system, all child seats must be secured to the Safety Passenger and Driver vehicle with the lap part of a lap/ shoulder belt.
In addition, the lap/shoulder belts in all seating positions except the driver’s have a locking mechanism that must be activated to secure a child seat.
1. With the child seat in the desired 2. To activate the lockable retractor, seating position, route the belt slowly pull the shoulder part of the through the child seat according belt all the way out until it stops, to the seat maker’s instructions, then let the belt feed back into the then insert the latch plate into the retractor. buckle. 3. After the belt has retracted, tug on it. If the belt is locked, you will not be able to pull it out. If you can pull thebeltout,itisnotlocked,and you will need to repeat these steps.
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To deactivate the locking mechanism and remove a child seat, unlatch the buckle, unroute the seat belt, and let the belt fully retract.
4. After confirming that the belt is 5. Push and pull the child seat locked, grab the shoulder part of forward and from side-to-side to the belt near the buckle, and pull verify that it is secure enough to up to remove any slack from the stay upright during normal driving lap part of the belt. Remember, if maneuvers. If the child seat is not the lap part of the belt is not tight, secure, unlatch the belt, allow it to the child seat will not be secure. retract fully, then repeat these steps. To remove slack, it may help to putweightonthechildseat,or push on the back of the seat while pulling up on the belt.
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Installing a Child Seat with a Second Row Installation Tether Your vehicle has attachment points for a tether-style child seat to be Safety Passenger and Driver installed on the second or third row as shown.
Since a tether can provide additional security to the lap/shoulder belt installation, we recommend using a tether whenever one is required or available. TETHER ANCHORAGE POINT Each second row seat has a tether 1. Lift the head restraint, then route anchorage point behind the seat- the tether strap over the seat-back back. between the legs of the head restraint.
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Third Row Installation
2. Attach the tether strap hook to the There are three anchorage points on tether attachment point, and the tailgate sill. Select the anchorage tighten the strap according to the point you want to use, and slide the child seat maker’s instructions. cover to open it (outboard anchor), Make sure the strap is not twisted. or remove the cover (center anchor).
Followsteps1and2ofthesecond row seat installation.
52 Protecting Larger Children
When a child reaches the Checking Seat Belt Fit recommended weight or height limit for a forward-facing child seat, the Allowing a child age 12 or under child should sit in a back seat on a to sit in front can result in injury Safety Passenger and Driver booster seat and wear a lap/shoulder or death if the passenger’s front belt. airbag inflates.
The following pages give If a child must ride in front, instructions on how to check proper move the vehicle seat as far seat belt fit, what kind of booster back as possible, use a booster seat to use if one is needed, and seat if needed, have the child important precautions for a child sit up properly and wear the who must sit in front. seat belt properly.
To determine if a lap/shoulder belt properly fits a child, have the child put on the seat belt, then ask yourself:
1. Does the child sit all the way back against the seat?
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3. Does the shoulder belt cross Using a Booster Seat to drive. between the child’s neck and arm? Booster seats can be high-back or 4. Is the lap part of the belt as low as low-back. Whichever style you select, possible, touching the child’s make sure the booster seat meets thighs? federal safety standards (see page 45 ) and that you follow the booster 5. Will the child be able to stay seat maker’s instructions. seated like this for the whole trip? If a child who uses a booster seat If you answer yes to all these must ride in front, move the vehicle questions, the child is ready to wear seat as far back as possible and be the lap/shoulder belt correctly. If sure the child is wearing the seat you answer no to any question, the belt properly. child needs to ride on a booster seat. A child who has outgrown a forward- facing child seat should ride in a A child may continue using a booster back seat and use a booster seat seat until the tops of their ears are until the lap/shoulder belt fits them even with the top of the vehicle’s or properly without the booster. booster’s seat-back. A child of this height should be tall enough to use Some states and Canadian provinces the lap/shoulder belt without a also require children to use a booster booster seat. seat until they reach a given age or weight (e.g., 6 years or 60 lbs). Be sure to check current laws in the states or provinces where you intend
54 Protecting Larger Children
When Can a Larger Child Sit in Of course, children vary widely. And If you decide that a child can safely Front while age may be one indicator of ride up front, be sure to: The National Highway Traffic Safety when a child can safely ride in front, Administration and Transport there are other important factors you Carefully read the owner’s manual, Safety Passenger and Driver Canada recommend that all children should consider. and make sure you understand all age 12 and under be properly seat belt instructions and all safety restrained in a back seat. Physical Size information. Physically, a child must be large If the passenger’s front airbag enough for the lap/shoulder belt to Move the vehicle seat to the rear- inflates in a moderate to severe properly fit (see pages16 and 53 ). If most position. frontal collision, the airbag can cause the seat belt does not fit properly, serious injuries to a child who is with or without the child sitting on a Have the child sit up straight, back unrestrained, improperly restrained, booster seat, the child should not sit against the seat, and feet on or sitting too close to the airbag, or out in front. near the floor. of position. Maturity Check that the child’s seat belt is A side airbag also poses risks. If any To safely ride in front, a child must properly and securely positioned. part of a larger child’s body is in the be able to follow the rules, including path of a deploying side airbag, the sitting properly, and wearing the seat Supervise the child. Even mature child could receive possibly serious belt properly throughout a ride. children sometimes need to be injuries. reminded to fasten the seat belts or sit properly.
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Additional Safety Precautions Do not put any accessories on a Do not let a child wear a seat belt seat belt. Devices intended to across the neck. This could result improve a child’s comfort or in serious neck injuries during a reposition the shoulder part of a crash. seat belt can make the belt less effective and increase the chance Do not let a child put the shoulder of serious injury in a crash. part of a seat belt behind the back or under the arm. This could cause very serious injuries during a crash. It also increases the chance that the child will slide under the belt in a crash and be injured.
Two children should never use the same seat belt. If they do, they could be very seriously injured in a crash.
56 Carbon Monoxide Hazard
Your vehicle’s exhaust contains With the tailgate open, air flow can carbon monoxide gas. You should pull exhaust gas into your vehicle’s have no problem with carbon Carbon monoxide gas is toxic. interior and create a hazardous monoxide entering the vehicle in Breathing it can cause condition. If you must drive with the Safety Passenger and Driver normal driving if you maintain your unconsciousness and even kill tailgate open, open all the windows vehicle properly. you. and set the heating and cooling system/climate control system as Have the exhaust system inspected Avoid any enclosed areas or shown below. for leaks whenever: activities that expose you to carbon monoxide. If you must sit in your parked vehicle The vehicle is raised for an oil with the engine running, even in an change. unconfined area, adjust the heating You notice a change in the sound High levels of carbon monoxide can and cooling system/climate control of the exhaust. collect rapidly in enclosed areas, system as follows: The vehicle was in an accident such as a garage. Do not run the that may have damaged the engine with the garage door closed. 1. Select the fresh air mode. underside. Even with the door open, run the 2. Select the mode. engine only long enough to move the 3. Turn the fan on high speed. vehicle out of the garage. 4. Set the temperature control to a comfortable setting.
57 Safety Labels
These labels are in the locations DASHBOARD SUN VISOR shown. They warn you of potential U.S. models only U.S. models hazards that could cause serious injury. Read these labels carefully.
If a label comes off or becomes hard to read (except for the U.S. dashboard label, which is removed by the owner), contact your dealer for a replacement. HOOD Canadian models
DOORJAMBS U.S. models Canadian models U.S. models only
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58 Instruments and Controls
This section gives information about Control Locations ...... 60 Door Locks ...... 82 the controls and displays that Instrument Panel ...... 61 Power Door Locks...... 82 contribute to the daily operation of Instrument Panel Indicators...... 62 Tailgate ...... 82 your vehicle. All the essential Gauges ...... 70 Childproof Door Locks...... 83 controls are within easy reach. Trip Meter...... 70 Remote Transmitter...... 83 Odometer...... 70 Seat Heaters ...... 86 Controls and Instruments Fuel Gauge ...... 70 Seats ...... 87 Temperature Gauge...... 71 Head Restraints ...... 91 Outside Temperature Mirrors...... 92 Indicator...... 71 Power Windows ...... 94 Check Fuel Cap Indicator...... 72 Moonroof ...... 96 Controls Near the Steering Parking Brake ...... 97 Wheel ...... 73 Interior Convenience Items...... 98 Windshield Wipers and Washers. . 74 Beverage Holders...... 99 Turn Signal, Headlights, Console Compartment...... 99 Fog Lights ...... 75 Glove Box ...... 99 Automatic Lighting Off Sunglasses Holder...... 100 Feature...... 76 Sun Visor ...... 101 Daytime Running Lights...... 76 Vanity Mirror ...... 101 Instrument Panel Brightness...... 76 Accessory Power Sockets...... 101 Hazard Warning Button...... 77 Interior Lights...... 102 Rear Window Defogger...... 77 Steering Wheel Adjustment...... 78 Keys and Locks...... 79 Immobilizer System...... 79 Ignition Switch ...... 81
59 Control Locations
SHIFT LEVER (A/T) REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH INSTRUMENT PANEL ＊ INDICATORS(P.61) (P.200) COMPASS (P.177) AUDIO SYSTEM GAUGES(P.70) (P.115)
POWER DOOR LOCK SWITCHES (P.82) HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM MIRROR CLIMATE CONTROL CONTROLS SYSTEM (P.106) (P.93)
POWER WINDOW SWITCHES (P.94)
HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P.188)
FUEL FILL DOOR PARKING BRAKE REAR A/C CONTROL RELEASE HANDLE PEDAL (P.113) (P.187) (P.97)
＊ : If equipped. 60 Instrument Panel
LIGHTS ON INDICATOR (P.69) PARKING BRAKE FOG LIGHT INDICATOR＊ (P.69) AND BRAKE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR (P.67) SYSTEM IMMOBILIZER SYSTEM INDICATOR INDICATOR (P.64) (P.63)
LOW FUEL INDICATOR (P.67) Controls and Instruments
A/T TEMPERATURE SIDE AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR＊ (P.68) INDICATOR (P.63) VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST SYSTEM (VSA) INDICATOR (P.64)
VTM-4 INDICATOR＊(P.68) TPMS INDICATOR (P.65) MALFUNCTION LOW TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR LAMP (P.62) INDICATOR (P.65)
BRAKE LAMP DOOR AND TAILGATE INDICATOR (P.66) OPEN MONITOR (P.66) MAINTENANCE MINDER VSA ACTIVATION TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR (P.69) INDICATOR (P.64) MONITOR (P.65)
＊ SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM FUEL ECONOMY INDICATOR CRUISE CONTROL INDICATOR (P.63) (P.68) INDICATOR (P.67) SEAT BELT REMINDER INDICATOR (P.62) CHARGING SYSTEM LOW OIL PRESSURE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM INDICATOR (P.63) INDICATOR (P.62) INDICATOR (P.62) The U.S. instrument panel is shown. Differences for the Canadian models are noted in the text. ＊ : If equipped. 61 Instrument Panel Indicators
The instrument panel has many If your front passenger does not Malfunction Indicator indicators to give you important fasten their seat belt, the indicator Lamp information about your vehicle. comes on about 6 seconds after the See page277 . ignition switch is turned to the ON Seat Belt Reminder (II) position. Low Oil Pressure Indicator Indicator This indicator comes on when you If either of you do not fasten your The engine can be severely damaged turn the ignition switch to the ON seat belt while driving, the beeper if this indicator flashes or stays on (II) position. It reminds you and your will sound and the indicator will flash when the engine is running. For passengers to fasten your seat belts. again at regular intervals. For more more information, see page276 . A beeper also sounds if you and your information, see page21 . front passenger have not fastened Charging System your seat belts. Indicator If this indicator comes on when the If you turn the ignition switch to the engine is running, the battery is not ON (II) position before fastening being charged. For more information, your seat belts, the beeper sounds, see page276 . and the indicator flashes. If you do not fasten your seat belts before the beeper stops, the indicator stops flashing but remains on.
If you continue driving without fastening your seat belt, the beeper sounds and the indicator flashes again at regular intervals.
62 Instrument Panel Indicators
Supplemental Restraint U.S. Canada Anti-lock Brake System System Indicator (ABS) Indicator This indicator comes on briefly when This indicator normally comes on for you turn the ignition switch to the Parking Brake and Brake System a few seconds when you turn the ON (II) position. If it comes on at Indicator ignition switch to the ON (II) any other time, it indicates a This indicator has two functions: position, and when the ignition Controls and Instruments potential problem with your front switch is turned to the START (III) airbags. This indicator will also alert 1. Itcomesonwhenyouturnthe position. If it comes on at any other you to a potential problem with your ignition switch to the ON (II) time, there is a problem with the side airbags, passenger’s side airbag position. It is a reminder to check ABS. If this happens, have your automatic cutoff system, side curtain the parking brake. A beeper vehicle checked at a dealer. With airbags, automatic seat belt sounds if you try to drive with the this on, your vehicle still has normal tensioners, driver’s seat position parking brake not fully released. braking ability but no anti-lock sensor, or the front passenger’s Driving with the parking brake not brakes. For more information, see weight sensors. For more fully released can damage the page210 . information, see page33 . brakes and tires. U.S. Canada Side Airbag Off 2. If it stays on after you have fully Indicator released the parking brake while This indicator comes on when you the engine is running, or if it turn the ignition switch to the ON comes on while driving, there (II) position. If it comes on at any could be a problem with the brake other time, it indicates that the system. For more information, see passenger’s side airbag has page278 . automatically shut off. For more information, see page34 .
63 Instrument Panel Indicators
Immobilizer System Vehicle Stability Assist VSA Activation Indicator Indicator (VSA) System Indicator This indicator comes on for a few This indicator normally comes on for This indicator has three functions: seconds when you turn the ignition a few seconds when you turn the switch to the ON (II) position. It will ignition switch to the ON (II) 1. It comes on as a reminder that you gooffifyouhaveinserteda position. have turned off the vehicle properly-coded ignition key. If it is stability assist (VSA) system. not a properly-coded key, the Ifitcomesonandstaysonatany indicator will blink and the engine other time, or it does not come on 2. It flashes when VSA is active (see will not start (see page79 ). when you turn the ignition switch to page211 ). the ON (II) position, there is a This indicator also blinks several problem with the VSA system. Have 3. It comes on along with the VSA times when you turn the ignition your vehicle checked by your dealer. system indicator if there is a switch from the ON (II) position to Without VSA, your vehicle still has problem with the VSA system. the ACCESSORY (I) or the LOCK normal driving ability, but will not (0) position. have VSA traction and stability This indicator normally comes on for enhancement. See page211 for more a few seconds when you turn the information on the VSA system. ignition switch to the ON (II) position. For more information, see page211 .
64 Instrument Panel Indicators
Low Tire Pressure Tire Pressure Monitor Tire Pressure Monitoring Indicator System (TPMS) Indicator This indicator normally comes on for The appropriate tire indicator will This indicator normally comes on for a few seconds when you turn the come on along with the low tire a few seconds when you turn the ignition to the ON (II) position. pressure indicator if a tire is ignition switch to the ON (II) If it comes on while driving, it extremely underinflated or has position. Controls and Instruments indicates that one or more of your suddenly lost pressure. See Low vehicle’s tires are extremely low on Tire Pressure Indicator for what to If this indicator comes on and stays pressure. do if this indicator comes on. on at any other time, or if it does not If this happens, pull to the side of the come on when you turn the ignition road when it is safe, check which tire switch to the ON (II) position, there has lost the pressure on the Tire is a problem with the TPMS. With Pressure Monitor, and determine the this indicator on, the low tire cause. If it is because of a flat tire, pressure indicator and the tire replace the flat tire with the compact pressure monitor will not come on spare (see page266 ), and have the when a tire loses pressure. Take the flat tire repaired as soon as possible. vehicle to your dealer to have the If two or more tires are underinflated, system checked. call a professional towing service (see page 278 ). Refer to page 205 for more information.
65 Instrument Panel Indicators
Turn Signal and Brake Lamp Indicator Door and Tailgate Open Monitor Hazard Warning Indicators If a brake light does not work, the The left or right turn signal indicator BRAKE LAMP indicator comes on blinks when you signal a lane change when you push the brake pedal with or turn. If an indicator does not blink the ignition switch in the ON (II) or blinks rapidly, it usually means position. one of the turn signal bulbs is burned out (see pages249 and 252 ). A burned out brake light is a hazard The appropriate indicator comes on Replace the bulb as soon as possible, when drivers behind you cannot tell in this display if the tailgate or any since other drivers cannot see that you are braking. Have your brake door is not closed tightly. you are signaling. lights repaired right away. All of the indicators in the monitor When you press the hazard warning display come on for a few seconds button, both turn signal indicators when you turn the ignition switch to blink. All turn signals on the outside the ON (II) position. of the vehicle should flash.
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Daytime Running Lights High Beam Indicator Low Fuel Indicator Indicator Canadian models only This indicator comes on with the This indicator comes on when you high beam headlights. For more turn the ignition switch to the ON information, see page75 . (II) position with the headlight Controls and Instruments switch off and the parking brake set. On Canadian models, this indicator It should go off if you turn on the comes on with reduced brightness LOW FUEL INDICATOR headlights or release the parking when the daytime running lights This indicator comes on as a brake. If it comes on at any other (DRL) are on (see page76 ). reminder that you must refuel soon. time, it means there is a problem withtheDRL.Theremayalsobea Washer Level Indicator When the indicator comes on, there problem with the high beam is about 1.80 U.S. gal (7.0 )offuel headlights. Canadian models only remaining in the tank before the This indicator comes on when the needle reaches E. There is a small Cruise Control Indicator washer fluid level is low. Add washer reserve of fuel remaining in the tank fluid when you see this indicator when the needle does reach E. This indicator comes on when you come on (see page243 ). set the cruise control. See page 175 for information on operating the cruise control.
67 Instrument Panel Indicators
A/T Temperature VTM-4 Indicator Fuel Economy Indicator Indicator 4WD models only 4WD models only 2WD models only This indicator monitors the This indicator normally comes on for While the engine is operating in its temperature of the automatic a few seconds when you turn the most economical range, this transmission fluid. It should come on ignition switch to the ON (II) indicator may come on and stay on. for a few seconds when you turn the position. If it comes on at any other ignition switch to the ON (II) time, there is a problem in the 4WD position. If it comes on while driving, system. Take the vehicle to your it means the transmission fluid dealer to have it checked. temperature is too high. Pull to the side of the road when it is safe, shift If the indicator blinks while driving, to Park, and let the engine idle until the VTM-4 fluid temperature is too the indicator goes out. high. Pull to the side of the road when it is safe, shift to Park, and let the engine idle until the indicator goes out. Continuing to drive with the A/T temperature indicator on may cause serious damage to the transmission. Continuing to drive with the VTM-4 indicator blinking may cause serious damage to the system.
68 Instrument Panel Indicators
Lights On Indicator Fog Light Indicator Maintenance Minder On EX and EX-L models Indicator This indicator reminds you that the This indicator comes on when you This indicator reminds you that it is exterior lights are on. It comes on turn on the fog lights. See page time to take your vehicle in for when the light switch is in either the 75 for information on fog light scheduled maintenance. The or position. If you turn the operation. maintenance main items and sub Controls and Instruments ignition switch to the ACCESSORY items will be displayed in the (I) or the LOCK (0) position without information display. See page229 for turning off the light switch, this more information on the indicator will remain on. A reminder maintenance minder. chime will also sound when you open the driver’s door. This indicator goes off when your dealer resets it after completing the required maintenance service.
69 Gauges
TACHOMETER SPEEDOMETER FUEL GAUGE TEMPERATURE Odometer GAUGE The odometer shows the total distance your vehicle has been driven. It measures miles in U.S. models and kilometers in Canadian models. It is illegal under U.S. federal law and Canadian provincial regulations to disconnect, reset, or alter the odometer with the intent to TRIP METER change the number of miles or SELECT/RESET kilometers indicated. KNOB INFORMATION DISPLAY TRIP METER Fuel Gauge This shows how much fuel you have. Trip Meter Each trip meter works independently, It may show slightly more or less This meter shows the number of so you can keep track of two than the actual amount. The needle miles (U.S.) or kilometers (Canada) different distances. returns to the bottom after you turn driven since you last reset it. off the ignition. To reset a trip meter, display it, and There are two trip meters: Trip A then press and hold the Select/Reset and Trip B. Switch between these knob until the number resets to ‘‘0.0’’. displays and the outside temperature Avoid driving with an extremely low display (except LX models) by f uel level. Running out of f uel could pressing the Select/Reset knob cause the engine to misf ire, damaging repeatedly. the catalytic converter.
70 Gauges
Temperature Gauge Outside Temperature Indicator If the outside temperature is This shows the temperature of the On EX and EX-L models incorrectly displayed, you can adjust engine’s coolant. During normal This indicator displays the outside it up to±± 5°F ( 3°C) warmer or operation, the pointer should rise temperature in Fahrenheit (U.S. cooler. from the bottom white mark to about models) or Centigrade (Canadian the middle white mark. In severe models). To see the outside NOTE: The temperature must be Controls and Instruments driving conditions, such as very hot temperature, press and release the stabilized before doing this weather or a long period of uphill Select/Reset knob until the procedure. driving, the pointer may rise to the temperature is shown in the upper white mark. If it reaches the information display. Select the outside temperature red (Hot) mark, pull safely to the display, then press the Select/Reset side of the road. Turn to page242 for The temperature sensor is in the knob for 10 seconds. The following instructions and precautions on front bumper. Therefore, the sequences appear, 1 second at a checking the engine’s cooling temperature reading can be affected time:0,1,2,3,4,5,－－－－ 5, 4, 3, 2, system. by heat reflection from the road －1, 0, 1 (0, 1, 2, 3,－－－ 3, 2, 1, 0, 1). surface, engine heat, and the exhaust from surrounding traffic. When the temperature reaches the This can cause an incorrect desired value, release the Select/ temperature reading when your Reset knob. You should see the new speed is under 19 mph (30 km/h). outside temperature displayed.
The sensor delays the display update In certain weather conditions, until it reaches the correct outside temperature readings near freezing temperature. This may take several (32°F, 0°C) could mean that ice is minutes. forming on the road surface.
71 Gauges
Check Fuel Cap Indicator If the system still detects a loose or Maintenance Minder Display If your fuel cap is loose or missing, a missing fuel fill cap, the malfunction The information display in the ‘‘CHECK FUEL CAP’’ message indicator lamp (MIL) comes on. instrument panel shows you the appears in the information display Turn the engine off, and check or engine oil life and maintenance after you start the engine. Turn the retighten the fuel fill cap until it service items when the ignition engine off and confirm the fuel cap is clicks at least once. The MIL goes switch is in the ON (II) position. This installed. If it is, loosen the cap, then out after several days of normal information helps to keep you aware retighten it until it clicks at least driving once the cap is tightened or of the periodic maintenance your once. When you restart the engine, replaced. If it does not go out, have vehicle needs for continued trouble- the message appears again. To scroll your dealer inspect the vehicle. For free driving. Refer to page229 for to another message, press the more information, see page277 . more information. select/reset knob.
72 Controls Near the Steering Wheel
MOONROOF BUTTONS＊1 HEADLIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS HORN＊ HAZARD WARNING BUTTON (P.96) (P.75) (P.77) VTM-4 LOCK＊1 LIGHT CONTROL (P.204)
SWITCH Controls and Instruments (P.102)
VSA OFF SWITCH (P.212) PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR (P.35)
CRUISE CONTROL REAR WINDOW MASTER BUTTON DEFOGGER (P.175) (P.77)
REMOTE AUDIO ＊1 WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ CONTROLS WASHERS (P.138) STEERING WHEEL CRUISE CONTROL (P.74) ADJUSTMENT BUTTONS (P.78) (P.175)
＊ : To use the horn, press the pad around the ‘‘Honda’’ logo. ＊1: If equipped. 73 Windshield Wipers and Washers
OFF － The wipers are not activated. Rear Window Wiper and Washer
INT － The length of the wiper interval is varied automatically according to the vehicle’s speed. Vary the delay by turning the INT TIME ring. If you turn it to the shortest delay, the wipers will change to low speed operation when the vehicle speed exceeds 12 mph (20 km/h).
LO － The wipers run at low speed. 1. MIST 2. OFF HI － The wipers run at high speed. 1. Rotate the switch clockwise to 3. INT－ Intermittent turn the rear window wiper ON. 4. LO－ Low speed Windshield Washer － Pull the 2. Hold past ON to turn the rear 5. HI－ High speed wiper control lever toward you, window wiper on and to spray the 6. Windshield washers andholdit.Thewashersspray rear window washer. until you release the lever. The 3. OFF Push the right lever up or down to wipers run at low speed, then 4. Rotate the switch select a position. complete one more sweep after counterclockwise to spray the you release the lever. window washer without activating MIST － The wipers run at high the wiper. speed until you release the lever.
74 Turn Signal, Headlights, and Fog lights
Turn Signal － Push down on the High Beams － To turn on the high left lever to signal a left turn and up beams, push the lever forward until to signal a right turn. To signal a lane you hear a click. The blue high beam change, push lightly on the lever in indicator will come on (see page67 ). the proper direction and hold it. The To turn off the high beams, pull the lever will return to center when you lever back. To flash the high beams, Controls and Instruments release it or complete a turn. pull the lever farther back, and then release it. The high beams remain on Headlights － Turning the switch until the lever is released. on the left lever to the position turns on the parking lights, taillights, Fog Lights instrument panel lights, side-marker On EX and EX-L models lights, and rear license plate lights. Turn the fog lights on and off by Turning the switch to the turning the switch next to the 1. Turn signal position turns on the headlight switch. 2. Off headlights. If you leave the lights on 3. Parking and indicator lights with the ignition switch in the You can use the fog lights only when 4. Headlights ACCESSORY (I) or the LOCK (0) the headlights are on low beam. 5. High beams position, you will hear a reminder 6. Flashhighbeams chime when you open the driver’s 7. Fog lights off (if equipped) door. 8. Fog lights on (if equipped)
75 Headlights, Instrument Panel Brightness
Automatic Lighting Off Feature The lights will turn on again when Instrument Panel Brightness On EX and EX-L models you unlock or open the driver’s door. This feature turns off the headlights, If you unlock the door, but do not INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS parking lights, taillights, side marker open it within 15 seconds, the lights CONTROL KNOB lights, license plate lights, and will go off. With the driver’s door instrument panel lights within 15 open, you will hear a lights-on seconds of removing the key from reminder chime. the ignition switch and closing the driver’s door. Daytime Running Lights (Canadian Models) This feature activates if you leave With the headlight switch off, the the headlight switch in the or high beam headlights come on with position, remove the key, then reduced brightness when you turn open and close the driver’s door. the ignition switch to the ON (II) position and release the parking The knob on the instrument panel If you remove the key from the brake. They remain on until you turn controls the brightness of the instru- ignition switch with the headlight the ignition switch off, even if you ment panel lights. Turn the knob to switch on, but do not open the door set the parking brake. adjust the brightness. and get out, the lights will turn off after 10 minutes. The headlights revert to normal operation when you turn the switch to the ‘‘ ’’ position.
76 Hazard Warning Button, Rear Window Defogger
Hazard Warning Button Rear Window Defogger
HAZARD WARNING BUTTON EX and EX-L models LX models ntuet n Controls and Instruments
Pushtheredbuttontoturnonthe The rear window defogger will clear Make sure the rear window is clear hazard warning lights (four-way fog, frost, and thin ice from the and you have good visibility before flashers). This causes all four window. Push the defogger button to starting to drive. outside turn signals and both turn it on and off. The indicator indicators in the instrument panel to above the button comes on to show The defogger wires on the inside of flash. Use the hazard warning lights the defogger is on. If you do not turn the rear window can be accidentally if you need to park in a dangerous it off, the defogger will shut itself off damaged. When cleaning the glass, area near heavy traffic, or if your after about 15 minutes. It also shuts always wipe side-to-side. vehicle is disabled. off when you turn off the ignition switch. You have to turn the defogger on again when you restart the vehicle.
77 Steering Wheel Adjustment
Make any steering wheel adjustment 3. Push the lever up to lock the before you start driving. steering wheel in that position.
4. Make sure you have securely locked the steering wheel in place Adjusting the steering wheel by trying to move it up and down. position while driving may cause you to lose control of the vehicle and be seriously injured inacrash.
Adjust the steering wheel only when the vehicle is stopped. 1. Push the lever under the steering column all the way down.
2. Move the steering wheel so it points to your chest, not toward your face. Make sure you can see the instrument panel gauges and indicators.
78 Keys and Locks, Immobilizer System
Immobilizer System KEY MASTER VALET KEY Youshouldhavereceivedakey NUMBER KEY (GRAY) number tag with your set of keys. These keys contain electronic TAG (BLACK) You will need this key number if you circuits that are activated by the ever have to get a key replaced. Use immobilizer system. They will not only Honda-approved key blanks. work to start the engine if the circuits are damaged. Controls and Instruments
Protect the keys from direct sunlight, high temperature, and high humidity.
Donotdropthekeysorsetheavy objects on them. The master key fits all the locks on your vehicle. The valet key works Keep the keys away from liquids. only in the ignition and the door If they get wet, dry them locks. You can keep the glove box immediately with a soft cloth. locked when you leave your vehicle and the valet key at a parking facility.
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79 Immobilizer System
The immobilizer system protects The system may not recognize your As required by the FCC: your vehicle from theft. If an key’s coding if another immobilizer This device complies with Part 15 of the improperly-coded key (or other key or other metal object (i.e. key FCC rules. Operation is subject to the device) is used, the engine will not fob) is near the ignition switch when following two conditions: (1) This device start. you insert the key. may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any When you turn the ignition switch to If the system repeatedly does not interference received, including the ON (II) position, the immobilizer recognize the coding of your key, interference that may cause undesired system indicator should come on for contact your dealer. operation. a few seconds, then go out. If the indicator starts to blink, it means the Do not attempt to alter this system Changes or modifications not expressly system does not recognize the or add other devices to it. Electrical approved by the party responsible for coding of the key. Turn the ignition problems could result that may make compliance could void the user’s switch to the LOCK (0) position, your vehicle undrivable. authority to operate the equipment. remove the key, reinsert it, and turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) If you lose your key and you cannot This device complies with Industry position again. start the engine, contact your dealer. Canada Standard RSS-210. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
80 Ignition Switch
If the front wheels are turned, the You will hear a reminder beeper if anti-theft lock may make it difficult you leave the key in the LOCK (0) or to turn the key. Firmly turn the the ACCESSORY (I) position and steering wheel to the left or right as open the driver’s door. Remove the you turn the key. key to turn off the beeper. ntuet n Controls and Instruments ACCESSORY (I) － You can TheshiftlevermustbeinPark operate the audio system and the before you can remove the key from accessory power sockets in this the ignition switch. position.
ON (II) － This is the normal key position when driving. Several of the The ignition switch has four lights on the instrument panel come positions: LOCK (0), ACCESSORY on as a test when you turn the (I), ON (II), and START (III). ignition switch from the ACCESSORY (I) to the ON (II) LOCK (0) － You can insert or position. remove the key only in this position. To turn the key, the shift lever must START (III) － Use this position be in Park, and you must push the only to start the engine. The switch key in slightly. returns to the ON (II) position when you let go of the key.
81 Door Locks
Power Door Locks The lock tab on any door locks and Tailgate unlocks that door. To unlock the MASTER DOOR LOCK SWITCH driver’s door from the outside, turn the key and release it. If you turn and hold it, all doors and the tailgate unlock.
To lock the all doors when getting out of the vehicle, push the lock tab down and close the door. To lock the driver’s door, remove the key from the ignition switch and push the lock LOCK TAB tab down or push the under of the master switch, then close the door. To lock the doors and the tailgate, To open the tailgate, pull the handle, press the master door lock switch on Lockout Prevention then lift up. To close the tailgate, use either front door, press the lock tab With the key in the ignition switch, the inner handle to pull it down, then down on the driver’s door, or use the you cannot lock the all doors from press down on the back edge. keyontheoutsidelockonthedriver’s the outside by master door lock door. switch or the lock tab on the driver’s Keep the tailgate and the hatch glass door. closed at all times while driving to Pressing up on either master door avoid damaging the tailgate and the lock switch will unlock all of the hatch glass, and to prevent exhaust doors and the tailgate. gas from getting into the interior. See Carbon Monoxide Hazard on page57 .
82 Childproof Door Locks, Remote Transmitter
Childproof Door Locks Remote Transmitter UNLOCK － Pressthisbuttononce to unlock the driver’s door. Push it PANIC UNLOCK twice to unlock the other doors and BUTTON BUTTON the tailgate. Some exterior lights will flash twice each time you press the button. Controls and Instruments Unlock When you press the UNLOCK button, the front and rear individual LOCK LED map lights, depending on the interior BUTTON Lock light control switch position, will come on (see page102 ). If you do LOCK LEVER not open any door, the lights stay on for about 30 seconds, then go out. If The childproof door locks are LOCK － Press this button once to you relock the doors and the tailgate designed to prevent children seated lock all doors and the tailgate. Some with the remote transmitter before in the rear from accidentally opening exterior and interior lights will flash. 30 seconds have elapsed, the lights the rear doors. Each rear door has a When you push LOCK twice within 5 will go off immediately. lock lever near the edge. With the seconds, you will hear a beep to lever in the LOCK position, the door verify that the security system has If you do not open any door within 30 cannot be opened from the inside set. You cannot lock it if any door is seconds, the doors automatically regardless of the position of the lock not fully closed or the key is in the relock and the security system sets. tab. To open the door, pull the lock ignition switch. tab up, and use the outside door handle. CONTINUED
83 Remote Transmitter
PANIC － Pressthisbuttonfor Replacing the Transmitter Battery about 1 second to attract attention; If it takes several pushes on the thehornwillsoundandtheexterior button to lock or unlock the doors, lights will flash for about 30 seconds. replace the battery as soon as To cancel panic mode, press any possible. other button on the remote transmitter, or turn the ignition Battery type: CR1616 switch to the ON (II) position.
Remote Transmitter Care Avoid dropping or throwing the transmitter. SCREW
Protect the transmitter from To replace the battery: extreme temperature. 1. Remove the screw at the base of Do not immerse the transmitter in the transmitter with a small any liquid. Phillips-head screwdriver.
If you lose a transmitter, the 2. Separate the transmitter by prying replacement needs to be its middle seam with your reprogrammed by your dealer. fingernail.
84 Remote Transmitter
As required by the FCC: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device BATTERY may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any Controls and Instruments interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Changes or modifications not expressly TAB approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s 3. Inside the transmitter, separate authority to operate the equipment. the inner cover from the keypad by releasing the two tabs on the This device complies with Industry cover. Canada Standard RSS-210. Operation is subject to the following two 4. Remove the old battery from the conditions: (1) this device may not cause back of the inner cover, and note interference, and (2) this device must the polarity. Make sure the accept any interference that may cause polarity of the new battery is the undesired operation of the device. same (＋ side facing down), then insert it into the back of the cover.
5. Install the parts in reverse order.
85 Seat Heaters
If equipped In HI, the heater turns off when the seat gets warm, and turns back on SEAT HEATER BUTTONS SEAT HEATER BUTTONS after the seat temperature drops.
In LO, the heater runs continuously. It does not cycle with temperature changes.
Follow these precautions whenever you use the seat heaters:
Use the HI setting only to heat the seats quickly, because it draws large amounts of current from the Both front seats are equipped with Push the top of the switch, HI, to battery. seat heaters. The passenger seat rapidly heat up the seat. After the only has heaters in the seat bottom seat reaches a comfortable If the engine is left idling for an because of the side airbag system. temperature, select LO by pushing extended period, do not use the The ignition switch must be in the the bottom of the switch. This will seat heaters even on the LO ON (II) position to use the heaters. keep the seat warm. setting. It can weaken the battery, causing hard starting.
86 Seats
Power Seat Adjustment Driver’s Lumbar Support On EX and EX-L models On EX and EX-L models See pages13－ 14 for important safety information and warnings about how to properly position seats and seat-backs. ntuet n Controls and Instruments The controls for the adjustable driver’s power seat are on the outside edge of the seat bottom. You can adjust the power seat with the ignition switch in any position. Make all seat adjustments before you start Moves the seat driving. forward and backward.
Moving the long horizontal switch Moves the front of the adjusts the seat bottom in several seat up or down and To change the lumbar support, move directions. The seat bottom adjusts the rear of the seat up the lever on the right side of the in the direction you move the switch. or down. seat-back forward or backward. The short vertical switch adjusts the Keep moving the lever forward or seat back angle. Raises or lowers the backward until you find a suitable seat. position.
Adjusts the seat-back angle forward or backward.
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Manual Seat Adjustments Driver’s Seat Height Adjustment On LX models
To adjust the seat forward and To change the seat-back angle of the backward, pull up on the lever under front seat, pull up on the lever on the The height of your driver’s seat is the front seat cushion. Then try to outside of the seat bottom. adjustable. Turn the front dial on the movetheseattomakesureitis outside of the seat cushion to raise locked into position. the front of the seat bottom, and turn the rear dial to raise the rear.
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Adjusting the Second Row Seats Folding the Second Row Seats Third Seat Access The left and right halves can be folded separately.
1. If you are folding the left half of the seat, use the ignition key to Controls and Instruments release the center seat belt from thedetachableanchor(seepage 18 ).
2. Lower the head restraint fully. SECOND ROW SEAT 3. Pull up the handle on the outside RELEASE LEVER of the seat-back. To change the angle of the seats in To get into the third row seats, pull the second row seat-backs, pull up 4. Fold the seat-back forward. up the lever on the outside of the the handle on the seat-back. Moving passenger’s side second row seat- the short vertical switch forward or Reverse this procedure to return the back. The seat-back will tilt forward, backward adjusts the seat back in seat to its upright position. Make and the seat will slide forward. those directions. sure the seat is locked and secured before driving. Push the whole seat backwards until To adjust the seats forward and fully latches. Make sure the seat is backward, pull up on the lever under locked and secured before driving. the seat cushion. After moving the seat, make sure it is locked into position.
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Adjusting the Third Row Seat Folding the Third Row Seat 3. Use the ignition key to release the seat belt from the detachable anchor (see page18 ).
4. Unlock the seat-back by pulling the handle. Push the seat-back forward.
Make sure you clip the small latch plate of each outer shoulder belt to the seat belt webbing whenever the THIRD ROW third seat is folded. SEAT HANDLE Reverse this procedure to return the Pull the handle on the back of the 1. Remove the head restraints by seat to its upright position. seat, move the seat-back to the pushing the release buttons and desired position and release the pulling the restraints out. Reinstall the head restraints, handle. Let the seat-back latch into reconnect the seat belts, and make the new position. 2. Store the head restraints under sure the seats are secured before the cargo area floor. Insert the driving. shafts into the holes in the sides of the storage compartment. Make sure all items in the cargo area are secured. Loose items can fly forward and cause injury if you have to brake hard (See Carrying Cargo on page193 ).
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Head Restraints Your vehicle is equipped with head They are most effective when you restraints in all seating positions to adjust them so the back of the help protect you and your occupant’s head rests against the passengers from whiplash and other center of the restraint. injuries. The head restraints in the second Controls and Instruments and third row seats adjust for height. You need both hands to adjust the restraint. To raise it, pull upward. To lower it, push the release button sideways, and push the restraint down. RELEASE BUTTON See page15 for important safety information and a warning about how to properly position the head restraints.
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Mirrors If equipped Therearviewmirrorhasacompass function to indicate the vehicle’s direction. Refer toCompass on page177 .
TAB
Keeptheinsideandoutsidemirrors clean and adjusted for best visibility. Be sure to adjust the mirrors before you start driving.
The inside mirror has day and night positions. The night position reduces glare from headlights behind you. Flip the tab on the bottom edge of the mirror to select the day or night position.
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Adjusting the Power Mirrors 3. Push the appropriate edge of the PowerMirrorHeaters adjustment switch to move the (If equipped) SELECTOR SWITCH mirrorright,left,up,ordown.
4. When you finish, move the selector switch to the center (off) Controls and Instruments position. This turns off the adjustment switch to keep your settings.
ADJUSTMENT SWITCH HEATED MIRROR BUTTON 1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) position. The outside mirrors are heated to remove fog and frost. With the 2. Move the selector switch to L ignition switch in the ON (II) (driver’s side) or R (passenger’s position, turn on the heaters by side). pressing the button. The indicator in the button comes on as a reminder. Press the button again to turn the heaters off.
93 Power Windows
DRIVER’S WINDOW MAIN SWITCH To open or close the driver’s window SWITCH partially, push down or pull back on Closing a power window on the window switch lightly and hold it. someone’s hands or fingers can The window will stop when you cause serious injury. release the switch.
Make sure your passengers are The passenger windows cannot be away from the windows before raised or lowered if the MAIN switch closing them. is OFF. Keep the MAIN switch off whenyouhavechildreninthe vehicle so they do not injure AUTO － To open the driver’s themselves by operating the window, push the window switch windows unintentionally. Turn the ignition switch to the ON firmly down, then release it. To stop (II) position to raise or lower any the window from going all the way window. To open a window, push the down, pull back on the window switchdownandholdit.Releasethe switch briefly. switch when you want the window to stop. Pull back on the switch and To close the driver’s window fully, hold it to close the window. pull back the window switch firmly, then release it. To stop the window The windows will operate for up to from going all the way up, push 10 minutes after you turn off the down on the window switch briefly. ignition switch. Opening either front door cancels this function.
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AUTO REVERSE － If the driver’s If your vehicle’s battery is If the power windows do not operate window senses any obstacle while it disconnected or goes dead, or the properly after resetting, have your is closing automatically, it will driver’s window fuse is removed, the vehicle checked by your dealer. reverse direction, and then stop. To AUTO function will be disabled. The close the window, remove the power window system needs to be obstacle, then use the window switch reset after reconnecting the battery Controls and Instruments again. or installing the fuse.
Auto reverse stops sensing when the 1. Start the engine. Push down and window is almost closed. You should hold the driver’s window switch always check that all passengers and until the window is fully open. objects are away from the window before closing it. 2. Pull and hold the driver’s window switch to close the window completely, then hold the switch for about 2 seconds.
95 Moonroof
If equipped To tilt up the back of the moonroof, The moonroof has a key-off delay press and hold the center button function. You can still open and close CLOSE BUTTON . To close the moonroof, press the moonroof for up to 10 minutes and hold the upper button . To after you turn off the ignition switch. open the moonroof, press and hold The key-off delay function cancels as the lower button . Release the soon as you open either front door. button when the moonroof gets to You must then turn the ignition the desired position. Make sure switch to the ON (II) position to TILT-UP everyone’s hands are away from the operate the moonroof. BUTTON moonroof before opening or closing it.
OPEN BUTTON If you try to open the moonroof in below-f reezing temperatures, or when The moonroof has two positions: it Opening or closing the it is covered with snow or ice, you can can be tilted up in the back for moonroof on someone’s hands damage the moonroof panel or motor. ventilation, or it can be slid back into or fingers can cause serious the roof. Use the switch under the injury. left dashboard vent to operate the moonroof. The ignition switch must Make sure all hands and fingers be in the ON (II) position. are clear of the moonroof before opening or closing it.
96 Parking Brake
Driving the vehicle with the parking brake applied can damage the rear brakes and axles. A beeper will sound if the vehicle is driven with the parking Controls and Instruments brake on.
PARKING BRAKE PEDAL
To apply the parking brake, push the pedal down with your foot. To release it, push on the pedal again. The parking brake indicator on the instrument panel should go out when the parking brake is fully released (see page63 ).
97 Interior Convenience Items
SUNGLASS HOLDER SUN VISOR VANITY MIRROR ACCESSORY POWER SOCKETS WITH CONVERSATION MIRROR (EX-L models)
SUN VISOR
VANITY MIRROR
GLOVE BOX
CONSOLE COMPARTMENT
BEVERAGE HOLDERS
BEVERAGE HOLDERS BEVERAGE HOLDERS ACCESSORY POWER (EX and EX-L models) SOCKET
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Beverage Holders Console Compartment Glove Box Open the glove box by pulling the bottom of the handle. Close it with a firm push. Lock or unlock the glove box with the master key. ntuet n Controls and Instruments The glove box light comes on only when the parking lights are on.
An open glove box can cause serious injury to your passenger Be careful when you are using the inacrash,evenifthe beverage holders. A spilled liquid To open the console compartment, passenger is wearing the seat that is very hot can scald you or your pull up on the lever, and lift the lid. belt. passengers. Liquid can also spill from the rear door pocket beverage Pivot the door of the console forward Always keep the glove box holders when you close the rear and you can store a cellular phone, a closed while driving. doors. Use only resealable small notepad, and business cards in containers in the door pockets. The it. front beverage holders can be installed under the slide. Spilled liquids can damage the upholstery, carpeting, and electrical components in the interior.
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Sunglasses Holder Conversation Mirror
Push
SUNGLASSES HOLDER
To open the sunglasses holder, push You may also store small items in On EX-L models on the front edge. Make sure the thisholder.Makesuretheyare The sunglasses holder uses a convex holder is closed while you are driving. small enough to let the holder close mirror for its bottom panel. You can Some larger styles of sunglasses and latch, and that they are not see all the vehicle passengers on this may not fit in the holder. heavy enough to cause the holder to mirror. To use the mirror, open the pop open while driving. sunglasses holder fully, push it to the first detent, and release it.
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Sun Visor Vanity Mirror Accessory Power Sockets These sockets are intended to supply EXTENSION power for 12 volt DC accessories that are rated 120 watts or less (10 amps). ntuet n Controls and Instruments None of the sockets will power an automotive type cigarette lighter element. When more than one socket is being used, the combined power rating of the accessories should be 120 watts or less SUN VISOR (10 amps).
Whenusingthesunvisorforthe Pull up the vanity mirror cover to use side window, remove the support rod it. from the clip and swing it out. Slide the extension out to get more The light comes on when you pull up coverage on side windows. the cover.
Make sure you put the sun visor The light will not come on if the sun back in place when you are getting visor is slid outward. into or out of the vehicle. Do not use the sun visor extension over the rear view mirror.
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AC Power Outlet The maximum capacity for this Light Control Switch If equipped power outlet is 115 volt AC at 100 watts or less. If you use an appliance which requires more than 100 watts, it automatically stops supplying the power. If this happens, turn the ON ignition switch off and turn it on again.
NOTE: The AC power outlet is not designed for electric appliances DOOR which require high initial peak ACTIVATED wattage such as cathode-ray tube POSITION OFF type televisions, refrigerators, electric pumps, etc. It is also not When this switch is in theON position: There is a 115 volt AC power outlet suitable for devices that process All the individual map lights come in the rear compartment on the precise data such as medical on. driver’s side. To use the AC power equipment or measuring instruments. outlet, open the rear compartment Any appliances that require an When the switch is in the OFF position: lid and open the outlet cover. Insert extremely stable power supply such None of the lights come on when a the plug into the receptacle slightly, as microcomputer-controlled electric door or the tailgate is opened. turn it 90° clockwise, then push in blankets, touch sensor lamps, etc., the plug all the way. should not be connected to this The individual map lights in the outlet. frontcanbeturnedonandoffwith Always run the engine when you use the switches next to the lights. the AC Power Outlet.
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The individual map lights in the Individual Map Lights Courtesy Lights second and third rows cannot be Turn on the front and second row turned on. individual map lights by pushing the lens. Push the lens again to turn it When the switch is in the Door off. You can also operate these lights Activated position: with the light control switch (see Controls and Instruments The individual map lights come on page102 ). whenanydoororthetailgateis opened, or when the remote Tailgate Light transmitter is used to unlock the The light in the tailgate has an on-off doors. switch to control if the light comes on when the tailgate is opened. The individual map lights in the second and third rows can be Individual Interior Lights turned on and off by pressing the The courtesy lights in the front The courtesy light between the map lens. doors and around the ignition switch lights comes on when you turn the come on when you open any door. parking lights on. To adjust its The tailgate light comes on when After you close the door, the ignition brightness, turn the Select/Reset you open the tailgate if the light switch light stays on for several knob on the instrument panel. switch is in the ON position. seconds.
The lights go out about 6 seconds after all the doors and the tailgate are closed. With any door or the tailgate left open, the lights stay on about 3 minutes, then go out.
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The heating and air conditioning Vents, Heating, and A/C...... 106 Setting the Clock ...... 140 system in your vehicle provides a Air Flow Buttons...... 107 Rear Entertainment System...... 142 comfortable driving environment in Automatic Climate Control...... 112 Security System ...... 174 all weather conditions. Using the Rear A/C Unit...... 113 Cruise Control...... 175 Audio System ...... 115 Compass...... 177 The standard audio system has Playing the Radio...... 117 HomeLink Universal many features. This section de- Radio Reception...... 122 Transceiver...... 180 scribes those features and how to Playing the XM Satellite Radio... . 124 Rear View Camera and Monitor. . 184 Features use them. Playing a Disc...... 130 Disc Changer ...... 131, 134 On EX and EX-L models Protecting your CDs...... 135 Your vehicle has an anti-theft audio Disc Player Error Messages... . 136 system that requires a code number Disc Changer Error to enable it. Messages...... 137 Remote Audio Controls...... 138 The security system helps to dis- Radio Theft Protection...... 139 courage vandalism and theft of your vehicle.
105 Vents, Heating, and A/C
TEMPERATURE RECIRCULATION REAR WINDOW FAN CONTROL CONTROL DIAL BUTTON DEFOGGER BUTTON DIAL
LX MODEL
TEMPERATURE FAN CONTROL DISPLAY BUTTONS AIR CONDITIONING BUTTON AIR CONDITIONING BUTTON FAN SPEED INDICATOR MODE CONTROL DIAL MODE BUTTON
EX and EX-L MODEL
REAR A/C OFF BUTTON RECIRCULATION WINDSHIELD MANUAL BUTTON BUTTON DEFROST BUTTON AUTO BUTTON TEMPERATURE CONTROL DIAL REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER BUTTON
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On EX and EX-L models, see page Air Conditioning (A/C) Button Recirculation Button 112 for information on automatic This button turns the air When the indicator in the button is climate control and semi-automatic conditioning on and off. On LX on, air from the vehicle’s interior is operation. models, the indicator in the button is sent throughout the system again. on when the A/C is on. On EX and When the indicator is off, air is Fan Control EX-L models, you will see A/C ON brought in from the outside of the On LX models or A/C OFF in the display. vehicle (fresh air mode). Turn the dial clockwise to increase Features the fan speed and airflow. Turn the On EX and EX-L models The outside air intakes for the dial counterclockwise to decrease it. When you turn the A/C off, the heating and cooling system are at system cannot regulate the inside the base of the windshield. Keep this On EX and EX-L models temperature if you set the dial below area clear of leaves and other debris. Select the fan speed by pressing the the outside air temperature. fan control buttons ( or ). Thesystemshouldbeleftinfresh The fan speed is shown in vertical RR A/C MANUAL Button air mode under almost all conditions. bars in the display. On EX and EX-L models Keeping the system in recirculation Press the RR A/C MANUAL button mode, particularly with the A/C off, Temperature Control Dial to adjust the temperature of the rear can cause the windows to fog up. Turning this dial clockwise increases passenger compartment the temperature of the airflow. independently. See page113 for Switch to recirculation mode when information using the rear A/C unit. driving through dusty or smoky On EX and EX-L models conditions, then return to fresh air The temperature setting is shown in mode. the display.
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Rear Window Defogger Button Airflow is divided between MAX A/C This button turns the rear window the floor vents and the defroster On LX models defogger off and on (see page77 ). vents at the base of the windshield. The system automatically turns on the A/C and switches to Mode Control Air flows from the defroster recirculation mode. Air flows from Use the mode control dial or button vents at the base of the windshield. the center and side vents in the to select the vents the air flows from. dashboard. In this mode, you cannot Some air will flow from the On LX models turn off the A/C and also cannot dashboard corner vents in all modes. When you select or , switch to fresh air mode. the system automatically switches to On EX and EX-L models fresh air mode and turns on the A/C. When you switch to from Each time you press the MODE In this case, you cannot turn the A/C , the A/C stays on, and you button, the display shows the mode off. canturnitonandoffmanually. selected. When you select , the system When you switch to another mode, Air flows from the center automatically switches to fresh air the A/C returns to its original setting, and corner vents in the dashboard. mode and turns on the A/C. either on or off, as displayed by the A/C indicator. Airflow is divided between On EX and EX-L models the vents in the dashboard and the When you select , the system floor vents. automatically switches to fresh air mode and turns on the A/C. Air flows from the floor vents.
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Ventilation Using the Heater Using the A/C The flow-through ventilation system The heater uses engine coolant to Air conditioning places an extra load draws in outside air, circulates it warm the air. If the engine is cold, it on the engine. Watch the engine through the interior, then exhausts it will be several minutes before you coolant temperature gauge (see page through vents near the rear side feel warm air coming from the 71 ). If it moves near the red zone, panels. system. turn off the A/C until the gauge reading returns to normal. 1. Set the temperature to the lower 1. Select and fresh air mode. Features limit. 2. Set the fan to the desired speed. 1. Turn on the A/C by pressing the 2. Make sure the A/C is off. 3. Adjust the warmth of the air with button. The indicator in the button 3. Select and fresh air mode. the temperature control dial. comesonwhenafanspeedis 4. Set the fan to the desired speed. selected (LX model), or the display shows A/C ON (EX and EX-L models). 2. Make sure the temperature is set to maximum cool. 3. Select . 4. If the outside air is humid, select recirculation mode. If the outside air is dry, select fresh air mode. 5. Set the fan to the desired speed.
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If the interior is very warm, you can To Dehumidify the Interior To Defog and Defrost cool it down more rapidly by partially Air conditioning, as it cools, removes To remove fog from the inside of the opening the windows, turning on the moisture from the air. When used in windows: A/C, and setting the fan to combination with the heater, it maximum speed in fresh air mode. makes the interior warm and dry and 1. Set the fan to the desired speed, or can prevent the windows from high for faster defrosting. NOTE: The vehicle has two A/C fogging up. 2. Select . The system units, one is in the front, and the automatically switches to fresh air other is in the rear. The LX units are 1. Turn the fan on. mode and turns on the A/C. The independently controlled. The EX 2. Turn on the air conditioning. A/C indicator (LX model) or the and EX-L units are controlled by the 3. Select and fresh air mode. A/C ON indicator in the display front panel controls, unless the RR 4. Adjust the temperature control (EX and EX-L models) will not be A/C MANUAL button is selected. dial to your preference. displayed if it was previously off. 3. Adjust the temperature control On LX models This setting is suitable for all driving dial so the airflow feels warm. To cool the interior with MAX A/C: conditions whenever the outside 4. Select to help clear the 1. Set the fan to the desired speed. temperature is above 32°F (0°C). rear window. 2. Select MAX A/C mode. The system automatically turns on the A/C, selects , and switches to recirculation mode. 3. Make sure the temperature is set to maximum cool.
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On LX models To Remove Exterior Frost or Ice For your safety, make sure you have When you switch to , from From the Windows a clear view through all the windows or , the A/C stays on. 1. Select . The system before driving. This helps prevent the windows from automatically switches to fresh air rapidly fogging up when the air is mode and turns on the A/C. The suddenly routed away from the A/C indicator (LX model) or the windshield. If you want to turn the A/C ON indicator in the display A/C off, press and release the A/C (EX and EX-L models) will not be Features button until the indicator in the displayed if it was previously off. buttoncomesonandthengoesoff. 2. Select . 3. Set the fan and temperature On EX and EX-L models controls to maximum level. When you press again or the MODE button, the A/C returns to its To clear the windows faster, you can original setting, either on or off, as close the dashboard corner vents by displayed by the A/C ON or A/C rotating the wheel below it. This will OFF indicator. If the original setting send more warm air to the is A/C OFF, the system switches to windshield defroster vents. AUTO. Continuous use of the recirculation mode can cause humidity to build up inside the vehicle. Once the windshield is clear, select the fresh air mode to avoid fogging the windows.
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Automatic Climate Control When you set the temperature to its Semi-automatic Operation On EX and EX-L models lower limit (Lo ) or its upper limit You can manually select various The automatic climate control (Hi ), the system runs at full cooling functions of the climate control system adjusts the fan speed and or heating only. It does not regulate system when it is in FULL AUTO. airflow levels to maintain the interior the interior temperature. All other features remain temperature you select. automatically controlled. Making any In cold weather, the fan will not manual selection causes the word 1. Press the AUTO button. come on automatically until the FULL in the display to go out. 2. Set the desired temperature by heater starts to develop warm air. turning the temperature control To Turn Everything Off dial. You will see FULL AUTO in Rear A/C Control － When the On LX models the system’s display. system is in FULL AUTO, the rear Turning the fan control dial to the A/C passenger control dial cannot off position shuts the system off. The system automatically selects the be used. Pressing the button disables proper mix of conditioned and/or the FULL AUTO function. On EX and EX-L models heated air that will, as quickly as If you press OFF, the climate control possible, raise or lower the interior system shuts off completely. temperature to your preference. Keep the system completely off for short periods only.
To keep stale air and mustiness from collecting, you should have the fan running at all times.
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Using the Rear A/C Unit On LX models On EX and EX-L models On LX models A passenger in the second row can COOL AIR WARM AIR use the rear fan control dial to adjust the amount of airflow to the rear passenger compartment.
On EX and EX-L models Features Press the RR A/C MANUAL button to enable the rear temperature control dial; a second row passenger can now adjust the temperature in the rear passenger compartment REAR A/C MANUAL BUTTON with the rear temperature control dial. OFF (center)－ The rear A/C unit When the RR A/C MANUAL button shuts off. is on, you can adjust the temperature of the rear passenger compartment Cool Air－ Turn this dial manually from the second row seat. counterclockwise to increase the airflow. When the RR A/C MANUAL button is off, the temperature in the rear Warm Air－ Turn this dial clockwise passenger compartment is controlled to increase the airflow. by the front passenger with front control panel.
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Sunlight and Temperature Sensors On EX and EX-L models COOL AIR WARM AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR
OFF (center)－ The rear A/C unit SUNLIGHT SENSOR shuts off. Theclimatecontrolsystemhastwo Cool Air－ Turn this dial sensors. A sunlight sensor is in the counterclockwise to increase the top of the dashboard, and a temperature. temperature sensor is next to the steering column. Do not cover the Warm Air－ Turn this dial clockwise sensors or spill any liquid on them. to increase the temperature.
114 Audio System
Some models may have one of the audio systems described in this AM/FM/CD Audio System section. (LX models) Read the appropriate pages in this section for operation of the audio systems installed in your models. AM/FM/CD Changer Audio System See page to121117 for playing the Features Radio.
Only U.S. EX-L models See page124 to129 for playing the XM Satellite Radio.
See page130 to137 for playing a (EX models) (EX-L models) Disc. On U.S. models On U.S. models
(EX models) (EX-L models) On Canadian models On Canadian models
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AM/FM/CD Changer Audio System with rear entertainment system
(EX-L models) (EX-L models) On U.S. models On Canadian models
AM/FM/CD Changer Audio System with navigation system
(EX-L models) (EX-L models) On U.S. models On Canadian models
116 Playing the Radio
LX models STEREO INDICATOR
AM/FM BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON PWR/VOL KNOB AUTO SELECT BUTTON Features
SEEK/SKIP BAR PRESET BUTTONS TUNE/MODE KNOB EX and EX-L models EX-L models with rear entertainment system U.S. EX-L STEREO INDICATOR AM/FM BUTTON STEREO INDICATOR models PWR/VOL KNOB TUNE/SOUND U.S. models AM/FM TUNE KNOB KNOB BUTTON EX and Canadian Canadian EX-L models models
AM BUTTON AM BUTTON FM BUTTON FM BUTTON PWR/VOL KNOB SOUND KNOB SCAN BUTTON SCAN BUTTON AUTO SELECT BUTTON SEEK SEEK BUTTONS AUTO SELECT BUTTON PRESET BUTTONS BUTTONS PRESET BUTTONS
117 Playing the Radio
To Play the Radio tune the radio to a desired frequency. Preset － Each preset button can The ignition switch must be in the Turn the knob right to tune to a store one frequency on AM and two ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II) higher frequency, or left to tune to a frequencies on FM. position. Turn the system on by lower frequency. pushingthePWR/VOLknoborthe 1. Select the desired band, AM or AM/FM button. (AM or FM button SEEK － The SEEK function FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store on U.S. EX model and Canadian searches up and down from the two frequencies with each preset model). current frequency to find a station button. Adjust the volume by turning the with a strong signal. To activate it, PWR/VOL knob. press the /(－＋ ) or /( ) 2. UsetheTUNE,SEEK,orSCAN The band and frequency that the side of the bar, then release it. function to tune the radio to a radio was last tuned to is displayed. desired station. To change bands, press the AM/FM SCAN － The scan function samples button (AM or FM button). On the all stations with strong signals on the 3. Pickapresetbutton,andholdit FM band, ST will be displayed if the selected band. To activate it, press until you hear a beep. stationisbroadcastinginstereo. the SCAN button, then release it. Stereo reproduction in AM is not You will see SCAN in the display. 4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a available. The system will scan for a station total of six stations on AM and with a strong signal. When it finds twelve stations on FM. To Select a Station one, it will stop and play that station You can use any of five methods to for about 5 seconds. The preset frequencies will be lost if find radio station on the selected If you do nothing, the system will your vehicle’s battery goes dead, is band:TUNE , SEEK , SCAN , the scan for the next strong station and disconnected, or the radio fuse is preset buttons, and AUTO SELECT. play it for 5 seconds. When it plays a removed. station you want to listen to, press TUNE － Use the TUNE knob to the SCAN button again.
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AUTO SELECT － If you are To turn off auto select,pressthe Treble/Bass － Use the TRE/BAS traveling far from home and can no A. SEL button. This restores the modes to adjust the tone to your longer receive your preset stations, presets you originally set. liking. you can use the auto select feature to find stations in the local area. Adjusting the Sound Audio System Lighting Press the MODE (TUNE) knob You can use the instrument panel Press the A. SEL button. ‘‘A.SEL’’ repeatedly to display the Bass (BAS), brightness control knob to adjust the flashes in the display, and the system Treble (TRE), Fader (FAD), and illumination of the audio system (see Features goes into scan mode for several Balance (BAL) settings. page76 ). The audio system seconds. It stores the frequencies of illuminates when the parking lights six AM and twelve FM stations in Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas are on, even if the radio is off. the preset buttons. it changes. Turn the MODE knob to adjust the setting to your liking. You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed after When the level reaches the center, pressing a preset button if auto you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display. The select cannot find a strong station for system will automatically return the every preset button. display to the selected audio mode about five seconds after you stop If you do not like the stations auto adjusting a mode. select has stored, you can store other frequencies on the preset Balance/Fader － These two buttons. Use the TUNE, SEEK, or modes adjust the strength of the SCAN function to find stations, then sound coming from each speaker. store them in the preset buttons as BAL adjusts the side-to-side strength, described previously. while FAD adjusts the front-to-back strength.
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Operating the Radio on the While you are listening to the radio, Adjusting the Sound Navigation System Screen you can change to another band by pressing the AUDIO button next to AUDIO BUTTON the navigation system screen, and then touching the desired band icon (FM1, FM2, or AM).
AUTO SELECT, SCAN, and SOUND are adjustable from the navigation screen. For an explanation of these functions, see pages118 and 119 .
AUTO SELECT － Touch the A. SEL icon to activate the auto select function. You will see A.SEL flashing To adjust the sound, push the On vehicles with navigation system the display. AUDIO button, then enter the sound In addition to the knobs, buttons, and grid by touching the SOUND icon on bars on the radio control panel, you SCAN － Touch the SCAN icon to the display. can operate some of the radio activate the scan function. You will controls on the navigation system see SCAN in the display. Touch the screen. icon again to deactivate it.
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Left/Right Balance and Front/ Audio System Lighting Rear Fader － These modes adjust You can use the instrument panel the strength of the sound coming brightness control dial to adjust the from each speaker. Left/Right illumination of the audio system (see balance adjusts the side-to-side page76 ). The audio system strength, while Front/Rear fader illuminates when the parking lights adjusts the front-to-back strength. are on, even if the radio is off. To adjust the left/right balance, Features touch the ‘‘L’’ or ‘‘R’’ icon. To adjust the front/rear fader, touch the ‘‘FR’’ or ‘‘RR’’ icon.
To see the audio display when you Treble/Bass － To adjust the treble are finished adjusting the sound, and bass, touch＋－ or on each side wait 5 seconds. of the treble or bass adjustment bar. The adjustment bar shows you the current setting.
121 Radio Reception
Radio Frequencies Radio Reception The radio can receive the complete How well the radio receives stations AM and FM bands. is dependent on many factors, such Those bands cover these frequen- as the distance from the station’s cies: transmitter, nearby large objects, and atmospheric conditions. AM band: 530 to 1,710 kilohertz FM band: 87.7 to 107.9 megahertz A radio station’s signal gets weaker as you get farther away from its Radio stations on the AM band are transmitter. If you are listening to an assigned frequencies at least 10 AM station, you will notice the sound kilohertz apart (530, 540, 550). volume becoming weaker, and the Stations on the FM band are stationdriftinginandout.Ifyouare assigned frequencies at least 0.2 listening to an FM station, you will Driving very near the transmitter of megahertz apart (87.9, 88.1, 88.3). see the stereo indicator flickering off a station that is broadcasting on a and on as the signal weakens. frequency close to the frequency of Stations must use these exact Eventually, the stereo indicator will the station you are listening to can frequencies. It is fairly common for go off and the sound will fade also affect your radio’s reception. stations to round-off the frequency in completely as you get out of range of You may temporarily hear both their advertising, so your radio could the station’s signal. stations,orhearonlythestationyou display a frequency of 100.9 even are close to. though the announcer may identify the station as ‘‘FM101.’’
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As required by the FCC: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Features
Radio signals, especially on the FM Radio reception can be affected by band, are deflected by large objects atmospheric conditions such as such as buildings and hills. Your thunderstorms, high humidity, and radio then receives both the direct even sunspots. You may be able to signal from the station’s transmitter, receive a distant radio station one and the deflected signal. This causes day and not receive it the next day the sound to distort or flutter. This is because of a change in conditions. a main cause of poor radio reception in city driving. Electrical interference from passing vehicles and stationary sources can cause temporary reception problems.
123 Playing the XM Satellite Radio
U.S. EX-L models U.S. EX-L models with rear entertainment system
PWR/VOL XM RADIO BUTTON DISP/MODE BUTTON PWR/VOL XM RADIO BUTTON DISP/MODE BUTTON KNOB KNOB TUNE KNOB TUNE KNOB
SCAN BUTTON PRESET BUTTONS CATEGORY BAR SCAN BUTTON PRESET BUTTONS CATEGORY BAR
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U.S. EX and EX-L models only system, and press the ‘‘XM’’ button. Your audio system is capable of Adjust the volume by turning the receiving XM Satellite Radio PWR/VOL knob. The last channel anywhere in the United States, you listened to will show in the except Hawaii and Alaska. display. You can also change to the XM radio XM is a registered trademark of while you are listening to an FM XM Satellite Radio, Inc. station, AM station, CD, etc., by Features touching the XM1 or XM2 icon on XM radio receives signals from two the audio display (navigation system satellites to produce clear, high- screen). quality digital reception. It offers On vehicles with navigation system many channels in several categories. MODE － To switch between Along with a large selection of channel mode and category mode, On the audio display, you will see the different types of music, XM radio press and hold the DISP/MODE selected CHANNEL (number), allows you to view channel and button until the mode changes. CATEGORY, NAME (artist name), category selections in the display. In channel mode, you can select all and TITLE (music title). The navigation system screen also of the available channels. In category shows all XM information when the mode, such as Jazz, Rock, Classical, You may experience periods when AUDIO button is pressed. etc., you can select all of the XM Radio does not transmit the channels within that category. artist’s name and song title Operating the XM Radio Each time you press and release the information. If this happens, there is To listen to XM radio, turn the DISP/MODE button, the display nothing wrong with your system. ignition switch to the ACCESSORY changes in the following sequence: (I) or the ON (II) position. Push the Channel name, channel number, PWR/VOL knob to turn on the audio category, artist name, and music title. CONTINUED
125 Playing the XM Satellite Radio
TUNE － Turn the TUNE knob left Preset － Youcanstoreupto12 3. Pick a preset number (icon) you or right to select channels. In the preset channels using the six preset want for that channel. Press and category mode, you can only select buttons or preset icons on the audio hold the bar (icon) until you hear a channels within that category. display. Each button stores one beep. channel from the XM1 band and one SEEK/SKIP (CATEGORY) － channel from the XM2 band. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the Press either side of the CATEGORY first six channels. bar (－ or＋ ) to select another To store a channel: category. 5. Press the XM button again or 1. Press the XM button. Either XM1 touch the other XM icon (XM1 or SCAN － The scan function gives or XM2 will show in the display. XM2) on the audio display. Store you a sampling of all channels while the next six channels using steps 2 in the channel mode. In the category 2. Use the TUNE knob, or the and 3. mode, only the channels within that CATEGORY or SCAN buttons to category are scanned. To activate tune to a desired channel. Once a channel is stored, press and scan, press the SCAN/RPT button or release the proper preset button touch the SCAN icon on the audio In the category mode, only channels (icon) to tune to it. display. The system plays each within that category can be selected. channel in numerical order for a few In the channel mode, all channels seconds, then selects the next can be selected. channel. When you hear a channel you want to continue listening to, press the button or touch the icon again.
126 Playing the XM Satellite Radio
XM Radio Display Messages ‘‘NO SIGNAL’’ － The signal is currently too ‘‘LOADING’’ － XM is loading the weak. Move the audio or program vehicle to an area information. away from tall buildings, and ‘‘OFF AIR’’ － The channel with an currently selected is unobstructed view Features no longer of the southern broadcasting. horizon.
‘‘UPDATING’’ － The encryption ‘‘----’’－ The selected channel code is being number does not exist or updated. Wait isnotpartofyour until the subscription, or this encryption code is channel has no artist or fully updated. title information at this Channels 0 and 1 time. should still work normally. ‘‘ANTENNA’’ － There is a problem with the XM antenna. Please consult your dealer.
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The XM satellites are in orbit over Signal may be blocked by Signal weaker in the equator; therefore, objects south mountains or large obstacles to these areas. of the vehicle may cause satellite the south. reception interruptions. To help compensate for this, ground-based repeaters are placed in major metropolitan areas.
Satellite signals are more likely to be blocked by tall buildings and mountains the farther north you travel from the equator. Carrying large items on a roof rack can also block the signal.
SATELLITE
GROUND REPEATER
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Depending on where you drive, you As required by the FCC: knob until ‘‘0’’ appears in the display. may experience reception problems. Changes or modifications not expressly Your I.D. will appear in the display. Interference can be caused by any of approved by the party responsible for these conditions: compliance could void the user’s After you’ve registered with XM authority to operate the equipment. Radio, keep your audio system in the Driving on the north side of an satellite radio mode while you wait east/west mountain road. Receiving Satellite Radio Service for activation. This should take about Driving on the north side of a If your XM Radio service has expired 30 minutes. Features large commercial truck on an or you purchased your vehicle from east/west road. a previous owner, you can listen to a While waiting for activation, make Driving in tunnels. sampling of the broadcasts available sure your vehicle remains in an open Driving on a road beside a vertical on XM satellite radio. With the area with good reception. Once your wall, steep cliff, or hill to the south ignition switch in the ACCESSORY audio system is activated, you’ll be of you. (I) or the ON (II) position, push the able to listen to XM radio broadcasts. Driving on the lower level of a PWR/VOL knob to turn on the audio XM Radio will continue to send an multi-tiered road. system and press the XM RADIO activation signal to your vehicle for Driving on a single lane road button. A variety of music types and at least 12 hours from the activation alongside dense trees taller than styles will play. request. If the service has not been 50 ft. (15 m) to the south of you. activated after 36 hours, contact XM Large items carried on a roof rack. If you decide to purchase XM Radio. satellite radio service, contact XM Theremaybeothergeographic Radio at www.xmradio.com, or at situations that could affect XM radio 1-800-852-9696. You will need to give reception. them your radio I.D. number and your credit card number. To get your radio I.D. number, turn the TUNE
129 Playing a Disc
LX models CD BUTTON REPEAT INDICATOR CD SLOT REPEAT BUTTON
CD EJECT BUTTON
PWR/VOL KNOB
SEEK/SKIP BAR RANDOM INDICATOR RANDOM BUTTON
EX and EX-L models EX-L models with rear entertainment system CD EJECT CD EJECT CD LOAD INDICATOR CD SLOT BUTTON CD LOAD INDICATOR CD SLOT BUTTON
LOAD LOAD BUTTON BUTTON
PWR/VOL PWR/VOL KNOB CD KNOB CD BUTTON BUTTON
REPEAT REPEAT BUTTON BUTTON SKIP BAR RANDOM SKIP BAR RANDOM BUTTON PRESET BUTTONS BUTTON PRESET BUTTONS
130 Playing a Disc, Disc Changer
To Play a CD LX models On models with Satellite Radio To load or play CDs, the ignition Insert a CD into the CD slot. The To listen to satellite radio when a CD switch must be in the ACCESSORY drive will pull the CD in the rest of is playing, press the AUX/XM or XM (I) or the ON(II) position. the way to play it. When the system button. reaches the end of the disc, it will You operate the CD player/CD return to the beginning and play the If you turn the system off while a CD changer with the same controls used disc again. is playing, either with the PWR/VOL for the radio. To select the CD knob or by turning off the ignition, Features player/CD changer, press the CD You cannot load and play 3-inch the disc will stay in the drive. When button. The number of the track (8-cm)discsinthissystem. youturnthesystembackon,theCD playing is shown in the display. With will begin playing where it left off. the in-dash CD changer, the disc and track numbers are displayed. The system will continuously play a CD Do not use discs with adhesive labels. until you change modes. The label can curl up and cause the disc to jam in the unit. To select a different disc, press the appropriate preset button (1－ 6). On To play the radio when a CD is models with navigation system, playing, press the AM/FM button touch the appropriate disc icon. If (AM or FM button). Press the CD youselectanemptypositioninthe button again to switch back to the CD changer, the system will go into CD player. the loading sequence.
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Loading CDs in the In-dash CD 4. When ‘‘LOAD’’ appears again in SKIP － Each time you press and Changer the display, insert the next CD into release /(＋ ), the player skips Except for LX model the CD slot. forward to the beginning of the next 1. Press and hold the LOAD button track. Press and release /(－ ) until you hear a beep and see Do not try to insert a disc until to skip backward to the beginning of ‘‘LOAD’’ in the display, then ‘‘LOAD’’ appears. You could the previous track. release the button. damage the audio unit. To load only one CD, press and To move rapidly within a track, press release the LOAD button. 5. Repeat this until all six positions andholdthe /(＋ )or / are loaded. The system will then (－ ). You will see CUE or REW in 2. Ontheupperleftsideofthe begin playing last CD loaded. the display. display, the disc number for an empty position will begin blinking, If you are not loading CDs into all six REPEAT － To continuously replay and the green CD load indicator positions, press the LOAD button a track, press and release the RPT will come on. again after the last CD has loaded. button. You will see RPT in the The system will begin playing the display. Press the RPT button again 3. Insert the CD into the CD slot. last CD loaded. to turn it off. Insert it only about halfway; the drive will pull it in the rest of the If you stop loading CDs before all six RANDOM － This feature plays the way. You will see ‘‘BUSY’’ in the positions are filled, the system will tracks in random order. To activate display. The CD loaded indicator wait for 10 seconds, then stop the random play, press and release the turns red and blinks as the CD is load operation and begin playing the RDM button. You will see RDM in loaded. last CD loaded. the display. This continues until you press the RDM button again. You cannot load and play 3-inch (8-cm)discsinthissystem.
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Track Repeat Random Play within a Disc To Stop Playing a CD On vehicles with navigation system On vehicles with navigation system On LX models When you press and release the RPT When you press the RDM button or Press the eject button ( ) to button or touch the TRACK touch the TRACK RANDOM icon on remove the CD. If you eject the CD, REPEAT icon on the screen, the the screen, the system plays the but do not remove it from the slot, system continuously replays the tracks of the current disc in random the system will automatically reload current track. As a reminder, you order. You will see RDM (TRACK the CD after 10 seconds and put it in will see RPT (TRACK REPEAT) in RANDOM) in the display. To turn pause mode. To begin playing, press Features the display. To turn this feature off, this feature off, press the RDM the CD button. press the RPT button, or touch the button (touch TRACK RANDOM) Press the AM/FM button to switch TRACK REPEAT icon again. again. to the radio while a CD is playing. Press the CD button to play the CD. Disc Repeat On vehicles with navigation system If you turn the system off while a CD WhenyoupressandholdtheRPT is playing, either with the PWR/VOL button until D-RPT (DISC REPEAT) knob or by turning off the ignition, is in the display, or when you touch the CD will stay in the drive. When the DISC REPEAT icon on the youturnthesystembackon,theCD screen, the system continuously will begin playing where it left off. replays the current disc. As a reminder, you will see D-RPT in the display.
133 Playing a Disc, Disc Changer
Removing CDs from the In-dash To remove a different CD from the Operating the Optional CD CD Changer changer,firstselectitwiththe Changer Except for LX model appropriate preset button. When that Optional on LX models To remove the disc currently in play, CD begins playing, press the eject Load the desired CDs into the press the eject ( ) button. When button. Continue pressing the eject magazine, and load the magazine a disc is removed from a slot, the button to remove all the discs from into the changer according to the system automatically begins the load the changer. instructions that came with the unit. sequence so you can load another CD in that position. If you do not You can also eject discs when the To select the CD changer, press the remove the disc from the changer ignition switch is off. The disc that CD button. The CD and track within 15 seconds, the system was last selected is ejected first. numbers will be displayed. To select returns to the previous mode (AM/ a different CD, use the preset 5 FM or satellite radio). The disc will To eject one disc, press and release (DISC－＋ ) or preset 6 (DISC ) reload into the system and will the eject button. button. If you select an empty slot in remainthereinapausemode. the magazine, the changer will, after To eject all discs, press and hold the finding that slot empty, try to load eject button until the system beeps. the CD in the next slot.
134 Protecting Your CDs
General Information Protecting CDs When using CD-R discs, use only When a CD is not being played, store high quality CDs labeled for audio it in its case to protect it from dust use. and other contamination. To prevent warpage, keep CDs out of direct When recording a CD-R or sunlight and extreme heat. CD-RW, the recording must be closedforittobeusedbythe To clean a CD, use a clean soft cloth. Features system. Wipe across the CD from the center to the outside edge. Play only standard round CDs. Odd-shaped CDs may jam in the AnewCDmayberoughonthe driveorcauseotherproblems. inner and outer edges. The small plastic pieces causing this roughness Handle a CD by its edges; never Handle your CDs properly to can flake off and fall on the re- touch either surface. Do not place prevent damage and skipping. See cording surface of the CD, causing stabilizer rings or labels on the CD. this page. skipping or other problems. Remove These, along with contamination these pieces by rubbing the inner from fingerprints, liquids, and felt-tip and outer edges with the side of a pens, can cause the CD to not play pencil or pen. properly or possibly jam in the drive. Do not use discs with adhesive labels. The label can curl up and cause the Never try to insert foreign objects in disc to jam in the unit. the CD player or the CD changer.
135 Disc Player Error Messages
If you see an error message in the LX models display while playing a CD, find the Error Message Cause Solution cause in the chart to the right. If you Press the EJECT button and pull out the CD. cannot clear the error message, take FOCUS Error Check if it is inserted correctly in the CD player. the vehicle to your dealer. Make sure the CD is not scratched or damaged. Mechanical Error, Press the EJECT button and pull out the CD. or a DVD has Check the CD for damage or deformation. If been loaded in the the CD cannot be pulled out, or the error CD player message does not disappear after the CD is ejected, see your dealer. High Temperature Will disappear when the temperature returns to normal.
EX and EX-L models Error Message Cause Solution Press the EJECT button and pull out the CD. FOCUS Error Check if it is inserted correctly in the CD player. Make sure the CD is not scratched or damaged. Mechanical Error, Press the EJECT button and pull out the CD. or a DVD has Check the CD for damage or deformation. If been loaded in the the CD cannot be pulled out, or the error CD player message does not disappear after the CD is ejected, see your dealer. High Temperature Will disappear when the temperature returns to normal.
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If you see an error message in the Optional on LX models display while playing a CD, find the cause in the chart to the right. If you Error Message Cause Solution cannot clear the error message, take the vehicle to your dealer. Press the magazine EJECT button and pull it out. Check for an error message, and insert the FOCUS Error magazine again. If the message does not
disappear or the magazine cannot be pulled out, Features see your dealer. No CD in the CD Insert a CD. magazine Press the magazine EJECT button and pull it out. Check for an error message and insert the Mechanical Error magazine again. If the message does not disappear or the magazine cannot be pulled out, see your dealer. High Temperature This message should disappear when the temperature returns to normal. No CD magazine in the Insert the CD magazine. CD changer.
137 Remote Audio Controls
Three controls for the audio system If you are playing a CD,usetheCH are mounted in the steering wheel CH BUTTON buttontoskiptothebeginningofthe hub. These let you control basic next track. You will see the CD and MODE functions without removing your BUTTON track number in the display. hand from the wheel.
The middle button adjusts the volume. Press the top or bottom of the button and hold it until the desired volume is reached, then release it. VOLUME BUTTON The CH button has three functions, depending on whether you are If you are listening to the radio,usethe listening to the radio, or playing a CHbuttontogotothenextpreset CD. station. You will see the number of the preset button in the display. To The MODE button changes the change bands, press the AM/FM audio mode between FM1, FM2, AM, button. XM, CD, and DVD/AUX (if a disc is inserted).
138 Radio Theft Protection
On EX and EX-L models If your vehicle’s battery is You will have to store your favorite Your vehicle’s audio system will disconnected or goes dead, or the stations in the preset buttons after disable itself if it is disconnected radio fuse is removed, the audio the system begins working. Your from electrical power for any reason. system will disable itself. If this original settings were lost when the To make it work again, you must happens, you will see ‘‘ENTER power was disconnected. enter a specific five-digit code in the CODE’’ in the frequency display the preset buttons. Because there are nexttimeyouturnonthesystem. hundreds of number combinations Use the preset buttons (icons on Features possible from five-digits, making the vehicles with navigation system) to system work without knowing the enter the code. The code is on the exact code is nearly impossible. radio code card included in your owner’s manual kit. When it is Youshouldhavereceivedacardthat entered correctly, the radio will start lists your audio system code number playing. and serial number. It is best to store this card in a safe place at home. In If you make a mistake entering the addition, you should write the audio code, do not start over; complete the system’s serial number in this owner’s sequence, then enter the correct manual. code. You have ten tries to enter the correct code. If you are unsuccessful If you lose the card, you must obtain in ten attempts, you must then leave the code number from a dealer. To the system on for 1 hour before do this, you will need the system’s trying again. serial number.
139 Setting the Clock
LX models CLOCK CLOCK BUTTON
H BUTTON RESET BUTTON M BUTTON EX and EX-L models CLOCK
SET BUTTON H BUTTON M BUTTON
140 Setting the Clock
If your vehicle’s battery is You can quickly set the time to the EX and EX-L models disconnected or goes dead, you will nearest hour. If the displayed time is Thedisplayshowsthetimewhenthe need to set the clock. before the half hour, pressing and ignition is in the ACCESSORY (I) or holding the clock button, then the ON (II) position. LX models pressing the RESET (preset 6) Press and hold the SET (TUNE) Press and hold the CLOCK (SCAN/ buttonsetstheclockbacktothe button until the numbers flash. RPT) button. Change the hours by previous hour. If the displayed time Change the hours by pressing the pressing the H (preset 4) button is after the half hour, the clock sets H (－ ) button until the numbers Features until the numbers advance to the forward to the beginning of the next advance to the desired time. Change desired time. Change the minutes by hour. the minutes by pressing the M (＋ ) pressing the M (preset 5) button button until the numbers advance to until the numbers advance to the For example: 1:06 will reset to 1:00 the desired time. When you are desired time. When you are finished, 1:52 will reset to 2:00 finished, press the SET button again. release the CLOCK button. On models with Navigation System Refer to the Navigation system manual for how to adjust the time.
141 Rear Entertainment System
EX-L models
REAR ICON
REAR CONTROL OFF ICON
REAR SPEAKER OFF ICON
REAR POWER DVD/AUX BUTTON BUTTON
REPEAT BUTTON
RANDOM PLAY PAUSE SEEK/SKIP BAR BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON
REAR CTRL KNOB
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Your vehicle is equipped with a rear To Turn On the System Rear Speakers entertainment system that includes a Press the REAR PWR button. To Whenyouturnonthesystem,the DVD player for the enjoyment of the turn on the rear controls (ceiling rear speakers are automatically rear passengers. panel/remote control), press the RR turned off if the rear system selects CTRL knob. The system’s icon a different entertainment source With this system, the rear shows in the upper display. Your than the front system. You will see passengers can enjoy a different passengers can then operate the rear the Rear Speakers Off icon in the entertainment source (AM/FM system with the control panel in the upper display. The sound for the rear Features radio, XM radio, CD changer, or ceiling. The rear control panel can be system is sent to the wireless DVD player) than the front seat used as a remote control when it is headphones. occupants. The audio is broadcast detached from the ceiling unit. Press through the supplied wireless the RR CTRL knob again to turn the Ifyouwanttoturntherearspeakers headphones. rear controls off. You will see the on again, press and hold the REAR RearControlsOfficonintheupper PWR button until the Rear Speakers The ignition switch must be in the display. Off icon goes off. ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II) position to operate the rear The rear system selects the source it NOTE: The rear speakers are entertainment system. waslastsetto.Ifthatsourcehas connected to the front system, so been removed (the DVD has been they will always play the source that ejected from the player, for example), the front system is set to. you will see ‘‘DVD EJECT’’ in the display. You must select another source.
143 Rear Entertainment System
To Select Rear Entertainment Operating the DVD Player from REAR CONTROL PANEL from the Front Control Panel the Front Control Panel To operate the rear entertainment The DVD player in your rear system from the front panel, turn the entertainment system can play DVD RR CTRL knob clockwise. The video discs and CDs. It features amber RR LED comes on to show Dolby＊ noise reduction. that the control panel is enabled. ＊ Dolby noise reduction is manufactured under To play the radio, the buttons for the license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing front entertainment system have the Corporation. ‘‘DOLBY’’ and the double-D symbol OPEN BUTTON same functions. are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. OVERHEAD SCREEN IfaCDisloadedinthemainCD player or CD changer, select CD/ Open the overhead screen by CHG.IftheCDisloadedinthe pushing the OPEN button. The lower player, select DVD/AUX. screen will swing down part-way. Pivot the screen the rest of the way. If you pivot the screen too far forward, past the second detent, the display will turn off. Pivot the screen back to the second or first detent to turn the display back on. To close the screen, pivot it up until it latches.
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Turn the Rear CTRL knob clockwise. The amber Rear LED comes on to show that the control panel is now enabled.
REAR CTRL KNOB Insert a DVD into the DVD/CD player below the front panel. Features Push the DVD in halfway, the drive will pull it in the rest of the way.
PLAY － Press the PLAY button if the DVD does not start playing automatically.
PAUSE － Press the PAUSE button to pause the DVD. Press the button EJECT BUTTON again or press PLAY to resume. Pause works only with the DVD PLAY BUTTON PAUSE SEEK/SKIP BAR player. BUTTON
CONTINUED
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SEEK/SKIP － Pressandholdthe EJECT － Press the eject button to Using the Rear Control Panel ＋ button to move forward; you will remove the DVD from the drive. To turn on the rear entertainment see ‘‘CUE’’ in the display. Press and system from the rear control panel, hold the－ button to move To Return to Front Audio press the PWR button. Use the AM/ backward; you will see ‘‘REV’’ in the Controls FM button, XM RADIO button (U.S. display. Release the button when the To return front panel control to the models), CD button, DVD/AUX system reaches the point you want. front audio system, turn the REAR button (U.S. models), or AUX button CTRL knob counterclockwise. (Canadian models) to select the Each time you press and release the entertainment source. The selected ＋ button of the SEEK/SKIP, the source will be shown in the display. system skips forward to the Make sure the rear control operation beginning of the next track or has not been disabled with the REAR chapter. Press and release the － CTRL knob on the front panel. buttontoskipbackwardtothe beginning of the current track or chapter. Press it again to skip to the beginning of the previous track or chapter.
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To Play the Radio from the Rear Control Panel Use the▲▼ and buttons to select a station from the radio preset buttons. Press the▲ button to tune the radio to a higher frequency, or press the▼ button to tune to a lower frequency. Pressing the or button Features causes the system to search up or down the band for a station with a strong signal. You will see SEEK in the display.
To Play the XM Radio from the when the radio is in the category Rear Control Panel mode. Use the▲▼ and buttons to select a station from the radio preset buttons. Press the button to search up the channels in the channel mode. The system will search up the channels within the category when the radio is in the category mode. Press the button to search down the channels in the channel mode. The system will search down the channels within the category CONTINUED
147 Rear Entertainment System
Press the or button to To Play a CD from the Rear To move rapidly within a track, press select another category. Control Panel andholdthe or button. If CDs are loaded in the CD changer, The system will continue to move Pressing and holding the DISP select them by pressing the CD through the track. Press the button for more than 5 seconds will button. If a CD is loaded in the DVD button to move forward, or the change the search mode between player, press the DVD/AUX button. button to move backward. Channel Search and Category Pressthe buttontoskiptothe Release the button when the system Search. Each time you press and beginning of the next track. Press reaches the point you want. release the DISP button, the display the button to return to the above the rear control panel changes beginning of the current track. If CDs are loaded in the CD changer in the following sequence: Channel and the overhead screen is not open, Number, Category Name, Music pressing the▲▼ or button changes Name, Artist Name, Channel Name, the discs. and back to Channel Number.
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To Play a DVD from the Rear REAR CONTROL PANEL Control Panel The video screen is for use by rear seat passengers only. The driver and front seat passenger should not try to view the screen while driving.
Open the overhead screen by Features pushing the OPEN button. The OPEN screen will swing down part-way. BUTTON Pivot the screen the rest of the way. If you pivot the screen too far OVERHEAD SCREEN forward, past the second detent, the display will turn off. Pivot the screen Press the button when you chapter. Press the button to back to the second or first detent to want to pause the DVD. Press this move forward, or the button to turn the display back on. To close button again to go back to PLAY. move backward. Release the button the screen, pivot it up until it latches. when the system reaches the point Pressthe buttontoskiptothe you want. beginning of the next chapter. Press ToselectthemenuontheDVD, the button to return to the press the MENU/SCROLL button beginning of the current chapter. (U.S. models) or MENU button (Canadian models). Use the , To move rapidly within a chapter, , , and buttons to press and hold the or move to the desired menu selection, button. The system will then press the ENT button to enter continue to move through the your selection.
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DISP Button
When you press the DISP button When you press the DISP button To go back to play, press the DISP while a DVD is playing, the title, again, the subtitle, audio, angle, button. chapter, elapsed time, and personal sound characteristics, and personal surround logo are displayed surround logo are displayed (STATUS 1). (STATUS 2).
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MENU Button System Messages Play Mode Features
When you press the MENU button When you press the SETUP button When you select ‘‘Play Mode’’ by while a DVD is playing, the DVD’s while a DVD is playing, the DVD’s pressing the or button, the main menu is displayed. To go back setup menu is displayed at the play mode setup menu is displayed to play, press the MENU button bottom of the screen. You can then abovethe‘‘PlayMode’’icon. again. change various settings of play mode, personal surround, and display. To go back to play without changing any setting, press the RETURN or SETUP button, or select ‘‘Close’’ by pressing the or button, then press the ENT button. CONTINUED
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Top Menu Audio The selectable languages vary from DVD to DVD, and this feature may notbeavailableonsomeDVDs.
Press the RETURN or ENT button to go back to the play mode setup menu.
When you select ‘‘TOP MENU’’ When you select ‘‘Audio’’ from the using the▼▲ or button, the DVD’s play mode setup menu by pressing title menu is displayed. This menu is the▼▲ or button, you will see a also displayed when you press the submenu of the dubbed language. MENU button while a DVD is not playing. Select the desired language by pressing the▼▲ or button. The To go back to play, press the return sound characteristics (Dolby Digital, button. LPCM, MPEG Audio, dts) recorded with the selected language are also displayed next to the language.
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Subtitle Angle Features
To turn the subtitle on and off, select If more than one subtitle language is On some DVDs, the scenes are ‘‘Subtitle’’ from the setup menu by available, you will see the language recorded by more than one camera, pressing the▼▲ or button. You will currently selected when you select giving different viewpoints of the see submenu ‘‘OFF’’ or ‘‘ON.’’ Select ‘‘ON’’ in the previous step. same scene. To change the angle, ‘‘OFF’’ or ‘‘ON’’ by pressing the▼ or Select the desired subtitle language select ‘‘Angle’’ from the setup menu. ▲▼button. by pressing the or▲ button. Youwillseeasubmenuifthereare Press the RETURN or ENT button different angles available. to go back to the play mode setup Select the number on the submenu menu. by pressing the▼▲ or button. Press the RETURN or ENT button to go back to the play mode setup menu. CONTINUED
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Search
When you select the ‘‘Search’’ from To do a title search, select ‘‘Title’’ by To do a chapter search, select theplaymodesetupmenu,youwill pressing the▼▲ or button. Change ‘‘Chapter’’ by pressing the▼▲ or see the submenu shown above. In the number on the right submenu by button. Change the number on the the left submenu, you can select pressing the▼▲ or button, and right submenu by pressing the▼ or between ‘‘Title’’ and ‘‘Chapter.’’ The press the ENT button to begin the ▲ button, and press the ENT button right submenu displays the current title search. If you press the to begin the chapter search. If you title or chapter number and the total RETURN button, the display returns press the RETURN button, the number of titles or chapters. totheplaymodesetupmenuwithout display returns to the play mode doing the search. setup menu without doing the search.
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Num Input Features
A numerical command can be issued changefromtheleftsidetoright Select and enter the second digit to a DVD by inputting a two digit side or right to left. number the same way. The cursor number, and a button number can be will automatically move to the ‘‘ENT’’ selected on the screen. Select the first digit number using icon when you press the ENT button. the , , , or Press the ENT button to enter the Select the ‘‘Num Input’’ from the play button, and enter it by pressing number command. To go back to the mode setup menu. The screen will the ENT button. If you want to DVD screen, press the RETURN change as shown above. If you select change the number, select ‘‘DEL,’’ button. the ‘‘Move Key’’ using the , and press the ENT button, then , , or button, and select and enter the new number. press the ENT button, the Num Input display on the screen will CONTINUED
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Personal Surround are playing. Display
Select ‘‘Cinema,’’ ‘‘Music,’’ or ‘‘Voice’’ by pressing the▼▲ or button, and enter your selection by pressing the ENT button. The ‘‘PERSONAL SURROUND’’ logo is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.
If you select ‘‘Off,’’ the logo disappears, and there will be no special sound effect.
To adjust the display, select When you select ‘‘PERSONAL ‘‘Display’’ by pressing the or SURROUND’’ by pressing the button, and enter your or button, the personal selection by pressing the ENT surround setup menu is displayed button. The display changes as above the ‘‘PERSONAL shown above. SURROUND’’ icon. You can adjust these display settings: Selecting one of the sound effects, Back Light Cinema,Music,orVoice,fromthe Contrast personal surround menu allows you Brightness to change the sound in your Tint headphones to match the disc you Color
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Select the quality you want to adjust If you want to set the display to the The display changes as shown above. by pressing the▼▲ or button, and default setting, select ‘‘Reset’’ by then pressing the ENT button. The pressing the▼▲ or button, and, Select ‘‘Yes,’’ and press the ENT adjustment bar is displayed next to then pressing the ENT button. button. You will see the message the selected item. Adjust the setting ‘‘Default display settings applied’’ on by pressing the or button. the display for 5 seconds. When you are finished with your adjustment, press the ENT button.
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Screen Mode You can set the screen mode to these settings:
Normal Normal Wide Wide Zoom Full
Zoom Full
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The selected setting will be highlighted in blue for one second, and the screen returns to the play mode in the selected setting. Features
Select the ‘‘Aspect Ratio’’ by pressing The selectable setting menu is the or button, then press displayed, and the current setting is the ENT button. highlighted in blue.
Select the desired setting by pressing the▼▲ or button, then press the ENT button.
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INITIAL SETTINGS Menu INITIAL SETTINGS (Language) Menu Language
When you press the SETUP button When you select ‘‘Language’’ with To select the language used in the on the rear control panel when a the or button, the menu DISC menus, select ‘‘Menu Lang’’ by DVD is not playing, the ‘‘INITIAL shown above appears. pressing the▼▲ or button. You will SETTINGS’’ menu is displayed. see the submenu next to ‘‘Menu To return to the stop or prestop Lang.’’ There are two selectable menus: screen, select ‘‘Close’’ using the ‘‘Language’’ and ‘‘Others.’’ or button, and then press the ENT, or the SETUP button.
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Select the desired language by If you want another language than If you select ‘‘No,’’ and press the pressing the▼▲ or button, and those listed, you need to enter the ENT button, the display returns to then pressing the ENT button. code number of the desired language. the initial screen of the ‘‘Language’’ Select ‘‘other,’’ and press the ENT menu. The selectable languages are, button. The display changes as English, French, Spanish, German, showninthenextcolumn. Italian, Dutch, and Japanese.
CONTINUED
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Audio Language
If you select ‘‘Yes,’’ the display If you made a mistake entering a You can select the dubbed language changes to the language code input number, select ‘‘DEL’’ on the display before playing DVDs. mode. Select the first number using with the , , , or Select ‘‘Audio Lang’’ by pressing the the,,,or button, and press the ENT ▼▲or button. You will see the button, and press the ENT buttononthecontrolpanel.Then submenu next to ‘‘Audio Lang.’’ button to enter it. Repeat this until all select and enter the correct number four numbers are entered. When the as described. The display returns to Follow the same instructions you fourth number is entered, the cursor the initial ‘‘Language’’ menu screen. used to set the menu language. automatically moves to ‘‘ENT’’ on the display. Press the ENT button on the control panel to enter the new language code.
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Subtitle Language INITIAL SETTINGS (Others) Dynamic Range Features
You can select the subtitle language When you select ‘‘Others’’ at the ‘‘Dynamic Range’’ reduces the before playing DVDs. bottom of the ‘‘INITIAL SETTINGS’’ differences between the loud and Select ‘‘Subtitle Lang’’ by pressing screen, the above menu appears on quiet sound levels throughout the the▼▲ or button. You will see the the screen. disc. When this is on, the louder submenu next to the ‘‘Subtitle Lang.’’ sounds are lowered, and quieter sounds are increased. Follow the same instructions you used to set the menu language.
CONTINUED
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Angle Mark
ANGLE MARK
When you select the ‘‘Dynamic When you switch to another angle Select ‘‘Angle Mark’’ by pressing the Range’’ by pressing the▼▲ or while playing a DVD, the angle mark ▼▲or button. The above submenu button, you will see the submenu is displayed in the upper right corner appears. If you want the angle mark next to the ‘‘Dynamic Range’’ as of the screen. to be displayed, select ‘‘ON’’ with the shown above. or button, and then press You can set the system to display or the ENT button. The display returns To turn ‘‘Dynamic Range’’ on or off, not display this angle mark. to the ‘‘Others’’ menu. select ‘‘ON’’ or ‘‘OFF’’ by pressing the or button, and then press the ENT button.
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Parental Control Level Features
When you select and enter ‘‘Yes,’’ You can place an auditory restriction Select ‘‘Parental Level’’ by pressing the display changes as shown above. by changing the parental control the▼▲ or button. You will see the To change the level, you need to level. The higher the level number, submenu shown above. If you select enter your four digit password. the lower the restriction. ‘‘No,’’ and press the ENT button, the Select the number for the first digit display returns to the ‘‘Others’’ menu. by pressing the , , , or button, and enter it by pressing the ENT button. Repeat this until all four digits are filled. When you enter the fourth number, the cursor automatically moves to ‘‘ENT’’ on the display. Press the ENT button on the control panel. CONTINUED
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Changing the Password
If the system does not recognize the If you enter the password correctly, The password was set to ‘‘1111’’ password you entered, you will see you can then change the parental when the vehicle left the factory. the above display. Repeat the control level. parental control level steps until you enter the correct password. Once you correctly enter the password, press the▼▲ or button to change the level, and then press the ENT button to enter your selection.
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To change the password, select Select the first number by pressing If the system does not recognize the ‘‘Password.’’ You will see the above the,,,or password you entered, you will see menu displayed. Select ‘‘Yes’’ by button, and enter it by pressing the above display. Repeat the pressing the or button, the ENT button. Repeat this until all password setting steps until you then press the ENT button. four number are entered. When you enter the correct password. enter the fourth number, the cursor If you select ‘‘No,’’ and press the automatically moves to ‘‘ENT’’ on the ENT button, the display returns to display. Press the ENT button on the the ‘‘Others’’ menu. control panel.
CONTINUED
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If you forget the password, select The display changes as shown above. ‘‘Password,’’ and press the▲ button If you want to use the default 10 times. password (1111), select ‘‘Yes,’’ and press the ENT button.
The message ‘‘Default password setting applied’’ is displayed for 5 seconds.
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Remote Control Replacing the Remote Control As required by the FCC: This device Batteries complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. RELEASE BUTTON Operation is subject to the following two COVER conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Features
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
The rear control panel can be This device complies with Industry detached from the ceiling unit and If it takes several pushes on the Canada Standard RSS-210. Operation is used as a remote control. To remove button to operate the rear subject to the following two conditions: it from the ceiling unit, press the entertainment system, have your (1) this device may not cause release button. The control panel will dealer replace the batteries as soon interference, and (2) this device must swing down partway. Pivot it down as possible. accept any interference that may cause further past the detent until it undesired operation of the device. detaches from the hinge. To reinstall Battery type: BR3032 it, reverse the procedure.
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Playable DVDs Protecting DVDs The tips on how to handle and protect DVDs are basically the same as those for compact discs. Refer to ‘‘Protecting Your CDs’’ on page135 .
There are various types of DVDs available. Some of them are not compatible with your system. The DVD player in your Rear Entertainment System can play DVDs and CDs bearing the above marks on their packages or jackets. Those packages or jackets should also bear the designation of ‘‘1’’ or ‘‘ALL’’. DVD-ROMs cannot be played in this system.
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DVD Player Error Messages If you see an error message in the Message Solution screen while operating the DVD player,findthecauseinthechartto ERROR F0 Eject the disc and reinsert it. the right. If you cannot clear the ERROR F2 message, take your vehicle to a Invalid region code Use a disc with the regional designation of ‘‘1’’ or ‘‘All’’. dealer. Invalid disc The disc is not playable in this unit. Eject the disc, and insert a disc
compatible with this system. Features Parental control active. Reinsert the disc, and increase the parental control level (see Change level to view. pages 165 and 166 ).
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Wireless Headphones The audio for the rear entertainment Replacing Batteries system is sent to the wireless headphones that come with the system. When using the headphones, make sure you wear them correctly: L (left) and R (right) are marked on the sides of the frame. The antennas are in the front of the earpieces. If you wear the headphones backwards, the antennas will be aimed away from the system, affecting the sound VOLUME quality and range. DIAL TAB To use the headphones, pivot the Some state and local government earpieces outward. This turns them Each headphone uses one AAA agencies prohibit the use of on. To adjust the volume, turn the battery. The battery is under the headphones by the driver of a motor dial on the bottom of the right cover on the left earpiece. To vehicle. Always obey applicable laws earpiece. When you remove the remove the cover, insert a coin in the and regulations. headphones, the earpieces slot and twist it slightly to pry the automatically pivot inward, and the cover away from the earpiece. Pull headphones turn off. When not in the cover outward, and pivot it out of use, store the headphones in the the way. pocket of either front seat.
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Auxiliary Input Jacks
COVER HEADPHONE CONNECTORS Features
VOLUME DIALS
BATTERY AUXILIARY INPUT JACKS Remove the battery. Install the new Auxiliary input jacks and headphone The system will accept auxiliary battery in the earpiece as shown in connectors for the rear inputs from standard video games the diagram next to the battery slot. entertainment system are on the and video equipment. Slide the cover back into place on the back of the center console earpiece, then press down on the compartment. V=Videojack back edge to lock it in place. L = Left audio jack R = Right audio jack
There are three headphone connectors for the third seat passengers. Each connector has its own volume control.
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On EX and EX-L models SECURITY SYSTEM INDICATOR The security system will not set if The security system helps to protect the hood, the tailgate, or any door is your vehicle and valuables from theft. not fully closed. If the system will not The horn sounds and a combination set, check the Door and Tailgate of headlights, parking lights, side Open Monitor on the instrument marker lights, and taillights flash if panel (see page66 ) to see if the someone attempts to break into your doors and the tailgate are fully vehicle. This alarm continues for 2 closed. Since it is not part of the minutes, then the system resets. To monitor display, manually check the reset an alarm system before the 2 hood. minutes have elapsed, unlock the driver’s front door with the key or Do not attempt to alter this system the remote transmitter. or add other devices to it. Once the security system is set, The security system automatically opening any door without using the sets 15 seconds after you lock the key or the remote transmitter, or the doors, hood, and the tailgate. For the hood, will cause it to alarm. It also system to activate, you must lock the alarms if the radio is removed from doors from the outside with the key, the dashboard or the wiring is cut. lock tab, door lock switch, or remote transmitter. The security system indicator next to the driver’s door lock starts blinking immediately to show you the system is setting itself.
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Cruise control allows you to maintain Using the Cruise Control asetspeedabove25mph(40km/h) without keeping your foot on the CRUISE CONTROL MASTER BUTTON RESUME/ACCEL accelerator pedal. It should be used for cruising on straight, open highways. It is not recommended for city driving, winding roads, slippery roads, heavy rain, or bad weather. Features
Improper use of the cruise CANCEL control can lead to a crash. SET/DECEL
Use the cruise control only 1. Push in the cruise control master Cruise control may not hold the set when traveling on open button. The indicator on the speed when you are going up and highways in good weather. instrument panel will come on. down hills. If your speed increases going down a hill, use the brakes to 2. Accelerate to the desired cruising slow down. This will cancel cruise speedabove25mph(40km/h). control. To resume the set speed, press the RES/ACCEL button. The 3. Press and release the SET/ indicator on the instrument panel will DECELbuttononthesteering come back on. wheel. The indicator on the instrument panel comes on to show the system is now activated.
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Changing the Set Speed To slow down in very small Canceling Cruise Control You can increase the set cruising amounts, tap the SET/DECEL You can cancel cruise control in any speed in any of these ways: button. Each time you do this, of these ways: your vehicle will slow down about Press and hold the RES/ACCEL 1 mph (1.6 km/h). Tap the brake pedal. button. When you reach the Push the CANCEL button on the desired cruising speed, release the Tap the brake pedal lightly with steering wheel. button. your foot. The CRUISE Pushthecruisecontrolmaster CONTROL indicator on the button. Push on the accelerator pedal. instrument panel will go out. Accelerate to the desired cruising When the vehicle slows to the Resuming the Set Speed speed, and press the SET/DECEL desired speed, press the SET/ When you push the CANCEL button button. DECEL button. or tap on the brake pedal, the system will remember the previously set To increase the speed in very Even with the cruise control turned cruising speed. To return to that small amounts, tap the RES/ on, you can still use the accelerator speed, accelerate to above 25 mph ACCEL button. Each time you do pedal to speed up for passing. After (40 km/h) and then press and this, your vehicle will speed up completing the pass, take your foot release the RES/ACCEL button. The about 1 mph (1.6 km/h). off the accelerator pedal. The vehicle CRUISE CONTROL indicator comes will return to the set cruising speed. on. The vehicle will accelerate to the You can decrease the set cruising same cruising speed as before. speed in any of these ways: Resting your foot on the brake pedal causes cruise control to cancel. Pressingthecruisecontrolmaster Press and hold the SET/DECEL button turns the system off and button. Release the button when erases the previous cruising speed. you reach the desired speed.
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Compass Function REAR VIEW MIRROR The compass can be affected by If equipped driving near power lines or stations, Your vehicle has a compass in the across bridges, through tunnels, rear view mirror. The compass over railroad crossings, past large indicates the vehicle direction with vehicles, or driving near large illuminated letters; N (north), S COMPASS objects that cause magnetic (south), W (west), and E (east). The BUTTON interference. It can also be affected center blue icon in the compass is by accessories such as antennas and Features always on. It serves as a reference roof racks that are mounted by point. magnets.
CENTER ICON The compass mirror has a light sensor behind the right side of the The direction and center position rear view mirror. Make sure the icons come on when you turn the extended sun visor or an accessory is ignition switch to the ON (II) not covering the sensor. position. The system then begins to check the vehicle direction and illuminates the appropriate icon(s).
To turn the compass on or off, press the compass button on the back of the rear view mirror.
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Compass Calibration 2. Drivethevehicleslowlyincircles 2. Press and hold the compass The compass may need to be at less than 5 mph (8 km/h) until button for about 3 seconds. When manually calibrated after exposure to the center icon turns blue. This all of the direction icons begins to a strong magnetic field. If the icon also turns blue by continuing blink, release the button. compassseemstocontinuallyshow to drive the vehicle under normal the wrong direction, do this. driving conditions. When you see 3. The blue direction icon(s) blink an actual heading on the compass, and show the current zone. NOTE: Do this procedure in an open calibration is completed. area, away from buildings, power 4. If the zone is incorrect, press and lines, and other vehicles. Compass Zone Selection release the compass button In most areas, there is a variation repeatedly to get to the correct 1. With the blue center icon between magnetic north and true number. displayed, press and hold the north. Zone selection is required so compass button for about 6 the compass can compensate for this 5. The compass will return to the seconds. When the center icon variation. To check and select the normal display about 4 seconds turns red, release the button. zone, do this: after you stop adjusting a zone number. 1. Find the zone for your area on the zone map (see page179 ). Each zone number (1 through 15) corresponds to a compass zone on the table (see page179 ).
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Zone Map Compass Display for Each Zone Features
179 HomeLink Universal Transceiver
If equipped have the safety feature that causes Training HomeLink The HomeLink universal the motor to stop and reverse if an Before you begin － If you just transceiver built into your vehicle obstacle is detected during closing, received your vehicle and have not canbeprogrammedtooperateupto increasing the risk of injury. trained any of the buttons in three remotely controlled devices HomeLink before, you should erase around your home, such as garage Important Safety Precautions any previously learned codes before doors, lighting, or home security Always refer to the opening training the first button. To do this, systems. instructions and safety information press and hold the two outside that came with your garage door buttons on the HomeLink General Information opener or other equipment you transceiver for about 20 seconds, If you are training HomeLink to intend to operate with HomeLink. If until the red indicator flashes. operate a garage door or gate, you you do not have this information, Release the buttons, then proceed to should unplug the motor for that contact the manufacturer of the step 1. device during training. Repeatedly equipment. pressing the remote control button If you are training the second or could burn out the motor. For quick and accurate training, third buttons, go directly to step 1. make sure the remote control HomeLink stores the code in a transmitter for the device (garage 1. Unplug the garage door opener permanent memory. There should door, automatic gate, security motor from the electrical outlet. be no need to retrain HomeLink if system, etc.) has a fresh battery. your vehicle’s battery goes dead or is 2. Holdtheendofthegaragedoor disconnected. opener remote control 2 to 5 If your garage door opener was inches from HomeLink. Make manufactured before April 1982, you sure you are not blocking your may not be able to program view of the red indicator in HomeLink to operate it. They do not HomeLink.
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If the red indicator in HomeLink second. continues to flash slowly (does If the button works, not flash rapidly), your remote programming is complete. transmitter may stop If the button does not work go transmitting after a short time. to step 6. Go to step 4. 6. PushandholdtheHomeLink 4. Pressandholdtheremote button for a few seconds, then Features transmitter button and one of the watch the red indicator on HomeLink buttons at the same HomeLink. time. While continuing to hold the If the indicator stays on or HomeLink button, press and flashes slowly, repeat steps 2 release the remote transmitter thru 5. 3. Pressandholdtheremote button every 2 seconds. If the indicator flashes rapidly transmitter button and one of the If the red indicator in HomeLink for 2 seconds then stays on, you HomeLink buttons at the same begins to flash slowly at first, have a rolling code transmitter: time. then rapidly, release both Go to ‘‘Training with a Rolling buttons,andgotostep5. Code System’’ (see page182 ). If the red indicator in HomeLink If the red indicator in HomeLink 7. Repeat these steps to train the begins to flash slowly at first, continues to flash slowly (does other two HomeLink buttons to then rapidly, release both not begin to flash rapidly), operate any other compatible buttons,andgotostep5. repeat steps 2 thru 4. remotely controlled devices around your home (lighting, 5. Plug in the garage door opener automatic gate, security system, motor, then test the HomeLink etc.). button by pushing it for about 1
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Training With a Rolling Code TRAINING BUTTON 4. Press and hold the button on System HomeLink for 3 to 4 seconds. For security purposes, newer garage door opening systems use a ‘‘rolling’’ 5. PressandholdtheHomeLink or variable code. Information from button again for 3 to 4 seconds. theremotecontrolandthegarage This should turn off the training door opener are needed before indicator on the garage door HomeLink can operate the garage opener unit. (Some systems may door opener. require you to press the button up to three times.) The ‘‘Training HomeLink’’ procedure trains HomeLink to the 6. Press the HomeLink button again. proper garage door opener code. It should operate the garage door. The following procedure 3. Press the training button on the synchronizes HomeLink to the garage door opener unit until the garage door opener so it sends and indicator next to the button comes receives the correct codes. on. The indicator may blink, or comeonandstayon.Youthen 1. Make sure you have properly have approximately 30 seconds to completed the ‘‘Training complete the following steps. HomeLink’’ procedure.
2. Find the ‘‘training’’ button on your garage door opener unit. The location will vary, depending on the manufacturer.
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Erasing Codes If a standard transmitter was As required by the FCC: Toerasethecodesstoredinallthree programmed, the indicator will This device complies with Part 15 of the buttons, press and hold the two stay on for about 25 seconds. FCC rules. Operation is subject to the outside buttons until the red following two conditions: (1) This device indicator begins to flash, then 2. Once the HomeLink indicator may not cause harmful interference, and release the buttons. begins to flash slowly, continue to (2) this device must accept any hold the HomeLink button, and interference received, including Youshoulderaseallthreecodes follow steps 3 thru 6 under interference that may cause undesired Features before selling the vehicle. ‘‘Training HomeLink’’ (see page operation. 180 ). Retraining a Button Changes or modifications not expressly If you want to retrain a programmed Customer Assistance approved by the party responsible for button for a new device, you do not If you have problems with training compliance could void the user’s have to erase all button memory. the HomeLink Universal Transceiver, authority to operate the equipment. You can replace the existing memory or would like information on home code using this procedure: products that can be operated by This device complies with Industry HomeLink, call (800) 355-3515. On Canada Standard RSS-210. 1. PressandholdtheHomeLink the Internet, go to Operation is subject to the following two button to be trained until the www.homelink.com. conditions: (1) this device may not cause HomeLink indicator begins to interference, and (2) this device must flash slowly. HomeLink is a registered accept any interference that may cause If a rolling code transmitter was trademark of Johnson Controls, Inc. undesired operation of the device. previously programmed, the indicator will flash rapidly for 2 seconds, and then stay on for about 23 seconds.
183 Rear View Camera and Monitor
On EX-L models with navigation system When in reverse, the touch screen and Navi ‘‘hard’’ buttons are locked out, except the ‘‘ZOOM’’ button. Touching the ‘‘▼▲ ’’ or ‘‘ ’’ button allows you to adjust the brightness of the rear view camera image.
The camera brightness cannot be adjusted by voice control.
Since the rear view camera display area is limited, you should always Whenever you shift to R (reverse) back up slowly and carefully, and with the ignition switch in the ON look behind you for obstacles. (II) position, the rear view is shown on the navigation system screen.
For the best picture, always keep the rear view camera clean, and do not cover the camera lens.
184 Before Driving
Before you begin driving your Break-in Period ...... 186 vehicle, you should know what Fuel Recommendation...... 186 gasoline to use and how to check the Service Station Procedures...... 187 levels of important fluids. You also Refueling...... 187 need to know how to properly store Opening and Closing the luggage or packages. The Hood...... 188 information in this section will help Oil Check...... 189 you. If you plan to add any Engine Coolant Check...... 189 accessories to your vehicle, please Fuel Economy ...... 190 read the information in this section Accessories and Modifications... . 191 Driving Before first. Carrying Cargo ...... 193
185 Break-in Period, Fuel Recommendation
Break-in Period Fuel Recommendation Some gasoline today is blended with Help assure your vehicle’s future Your vehicle is designed to operate oxygenates such as ethanol or reliability and performance by paying on unleaded gasoline with a pump MTBE. Your vehicle is designed to extra attention to how you drive octane number of 87 or higher. Use operate on oxygenated gasoline during the first 600 miles (1,000 km). of a lower octane gasoline can cause containing up to 10 percent ethanol During this period: a persistent, heavy metallic rapping by volume and up to 15 percent noise that can lead to engine damage. MTBE by volume. Do not use Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid gasoline containing methanol. acceleration. We recommend using quality gasolines containing detergent If you notice any undesirable Do not change the oil until the additives that help prevent fuel operating symptoms, try another scheduled maintenance time. system and engine deposits. service station or switch to another brand of gasoline. Avoidhardbrakingforthefirst In addition, in order to maintain good 200 miles (300 km). performance, fuel economy, and Premium fuel is recommended when emissions control, we strongly towing in certain conditions (see Do not tow a trailer. recommend, in areas where it is page220 ). available, the use of gasoline that You should also follow these does NOT contain manganese-based For further important fuel-related recommendations with an fuel additives such as MMT. information, please refer to your overhauled or exchanged engine, or Use of gasoline with these additives Quick Start Guide. when the brakes are replaced. may adversely affect performance, and cause the malfunction indicator lamp on your instrument panel to come on. If this happens, contact your dealer for service.
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Refueling
Gasoline is highly flammable SLIT and explosive. You can be burned or seriously injured when handling fuel. Pull Stop the engine, and keep heat, sparks, and flame away. Handle fuel only outdoors. Driving Before Wipe up spills immediately.
ATTACHMENT FUEL FILL CAP 4. Stop filling the tank after the fuel 1. Park with the driver’s side closest nozzle automatically clicks off. Do 5. Screw the fuel fill cap back on to the gas pump. not try to ‘‘top off’’ the tank. Leave until it clicks at least once. If you some room for the fuel to expand do not properly tighten the cap, 2. Open the fuel fill door by pulling with temperature changes. the malfunction indicator lamp onthehandletotheleftofthe maycomeon(seepage277 ).You driver’s seat. If the fuel nozzle keeps clicking off will also see a ‘‘CHECK FUEL even though the tank is not full, CAP’’ message on the information 3. Remove the fuel fill cap slowly. there may be a problem with your display. You may hear a hissing sound as vehicle’s fuel vapor recovery pressure inside the tank escapes. system. The system helps keep 6. Push the fuel fill door closed until Put the attachment into the slit. fuel vapors from going into the it latches. atmosphere. Consult your dealer.
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Opening the Hood To Close the Hood
HOOD RELEASE HANDLE
LATCH CLIP SUPPORT ROD 1. Park the vehicle, and set the If the hood latch handle moves To close the hood, lift it up slightly to parking brake. Pull the hood stiffly, or if you can open the hood remove the support rod from the release handle located under the without lifting the handle, the hole. Put the support rod back into lower left corner of the dashboard. mechanism should be cleaned and its holding clip. Lower the hood to The hood will pop up slightly. lubricated. about a foot (30 cm) above the fender, then let it drop. Make sure it 2. Put your fingers under the front 3. Pull the support rod out of its clip, is securely latched. edge of the hood near the center. and insert the end into the hole at Slide your hand to the left until the center of the hood or the hole you feel the hood latch handle. on the left side of the hood. Push this handle up to release it. Lift up the hood.
188 Service Station Procedures
Oil Check Engine Coolant Check RESERVE TANK eoeDriving Before UPPER MARK MAX LOWER MARK MIN DIPSTICK Wait a few minutes after turning the 4. Remove the dipstick again, and Look at the coolant level in the engine off before you check the oil. check the level. It should be radiator reserve tank. Make sure it is between the upper and lower between the MAX and MIN lines. If 1. Remove the dipstick (orange loop). marks. it is below the MIN line, see Adding Engine Coolant on page242 for 2. Wipe off the dipstick with a clean If it is near or below the lower mark, information on adding the proper cloth or paper towel. see Adding Engine Oil on page239 . coolant.
3. Insert it all the way back into its Refer to Owner’s Maintenance tube. Checks on page234 for information about checking other items on your vehicle.
189 Fuel Economy
Improving Fuel Economy Try to maintain a constant speed. Always maintain your vehicle Everytimeyouslowdownand according to the maintenance speed up, your vehicle uses extra schedule. See Owner’s fuel. Use cruise control when Maintenance Checks (see page appropriate. 234 ). Combine several short trips into For example, an underinflated tire one. causes more ‘‘rolling resistance,’’ which uses more fuel. The air conditioning puts an extra load on the engine which makes it The build-up of snow or mud on usemorefuel.Usethefresh-air your vehicle’s underside adds ventilation when possible. weight and rolling resistance. Frequent cleaning helps your fuel mileage and reduces the chance of corrosion.
Drive moderately. Rapid acceleration, abrupt cornering, and hard braking use more fuel.
Always drive in the highest gear possible.
190 Accessories and Modifications
Modifying your vehicle, or installing Before installing any accessory: some non-Honda accessories, can Make sure the accessory does not make your vehicle unsafe. Before Improper accessories or obscure any lights, or interfere you make any modifications or add modifications can affect your with proper vehicle operation or anyaccessories,besuretoreadthe vehicle’s handling, stability, and performance. following information. performance, and cause a crash in which you can be hurt Be sure electronic accessories do Accessories or killed. not overload electrical circuits Your dealer has Honda accessories (see page283 ) or interfere with that allow you to personalize your Follow all instructions in this proper operation of your vehicle. Driving Before vehicle. These accessories have owner’s manual regarding been designed and approved for your accessories and modifications. Before installing any electronic vehicle, and are covered by warranty. accessory, have the installer contact your dealer for assistance. Although non-Honda accessories When properly installed, cellular If possible, have your dealer may fit on your vehicle, they may not phones, alarms, two-way radios, and inspect the final installation. meet factory specifications, and low-powered audio systems should could adversely affect your vehicle’s not interfere with your vehicle’s handling and stability. (See computer controlled systems, such ‘‘Modifications’’ on page192 for as your airbags and anti-lock brakes. additional information.)
191 Accessories and Modifications
Modifying Your Vehicle Larger or smaller wheels and tires Removing parts from your vehicle, can interfere with the operation of or replacing components with your vehicle’s anti-lock brakes and non-Honda components could other systems. seriously affect your vehicle’s handling, stability, and reliability. Modifying your steering wheel or any other part of your vehicle’s Some examples are: safety features can make the systems ineffective. Lowering the vehicle with a non- Honda suspension kit that See Additional Safety significantly reduces ground Precautions on page37 . clearance can allow the undercarriage to hit speed bumps If you plan to modify your vehicle, or other raised objects, which consult your dealer. could cause the airbags to deploy.
Raising your vehicle with a non-Honda suspension kit can affect the handling and stability.
Non-Honda wheels, because they are a universal design, can cause excessive stress on suspension components.
192 Carrying Cargo
Your vehicle has several convenient storage areas: GLOVE BOX DOOR POCKETS Glove box REAR COMPARTMENT Front door and seat-back pockets
Rear cargo area, including the second and third row seats when folded flat eoeDriving Before Console compartment
Rear compartment
However, carrying too much cargo, or improperly storing it, can affect your vehicle’s handling, stability, stopping distance, and tires, and make it unsafe. Before carrying any type of cargo, be sure to read the following pages. SEAT-BACK POCKETS
CONSOLE COMPARTMENT CARGO AREA
193 Carrying Cargo
Load Limits Steps for determining correct load 5. Determine the combined weight The maximum load for your vehicle limit: of luggage and cargo being loaded is 1,158 lbs (525 kg). This figure in the vehicle. That weight may includes the total weight of all 1. Locate the statement, ‘‘the not safely exceed the available occupants, cargo, and accessories, combined weight of occupants and cargo and luggage load capacity in and the tongue load if you are towing cargo should never exceed 1,158 step 4. a trailer. lbs (525 kg)’’ on your vehicle’s placard (on the driver’s doorjamb). 6. If your vehicle will be towing a trailer, load from your trailer will 2. Determine the combined weight be transferred to your vehicle. Overloading or improper of the driver and passengers that Consult this manual to determine loading can affect handling and will be riding in your vehicle. how this reduces the available stability and cause a crash in cargo and luggage load capacity of which you can be hurt or killed. 3. Subtract the combined weight of yourvehicle(seepage213 ). the driver and passengers from Follow all load limits and other 1,158 pounds or 525 kg kilograms. loading guidelines in this manual. 4. The resulting figure equals the available amount of cargo and luggage load capacity. For example, if the maximum load is 1,158 lbs and there will be five 150 lb. passengers in your vehicle, the amount of available cargo and luggage load capacity is 408 lbs. (1,158－× 750 (5 150) = 408 lbs.)
194 Carrying Cargo
Carrying Cargo in the Passenger Carrying Cargo in the Cargo Area If you use an accessory roof rack, Compartment Distribute cargo evenly on the the roof rack weight limit may be Store or secure all items that could floor of the cargo area, placing the lower. Refer to the information that be thrown around and hurt heaviest items on the bottom and came with your roof rack. someone during a crash. as far forward as possible. Tie down items that could be thrown Optional Separation Net Be sure items placed on the floor about the vehicle during a crash or Theseparationnetcanbeusedto behind the front seats cannot roll sudden stop. hold back soft, lightweight items under the seats and interfere with stored in the cargo area. Heavy the pedals or seat operation. If you carry large items that items should be properly secured on Driving Before prevent you from closing the the floor of the cargo area. The net Keep the glove box closed while tailgate, exhaust gas can enter the may not prevent heavy items from driving. If it is open, a passenger passenger area. To avoid the being thrown forward in a crash or a could injure their knees during a possibility of carbon monoxide sudden stop. crash or sudden stop. poisoning, follow the instructions on page57 . Optional Cargo Cover Thecargocovercanbeusedover If you carry any items on a roof the cargo area behind the third row rack,besurethetotalweightof seats. When the third row seats are the rack and the items does not folded down, the cargo cover can be exceed 165 lbs (75 kg). installed in a forward position and extended over the larger cargo area.
195 Carrying Cargo
Cargo Net If equipped
Thehooksoneachsideofthe tailgate and on the underside of the cargo area storage compartment lid You can use the cargo net to secure are for plastic grocery bags. To use items in the cargo area, and store the hook on the storage small items between the two halves compartment lid, open the lid, and of the net. To install the cargo net, attach the cord to one of the shafts hooks on the four corners of the net of the third seat center head to the tabs at both sides of the cargo restraint. floor.
196 Driving
This section gives you tips on Driving Guidelines...... 198 starting the engine under various Starting the Engine...... 199 conditions, and how to operate the Automatic Transmission...... 200 automatic transmission. It also VTM-4 System ...... 204 includes important information on Tire Pressure Monitoring parking your vehicle, the braking System (TPMS) ...... 205 system, the VTM-4 system (4WD Parking Tips ...... 207 models only), the VSA system, the Braking System...... 208 tire pressure monitoring system, and Anti-lock Brakes (ABS)...... 209 facts you need if you are planning to Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) tow a trailer. System...... 211 VSA Off Switch...... 212 Driving Towing a Trailer ...... 213 Trailer Driving Tips...... 220 Off-Highway Driving Guidelines...... 223
197 Driving Guidelines
Your vehicle has a higher ground Do not modify your vehicle in any 3. Check that any items you may be clearance that allows you to travel way that would raise the center of carrying are stored properly or over bumps, obstacles, and rough gravity. fastened down securely. terrain. It also provides good visibility so you can anticipate Do not carry heavy cargo on the 4. Check the seat adjustment (see problems earlier. roof. page87 ).
Because your vehicle rides higher See page223 for additional driving off- 5. Check the adjustment of the off the ground, it has a high center highway guidelines. inside and outside mirrors (see of gravity that can cause it to roll page92 ). over if you make abrupt turns. Utility Preparing to Drive vehicles have a significantly higher Youshoulddothefollowingchecks 6. Check the steering wheel roll over rate than other types of and adjustments before you drive adjustment (see page78 ). vehicles. your vehicle. 7. Make sure the doors and the To prevent rollovers or loss of 1. Make sure all windows, mirrors, tailgate are securely closed and control: and outside lights are clean and locked. unobstructed. Remove frost, snow, Take corners at slower speeds or ice. 8. Fasten your seat belt. Check that than you would with a passenger your passengers have fastened vehicle. 2. Visually check the tires. If a tire their seat belts (see page15 ). looks low, use a gauge to check its Avoid sharp turns and abrupt pressure (see page258 ). 9. When you start the engine, check maneuvers whenever possible. the gauges and indicators in the instrument panel (see page61 ).
198 Starting the Engine
1. Apply the parking brake. 5. If the engine does not start within 15 seconds, or starts but stalls 2. In cold weather, turn off all right away, repeat step 4 with the electrical accessories to reduce accelerator pedal pressed halfway the drain on the battery. down. If the engine starts, release pressure on the accelerator pedal 3. Make sure the shift lever is in so the engine does not race. Park. Press on the brake pedal. 6. If the engine fails to start, press 4. Without touching the accelerator the accelerator pedal all the way pedal, turn the ignition key to the down, and hold it there while START (III) position. Do not hold starting to clear flooding. If the Driving the key in the START (III) engine still does not start, return position for more than 15 seconds to step 5. at a time. If the engine does not start right away, pause for at least 10 seconds before trying again. The engine is harder to start in cold weather. Also, the thinner air f ound at altitudes above 8,000 f eet (2,400 The immobilizer system protects your meters) adds to this problem. vehicle f rom thef t. If an improperly- coded key (or other device) is used, the engine’s f uel system is disabled. For more inf ormation, see page79 .
199 Automatic Transmission
Shift Lever Position Indicators If the malfunction indicator lamp Shifting comes on along with the ‘‘D’’ indicator, there is a problem in the automatic transmission control system. Avoid rapid acceleration, and have the transmission checked by your dealer as soon as possible.
SHIFT LEVER
These indicators on the instrument To shift from any position, pull the panel show which position the shift lever toward you. You cannot shift lever is in. out of Park when the ignition switch is in the LOCK (0) or the The ‘‘D’’ indicator comes on for a ACCESSORY (I) position. few seconds when you turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) position. If it flashes while driving (in any shift position), it indicates a possible problem in the transmission.
200 Automatic Transmission
To shift from: Do this: Park (P) － This position mechani- Neutral (N) － Use neutral if you Press the brake pedal and cally locks the transmission. Use need to restart a stalled engine, or if PtoR pull the shift lever towards Park whenever you are turning off or it is necessary to stop briefly with you. starting the engine. To shift out of the engine idling. Shift to the Park RtoP Park, you must press on the brake position if you need to leave your NtoR Pull the shift lever towards pedal and have your foot off the vehicle for any reason. Press on the Dto23 you. accelerator pedal. brake pedal when you are moving 2to1 the shift lever from neutral to 1to2 If you have done all of the above and another gear. 2toD3 still cannot move the lever out of DtoD3 Park, see Shift Lock Release on Drive (D) － Use this position for DtoN Move the shift lever. page203 . your normal driving. The Driving DtoD3 transmission automatically selects a NtoD To avoid transmission damage, come suitable gear for the vehicle speed RtoN to a complete stop before shifting and acceleration. You may notice the into Park. The shift lever must be in transmission shifting up at higher Park before you can remove the key speeds when the engine is cold. This from the ignition switch. helps the engine warm up faster.
Reverse (R) － Press the brake pedal and pull the shift lever towards you to shift from Park to reverse. To shift from reverse to neutral, come to a complete stop and then shift.
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201 Automatic Transmission
Drive (D3 ) － This position is When driving downhill with a Engine Speed Limiter similar to D, except only the first trailer. If you exceed the maximum speed three gears are selected. Use D3 for the gear you are in, the engine when towing a trailer in hilly terrain, First (1) － This position locks the speed will enter into the tachometer’s or to provide engine braking when transmission in first gear. By red zone. If this occurs, you may feel going down a steep hill. D3 can also upshifting and downshifting through the engine cut in and out. This is keep the transmission from cycling 1, 2, D3 , and D, you can operate the caused by a limiter in the engine’s between third and fourth gears in transmission much like a manual computer controls. The engine will stop-and-go driving. transmission without a clutch pedal. run normally when you reduce the rpm below the red zone. Second (2) － This position locks the transmission in second gear. It does not downshift to first gear when you come to a stop.
Use second gear:
For more power when climbing.
To increase engine braking when going down steep hills.
For starting out on a slippery surface or in deep snow.
To help reduce wheel spin.
202 Automatic Transmission
Shift Lock Release 3. Put a cloth on the edge of the shift 5. Push down on the key while you Do this if pushing on the brake pedal lock release slot cover next to the pull the shift lever towards you and pulling the shift lever does not shift lever. Use a small flat-tipped and move it out of Park to neutral. shift the transmission out of Park: screwdriverorfingernailfileto remove the cover. Carefully pry 6. Remove the key from the shift 1. Set the parking brake. off the edge of the cover. lock release slot, then install the cover. Press the brake pedal, and 2. Remove the key from the ignition restart the engine. switch. If you need to use the shift lock release, it means your vehicle is developing a problem. Have the Driving vehicle checked by your dealer.
4. Insert the key in the shift lock release slot.
203 VTM-4 System
4WD models only To Engage the VTM-4 Lock To Disengage the VTM-4 Lock, do The variable torque management 1. The vehicle must be stopped with any of the following: 4WD (VTM-4) system automatically the engine running. Press the VTM-4 LOCK button. transfers varying amounts of engine 2. Move the shift lever to first (1), torque to the rear wheels under second (2), or reverse (R) gear. Move the shift lever to D or D3 . lower traction conditions. 3. Press the VTM-4 lock button. The indicator in the button comes on. Turn the ignition switch to the If more traction is needed when your LOCK (0) position. vehicle is stuck, or is likely to To get unstuck, apply light pressure become stuck, you can use the to the accelerator pedal. Do not spin The VTM-4 lock will temporarily VTM-4 lock button to increase the front tires for more than a few disengage when the vehicle speed torque to the rear wheels. seconds. Because of the amount of exceeds 18 mph (30 km/h). It will torque applied to the rear tires, they automatically engage again as the should not spin. This is normal. If speed slows below 18 mph (30 you are not able to move the vehicle, km/h). The indicator in the button stop and reverse direction. will remain on.
Do not use the VTM-4 LOCK button on Do not continually spin the f ront tires dry, paved roads. Driving on dry, of your vehicle. Continuously spinning paved roads with VTM-4 Lock ON may the f ront tires can cause transmission damage the rear dif f erential when or rear dif f erential damage. making a turn. Strange noise and vibration can also result.
204 Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Your vehicle is equipped with a tire Low Tire Pressure Each tire, including the spare, should pressure monitoring system (TPMS) Indicator be checked monthly when cold and that turns on every time you start the When the tire pressure monitoring set to the recommended inflation engine and monitors the pressure in system warning indicator is on, one pressure as specified in the vehicle your tires while driving. or more of your tires is significantly placard and this owner’s manual (see under-inflated. You should stop and page289 ). Each tire has its own pressure check your tires as soon as possible, sensor. If the air pressure of a tire and inflate them to the proper Although your tire pressure is becomes significantly low, the pressureasindicatedonthevehicle’s monitored, you must manually check sensor in that tire immediately sends tire information placard. thetirepressuresmonthly. a signal that causes the low tire pressure indicator and the Driving on a significantly under- If you think you can safely drive a Driving appropriate tire on the tire pressure inflated tire causes the tire to short distance to a service station, monitor to come on. overheat and can lead to tire failure. proceed slowly, and inflate the tire to Under-inflation also reduces fuel the recommended pressure shown efficiency and tire tread life, and may on the driver’s doorjamb. affect the vehicle’s handling and stopping ability. If the tire is flat, or if the tire pressure is too low to continue driving, replace the tire with the compact spare tire.
205 Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Tire Pressure Monitor Each wheel is equipped with a tire As required by the FCC: pressure sensor mounted inside the This device complies with Part 15 of the The appropriate tire indicator and tire behind the valve stem. You must FCC rules. Operation is subject to the low tire pressure indicator comes on use TPMS specific wheels. It is following two conditions: (1) This device if a tire becomes significantly recommended that you always have may not cause harmful interference, and underinflated. See Low Tire your tires serviced by your dealer or (2) this device must accept any Pressure Indicator on page205 . qualified technician. interference received, including interference that may cause undesired Tire Pressure Monitoring After you replace the flat tire, the operation. System (TPMS) Indicator low tire pressure indicator stays on. This indicator comes on and stays on This is normal; the system is not Changes or modifications not expressly if there is a problem with the tire monitoring the spare tire pressure. approved by the party responsible for pressure monitoring system. Manually check the spare tire compliance could void the user’s pressure to be sure it is correct. authority to operate the equipment. If you see this message, the system is off and is not monitoring the tire Never use a puncture-repairing agent This device complies with Industry pressures. Have the system checked in a flat tire. If used, you will have to Canada Standard RSS-210. by your dealer as soon as possible. replace the tire pressure sensor. Operation is subject to the following two Havetheflattirerepairedbyyour conditions: (1) this device may not cause Changing a Tire with TPMS dealer as soon as possible. interference, and (2) this device must If you have a flat tire, the low tire accept any interference that may cause pressure and tire monitor indicators undesired operation of the device. will come on. Replace the indicated flat tire with the compact spare tire (see page266 ).
206 Parking Tips
Always use the parking brake when Parking Tips If the vehicle is facing uphill, turn you park your vehicle. Make sure Make sure the moonroof (if the front wheels away from the the parking brake is set firmly or equipped) and the windows are curb. your vehicle may roll if it is on an closed. incline. If the vehicle is facing downhill, Turn off the lights. turn the front wheels toward the Set the parking brake before you put curb. the transmission in Park. This keeps Place any packages, valuables, etc. the vehicle from moving and putting in the cargo area or take them Make sure the parking brake is pressure on the parking mechanism with you. fully released before driving away. in the transmission. Driving with the parking brake Lock the doors. partially set can overheat or Driving damage the rear brakes. On vehicles with security system Check the indicator on the driver’s door to verify that the security system is set.
Never park over dry leaves, tall grass, or other flammable materials. The hot three way catalytic converter could cause these materials to catch on fire.
207 Braking System
Your vehicle is equipped with disc Check the brakes after driving Braking System Design brakes at all four wheels. A power through deep water. Apply the The hydraulic system that operates assist helps reduce the effort needed brakes moderately to see if they feel the brakes has two separate circuits. on the brake pedal. The anti-lock normal. If not, apply them gently and Each circuit works diagonally across brake system (ABS) helps you retain frequently until they do. Be extra the vehicle (the left-front brake is steering control when braking very cautious in your driving. connected with the right-rear brake, hard. etc.). If one circuit should develop a Resting your foot on the pedal keeps problem, you will still have braking the brakes applied lightly, builds up at two wheels. heat, and reduces their effectiveness. It also keeps your brake lights on all the time, confusing drivers behind you.
Constant application of the brakes when going down a long hill builds up heat and reduces their effective- ness. Use the engine to assist the brakes by taking your foot off the accelerator and downshifting to a lower gear.
208 Braking System, Anti-lock Brakes (ABS)
Brake Pad Wear Indicators Anti-lock Brakes (ABS) You will feel a pulsation in the brake If the brake pads need replacing, you The anti-lock brake system (ABS) pedal when the ABS activates, and will hear a distinctive, metallic helps prevent the brakes from you may hear some noise. This is screeching sound when you apply locking up, and helps you retain normal: it is the ABS rapidly the brake pedal. If you do not have steering control by pumping the pumpingthebrakes.Ondry the brake pads replaced, they will brakes rapidly, much faster than a pavement, you will need to press on screech all the time. It is normal for person can do it. thebrakepedalveryhardbeforethe the brakes to occasionally squeal or ABS activates. However, you may squeak when you apply them. The ABS also balances the front-to- feel the ABS activate immediately if rear braking distribution according you are trying to stop on snow or ice. to vehicle loading. Driving You should never pump the brake pedal. Let the ABS work for you by always keeping firm, steady pressure on the brake pedal. This is sometimes referred to as ‘‘stomp and steer.’’
209 Anti-lock Brakes (ABS)
ABS Indicator Important Safety Reminders A vehicle with ABS may require a ABS does not reduce the time or longer distance to stop on loose or If this indicator comes on, the anti- distance it takes to stop the uneven surfaces, such as gravel or lock function of the braking system vehicle. It only helps with the snow, than a vehicle without anti- has shut down. The brakes still work steering control during braking. lock. Slow down, and allow a greater like a conventional system, but distance between vehicles under without anti-lock. You should have ABS will not prevent a skid that those conditions. your dealer inspect your vehicle as results from changing direction soon as possible. abruptly, such as trying to take a corner too fast or making a sudden If the ABS indicator and the brake lane change. Always drive at a safe system indicator come on together, speed for the road and weather and the parking brake is fully conditions. released, the front-to-rear braking distribution system may also be shut ABS cannot prevent a loss of down. stability. Always steer moderately when you are braking hard. Severe Test your brakes as instructed on or sharp steering wheel movement page278 . If the brakes feel normal, can still cause your vehicle to veer drive slowly and have your vehicle into oncoming traffic or off the road. repaired by your dealer as soon as possible. Avoid sudden hard braking which could cause the rear wheels to lock up and possibly lead to a loss of control.
210 Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) System
The vehicle stability assist (VSA) VSA Activation Indicator VSA System Indicator system helps to stabilize the vehicle during cornering if the vehicle turns When VSA activates, you will see the If this indicator comes on while more or less than desired. It also VSA activation indicator blink (see driving, pull to the side of the road assists you in maintaining traction page212 ). when it is safe, and turn off the while accelerating on loose or engine. Reset the system by slippery road surfaces. It does this restarting the engine. If the VSA by regulating the engine’s output, system indicator stays on, or comes and by selectively applying the back on while driving, have the VSA brakes. system inspected by your dealer.
When VSA activates, you may notice Driving that the engine does not respond to the accelerator in the same way it does at other times.
The VSA system cannot enhance the vehicle’s driving stability in all situations and does not control your vehicle’s entire braking system. It is still your responsibility to drive and corner at reasonable speeds and to leave a sufficient margin of safety.
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211 Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) System
If the indicator does not come on VSA Off Switch VSA is turned on every time you when the ignition switch is turned to start the engine, even if you turned it the ON (II) position, there may be a off the last time you drove the problem with the VSA system. Have vehicle. your dealer inspect your vehicle as soon as possible. VSA and Tire Sizes Driving with varying tire or wheel Without VSA, your vehicle will have sizes may cause the VSA to normal braking and cornering ability, malfunction. When replacing tires, but it will not have VSA traction and make sure they are of the same size stability enhancement. and type as your original tires (see page258 ).
Deactivate the VSA system if you This switch is under the left vent. need to drive with the compact spare Press it to turn the vehicle stability tire installed (see page266 ). assist system on and off. If you install winter tires, make sure When VSA is off, the VSA activation they are the same size as those that indicator comes on as a reminder. were originally supplied with your vehicle. Exercise the same caution during winter driving as you would if your vehicle was not equipped with VSA.
212 Towing a Trailer
Your vehicle has been designed to Load Limits tow a trailer, as well as for carrying passengers and their cargo.
To safely tow a trailer, you should observe the load limits, use the proper equipment, and follow the guidelines in this section.
Be sure to read the Off-Highway Driving Guidelines sectiononpage 223 if you plan to tow off paved Driving surfaces.
Total Trailer Weight: The maximum Tongue Load: Theweightthatthe weight of the trailer and everything tongue of a fully loaded trailer puts Exceeding any load limit or in or on it depends on the number of on the hitch should be 5 to 10 improperly loading your vehicle occupants in your vehicle and the percent of the total trailer weight for and trailer can cause a crash in type of trailer being towed (see page boat trailers, and 8 to 15 percent of which you can be seriously hurt 215 ). total trailer weight for all other or killed. trailers. (See page215 for limits for Towing a load that is too heavy can your towing situation). Too much Check the loading of your seriously affect your vehicle’s tongue load reduces front-tire vehicle and trailer carefully handling and performance. traction and steering control. Too beforestartingtodrive. little tongue load can make the trailer unstable and cause it to sway.
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Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Estimating Loads 3. Connect the fully loaded trailer to (GVWR) － The maximum Thebestwaytoconfirmthatall the hitch. allowable weight of the vehicle, all loads are within limits is to check occupants, all cargo and the tongue them at a public scale. 4. Measure again from the ground to load is 5,840lbs(2,65 0 kg) for 2WD, the same spot on the bottom of the and 5,950 lbs (2,700 kg) for 4WD. To help ensure a safe drive to a scale, hitch. or if you cannot get to a public scale, Gross Axle Weight Ratings we recommend that you estimate 5. Subtract the second measurement (GAWR) － The maximum your total trailer weight and tongue from the first measurement, then allowable weight on the vehicle axles load as described. refer to the following table. for 2WD is 2,865 lbs (1,300kg)on the front axle, and 3,085 lbs (1,400kg)on To Estimate the Total Trailer Weight the rear axle; for 4WD it is 2,865 lbs Add the weight of your trailer (as Ifthe Estimated (1,300 kg) on the front axle, and quoted by the manufacturer) with differenceis: tongue load is: 3,155 lbs (1430 kg) on the rear axle. everything in or on the trailer. Then check the tables on page215 to 1½’’ 150 lbs (68 kg) Gross Combined Weight Rating make sure you do not exceed the 2¼’’ 250 lbs (114 kg) (GCWR) － The maximum allowable weight of the fully loaded limit for your conditions. 3’’ 350 lbs (160 kg) vehicle and trailer is 9,700 lbs (4,410 3¾’’ 450 lbs (205 kg) kg) with the proper hitch and fluid To Estimate the Tongue Load 1. Park the vehicle on level ground. coolers (see page217 ). Ifthedifferenceismorethan3¾ The GCWR must be reduced 2 2. Measure from the ground to the inch, you have too much load on the percent for every 1,000 feet (305 bottom of the trailer hitch. tongue. Redistribute the load or meters) of elevation. remove cargo as needed.
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Total Trailer Weight and Tongue Load Limits: BOAT TRAILERS Number of Equipped with transmission cooler and power steering fluid cooler. Occupants Max. Trailer Weight Max. Tongue Load 2 4,500 lbs (2,045 kg) 450 lbs (205 kg) 3 4,500 lbs (2,045 kg) 450 lbs (205 kg) 4 4,500 lbs (2,045 kg) 450 lbs (205 kg) 5 4,300 lbs (1,945 kg) 350 lbs (160 kg) 6 4,100 lbs (1,855 kg) 220 lbs (100 kg) 7 2,000 lbs (905 kg) 100 lbs (45 kg) 8 Towing is Not Recommended Driving
OTHER TYPES OF TRAILERS Number of Equipped with transmission cooler and power steering fluid cooler. Occupants Max. Trailer Weight Max. Tongue Load 2 3,500 lbs (1,590 kg) 450 lbs (205 kg) 3 3,500 lbs (1,590 kg) 450 lbs (205 kg) 4 3,300 lbs (1,490 kg) 450 lbs (205 kg) 5 3,100 lbs (1,400 kg) 350 lbs (160 kg) 6 2,700 lbs (1,220 kg) 220 lbs (100 kg) 7 1,200 lbs (540 kg) 100 lbs (45 kg) 8 Towing is Not Recommended
The corresponding weight limits assume occupants fill seats from the front of the vehicle to the back, each occupant weighs 150 lbs (70 kg) and each has 15 lbs (7 kg) of luggage in the cargo area.
215 Towing a Trailer
Checking Loads To accurately check your loads at the public scale, the vehicle and trailer should be fully loaded, and all occupants should stay in the vehicle while the attendant watches the scale.
2. Check the gross vehicle weight. 4. Check the gross combined weight. Limit: 5,950 lbs (2,700 kg) Limit: 9,700 lbs (4,410 kg) Remember, maximum gross 3. If you cannot weigh the rear axle combined weight should be directly, you can calculate the rear decreased 2 % for every 1,000 feet gross axle weight by subtracting (305 meters) of elevation. the weight in step 1 from the weight in step 2. 1. Check the front gross axle weight. Limit: 3,086 lbs (1,400 kg) Limit: 2,865 lbs (1,300 kg)
5. Check the weight of the hitched trailer. Write this number down.
216 Towing a Trailer
Towing Equipment and Hitch Accessories We strongly recommend that you Towing generally requires a variety have your dealer install a Honda of supplemental equipment. To hitch and use the required fluid ensure the best quality, we coolers. Using non-Honda equipment recommend that you purchase may result in serious damage to your Honda equipment whenever possible. vehicle.
6. Check the weight of the unhitched Your dealer offers a trailer package Transmission Fluid Cooler and trailer. Limit: See page215 . that includes a hitch, a ball mount, a Power Steering Fluid Cooler wiring harness, a heavy-duty To help prevent overheating, a 7. Calculate the tongue load. transmission fluid cooler, and a heavy-duty transmission fluid cooler Driving Subtract the weight in Step 5 from heavy-duty power steering fluid and a heavy-duty power steering the weight in step 6. cooler. fluid cooler are required for trailer Limit: See page215 . towing. These coolers are available Range: 5-10% for boat trailers Discuss any additional needs with only from your dealer. 8-15% for other trailers your trailer sales or rental agency, and make sure all equipment is Weight Distributing Hitch properly installed, maintained, and A weight distributing hitch is not also meets state, federal, province, recommended for use with your and local regulations. vehicle, as an improperly adjusted weight distributing hitch may reduce handling, stability, and braking performance.
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Trailer Brakes Safety Chains Spare Tires Honda requires that any trailer with Always use safety chains when you When towing a trailer, we a total trailer weight of 1,000 lbs (455 tow a trailer. Make sure the chains recommend that you carry a full-size kg) or more has its own brakes. are secured to the trailer and hitch, spare wheel and tire for your vehicle and that they cross under the tongue and trailer. See page258 for proper There are two common types of and can catch the trailer if it tire size, page270 for how to store a trailer brakes: surge and electric. becomes unhitched. Leave enough full size wheel and tire, and page Surge brakes are common for boat slack to allow the trailer to turn 267 for information on changing a trailers, since the brakes will get wet. corners easily, but do not let the flat tire. chains drag on the ground. If you choose electric brakes, be Remember to unhitch the trailer sure they are electronically actuated. Sway Control before changing a flat. Ask your Do not attempt to tap into your This device is recommended if your trailer sales or rental agency where vehicle’s hydraulic system. No trailer tends to sway. Your trailer and how to store the trailer’s spare matter how successful it may seem, maker can tell you what kind of sway tire. any attempt to attach trailer brakes control you need and how to install it. to your vehicles hydraulic system will lower braking effectiveness and Trailer Mirrors create a potential hazard. Many states and provinces require special exterior mirrors when towing Seeyourtrailermanufacturerfor a trailer. Even if they don’t, you more information on installing should install special mirrors if you electric brakes. cannot clearly see behind you, or if the trailer creates a blind spot.
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Trailer Lights We recommend that you have your dealer install a Honda wiring harness GROUND LEFT TURN SIGNAL and converter. This harness has (BLACK) (GREEN/WHITE) been designed for your vehicle. BATTERY POWER (YELLOW) If you use a non-Honda trailer lighting harness and converter, you cangetthematingconnectorand pins that mate with the connector in your vehicle from your dealer. BRAKE LIGHT (WHITE/BLACK) Since lighting and wiring vary with Driving RIGHT TURN SIGNAL TAILLIGHT (GREEN/YELLOW) (RED/BLACK) trailer type and brand, you should also have a qualified mechanic install Trailer lights and equipment must a suitable connector between the comply with federal, state, province, vehicleandthetrailer. and local regulations. Check trailer light requirements for the areas where you plan to tow.
To get to your vehicle’s trailer lighting connector, open the tailgate, remove the cargo cover, then remove the rear panel trim. The connector is on the left side.
219 Trailer Driving Tips
When preparing to tow, and before All items in or on the trailer are Driving Safely With a Trailer driving away, be sure to check the properly secured and cannot shift The added weight, length, and following: while you drive. height of a trailer will affect your vehicle’s handling and performance, The vehicle has been properly Your vehicle tires and spare are in so driving with a trailer requires serviced, and the tires, brakes, good condition and properly some special driving skills and suspension, cooling system, and inflated. techniques. lights are in good operating condition. The trailer tires and spare are in Foryoursafetyandthesafetyof good condition and inflated as others, take time to practice driving The trailer has been properly recommended by the trailer maneuvers before heading for the serviced and is in good condition. maker. open road, and follow the guidelines below. All weights and loads are within Towing performance can be limits. affected by high altitude, high Break-In Period temperature, or when climbing Avoid towing a trailer during your Thehitch,safetychains,andany steep grades. Therefore, premium vehicle’s first 600 miles (1,000 km) other attachments are secure. fuel (premium unleaded gasoline (see page186 ). with pump octane number of 91 or higher) is recommended when towing more than 3,500 lbs (1,590 kg).
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Towing Speeds and Gears Driving on Hills If you must stop when facing uphill, Drive slower than normal in all When climbing hills, closely watch use the foot brake or parking brake. driving situations, and obey posted your temperature gauge. If it nears Do not try to hold the vehicle in speed limits for vehicles with trailers. the red (hot) mark, turn the air place by pressing on the accelerator, When towing a fixed-sided trailer conditioning off, reduce speed and, if as this can cause the automatic (e.g., camper), do not exceed 55 mph necessary, pull to the side of the transmission to overheat. (88 km/h). At higher speeds, the road to let the engine cool. trailer may sway or affect vehicle Handling Crosswinds and Buffeting handling. If the automatic transmission shifts Crosswinds and air turbulence frequently while going up a hill, shift caused by passing trucks can disrupt To prevent the transmission from to D3 . your steering and cause the trailer to shifting frequently, drive in the D sway. When being passed by a large Driving position. When driving down hills, reduce vehicle, keep a constant speed, and your speed and shift down to D3 . Do steer straight ahead. Do not try to not ‘‘ride’’ the brakes. Remember, it make quick steering or braking Making Turns and Braking takes longer to slow down and corrections. Make turns more slowly and wider stop when towing a trailer. than normal. The trailer tracks a smaller arc than your vehicle, and it canhitorrunoversomethingthe vehicle misses. Allow more time and distance for braking. Do not brake or turn suddenly as this could cause the trailer to jackknife or turn over.
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Backing Up Always drive slowly and have someone guide you when backing up. Grip thebottom of the steering wheel; then turn the wheel to the left to get the trailer to move to the left, andturnthewheelrighttomovethe trailer to the right.
Parking Follow all normal precautions when parking, including putting the transmission in Park and firmly setting the parking brake. Also, place wheel chocks at each of the trailer’s tires.
Retrieving a Boat If the vehicle’s wheels slip when retrieving a boat from the water, shift to first gear, and turn on VTM-4 lock (see page204 ). Disengage VTM-4 lock as soon as the boat is out of the water to prevent damage to the VTM-4 system.
222 Off-Highway Driving Guidelines
Your vehicle has been designed Important Safety Precautions primarily for use on pavement. But To avoid loss of control or rollover, its higher ground clearance and four- Improperly operating this be sure to follow all precautions and wheel drive VTM-4 system allow you vehicle on or off-pavement can recommendations. to occasionally travel on unpaved cause an accident or rollover in roads, to campgrounds, picnic sites, which you and your passengers Be sure to store cargo properly, and similar locations. It is not could be seriously injured or and do not exceed your vehicle designed for trailblazing, mountain killed. cargo load limits (see pages climbing, or other challenging off- 194and 213 ). road activities. Follow all instructions and guidelines in this owner’s Be aware that a heavy load can If you decide to drive on unpaved manual. reduce ground clearance and your Driving roads, you will find that it requires Keep your speed low, and ability to clear obstacles. somewhat different driving skills. don’t drive faster than Your vehicle will also handle conditions permit. Wherever you drive, make sure somewhat differently than it does on you and your passengers always pavement. Be sure to pay extra wear seat belts. attention to the precautions and tips in this section, and get acquainted Keep your speed low, and never with your vehicle before leaving the go faster than the conditions pavement. allow.
It’s up to you to continually assess the situation and drive within the limits.
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Check Out Your Vehicle Accelerating and Braking Avoiding Obstacles Before you leave the pavement, be Forbettertractiononallsurfaces, Debris in the road can damage your sure to do all scheduled maintenance accelerate slowly and gradually build suspension or other components. and service, and inspect your vehicle up speed. If you try to start too fast Because your vehicle has a high for any problems. Pay special on wet soil, mud, snow, or ice, you center of gravity, driving over a large attention to the condition of the tires, might not have enough traction to obstacle, or allowing a wheel to drop and check the tire pressures. get underway, and you may dig into a deep hole can cause your yourself a hole. Starting with the vehicle to tip or roll over. After you return to the pavement, shift lever in second (2) gear will carefully inspect your vehicle to help you have a smoother start on Driving on Slopes make sure there is no damage that snow or ice. If you can’t clearly see all conditions could make driving it unsafe. or obstacles on a slope, walk the Recheck the condition of the tires Keep in mind that you will usually slope before you drive on it. If you and the tire pressures. need more time and distance to have any doubt whether or not you brake to a stop on unpaved surfaces. can safely drive on the slope, don’t Remember Avoid hard braking. Do not ‘‘pump’’ do it. Find another route. The route presents limits (too steep the brakes; let the anti-lock braking or bumpy roads). You have limits system pump them for you. If you are driving up a hill and find (driving skill and comfort). And your that you cannot continue, do not try to vehicle has limits (traction, stability, turn around. Your vehicle could roll and power). over. Slowly back down the hill, following the same route you took up Driving off-highway can be the hill. hazardous if you fail to recognize limits and take the proper precautions.
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Crossing a Stream If you decide it is safe to drive If You Get Stuck Before driving through water, stop, through water, choose a suitable If you get stuck, engage the VTM-4 get out if necessary, and make sure speed and engage the VTM-4 Lock. Lock (see page204 ). Carefully try to that: Proceed without shifting or changing go in the direction (forward or The water is not deep enough to speeds, and do not stop the vehicle reverse) that you think will get you cover your wheel hubs, axles, or or shut off the engine. unstuck. Do not spin the tires at high exhaust pipe. You could stall and speeds. It will not help you get out not be able to restart your engine. After driving through water, test and may cause damage to the The water can also damage your brakes. If they got wet, gently transmission or VTM-4 system. important vehicle components. ‘‘pump’’ them while driving slowly until they operate normally. If you are still unable to free yourself, The banks are sloped so you can your vehicle is equipped with front Driving drive out. If the water is deeper than the wheel and rear tow hooks designed for this hubs, some additional service may purpose. The water is not flowing too fast. be required. This service is not Deep rushing water can sweep you covered by your warranties. Use a nylon strap to attach the Pilot downstream. Even very shallow to the recovery vehicle and carefully rushingwatercanwashthe take out the slack in the strap. Once ground from under your tires and the strap is tight, the recovery cause you to lose traction and vehicle should apply force. possibly roll over. Remember that the recovery vehicle needs good traction to avoid The banks and surface under the becoming stuck, too. water provide good traction. The water may hide hazards such as rocks, holes, or mud. CONTINUED
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You should never use a jack to try to Towinga TrailerOff-Road get unstuck. Your vehicle could You may be able to safely tow a easily slip off the jack and hurt you lightweight trailer (such as a or someone else. motorcycle or small tent trailer) off- road if you follow these guidelines.
Do not exceed 1,000 lbs (450 kg) or a tongue weight of 100 lbs (45 kg).
Stay on smooth, level dirt roads, and avoid driving in hilly terrain.
Allow extra room for starting, stopping, and turning.
Slow down if you encounter bumps or other obstacles.
226 Maintenance
This section explains why it is Maintenance Safety...... 228 important to keep your vehicle well Maintenance Minder...... 229 maintained and how to follow basic Maintenance Record ...... 236 maintenance safety precautions. Fluid Locations...... 238 Adding Engine Oil ...... 239 This section also includes Changing the Oil and Filter...... 240 instructions on how to read the Engine Coolant...... 242 maintenance messages in the Windshield Washers ...... 243 information display, a maintenance Automatic Transmission Fluid.... . 244 record, and instructions for simple Differential Oil ...... 245 maintenance tasks you may want to Timing Belt...... 245 take care of yourself. Brake Fluid...... 246 Power Steering Fluid...... 247 If you have the skills and tools to Lights ...... 248 Maintenance perform more complex maintenance Floor Mats ...... 254 tasks on your vehicle, you may want Cleaning Seat Belts...... 254 to purchase the service manual. See Wiper Blades...... 255 page303 for information on how to Tires ...... 257 obtain a copy, or see your dealer. Checking the Battery...... 262 Vehicle Storage...... 263
227 Maintenance Safety
All service items not detailed in this with the battery or compressed air. Injury from moving parts. Do section should be performed by a not run the engine unless certified technician or other qualified instructed to do so. mechanic. Improperly maintaining this Important Safety Precautions vehicle or failing to correct a To eliminate potential hazards, read problem before driving can Failure to properly follow the instructions before you begin, cause a crash in which you can maintenance instructions and and make sure you have the tools be seriously hurt or killed. precautions can cause you to and skills required. be seriously hurt or killed. Always follow the inspection Make sure your vehicle is parked and maintenance Always follow the procedures on level ground, the parking brake recommendations, and and precautions in this owner’s is set, and the engine is off. schedules in this owner’s manual. manual. To clean parts, use a commercially available degreaser or parts Some of the most important safety cleaner, not gasoline. Potential Vehicle Hazards precautions are given here. However, Carbon Monoxide poison from we cannot warn you of every To reduce the possibility of fire or engine exhaust. Be sure there is conceivable hazard that can arise in explosion, keep cigarettes, sparks, adequate ventilation whenever you performing maintenance. Only you and flames away from the battery operate the engine. can decide whether or not you and all fuel-related parts. should perform a given task. Burns from hot parts. Let the Wear eye protection and engine and exhaust system cool protective clothing when working before touching any parts.
228 Maintenance Minder
Your vehicle displays engine oil life Engine Oil Life Display The remaining engine oil life is and maintenance service items in the displayed on the engine oil life information display to show you ENGINE OIL LIFE SELECT/RESET display according to this table: when you should have your dealer DISPLAY KNOB perform engine oil replacement and Calculated Engine Displayed indicated maintenance service. Oil Life (%) Engine Oil Life (%) 100 %－ 91 % 100 % Based on the engine operating 90 %－ 81 % 90 % conditions and accumulated engine 80 %－ 71 % 80 % revolutions, the onboard computer in 70 %－ 61 % 70 % your vehicle calculates the remaining 60 %－ 51 % 60 % engine oil life and displays it as a 50 %－ 41 % 50 % percentage. 40 %－ 31 % 40 % 30 %－ 21 % 30 % Maintenance To see the current engine oil life, 20 %－ 16 % 20 % turn the ignition switch to the ON 15 %－ 11 % 15 % (II) position, and push and release 10 %－ 6 % 10 % the Select/Reset knob repeatedly 5%－ 1% 5% until the engine oil life display 0% 0% appears (see page70 ).
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229 Maintenance Minder
The maintenance item code or codes indicate the main and sub items MAINTENANCE ENGINE OIL LIFE required at the time of the oil change MINDER INDICATOR (see page235 ). INDICATOR MAINTENANCE ITEM CODE(S)
If the remaining engine oil life is 15 When the remaining engine oil life is to 6 percent, you will see the engine 5 to 1 percent, you will see a oil life indicator every time you turn ‘‘SERVICE OIL LIFE’’ message the ignition switch to the ON (II) along with the same maintenance position. The maintenance minder item code(s), every time you turn the indicator will also come on, and the ignition switch to the ON (II) maintenance item code(s) for other position. scheduled maintenance items needing service will be displayed next to the engine oil life indicator.
230 Maintenance Minder
The maximum total mileage shown is ‘‘－ 9999.’’
You can change the information display from the engine oil life display to the odometer, the trip meter, or the outside temperature (if equipped) every time you press and release the Select/Reset knob.
When the engine oil life display is 0 percent or negative mileage, the maintenance minder indicator remainsonevenifyouchangethe Maintenance When the remaining engine oil life is If you still do not perform the information display. 0 percent, the engine oil life indicator indicated maintenance, you will see a will be blinking. The display comes negative mileage. It is displayed Immediately have the service oneverytimeyouturntheignition when you drive over 10 miles (for performed, and make sure to reset switch to the ON (II) position. When U.S. models) or 10 km (for Canadian the display as described in the next you see this message, have the models) after seeing the 0 percent page. indicated maintenance performed by message.Afterward,itshowsyour your dealer as soon as possible. driving distance if you continue to drive. Immediately have the indicated maintenance done by your dealer.
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Maintenance Main Items and Sub Resetting the Engine Oil Life Items Display Your dealer will reset the display after completing the required maintenance service. You will see ‘‘OIL LIFE 100 %’’ on the information display the next time you turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) position.
ENGINE OIL LIFE If maintenance service is done by INDICATOR someone other than your dealer, reset the maintenance minder as MAINTENANCE ITEM CODE follows: 3. Press the Select/Reset knob for more than 10 seconds. The engine When the vehicle needs 1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON oil life and the maintenance item maintenance, maintenance codes (II) position. code(s) will blink. appear on the information display. 2. Press the Select/Reset knob until For an explanation of the the engine oil life indicator is maintenance codes, see page235 . displayed.
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Important Maintenance However, service at a dealer is not Precautions mandatory to keep your warranties If you have the required service in effect. Maintenance may be done done but do not reset the display, or by any qualified service facility or reset the display without doing the person who is skilled in this type of service, the system will not show the automotive service. Make sure to proper maintenance intervals. This have the service facility or person canleadtoseriousmechanical reset the display as previously problems because you will no longer described. Keep all receipts as proof have an accurate record of when of completion, and have the person maintenance is needed. who does the work fill out the maintenance record. Check your Your authorized Honda dealer warranty booklet for more 4. Press the Select/Reset knob for knows your vehicle best and can information. Maintenance more than 5 seconds. The provide competent, efficient service. maintenance item code(s) will We recommend the use of Honda disappear, and the engine oil life parts and fluids whenever you have will reset to ‘‘100.’’ maintenance done. These are manufactured to the same high- quality standards as the original components, so you can be confident of their performance and durability.
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233 Maintenance Minder
U.S. Vehicles: Maintenance, Owner’s Maintenance Checks Lights－ Check the operation of replacement, or repair of Youshouldcheckthefollowing the headlights, parking lights, emissions control devices and items at the specified intervals. If taillights, high-mount brake light, systems may be done by any you are unsure of how to perform and license plate lights monthly. automotive repair establishment any check, turn to the appropriate See page248 . or individual using parts that are page listed. ‘‘certified’’ to EPA standards. Engine oil level－ Check every According to state and federal time you fill the fuel tank. See regulations, failure to perform page189 . maintenance on the items marked with＃ will not void your emissions Engine coolant level－ Check the warranties. However, all radiator reserve tank every time maintenance services should be you fill the fuel tank. See page189 . performed in accordance with the intervals indicated by the Automatic transmission－ Check information display. the fluid level monthly. See page 244 .
Brakes－ Check the fluid level monthly. See page246 .
Tires－ Check the tire pressure monthly. Examine the tread for wear and foreign objects. See page 258 .
234 Maintenance Minder
Symbol Maintenance Main Items Symbol Maintenance Sub Items A Replace engine oil1 1 Rotate tires B Replace engine oil1 and oil filter 2 Replace air cleaner element Inspect front and rear brakes If you drive in dusty conditions, replace every 15,000 miles Check parking brake adjustment (24,000 km). Inspect these items: Replace dust and pollen filter Tie rod ends, steering gear box, and boots If you drive primarily in urban areas that have high concentrations Suspension components of soot in the air from industry and from diesel-powered vehicles, Driveshaft boots replace every 15,000 miles (24,000 km).
Brake hoses and lines (including ABS) Inspect drive belt Minder Maintenance All fluid levels and condition of fluids 3 Replace transmission and transfer fluid Exhaust system＃ Driving in mountainous areas at very low vehicle speeds or trailer Fuel lines and connections＃ towing results in higher transmission and transfer temperatures or frequently fully loaded. This requires transmission and transfer 1: If the message ‘‘SERVICE OIL’’ does not appear more than 12 months after fluid changes more frequently than recommended by the the display is reset, change the engine oil every year. Maintenance Minder. If you regularly drive your vehicle under these conditions, have the transmission and transfer fluid changed ＃ : See information on maintenance and emissions warranty on page233 . every 30,000 miles (48,000 km). 4 Replace spark plugs NOTE: Independent of the maintenance minder display, replace the brake fluid Replace timing belt and inspect water pump every 3 years. If you drive regularly in very high temperatures (over 110°F, 43°C), Inspect idle speed every 160,000 miles (256,000 km). in very low temperatures (under－－ 20°F, 29°C), or towing a trailer, Adjust the valves during services A, B, 1, 2, or 3 only if they are noisy. replace every 60,000 miles (U.S.) /100,000 km Inspect valve clearance 5 Replace engine coolant 6 Replace VTM-4 rear differential fluid Driving in mountainous areas at very low vehicle speeds or trailer towing results in higher level of mechanical (shear) stress to fluid or frequently fully loaded. This requires differential fluid changes more frequently than recommended by the Maintenance Minder. If you regularly drive your vehicle under these conditions, have the differential fluid changed at 7,500 miles (12,000 km), then every 15,000 miles (24,000 km). 235 Maintenance Record
You or the servicing dealer can record all completed maintenance here. When maintenance is performed, record the mileage, circle the coded item(s) completed, and write in any other non-coded items (such as brake fluid replacement) below the codes. Keep the receipts for all work done on your vehicle. Maintenance can also be recorded in your Honda service history booklet.
Mileage Maintenance Signature Mileage Maintenance Signature Performed Performed Date Date
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Mileage Maintenance Signature Mileage Maintenance Signature Performed Performed Date Date
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237 Fluid Locations
ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK BRAKE FLUID (Orange loop) (Gray cap)
WASHER FLUID (Blue cap)
COOLANT RESERVOIR
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID DIPSTICK POWER STEERING (Yellow loop) FLUID (Red cap) ENGINE OIL FILL CAP RADIATOR CAP
238 Adding Engine Oil
ENGINE OIL FILL CAP Recommended Engine Oil Honda Motor Oil is the preferred Oil is a major contributor to your 5W-20 lubricant for your vehicle. It is engine’s performance and longevity. highly recommended that you use Always use a premium-grade 5W-20 Honda Motor Oil in your vehicle for detergent oil displaying the API optimum engine protection. Make Certification Seal. This seal indicates sure the API Certification Seal says the oil is energy conserving, and that ‘‘For Gasoline Engines.’’ it meets the American Petroleum Institute’s latest requirements. The oil viscosity or weight is provided on the container’s label. 5W-20 oil is formulated for year- round protection of your Honda to improve cold weather starting and Unscrew and remove the engine oil fuel economy. Maintenance fill cap on top of the valve cover. Pour in the oil slowly and carefully so you do not spill. Clean up any spills immediately. Spilled oil could damage components in the engine compartment. Install the engine oil fill cap, and tighten it securely. Wait API CERTIFICATION SEAL a few minutes, and recheck the oil level. Do not fill above the upper mark; you could damage the engine.
Ambient Temperature
239 Adding Engine Oil, Changing the Oil and Filter
Synthetic Oil Changing the Oil and Filter You may use a synthetic motor oil if Always change the oil and filter it meets the same requirements according to the maintenance given for a conventional motor oil: it messages shown on the information displays the API Certification Seal, display. The oil and filter collect and it is the proper weight. You must contaminants that can damage your follow the oil and filter change engine if they are not removed intervals shown on the information regularly. display. Changing the oil and filter requires Engine Oil Additives special tools and access from Your vehicle does not require any oil underneath the vehicle. The vehicle WASHER DRAIN BOLT additives. Additives may adversely should be raised on a service station- affect the engine or transmission type hydraulic lift for this service. 1. Run the engine until it reaches performance and durability. Unless you have the knowledge and normal operating temperature, proper equipment, you should have then shut it off. this maintenance done by a skilled technician. 2. Open the hood, and remove the engine oil fill cap. Remove the oil drain bolt and washer from the bottom of the engine. Drain the oil into an appropriate container.
240 Changing the Oil and Filter
OIL FILTER 6. Put a new washer on the drain bolt, 10.Turn off the engine, let it sit for then reinstall the drain bolt. several minutes, then check the oil Tighten it to: level on the dipstick. If necessary, 29 lbf·ft (39 N·m , 4.0 kgf·m) add more oil.
7. Refill the engine with the recommended oil. Engine oil change capacity Improper disposal of engine oil can be (including filter): harmf ul to the environment. If you 4.5 US qt (4.3 ) change your own oil, please dispose of the used oil properly. Put it in a sealed 8. Replace the engine oil fill cap. container and take it to a recycling Start the engine. The oil pressure center. Do not discard it in a trash bin 3. Remove the oil filter and let the indicator should go out within 5 or dump it on the ground. Maintenance remaining oil drain. A special seconds. If it does not, turn off the wrench (available from your engine, and check your work. dealer) is required. 9. Let the engine run for several 4. Check the oil filter to make sure minutes, then check the drain bolt its gasket did not stick to the and oil filter for leaks. engine block. A stuck gasket could cause an oil leak.
5. Install a new oil filter according to the instructions that come with it.
241 Engine Coolant
Adding Engine Coolant Always use Honda Long-Life If the reserve tank is completely Antifreeze/Coolant Type 2. This empty, you should also check the coolant is pre-mixed with 50 % coolant level in the radiator. antifreeze and 50 % water. Never add straight antifreeze or plain water.
If Honda antifreeze/coolant is not Removing the radiator cap available, you may use another while the engine is hot can major-brand non-silicate coolant as a cause the coolant to spray out, temporaryreplacement.Makesureit seriously scalding you. is a high-quality coolant recommended for aluminum engines. Always let the engine and RESERVE TANK Continued use of any non-Honda radiator cool down before coolant can result in corrosion, removing the radiator cap. If the coolant level in the reserve causing the cooling system to tank is at or below the MIN line, add malfunction or fail. Have the cooling coolant to bring it up to between the system flushed and refilled with MIN and MAX lines. Inspect the Honda antifreeze/coolant as soon as cooling system for leaks. possible.
242 Engine Coolant, Windshield Washers
3. The coolant level should be up to Windshield Washers the base of the filler neck. Add Check the fluid level in the coolant if it is low. windshield washer reservoir at least monthly during normal use. Pourthecoolantslowlyand On Canadian models: The low washer carefully so you do not spill any. level indicator will come on when the Clean up any spill immediately; it level is low. could damage components in the Fill the reservoir with a good-quality engine compartment. windshield washer fluid. This increases the cleaning capability and 4. Put the radiator cap back on and prevents freezing in cold weather. tighten it. When you refill the reservoir, clean RADIATOR CAP the edges of the windshield wiper 5. Pour coolant into the reserve tank. blades with windshield washer fluid Maintenance 1. When the radiator and engine are Fill it to halfway between the MAX on a clean cloth. This will help to cool, relieve any pressure in the and MIN marks. Put the cap back condition them. cooling system by turning the on the reserve tank. radiator cap counterclockwise, without pressing down. Do not add any rust inhibitors or Do not use engine antif reeze or a other additives to your vehicle’s vinegar/water solution in the 2. Remove the radiator cap by cooling system. They may not be windshield washer reservoir. Antif reeze pushing down and turning compatible with the coolant or can damage your vehicle’s paint, while counterclockwise. engine components. a vinegar/water solution can damage the windshield washer pump. Use only commercially-available windshield washer f luid.
243 Automatic Transmission Fluid
Automatic Transmission 5. If the level is below the lower mark, remove the fill plug and add DIPSTICK fluid into the tube to bring it to the upper mark.
Pour the fluid slowly and carefully so you do not spill any. Clean up any spill immediately; it could damage components in the engine compartment. UPPER MARK LOWER MARK Always use Honda ATF-Z1 DIPSTICK (automatic transmission fluid). If it’s not available, you may use a Check the fluid level with the engine 3. Insert the dipstick all the way into DEXRON III automatic at normal operating temperature. the transmission. transmission fluid as a temporary replacement. However, continued 1. Park the vehicle on level ground. 4. Remove the dipstick and check use can affect the shift quality. Shut off the engine. the fluid level. It should be Have the transmission flushed and between the upper and lower refilled with Honda ATF-Z1 as 2. Remove the dipstick (yellow loop) marks. soon as it is convenient. from the transmission, and wipe it with a clean cloth.
244 Automatic Transmission Fluid, Differential Oil, Timing Belt
6. Insert the dipstick all the way back Differential Oil Put a new washer on the filler bolt, into the transmission. 4WD models only then reinstall the filler bolt and tighten it securely. Tightening The transmission should be drained FILLER BOLT torque: and refilled with new fluid according 33 lbf·ft (45 N·m , 4.6 kgf·m) to the time and distance recommen- dations in the maintenance schedule. The differential should be drained and refilled with new fluid according If you are not sure how to add fluid, to the time and distance recommen- contact your dealer. dations in the maintenance schedule.
Timing Belt The timing belt should be replaced CORRECT LEVEL according to the maintenance Maintenance message shown on the information Check the fluid level with the display. Replaced the belt at 60,000 differential at normal operating miles (100,000 km) if you regularly temperature and the vehicle sitting drive your vehicle in one or more of on level ground. Remove the these conditions: differential fluid filler bolt and In very high temperatures washer, and carefully feel inside the (over 110°F, 43°C). bolt hole with your finger. The fluid level should be up to the edge of the In very low temperatures bolt hole. If it is not, slowly add (under－－ 20°F, 29°C). VTM-4 Differential Fluid until it starts to run out of the hole. Frequently tow a trailer.
245 Brake Fluid
Check the brake fluid level in the Always use Honda Heavy Duty MAX reservoir monthly. Brake Fluid DOT 3. If it is not Replace the brake fluid according to available, you should use only DOT 3 the time recommendation in the or DOT 4 fluid, from a sealed maintenance minder schedule. container, as a temporary replacement.
Using any non-Honda brake fluid can cause corrosion and decrease the life of the system. Have the brake system flushed and refilled with Honda Heavy Duty Brake Fluid MIN DOT 3 as soon as possible. The fluid level should be between Brake fluid marked DOT 5 is not theMINandMAXmarksontheside compatible with your vehicle’s of the reservoir. If the level is at or braking system and can cause below the MIN mark, your brake extensive damage. system needs attention. Have the brake system inspected for leaks or worn brake pads.
246 Power Steering Fluid
UPPER LEVEL Pour the fluid slowly and carefully so A low power steering fluid level can you do not spill any. Clean up any indicate a leak in the system. Check spill immediately; it could damage the fluid level frequently, and have components in the engine the system inspected as soon as compartment. possible.
Always use Honda Power Steering Fluid. You may use another power steering fluid as an emergency Turning the steering wheel to f ull lef t replacement, but have the power or right lock and holding it there can steering system flushed and refilled damage the power steering pump. LOWER LEVEL with Honda PSF as soon as possible.
Check the level on the side of the Maintenance reservoir when the engine is cold. The fluid should be between the UPPER LEVEL and LOWER LEVEL. If not add power steering fluid to the UPPER LEVEL mark.
247 Lights
Headlight Aiming Theheadlightswereproperlyaimed when your vehicle was new. If you regularly carry heavy items in the trunk, readjustment may be required. Adjustments should be performed by your dealer or other qualified mechanic.
Replacing a Headlight Bulb Your vehicle has halogen headlight TAB bulbs. Handle a bulb by its steel base, BULB CONNECTOR and protect the glass from contact with your skin or hard objects. If you 1. Open the hood. 4. Insert the new bulb into the hole, touch the glass, clean it with and turn it one-quarter turn clock- denaturedalcoholandacleancloth. 2. Remove the electrical connector wise to lock it in place. from the bulb by squeezing the NOTE: Halogen headlight bulbs get connector to unlock the tab, then 5. Push the electrical connector onto very hot when lit. Oil, perspiration, or a slide the connector off the bulb. the new bulb. scratch on the glass can cause the bulb to overheat and shatter. 3. Remove the bulb by turning it 6. Turn on the headlights to test the approximately one-quarter turn new bulb. counterclockwise.
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Replacing a Front Turn Signal 4. Insert the socket back into the 2. To remove a bulb, pull it straight Bulb headlight assembly. Turn it out of its socket. clockwise to lock it in place. 3. Install the new bulb into the 5. Turn on the lights to make sure socket. the new bulb is working. 4. Insert the socket back into the Replacing a Parking Light/Front headlight assembly. Turn it Side Marker Light Bulbs clockwise to lock it in place.
5. Turn on the lights to make sure the new bulb is working. Maintenance
1. Remove the socket from the headlight assembly by turning it one-quarter turn counterclockwise.
2. To remove the front turn signal bulb, push it in slightly and turn it counterclockwise. 1. Remove the socket from the 3. Install the new bulb into the headlight assembly by turning it socket and reinstall it. one-quarter turn counterclockwise.
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Replacing a Side Turn Signal Bulb 5. Pull the burned out bulb straight out of its socket. Push the new bulb straight into the socket until it bottoms.
6. Insert the socket back into the turn signal assembly. Turn it clockwise to lock it in place.
7. Turn on the lights to make sure the new bulb is working.
8. Put the inner fender cover in place. Install the three holding clips. 1. If you are changing the bulb on 3. Pull the inner fender cover away Lock each clip in place by pushing the driver’s side, start the engine, from the fender. on the center. turn the steering wheel all the way to the left, and turn off the engine. 4. Remove the socket from the turn If you are changing the bulb on signal assembly by turning it one- the passenger’s side, turn the quarter turn counterclockwise. steering wheel to the right.
2. Use a flat-tipped screwdriver to remove the three holding clips from the inner fender.
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Replacing a Front Fog Light Bulb 6. Turn on the fog lights to make If equipped sure the new bulb is working.
7. Reinstall the mounting bolt on the under cover. Maintenance
1. Use a wrench to remove the 3. Remove the electrical connector mounting bolt from the underbody. from the bulb by pushing on the tab and pulling the connector 2. Pull the under cover away from down. the bumper. 4. Remove the bulb by turning it one- quarter turn counterclockwise.
5. Insert the new bulb into the assembly and turn it one-quarter turn clockwise to lock it in place.
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Replacing Rear Bulbs Replacing a Back-up Light Bulb
1. Open the tailgate. 3. Remove the socket of the burned 1. Open the tailgate. Place a cloth on out bulb by turning it one-quarter the edge of the cover. Remove the 2. Remove the two screws, then pull turn counterclockwise, and pull it covers by carefully prying on the the rear light assembly straight straight out of its socket. edge with a small flat-tipped back to remove it from the body. screwdriver. 4. Install a new bulb into the socket, and reinstall the socket into the 2. Remove the socket by turning it light assembly. one-quarter turn counterclockwise.
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3. Pull the burned out bulb straight Replacing the High-mount Brake out of its socket. Light Push the new bulb straight into the socket until it bottoms.
4. Insert the socket back into the light assembly. Turn it clockwise to lock it in place.
5. Testthelightstomakesurethe new bulb is working.
6. Reinstall the back-up light cover. SCREW Maintenance
1. Place a cloth on the middle edge 3. Pull the light assembly out of the of a part of the lens on the tailgate. passenger’s side. Remove a part of the lens by carefully prying on its 4. Remove the socket from the light edge with a small flip tipped assembly by turning it one-quarter screwdriver. turn counterclockwise.
2. Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to 5. Pull the bulb straight out of its remove the screw under the lens. socket. Push a new bulb into the socket until it bottoms. Reinstall the assembly.
253 Floor Mats, Cleaning Seat Belts
Floor Mats If you use non-Honda floor mats, Cleaning Seat Belts make sure they fit properly and that theycanbeusedwiththefloormat LOOP anchors. Do not put additional floor mats on top of the anchored mats.
The driver’s and right second row If your seat belts get dirty, use a soft floor mats that came with your brush with a mixture of mild soap vehicle hook over the floor mat and warm water to clean them. Do anchors. This keeps the floor mats not use bleach, dye, or cleaning from sliding forward and possibly solvents. Let the belts air-dry before interfering with the pedals or you use the vehicle. marking the front passenger’s Dirt build-up in the loops of the seat weight sensors ineffective. belt anchors can cause the belts to retract slowly. Wipe the insides of If you remove a floor mat, make sure the loops with a clean cloth tore-anchoritwhenyouputitback dampened in mild soap and warm in your vehicle. water or isopropyl alcohol.
254 Wiper Blades
Check the condition of the wiper WIPER ARMS blades at least every six months. Replace them if you find signs of cracking in the rubber, areas that are getting hard, or if they leave streaks and unwiped areas when used.
LOCK TAB
1. Raise the wiper arm off the 2. Front only: Maintenance windshield. Raise the driver’s side Disconnect the blade assembly first, then the passenger’s side. fromthewiperarmbypushingin the lock tab. Hold the lock tab in while you push the blade assembly toward the base of the arm. Do not open the hood when the wiper arms are raised, or you will damage the hood and wiper arms.
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BLADE BLADE 5. Slide the new wiper blade into the holder until the tabs lock.
6. Front only: Slide the wiper blade assembly onto the wiper arm. Make sure it locks in place.
7. Lower the wiper arm down against the windshield, the passenger’s side first, then the driver’s side. REINFORCEMENT 3. Remove the blade from its holder 4. Examine the new wiper blades. If by grasping the tabbed end of the they have no plastic or metal blade. Pull firmly until the tabs reinforcement along the back come out of the holder. edge, remove the metal reinforcement strips from the old wiper blade, and install them in the slots along the edge of the new blade.
256 Tires
To safely operate your vehicle, your Inflation Guidelines We recommend that you visually tires must be the proper type and Keeping the tires properly inflated check your tires every day. If you size, in good condition with adequate provides the best combination of think a tire might be low, check it tread, and correctly inflated. handling, tread life, and riding immediately with a tire gauge. comfort. The following pages give more Use a gauge to measure the air detailed information on how to take Underinflated tires wear unevenly, pressure in each tire at least once a care of your tires and what to do adversely affect handling and fuel month. Even tires that are in good when they need to be replaced. economy, and are more likely to condition may lose 1 to 2 psi (10 to fail from being overheated. 20 kPa, 0.1 to 0.2 kgf/cm ) per month. Remember to check the Overinflated tires can make your sparetireatthesametime. Using tires that are excessively vehicleridemoreharshly,are worn or improperly inflated can more prone to damage from road Check the air pressures when the Maintenance cause a crash in which you can hazards, and wear unevenly. tires are cold. This means the be seriously hurt or killed. vehicle has been parked for at least 3 Thetirepressuremonitoringsystem hours, or driven less than 1 mile (1.6 Follow all instructions in this (TPMS)willwarnyouwhenatire km). Add or release air, if needed, to owner’s manual regarding tire pressure is low. See page205 for match the recommended cold tire inflation and maintenance. information on the TPMS. pressures on the next page.
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If you check air pressures when the Recommended Tire Pressures Tire Inspection tires are hot (driven for several The following chart shows the Every time you check inflation, you miles), you will see readings 4 to 6 recommended cold tire pressures for should also examine the tires for psi (30 to 40 kPa, 0.3 to 0.4 kgf/cm ) most normal driving conditions. damage, foreign objects, and wear. higher than the cold readings. This is normal. Do not let air out to match Tire Size Cold Tire Pressure Youshouldlookfor: the recommended cold air pressure. for Normal Driving The tire will be underinflated. P235/70R16 104S 32 psi (220 kPa , Bumps or bulges in the tread or 2.2 kgf/cm ) side of the tire. Replace the tire if Youshouldgetyourowntire youfindeitheroftheseconditions. pressure gauge whenever you check Thecompactsparetirepressureis: your tire pressures. This will make it 60 psi (420 kPa , 4.2 kgf/cm ) Cuts, splits, or cracks in the side easier for you to tell if a pressure of the tire. Replace the tire if you loss is due to a tire problem and not For convenience, the recommended can see fabric or cord. due to a variation between gauges. tire sizes and cold tire pressures are on a label on the driver’s doorjamb. Excessive tread wear. While tubeless tires have some ability to self-seal if they are For additional information about punctured, you should look closely your tires, see page289 . for punctures if a tire starts losing pressure.
258 Tires
Tire Maintenance Tire Rotation INDICATOR LOCATION MARKS In addition to proper inflation, correct wheel alignment helps to Front Front decrease tire wear. If you find a tire is worn unevenly, have your dealer check the wheel alignment.
Have your dealer check the tires if you feel a consistent vibration while driving. A tire should always be rebalanced if it is removed from the TREAD WEAR INDICATORS wheel. When you have new tires (For Non-directional (For Directional installed, make sure they are Tires and Wheels) Tires and Wheels) Your tires have wear indicators balanced. This increases riding Maintenance molded into the tread. When the comfort and tire life. For best results, To help increase tire life and tread wears down, you will see a have the installer perform a dynamic distribute wear more evenly, rotate band 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) wide across balance. the tires at these intervals: the tread. This shows there is less than 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) of tread left Move the tires to the positions on the tire. shown in the illustration each time Improper wheel weights can damage they are rotated. If you purchase A tire this worn gives very little your vehicle’s aluminum wheels. Use directional tires, rotate only front-to- traction on wet roads. You should only genuine Honda wheels weights f or back. replace the tire if you can see three balancing. or more tread wear indicators.
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Replacing Tires and Wheels Winter Driving Replace your tires with radial tires of Tires marked ‘‘M＋ S’’ or ‘‘All the same size, load range, speed Installing improper tires on your Season’’ on the sidewall have an all- rating, and maximum cold tire vehicle can affect handling and weather tread design suitable for pressure rating (as shown on the stability. This can cause a crash most winter driving conditions. tire’s sidewall). in which you can be seriously hurt or killed. For the best performance in snowy Mixing radial and bias-ply tires on or icy conditions, you should install your vehicle can reduce braking Always use the size and type of snow tires or tire chains. They may ability, traction, and steering tires recommended in this be required by local laws under accuracy. Using tires of a different owner’s manual. certain conditions. size or construction can cause the ABS to work inconsistently. Snow Tires Wheel and Tire Specifications If you mount snow tires on your It is best to replace all four tires at Wheels: vehicle, make sure they are radial thesametime.Ifthatisnotpossible 16x61/2JJ tires of the same size and load range or necessary, replace the two front as original tires. Mount snow tires on tires or two rear tires as a pair. Tires: all four wheels. The traction Replacing just one tire can seriously P235/70R16 104S provided by snow tires on dry roads affect your vehicle’s handling. maybelowerthanyouroriginaltires. See page290 for DOT tire quality Check with the tire dealer for If you ever replace a wheel, make grading information, and page maximum speed recommendations. sure that the wheel’s specifications 291 for tire size explanation. match those of the original wheels.
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Tire Chains When installing cables, follow the Because your vehicle has limited tire manufacturer’s instructions, and clearance, mount only SAE Class ‘‘S’’ mount them as tight as you can. Traction devices that are the wrong cable-type traction devices, with Make sure they are not contacting size or improperly installed can rubber chain tensioners on the front the brake lines or suspension. Drive damage your vehicle’s brake lines, tires. Use traction devices only when slowly with them installed. If you suspension, body, and wheels. Stop required by driving condition or local hear them coming into contact with driving if they are hitting any part of laws.Makesuretheyarethecorrect the body or chassis, stop and the vehicle. size for your tires. Metal link-type investigate. Remove them as soon as ‘‘chains’’ should not be used. youbegindrivingonclearedroads. Maintenance
261 Checking the Battery
TEST INDICATOR WINDOW Check the terminals for corrosion (a If you need to connect the battery to white or yellowish powder). To a charger, disconnect both cables to remove it, cover the terminals with a prevent damaging your vehicle’s solution of baking soda and water. It electrical system. Always disconnect will bubble up and turn brown. When the negative (－ ) cable first, and this stops, wash it off with plain reconnect it last. water. Dry off the battery with a cloth or paper towel. Coat the terminals with grease to help prevent further corrosion. The battery gives off explosive hydrogen gas during normal If additional battery maintenance is operation. needed, see your dealer or a Check the condition of the battery qualified technician. A spark or flame can cause the monthlybylookingatthetest battery to explode with enough indicator window. The label on the WARNING: Battery posts, force to kill or seriously hurt you. battery explains the test indicator’s terminals, and related accessories colors. contain lead and lead compounds. Wear protective clothing and a Wash your hands after handling. face shield, or have a skilled mechanic do the battery maintenance.
262 Vehicle Storage
If you need to park your vehicle for Block the rear wheels. Cover the vehicle with a an extended period (more than 1 ‘‘breathable’’ cover, one made month), there are several things you If the vehicle is to be stored for a from a porous material such as should do to prepare it for storage. longer period, it should be cotton. Non-porous materials, such Proper preparation helps prevent supported on jackstands so the as plastic sheeting, trap moisture, deterioration and makes it easier to tires are off the ground. which can damage the paint. get your vehicle back on the road. If possible, store your vehicle indoors. Leave one window open slightly (if If possible periodically run the the vehicle is being stored engine until it reaches normal Fill the fuel tank. indoors). operating temperature (the cooling fans cycle twice). Change the engine oil and filter. Disconnect the battery. Preferably, do this once a month.
Wash and dry the exterior Support the front wiper blade Maintenance completely. arms with a folded towel or rag so they do not touch the windshield. Cleantheinterior.Makesurethe carpeting, floor mats, etc., are To minimize sticking, apply a completely dry. silicone spray lubricant to all door and tailgate seals. Also, apply a Leave the parking brake off. Put vehiclebodywaxtothepainted the transmission in Park. surfaces that mate with the door and tailgate seals.
263 264 Taking Care of the Unexpected
This section covers the more Compact Spare Tire...... 266 common problems that motorists Changing a Flat Tire ...... 267 experience with their vehicles. It If the Engine Won’t Start...... 271 gives you information about how to Jump Starting ...... 272 safely evaluate the problem and what If the Engine Overheats...... 274 to do to correct it. If the problem has Low Oil Pressure Indicator...... 276 stranded you on the side of the road, Charging System Indicator...... 276 you may be able to get going again. Malfunction Indicator...... 277 If not, you will also find instructions Brake System Indicator...... 278 on getting your vehicle towed. Emergency Towing ...... 278 Fuses ...... 279 Fuse Locations...... 283 aigCr fteUnexpected the of Care Taking
265 Compact Spare Tire
Use the compact spare tire as a Follow these precautions: INDICATOR LOCATION MARK temporary replacement only. Get your regular tire repaired or replaced, Never exceed 50 mph (80 km/h). and put it back on your vehicle as soon as you can. This tire gives a harsher ride and less traction on some road sur- Check the inflation pressure of the faces. Use greater caution while compact spare tire every time you driving. check the other tires. It should be inflated to: Do not mount snow chains on it. 60 psi (420 kPa , 4.2 kgf/cm ) Do not use the compact spare tire TREAD WEAR INDICATOR BAR if you are towing a trailer. Replace the tire when you can see Do not use your compact spare the tread wear indicator bars. The tire on another vehicle unless it is replacement should be the same size thesamemakeandmodel. and design tire, mounted on the same wheel. The spare tire is not Turn off the VSA system (see designed to be mounted on a regular page212 ). Driving with the wheel, and the spare wheel is not compact spare tire may activate designed for mounting a regular tire. the VSA system.
266 Changing a Flat Tire
If you have a flat tire while driving, TOOLS JACK stop in a safe place to change it. Drive slowly along the shoulder until you get to an exit or an area that is far away from the traffic lanes.
The vehicle can easily roll off the jack, seriously injuring anyone underneath. SPARE TIRE COVER Follow the directions for changing a tire exactly, and 1. Park the vehicle on firm, level, and 3. Thetoolsandjackarebehinda never get under the vehicle non-slippery ground. Put the cover in the cargo area on the when it is supported only by the transmission in Park. Apply the driver’s side. Remove the cover by Unexpected the of Care Taking jack. parking brake. pushing the top of it.
2. Turn on the hazard warning lights, 4. Turn the jack’s end and turn the ignition switch to the counterclockwise to loosen it, then LOCK (0) position. Have all remove the jack and tools. passengers get out of the vehicle while you change the tire.
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WHEEL NUT WRENCH BRACKET JACKING POINT
5. The spare tire is stored 6. Put the wheel nut wrench on the 9. Placethejackunderthejacking underneath the rear cargo area. hoist shaft. Turn the wrench point nearest the tire you need to Remove the plastic cover on the counterclockwise to lower the change. It is pointed to by a △ cargo area lining to access the spare tire to the ground. Keep mark molded into the underside of shaft for the spare tire hoist. turning the wheel nut wrench to the body. Turn the end bracket create slack in the cable. clockwise until the top of the jack contacts the jacking point. Make 7. Remove the bracket from the sure the jacking point tab is spare tire. restinginthejacknotch.
8. Loosen each wheel nut 1/2 turn with the wheel nut wrench.
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EXTENSION
WHEEL NUT WRENCH BRAKE HUB
10. Use the extension and the wheel 12. Before mounting the spare tire, 14. Lower the vehicle to the ground, nut wrench as shown to raise the wipeanydirtoffthemounting and remove the jack. vehicle until the flat tire is off the surface of the wheel and hub with 15. Tighten the wheel nuts securely in Unexpected the of Care Taking ground. a clean cloth. Wipe the hub the same crisscross pattern. Have carefully;itmaybehotfrom the wheel nut torque checked at 11. Remove the wheel nuts, then driving. the nearest automotive service remove the flat tire. Place the flat 13. Put on the spare tire. Put the facility. tire on the ground with the outside wheel nuts back on finger-tight, Tighten the wheel nuts to: surface facing up. then tighten them in a crisscross 80 lbf·ft (108 N·m , 11 kgf·m) pattern with the wheel nut wrench 16. Remove the center cap from the until the wheel is firmly against flat tire, and place the flat tire up the hub. Do not try to tighten under the hoist. them fully. CONTINUED
269 Changing a Flat Tire
19. Turn the wheel nut wrench clockwise until the flat tire rests against the underbody of the Loose items can fly around the vehicle and you hear the hoist interiorinacrashandcould click. seriously injure the occupants.
Store the wheel, jack, and tools securely before driving. Always raise the spare tire hoist, even if you are not stowing a tire. If the hoist is lef t down, it will be damaged during driving and need to be replaced.
17. Insert the hoist bracket into the 20. Store the jack in its holder. Turn center hole of the flat tire. the jacks’ end bracket to lock it in place and replace the tools and 18. Slowly turn the wheel nut wrench cover. clockwisetotakeuptheslackof the hoist cable. Make sure the bracketisseatedinthecenter hole of the spare tire.
270 If the Engine Won’t Start
Diagnosing why the engine won’t Check the transmission interlock. If the headlights dim noticeably or start falls into two areas, depending The transmission must be in Park go out when you try to start the on what you hear when you turn the or neutral or the starter will not engine, either the battery is dis- ignition switch to the START (III) operate. charged or the connections are position: corroded. Check the condition of You hear nothing, or almost Turn the ignition switch to the ON the battery and terminal connec- nothing. The engine’s starter (II) position. Turn on the tions (see page262 ). You can motor does not operate at all, or headlights, and check their then try jump starting the vehicle operates very slowly. brightness. If the headlights are from a booster battery (see page very dim or do not come on at all, 272 ). You can hear the starter motor the battery is discharged. See operating normally, or the starter Jump Starting on page272 . The Starter Operates Normally motor sounds like it is spinning In this case, the starter motor’s faster than normal, but the engine Turn the ignition switch to the speed sounds normal, or even faster does not start up and run. START (III) position. If the than normal, when you turn the headlights do not dim, check the ignition switch to the START (III) Unexpected the of Care Taking Nothing Happens or the Starter condition of the fuses. If the fuses position, but the engine does not run. Motor Operates Very Slowly areOK,thereisprobably When you turn the ignition switch to something wrong with the Are you using the proper starting the START (III) position, you do not electrical circuit for the ignition procedure? Refer to Starting the hear the normal noise of the engine switch or starter motor. You will Engine on page199 . trying to start. You may hear a need a qualified technician to clicking sound or series of clicks, or determine the problem (see nothing at all. Emergency Towing on page278 ). Check these things:
271 If the Engine Won’t Start, Jump Starting
Are you using a properly coded Jump Starting To Jump Start Your Vehicle: key? An improperly coded key will Although this seems like a simple 1. Open the hood, and check the cause the immobilizer system procedure, you should take several physical condition of the battery. indicator in the dash panel to blink precautions. In very cold weather, check the rapidly (see page64 ). condition of the electrolyte. If it seems slushy or frozen, do not try Do you have fuel? Check the fuel jump starting until it thaws. gauge; the low fuel indicator may A battery can explode if you do not be working. not follow the correct procedure, seriously injuring anyone There may be an electrical nearby. If a battery sits in extreme cold, the problem, such as no power to the electrolyte inside can f reeze. fuel pump. Check all the fuses Keep all sparks, open flames, Attempting to jump start with a frozen (see page279 ). and smoking materials away battery can cause it to rupture. from the battery. Ifyoufindnothingwrong,youwill 2. Turn off all the electrical acces- need a qualified technician to find sories: heater, A/C, climate the problem. See Emergency You cannot start your vehicle by control, stereo system, lights, etc. Towing on page278 . pushing or pulling it. Put the transmission in neutral or Park, and set the parking brake.
3. Connect one jumper cable to the positive (＋ ) terminal on your battery. Connect the other end to the positive (＋ ) terminal on the booster battery.
272 Jump Starting
6. Start the vehicle. If the starter motor still operates slowly, check that the jumper cables have good metal-to-metal contact.
7. Once the vehicle is running, disconnect the negative cable from your vehicle, then from the booster battery. Disconnect the positive cable from your vehicle, and then from the booster battery.
Keep the ends of the jumper cables 4. Connect the second jumper cable away from each other and any metal to the negative (－ ) terminal on on the vehicle until everything is the booster battery. Connect the disconnected. Otherwise, you may Unexpected the of Care Taking other end to the grounding strap cause an electrical short. as shown. Do not connect this jumper cable to any other part of the engine.
5. If the booster battery is in another vehicle, have an assistant start that vehicle and run it at a fast idle.
273 If the Engine Overheats
The pointer of the vehicle’s 3. If you do not see steam or spray, temperature gauge should stay in leave the engine running, and the midrange. If it climbs to the red Steam and spray from an watch the temperature gauge. If mark, you should determine the overheated engine can the high heat is due to overloading, reason (hot day, driving up a steep seriously scald you. the engine should start to cool hill, etc.). down almost immediately. If it If the vehicle overheats, you should Do not open the hood if steam does, wait until the temperature take immediate action. The only is coming out. gauge comes down to the midpoint, indication may be the temperature then continue driving. gauge climbing to or above the red mark. Or you may see steam or 1. Safely pull to the side of the road. 4. If the temperature gauge stays at spray coming from under the hood. Put the transmission in neutral or the red mark, turn off the engine. Park, and set the parking brake. Turn off all the accessories, and 5. Look for any obvious coolant leaks, turn on the hazard warning lights. such as a split radiator hose. Driving with the temperature gauge Everything is still extremely hot, pointer at the red mark can cause 2. If you see steam and/or spray so use caution. If you find a leak, it serious damage to the engine. coming from under the hood, turn must be repaired before you off the engine. Wait until you see continue driving (see Emergency no more signs of steam or spray, Towing on page 278 ). then open the hood. 6. If you do not find an obvious leak, check the coolant level in the radiator reserve tank. Add coolant if the level is below the MIN mark.
274 If the Engine Overheats
7. If there was no coolant in the 9. Start the engine and set the reserve tank, you may need to add temperature control dial to coolant to the radiator. Let the maximum (climate control to engine cool down until the pointer FULL AUTO at 90°F/32°C). Add reaches the middle of the tempera- coolant to the radiator up to the ture gauge, or lower, before check- base of the filler neck. If you do ing the radiator. not have the proper coolant mixture available, you can add plain water. Remember to have the cooling system drained and Removing the radiator cap refilled with the proper mixture as while the engine is hot can soon as you can. cause the coolant to spray out, seriously scalding you. 10. Put the radiator cap back on tightly. Run the engine, and watch Always let the engine and the temperature gauge. If it goes Unexpected the of Care Taking radiator cool down before back to the red mark, the engine removing the radiator cap. needs repair (see Emergency Towing on page 278). 8. Using gloves or a large heavy cloth, turn the radiator cap 11. If the temperature stays normal, counterclockwise, without pushing check the coolant level in the down, to the first stop. After the radiator reserve tank. If it has pressure releases, push down on gone down, add coolant to the the cap, and turn it until it comes MAX mark. Put the cap back on off. tightly.
275 Low Oil Pressure Indicator, Charging System Indicator
Low Oil Pressure Indicator 1. Safely pull off the road, and shut Charging System Indicator off the engine. Turn on the hazard This indicator should never warning lights. If the charging system come on when the engine is indicator comes on brightly running. If it starts flashing or stays 2. Let the vehicle sit for a minute. when the engine is running, the on, the oil pressure has dropped very Open the hood, and check the oil battery is not being charged. low or lost pressure. Serious engine level (see page189 ). An engine damage is possible, and you should very low on oil can lose pressure Immediately turn off all electrical take immediate action. during cornering and other driving accessories. Try not to use other maneuvers. electrically operated controls such as the power windows. Keep the engine 3. If necessary, add oil to bring the running; starting the engine will Running the engine with low oil level back to the full mark on the discharge the battery rapidly. pressure can cause serious mechanical dipstick (see page239 ). damage almost immediately. Turn of f Go to a service station or garage the engine as soon as you can saf ely get 4. Start the engine, and watch the oil where you can get technical the vehicle stopped. pressure light. If it does not go out assistance. within ten seconds, turn off the engine. There is a mechanical problem that needs to be repaired before you can continue driving. (See Emergency Towing on page 278 ).
276 Malfunction Indicator
If this indicator comes on If the battery in your vehicle has while driving, it means one been disconnected or gone dead, of the engine’s emission control If you keep driving with the these codes are erased. It can take systems may have a problem. Even malf unction indicator lamp on, you can several days of driving under though you may feel no difference in damage your vehicle’s emission various conditions to set the codes your vehicle’s performance, controls and engine. Those repairs may again. continued operation may cause not be covered by your vehicle’s serious damage. warranties. To check if they are set, turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) If you have recently refueled your If the malfunction indicator lamp position, without starting the engine. vehicle, the indicator could come on comes on along with the ‘‘D’’ The malfunction indicator lamp will because of a loose or missing fuel fill indicator, there is a problem in the come on for 20 seconds. If it then cap. You will also see a ‘‘CHECK automatic transmission control goes off, the readiness codes are set. FUEL CAP’’ message on the system. If it blinks five times, the readiness information display. Tighten the cap codes are not set. If possible, do not until it clicks at least once. Readiness Codes take your vehicle for a state Unexpected the of Care Taking Tightening the cap will not turn the Your vehicle has certain ‘‘readiness emissions test until the readiness indicator turn off immediately; it codes’’ that are part of the on-board codes are set. Refer to State can take several days of normal diagnostics for the emissions Emissions Testing for more driving. systems. In some states, part of the information (see page296 ). emissions testing is to make sure If the indicator remains on or the these codes are set. If they are not fuel cap was not loose or missing, set, the test cannot be completed. have the vehicle checked by the dealer as soon as possible.
277 Brake System Indicator, Emergency Towing
U.S. Canada The brake system design will still give you braking at Emergency Towing indicator normally two wheels. You will feel the brake If your vehicle needs to be towed, comes on when pedal go down much farther before call a professional towing service or you turn the ignition switch to the the vehicle begins to slow down, and organization. Never tow your vehicle ON (II) position, and as a reminder you will have to press harder on the with just a rope or chain. It is very to check the parking brake. It will pedal. dangerous. stay on if you do not fully release the The only way you can safely tow parking brake. Slow down by shifting to a lower gear, and pull to the side of the road your vehicle is with flat-bed when it is safe. Because of the long equipment. The operator will load If the brake system indicator comes your vehicle on the back of a truck. on while driving, the brake fluid level distance needed to stop, it is hazardous to drive the vehicle. You Any other method of towing will is probably low. Press lightly on the damage the drive system. When you brake pedal to see if it feels normal. should have it towed and repaired as soon as possible (see Emergency contact the towing agency, inform If it does, check the brake fluid level them a flat-bed is required. the next time you stop at a service Towing on page 278 ). station (see page246 ). If you must drive the vehicle a short If the fluid level is low, take the distance in this condition, drive Towing your vehicle with two tires on vehicle to your dealer and have the slowly and carefully. the ground will damage parts of the brake system inspected for leaks or 4WD system. It should be transported worn brake pads. If the ABS indicator and the VSA indicator come on with the brake on a f lat-bed truck or trailer. However, if the brake pedal does not system indicator, have the vehicle feel normal, you should take inspected by your dealer immediate action. A problem in one immediately. part of the system’s dual circuit
278 Emergency Towing, Fuses
If, due to damage, your vehicle must With all four wheels on the ground, Fuses be towed with all four wheels on the it is best to tow the vehicle no farther ground, do the following: than 50 miles (80 km), and keep the DRIVER’ S SIDE INTERIOR speed below 35 mph (55 km/h). Release the parking brake. Start the engine. Shift to D for several seconds, then to N. The steering system can be damaged if Turn off the engine. the steering wheel is locked. Leave the ignition switch in the ACCESSORY (I) position, and make sure the steering wheel turns f reely bef ore you begin Improper towing preparation will towing. damage the transmission. Follow the above procedure exactly. If you cannot The vehicle’s fuses are located in Unexpected the of Care Taking shif t the transmission or start the four fuse boxes. The interior fuse engine, your vehicle must be Trying to lif t or tow your vehicle by the boxes are located under the transported with the all f our wheels of f bumpers will cause serious damage. dashboard on the driver’s and the ground. The bumpers are not designed to passenger’s side. support the vehicle’s weight.
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279 Fuses
Checking and Replacing Fuses PASSENGER’ S SIDE INTERIOR If something electrical in your vehicle stops working, the first thing youshouldcheckforisablownfuse. Determine from the chart on pages 283and 284 , or the diagram on the fuse box lid, which fuse or fuses control that device. The diagram for UNDER- the interior driver’s side fuse box is HOOD on the kick panel below the fuse box. FUSE Check those fuses first, but check all BOX the fuses before deciding that a blown fuse is the cause. Replace any To open the passenger’s side, pull blown fuses, and check if the device the right edge of the cover. works.
The primary under-hood fuse box is 1. Turn the ignition switch to the locatedonthepassenger’sside.The LOCK (0) position. Make sure the secondary fuse box is next to the headlights and all other battery. accessories are off.
2. Remove the cover from the fuse box.
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FUSE PULLER BLOWN
BLOWN
3. Check each of the large fuses in 4. Check the smaller fuses in the 5. Look for a blown wire inside the the primary under-hood fuse box under-hood fuse box and all the fuse.Ifitisblown,replaceitwith by looking through the top at the fuses in the interior fuse boxes by one of the spare fuses of the same Unexpected the of Care Taking wire inside. Remove the screws pulling out each fuse with the fuse rating or lower. with a Phillips-head screwdriver. puller provided in the primary under-hood fuse box.
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281 Fuses
If you cannot drive the vehicle 6. If the replacement fuse of the Trailer Fuses without fixing the problem, and you same rating blows in a short time, If a trailer light is burned out, check do not have a spare fuse, take a fuse there is probably a serious ifthesefusesareblownwhenyou of the same rating or a lower rating electrical problem with your replace the light bulbs: from one of the other circuits. Make vehicle. Leave the blown fuse in Primary under-hood fuse box sureyoucandowithoutthatcircuit that circuit, and have your vehicle fuses5,7,and24 temporarily (such as the accessory checked by a qualified mechanic. Interior driver’s side fuse box: 10 power socket or radio). Interior passenger’s side fuse box: If the driver’s power window fuse is 10 If you replace the blown fuse with a removed, the AUTO function of the spare fuse that has a lower rating, it driver’s window will be disabled. To IfthosefusesareOK,butthetrailer might blow out again. This does not reset the AUTO function, see page lights still do not work, there are two indicate anything wrong. Replace the 95 . blown 7.5 amp fuses in the trailer fuse with one of the correct rating as hitch wiring. To access the 7.5 amp soon as you can. On EX and EX-L models fuses: If the radio fuse is removed, the 1. Open the tailgate and remove the audio system will disable itself. The cargo floor lid. nexttimeyouturnontheradioyou 2. Pull out the bottom of the tailgate Replacing a f use with one that has a will see ‘‘ENTER CODE’’ in the rubber seal. higher rating greatly increases the frequency display. Use the preset 3. Remove rear trim panel by pulling chances of damaging the electrical buttons to enter the digit code (see up on the inside edge of the rear system. If you do not have a page139 ). trim panel, and unhooking the four replacement f use with the proper rating clips and tabs. f or the circuit, install one with a lower 4. After replacing fuses, and reinstall rating. the rear trim panel in the reverse order of removal.
282 Fuse Locations
PRIMARY UNDER-HOOD FUSE BOX No. Amps. Circuits Protected No. Amps. Circuits Protected
1 20 A Spare Fuse 14 30 A Rear A/C 2 30 A Spare Fuse 15 40 A Heater Motor 3 20 A Right Headlight 16 30 A Cooling Fan 4 15 A ACG S 17 7.5 A Spare Fuse 5 15 A Hazard 18 10 A Spare Fuse 6 － Not used 19 15 A Spare Fuse 7 20 A Stop, Horn 20 120 A Battery 8 20 A Left Headlight 21 30 A Condenser Fan 9 20 A Radio 22 7.5 A MG Clutch 10 40 A Power Window Motor 23 50 A IGI Main 11 40 A Power Seat 24 － Trailer (accessory) 12 30 A Rear Defroster
13 40 A Back Up, ACC Unexpected the of Care Taking
SECONDARY UNDER-HOOD FUSE BOX No. Amps. Circuits Protected No. Amps. Circuits Protected
1 20 A AC INVERTER 7 15 A ETCS 2 40 A VSA F/S Relay 8 15 A IG Coil 3 30 A VSA Motor 9 15 A LAF 4 20 A VTM-4 10 7.5 A TPMS 5 10 A ACM 11 (20 A) (FR FOG) 6 15 A Rear Accessory Socket
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INTERIOR FUSE BOX Driver’s Side Passenger’s Side
No. Amps. Circuits Protected No. Amps. Circuits Protected Front 1 15 A Fuel Pump Front 1 20 A Driver’s Power Window 2 10 A SRS 2 20 A Driver’s Power Seat Reclining 3 7.5 A Heater Control, A/C Clutch 3 20 A Heated Seat Relay, Cooling Fan Relay 4 20 A Driver’s Power Seat Sliding 4 7.5 A Power Mirror, ABS 5 － Not used 5 10 A Daytime Running Light＊ 6 10 A Daytime Running Light＊ 6 15 A ECU(PCM),CruiseControl 7 20 A Driver’s side Rear Power 7 7.5 A OPDS, Rear Wiper Window 8 7.5 A ACC Relay 8 20 A Front Passenger’s Power 9 10 A Back-up Lights, Instrument Window Lights 9 15 A Front Accessory Socket 10 7.5 A Turn Signals 10 15 A Small Light 11 7.5 A VTM-4 11 10 A Interior Light 12 30 A Front Wiper 12 20 A Power Door Lock 13 － Not used 13 7.5 A Back Up 14 7.5 A Moonroof ＊ : Canadian models 15 20 A Moonroof 16 20 A Passenger’s Side Rear Power Window
＊ : Canadian models
284 Technical Information
Thediagramsinthissectiongive Identification Numbers...... 286 Emissions Controls...... 293 you the dimensions and capacities of Specifications ...... 288 The Clean Air Act...... 293 your vehicle, and the locations of the DOT Tire Quality Grading...... 290 Crankcase Emissions Control identification numbers. It also Uniform Tire Quality System...... 293 includes information you should Grading ...... 290 Evaporative Emissions Control know about your vehicle’s tires and Treadwear ...... 290 System...... 293 emissions control systems. Traction...... 290 Onboard Refueling Vapor Temperature ...... 291 Recovery...... 293 Tire Labeling...... 291 Exhaust Emissions Controls... . 294 PGM-FI System ...... 294 Ignition Timing Control System...... 294 Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) System...... 294 Three Way Catalytic Converter...... 294 Replacement Parts...... 294 Three Way Catalytic Converter.. . 295 Information Technical State Emissions Testing...... 296 Testing of Readiness Codes.... . 296
285 Identification Numbers
Your vehicle has several identifying numbers in various places. VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
The vehicle identification number (VIN) is the 17-digit number your dealer uses to register your vehicle for warranty purposes. It is also necessary for licensing and insuring your vehicle. The easiest place to find the VIN is on a plate fastened to the top of the dashboard. You can seeitbylookingthroughthe windshield on the driver’s side. It is also on the certification label attached to the driver’s doorjamb, and is stamped on the engine compartment bulkhead. The VIN is also provided in bar code on the certification label.
CERTIFICATION LABEL
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The engine number is stamped into the engine block. It is on the front. ENGINE NUMBER
The transmission number is on a label on top of the transmission. ehia Information Technical
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NUMBER
287 Specifications
Dimensions Capacities Length 188.0 in (4,775 mm) Fuel tank Approx. Width LX 76.5 in (1,943 mm) 20.34 US gal (77.0 ) EX 77.5 in (1,968 mm) Engine Change＊1 1.93 US gal (7.3 ) Height 4WD LX 70.5 in (1,790 mm) coolant Total 2.43 US gal (9.2 ) EX 71.7 in (1,821 mm) Engine oil Change＊2 2WD LX 70.1 in (1,780 mm) Including 4.5 US qt (4.3 ) EX 71.3 in (1,811 mm) filter Wheelbase 106.3 in (2,700 mm) Without 4.2 US qt (4.0 ) Track 4WD Front 66.3 in (1,685 mm) filter Rear 66.5 in (1,690 mm) Total 5.3 US qt (5.0 ) 2WD Front 66.5 in (1,690 mm) Automatic Change Rear 66.7 in (1,694 mm) transmission 4WD 3.5 US qt (3.3 ) fluid 2WD 4.0 US qt (3.8 ) Weights Total Gross vehicle weight rating See the tire information label atta- 4WD 8.3 US qt (7.9 ) ched to the driver’s doorjamb. 2WD 8.9 US qt (8.4 ) Gross combined weight＊2 9,700 lbs (4,400 kg) ＊1 Rear Change 2.79 US qt (2.64 ) rating (GCWR) differential fluid (4WD) ＊1:Equipped with transmission fluid cooler and power steering Windshield fluid cooler. washer 4.8 US qt (4.5 ) ＊2:The GCWR must be reduced 2 percent for every 1,000 feet (305 reservoir meters) of elevation. ＊1:Including the coolant in the reserve tank and that remaining in the engine Air Conditioning Reserve tank capacity: Refrigerant type HFC-134a (R-134a) 0.193 US gal (0.73 ) Charge quantity 24.7－－ 26.5 oz (700 750 g) ＊2:Excluding the oil remaining in the engine Lubricant type ND-OIL8 Battery Capacity 12 V－ 72 AH/20 HR 288 Specifications
Lights Engine Headlights High 12 V － 55 W (H11) Type Water cooled 4-stroke SOHC, Low 12 V－ 60 W (HB3) i-VTEC V6 gasoline engine (2WD) Front side marker lights 12 V － 5W Water cooled 4-stroke SOHC, Front position lights 12 V － 5W VTEC V6 gasoline engine (4WD) Front turn signal lights 12 V － 21 W (AMBER) BorexStroke 3.50 x 3.66 in (89.0 x 93.0 mm) Side turn signal lights 12 V － 3CP Displacement 211.8 cu-in (3,471 cm ) Front fog lights 12 V － 55 W Compression ratio 10.0 : 1 Rear side marker lights 12 V － 3CP Spark plugs NGK: IZFR5K-11 Rear turn signal/hazard lights 12 V － 21 W/5 W DENSO: SKJ16DR-M11 Stop/Taillights 12 V－ 21 W/5 W Backup lights 12 V － 21 CP (18 W) Alignment License plate lights 12 V － 3CP Toe-in Front 0.00 in (0.0 mm) High-mount brake light 12 V － 21 CP (18 W) Rear 0.00 in (0.0 mm) Front map lights 12 V － 8W＊1 Camber Front －0°66’(2WD) －0°50’(4WD) 12 V － 4CP ＊2 Rear －0°76’(2WD) －0°50’(4WD) Rear map lights 12 V － 5W Caster Front 1°98’ (2WD) 1°88’ (4WD) Cargo area light 12 V － 5W Vanity mirror light 12 V－ 1.1 W Tires Door (Courtesy) light 12 V － 3.8 W Size Front/Rear P235/70R16 104S ehia Information Technical ＊1 : EX-L model Spare T155/90D16 110M ＊2 : LX and EX models Pressure Front/Rear 32 psi (220 kPa , 2.2 kgf/cm ) Spare 60 psi (420 kPa , 4.2 kgf/cm ) Fuses Interior Driver’s side See page 284 or the fuse label attached to the dashboard. Passenger’s side See page 284 or the fuse label attached to the inside of the fuse box door under the dashboard. Under-hood See page 283 or the fuse box cover. 289 DOT Tire Quality Grading (U.S. Vehicles)
The tires on your vehicle meet all Treadwear Traction－ AA, A, B, C U.S. Federal Safety Requirements. The treadwear grade is a compara- The traction grades, from highest to All tires are also graded for tive rating based on the wear rate of lowest, are AA, A, B, and C. Those treadwear, traction, and temperature the tire when tested under controlled grades represent the tire’s ability to performance according to conditions on a specified government stop on wet pavement as measured Department of Transportation test course. For example, a tire under controlled conditions on (DOT) standards. The following graded 150 would wear one and one- specified government test surfaces explains these gradings. half (1 1/2) times as well on the of asphalt and concrete. A tire government course as a tire graded marked C may have poor traction Uniform Tire Quality Grading 100. The relative performance of performance. Quality grades can be found where tires depends upon the actual condi- applicable on the tire sidewall tions of their use, however, and may Warning: The traction grade between the tread shoulder and the depart significantly from the norm assignedtothistireisbasedon maximum section width. For due to variations in driving habits, straight-ahead braking traction tests, example: service practices, and differences in and does not include acceleration, Treadwear 200 road characteristics and climate. cornering, hydroplaning, or peak Traction AA traction characteristics. Temperature A
All passenger vehicle tires must conform to Federal Safety Requirements in addition to these grades.
290 DOT Tire Quality Grading (U.S. Vehicles), Tire Labeling
Temperature－－ A,B,C Warning: The temperature grade for P Vehicletype(Pindicates The temperature grades are A (the this tire is established for a tire that passenger vehicle). highest), B, and C, representing the is properly inflated and not tire’s resistance to the generation of overloaded. Excessive speed, 235 －Tire width in millimeters. heat, and its ability to dissipate heat underinflation, or excessive loading, when tested under controlled either separately or in combination, 70 －Aspect ratio (the tire’s section conditions on a specified indoor can cause heat buildup and possible height as a percentage of its laboratory test wheel. Sustained high tire failure. width). temperature can cause the material of the tire to degenerate and reduce Tire Labeling R －Rim diameter in inches. tire life, and excessive temperature The tires that came on your vehicle can lead to sudden tire failure. Grade have a number of markings. Those 16 －Load index (a numerical code C corresponds to a level of you should be aware of are described associated with the maximum performance that all passenger car below. load the tire can carry). tires must meet under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. Tire Size 104 －Tire construction code (R 109. Grades B and A represent Whenever tires are replaced, they indicates radial). higher levels of performance on the should be replaced with tires of the Information Technical laboratory test wheel than the same size. Following is an example S －Speed symbol (an minimum required by law. of tire size with an explanation of alphabetical code indicating what each component means. the maximum speed rating).
P235/70R16 104S
291 Tire Labeling
Tire Identification Number Maximum Tire Pressure The tire identification number (TIN) Max Press －The maximum air is a group of numbers and letters pressurethetirecan that look like this example: hold.
DOT B97R FW6X 2202 Maximum Tire Load Max Load － The maximum load the DOT －This indicates that the tire tire can carry at meets all requirements of maximum air pressure. the U.S. Department of Transportation.
B97R －Manufacturer’s identification mark.
FW6X －Tire type code.
2202 －Date of manufacture.
292 Emissions Controls
The burning of gasoline in your The Clean Air Act crankcase ventilation valve routes vehicle’s engine produces several by- The United States Clean Air Act＊ them from the crankcase back to the products. Some of these are carbon sets standards for automobile intake manifold. They are then monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen emissions. It also requires that drawn into the engine and burned. (NOx), and hydrocarbons (HC). automobile manufacturers explain to Gasoline evaporating from the tank owners how their emissions controls Evaporative Emissions Control also produces hydrocarbons. Con- workandwhattodotomaintain System trolling the production of NOx, CO, them. This section summarizes how As gasoline evaporates in the fuel and HC is important to the environ- the emissions controls work. tank, an evaporative emissions ment. Under certain conditions of Scheduled maintenance is on page control canister filled with charcoal sunlight and climate, NOx and HC 234 . adsorbs the vapor. It is stored in this react to form photochemical ‘‘smog.’’ canister while the engine is off. After Carbon monoxide does not contri- ＊ In Canada, Honda vehicles comply the engine is started and warmed up, bute to smog creation, but it is a with the Canadian emission the vapor is drawn into the engine poisonous gas. requirements, as specified in an and burned during driving. agreement with Environment Canada, at the time they are Onboard Refueling Vapor manufactured. Recovery Information Technical The onboard refueling vapor Crankcase Emissions Control recovery (ORVR) system captures System the fuel vapors during refueling. The Your vehicle has a positive vapors are adsorbed in a canister crankcase ventilation system. This filled with activated carbon. While keeps gasses that build up in the driving, the fuel vapors are drawn engine’s crankcase from going into into the engine and burned off. the atmosphere. The positive
293 Emissions Controls
Exhaust Emissions Controls Ignition Timing Control System Replacement Parts The exhaust emissions controls This system constantly adjusts the The emissions control systems are include four systems: PGM-FI, ignition timing, reducing the amount designed and certified to work to- ignition timing control, exhaust gas of HC, CO, and NOx produced. gether in reducing emissions to recirculation, and three way catalytic levels that comply with the Clean Air converter. These four systems work Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Act. To make sure the emissions together to control the engine’s System remain low, you should use only new combustion and minimize the The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) Honda replacement parts or their amount of HC, CO, and NOx that system takes some of the exhaust equivalent for repairs. Using lower comes out the tailpipe. The exhaust gas and routes it back into the intake qualitypartsmayincreasethe emissions control systems are manifold. Adding exhaust gas to the emissions from your vehicle. separate from the crankcase and air/fuel mixture reduces the amount evaporative emissions control of NOx produced when the fuel is The emissions control systems are systems. burned. covered by warranties separate from the rest of your vehicle. Read your PGM-FI System Three Way Catalytic Converter warranty manual for more informa- The PGM-FI system uses sequential The three way catalytic converter is tion. multiport fuel injection. in the exhaust system. Through It has three subsystems: air intake, chemical reactions, it converts HC, engine control, and fuel control. The CO, and NOx in the engine’s exhaust powertrain control module (PCM) to carbon dioxide (CO2 ), nitrogen uses various sensors to determine (N2 ), and water vapor. how much air is going into the engine. It then controls how much fuel to inject under all operating conditions.
294 Three Way Catalytic Converter
The three way catalytic converter contains precious metals that serve as catalysts, promoting chemical reactions to convert the exhaust gasses without affecting the metals. The catalytic converter is referred to as a three-way catalyst, since it acts on HC, CO, and NOx. A replacement unit must be an original Honda part or its equivalent. THREE WAY CATALYTIC The three way catalytic converter THREE WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER CONVERTERS must operate at a high temperature for the chemical reactions to take A defective three way catalytic Keep the engine tuned-up. place. It can set on fire any converter contributes to air pollution, combustible materials that come and can impair your engine’s per- Have your vehicle diagnosed and near it. Park your vehicle away from formance. Follow these guidelines to repaired if it is misfiring, back- high grass, dry leaves, or other protect your vehicle’s three way firing, stalling, or otherwise not Information Technical flammables. catalytic converter. running properly.
Always use unleaded gasoline. Even a small amount of leaded gasoline can contaminate the catalyst metals, making the three way catalytic converter ineffective.
295 State Emissions Testing
Testing of Readiness Codes Make sure the gas tank is nearly, Keep the vehicle in Park. Increase If you take your vehicle for a state but not completely full (around the engine speed to 2,000 rpm, and emissions test shortly after the 3/4). hold it there until the temperature battery has been disconnected or gauge rises to at least 1/4 of the gone dead, it may not pass the test. Make sure the vehicle has been scale (about 3 minutes). This is because of certain ‘‘readiness parked with the engine off for 6 codes’’ that must be set in the on- hours or more. Select a nearby lightly traveled board diagnostics for the emissions major highway where you can systems. These codes are erased Make sure the ambient maintain a speed of 50 to 60 mph when the battery is disconnected, temperature is between 40° and (80to97km/h)foratleast20 and set again only after several days 95°F. minutes. Drive on the highway in of driving under a variety of D. Do not use the cruise control. conditions. Without touching the accelerator When traffic allows, drive for 90 pedal, start the engine, and let it seconds without moving the If the testing facility determines that idle for 20 seconds. accelerator pedal. (Vehicle speed the readiness codes are not set, you may vary slightly; this is okay.) If will be requested to return at a later you cannot do this for a date to complete the test. If you must continuous 90 seconds because of get the vehicle retested within the traffic conditions, drive for at least next two or three days, you can 30 seconds, then repeat it two condition the vehicle for retesting by more times (for a total of 90 doing the following. seconds).
296 State Emissions Testing
Then drive in city/suburban traffic for at least 10 minutes. When traffic conditions allow, let the vehicle coast for several seconds without using the accelerator pedal or the brake pedal.
If the testing facility determines the readiness codes are still not set, see your dealer. ehia Information Technical
297 298 Warranty and Customer Relations
Customer Service Information...... 300 Warranty Coverages ...... 301 Reporting Safety Defects
(U.S. Vehicles)...... 302 Relations Customer and Warranty Authorized Manuals...... 303
299 Customer Service Information
Honda dealership personnel are U.S. Owners: In Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin trained professionals. They should American Honda Motor Co. Islands: be able to answer all your questions. Honda Customer Service If you encounter a problem that your Mail Stop 500-2N-7D Bella International dealership does not solve to your 1919 Torrance Boulevard P.O. Box 190816 satisfaction, please discuss it with Torrance, California 90501-2746 San Juan, PR 00919-0816 the dealership’s management. The service manager or general manager Tel: (800) 999-1009 Tel: (787) 620-7028 can help. Almost all problems are solved in this way. Canadian Owners: When you call or write, please give CUSTOMER RELATIONS us this information: If you are dissatisfied with the RELATIONS AVEC LA CLIENTÉLE decision made by the dealership’s Honda Canada Inc. Vehicle Identification Number management, contact your Honda 715 Milner Avenue (see page286 ) Customer Service Office. Toronto, ON Name and address of the dealer M1B 2K8 who services your vehicle Date of purchase Tel: 1-888-9-HONDA-9 Mileage on your vehicle Fax: Toll-free 1-877-939-0909 Your name, address, and tele- Toronto (416) 287-4776 phone number A detailed description of the problem Name of the dealer who sold the vehicle to you
300 Warranty Coverages
U.S. Owners Seat Belt Limited Warranty － a seat Replacement Battery Limited Your new vehicle is covered by these belt that fails to function properly is Warranty － provides prorated warranties: coveredfortheusefullifeofthe coverage for a replacement battery vehicle. purchased from your dealer.
New Vehicle Limited Warranty － Relations Customer and Warranty covers your new vehicle, except for Rust Perforation Limited Warranty Replacement Muffler Lifetime the battery, emissions control － all exterior body panels are Limited Warranty － provides systems, and accessories, against covered for rust-through from the coverageforaslongasthepur- defects in materials and inside for the specified time period chaser of the muffler owns the workmanship. with no mileage limit. vehicle.
Emissions Control Systems Defects Accessory Limited Warranty － Restrictions and exclusions apply to Warranty and Emissions Honda accessories are covered all these warranties. Please read the Performance Warranty － these two under this warranty. Time and 2006 Honda Warranty Information warranties cover your vehicle’s mileage limits depend on the type of booklet that came with your vehicle emissions control systems. Time, accessory and other factors. Please for precise information on warranty mileage, and coverage are read your warranty booklet for coverages. Your vehicle’s original conditional. Please read your details. tires are covered by their warranty booklet for exact manufacturer. Tire warranty information. Replacement Parts Limited information is in a separate booklet. Original Equipment Battery Limited Warranty － covers all genuine Warranty － this warranty gives up Honda replacement parts against Canadian Owners to 100 percent credit toward a defects in materials and Please refer to the 2006 Warranty replacement battery. workmanship. Manual that came with your vehicle.
301 Reporting Safety Defects (U.S. Vehicles)
If you believe that your vehicle has a If NHTSA receives similar com- To contact NHTSA, you may call the defect which could cause a crash or plaints, it may open an investigation, VehicleSafetyHotlinetoll-freeat1- could cause injury or death, you and if it finds that a safety defect 888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); should immediately inform the exists in a group of vehicles, it may go to http://www.safercar.gov; or National Highway Traffic Safety order a recall and remedy campaign. write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 400 Administration (NHTSA) in addition However, NHTSA cannot become Seventh Street, SW., Washington, to notifying American Honda Motor involved in individual problems DC 20590. Co., Inc. between you, your dealer, or You can also obtain other American Honda Motor Co., Inc. information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.
302 Authorized Manuals
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304 Index
A Checking Fluid Level...... 244 Braking System...... 208 Shifting...... 200 Break-in, New Vehicle...... 186 Accessories and Modifications... . 191 Shift Lever Position Indicator. . 200 Brightness Control, Instruments.. . 76 ACCESSORY (Ignition Key Shift Lever Positions...... 201 Brights, Headlights ...... 75 Position)...... 81 Shift Lock Release...... 203 Bulb Replacement Accessory Power Sockets...... 101 Back-up Lights...... 252 AC Power Outlet...... 102 B Brake Lights ...... 252, 253 Additives, Engine Oil...... 239 Front Parking Lights...... 249 AdvancedAirbagSystem...... 30 Battery Front Side Marker Lights...... 249 Airbag (SRS) ...... 11, 25 Charging System Headlights ...... 248 Airbag System Components...... 25 Indicator...... 62, 276 High-mount Brake Lights...... 253 Air Conditioning System...... 106 Jump Starting ...... 272 Rear Bulbs ...... 252 Rear A/C Control ...... 113 Maintenance...... 262 Specifications ...... 289 Air Pressure, Tires ...... 258 Specifications ...... 289 Turn Signal Light...... 249, 252 Antifreeze ...... 242 Before Driving ...... 185 Bulbs, Halogen...... 248 Anti-lock Brakes (ABS)...... 209 Belts, Seat ...... 10, 21 Indicator...... 63, 210 Beverage Holders...... 99 C Operation...... 209 Booster Seats ...... 54 Anti-theft, Audio System...... 139 Brakes Capacities Chart...... 288 Anti-theft Steering Column Lock. . 81 Anti-lock System (ABS)...... 209 Carbon Monoxide Hazard...... 57 Audio System ...... 115 Break-in, New Linings...... 186 Carrying Cargo ...... 193 Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners... . 23 Bulb Replacement ...... 252 CAUTION, Explanation of...... ii Automatic Lighting Off Feature... . 76 Fluid ...... 246 CD Changer ...... 131, 134 INDEX Automatic Speed Control...... 175 Parking...... 97 CD Player...... 130 Automatic Transmission...... 200 System Indicator...... 63, 278 Capacity, Fluid ...... 288 Wear Indicators ...... 209 CONTINUED
I Index
Certification Label...... 286 Conversation Mirror ...... 100 Doors Chains ...... 261 Crankcase Emissions Control Locking and Unlocking...... 82 Changing a Flat Tire ...... 267 System...... 293 DOT Tire Quality Grading...... 290 Change Oil Cruise Control Operation...... 175 Driver and Passenger Safety...... 7 How to...... 240 Customer Service Information.... . 300 Driving ...... 197 When to...... 229 Economy ...... 190 Charging System Indicator... . 62, 276 D DVD Player ...... 142 Checklist, Before Driving...... 198 DVD Player Error Message...... 171 Childproof Door Locks...... 83 DANGER, Explanation of...... ii Child Seats Dashboard ...... 4, 60 E LATCH...... 47 Daytime Running Lights...... 76 Tether Anchorage Points...... 51 Daytime Running Lights Economy, Fuel ...... 190 Climate Control System...... 112 Indicator...... 67 Emergencies on the Road...... 265 Clock, Setting the ...... 140 Dead Battery ...... 272 Battery, Jump Starting...... 272 Code, Audio System ...... 139 Defects, Reporting Safety...... 302 Brake System Indicator...... 278 CO in the Exhaust ...... 293 Defogger, Rear Window...... 77 Changing a Flat Tire...... 267 Cold Weather, Starting in...... 199 Defrosting the Windows...... 108, 110 Charging System Indicator...... 276 Compact Spare Tire...... 266 Dimensions...... 288 Checking the Fuses...... 279 Console Compartment...... 99 Dimming the Headlights...... 75 Low Oil Pressure Indicator...... 276 Consumer Information...... 300 Dipstick Malfunction Indicator Lamp... . 277 Controls, Instruments and...... 59 Automatic Transmission...... 244 Overheated Engine...... 274 Coolant Engine Oil...... 189 Emergency Brake...... 97 Adding...... 242 Directional Signals...... 66, 75 Emergency Flashers ...... 77 Checking...... 189 Disc Brake Wear Indicators...... 210 Emergency Towing ...... 278 Proper Solution ...... 242 Disposal of Used Oil...... 241 Emissions Controls...... 293 Temperature Gauge...... 71 Emissions Testing, State...... 296
II Index
Engine Fluids Gauges Coolant Temperature Gauge.... . 71 Automatic Transmission...... 244 Engine Coolant Temperature... . 71 Malfunction Indicator Brake...... 246 Fuel...... 70 Lamp ...... 62, 277 Power Steering...... 247 GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Oil Pressure Indicator...... 62, 276 Windshield Washers...... 243 Rating) ...... 214 Oil, What Kind to Use...... 239 Folding the Third Seat...... 89 GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Overheating...... 274 Four-way Flashers ...... 77 Rating) ...... 214 Specifications ...... 289 Fuel...... 186 Gearshift Lever Positions...... 200 Speed Limiter...... 202 Cap Message...... 72 Glove Box ...... 99 Starting...... 199 Fill Door and Cap...... 187 GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Evaporative Emissions Controls. . 293 Gauge ...... 70 Rating) ...... 214 Exhaust Fumes ...... 57 Octane Requirement...... 186 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Reserve Indicator...... 67 H System...... 294 Tank, Filling the...... 187 Expectant Mothers, Use of Seat Fuses, Checking the...... 279 Halogen Headlight Bulbs...... 248 Belts by ...... 19 Hazard Warning Button...... 77 G F Gas Mileage, Improving...... 190 Fan, Interior...... 106 Gasoline ...... 186 Features...... 105 Fuel Reserve Indicator...... 67 Filling the Fuel Tank...... 187 Gauge ...... 70 Filters Octane Requirement...... 186 INDEX Oil ...... 240 Tank, Filling the...... 187 Flashers, Hazard Warning...... 77 Gas Station Procedures...... 187 Flat Tire, Changing a...... 267 CONTINUED
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Headlights...... 75 Ignition K Aiming...... 248 Keys...... 79 Automatic Lighting Off...... 76 Switch...... 81 Keys...... 79 Daytime Running Lights...... 76 Timing Control System...... 294 High Beam Indicator...... 67 Immobilizer System...... 79 L High Beams, Turning on...... 75 Important Handling Information... . iii Low Beams, Turning on...... 75 Important Safety Precautions...... 8 Label, Certification...... 286 Reminder Chime...... 76 Indicators, Instrument Panel...... 61 Lane Change, Signaling...... 75 Replacing Halogen Bulbs...... 248 Infant Restraint ...... 43 Lap/Shoulder Belts ...... 22 Turning on...... 75 Infant Seats...... 43 LATCH Anchorage System...... 47 Headphones...... 172 Inflation, Proper Tire...... 257 Lights ...... 75, 102 Head Restraints ...... 91 Inside Mirror...... 92 Bulb Replacement ...... 248 Heated Mirror ...... 93 Inspection, Tire...... 258 Indicator...... 61 Heater, Seat...... 86 Installing a Child Seat Parking...... 75 Heating and Cooling...... 106 LATCH...... 47 Turn Signal...... 75 High Altitude, Starting at...... 199 Tether Anchorage Points...... 51 Load Limits...... 194 High-Low Beam Switch...... 75 Instrument Panel ...... 5, 61 LOCK (Ignition Key Position)...... 81 High-mount Brake Light...... 253 Instrument Panel Brightness...... 76 Locks HomeLink Universal Introduction...... i Anti-theft Steering Column...... 81 Transceiver...... 180 Fuel Fill Door ...... 187 Hood, Opening the ...... 188 J Glove Box ...... 99 Lockout Prevention...... 82 I Jacking up the Vehicle...... 268 Power Door ...... 82 Jack, Tire ...... 267 Low Coolant Level...... 189 Identification Number, Vehicle... . 286 Jump Starting ...... 272 Low Fuel Indicator ...... 67 Low Oil Pressure Indicator... . 62, 276
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Lower Anchor ...... 47 O Parking Brake ...... 97 Lubricant Specifications Chart... . 288 Parking Brake and Brake System Luggage ...... 193 Octane Requirement, Gasoline... . 186 Indicator...... 63, 278 Odometer...... 70 Parking Lights...... 75 M Odometer, Trip ...... 70 Parking Over Things that Burn.. . 295 Off-Highway Driving...... 223 Playing the Radio...... 117 Maintenance...... 227 Off-Road Precautions...... 223 Playing a Disc...... 130 Owner’s Maintenance Oil Playing the Disc Changer.... . 131, 134 Checks ...... 234 Change, How to ...... 240 PGM-FI System...... 294 Record...... 236-237 Change, When to...... 229 Power Seat Adjustments...... 87 Minder ...... 229-235 Checking Engine ...... 189 Power Socket Locations...... 98 Minder Indicator...... 69 Pressure Indicator...... 62, 276 Power Windows ...... 94 Safety...... 228 Selecting Proper Viscosity Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts...... 19 Malfunction Indicator Lamp. . 62, 277 Chart ...... 239 Protecting Adults and Teens...... 12 Manual Seat Adjustments...... 88 ON (Ignition Key Position)...... 81 Additional Safety Precautions... . 20 Meters, Gauges...... 70 Onboard Refueling Vapor Advice for Pregnant Women...... 19 Modifications...... 192 Recovery ...... 293 Protecting Children...... 38 Moonroof ...... 96 Outside Mirrors ...... 93 Protecting Infants...... 43 Overheating, Engine ...... 274 Protecting Larger Children...... 53 N Owner’s Maintenance Checks.... . 234 Protecting Small Children...... 44
Neutral Gear Position...... 201 P New Vehicle Break-in...... 186 INDEX NOTICE, Explanation of...... i Panel Brightness Control...... 76 Numbers, Identification...... 286 Park Gear Position...... 201 Parking...... 207 CONTINUED
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R Wiper Blades...... 255 System Components...... 25 Replacing Seat Belts After a Use During Pregnancy...... 19 Radiator Overheating...... 274 Crash...... 23 Wearing a Lap/Shoulder Belt... . 15 Radio/CD Sound System...... 115 Reserve Tank, Engine Coolant... . 189 Seat Heaters ...... 86 Readiness Codes...... 296 Restraint, Child ...... 38 Seats ...... 87 Rear A/C Unit...... 113 Reverse Gear Position...... 201 Folding the Second Seat...... 89 Rear Audio Control Panel...... 147 Rotation, Tire ...... 259 Folding the Third Seat...... 90 Rear Entertainment System...... 142 Head Restraints ...... 91 Rear Lights, Bulb Replacement.. . 252 S Reclining the Second Seat...... 89 Rear View Camera and Monitor. . 184 Reclining the Third Seat...... 90 Rear View Mirror...... 92 Safety Belts...... 10 Third Seat Access...... 89 Rear Window Defogger...... 77 Safety Defects, Reporting...... 302 Seats, Adjusting the...... 87-90 Rear Window Wiper and Washer. . 74 Safety Features ...... 9 Security System ...... 174 Reclining the Seat Backs...... 87-90 Airbags...... 11 Serial Number ...... 286 Reminder Lights ...... 61 Seat Belts...... 10 Service Intervals ...... 229 Remoto Audio Controls...... 138 Safety Labels, Location of...... 58 Service Manual ...... 303 Remote Control (RES)...... 169 Safety Messages ...... ii Service Station Procedures...... 187 Remote Transmitter...... 83 Seat Belts ...... 10 Setting the Clock ...... 140 Replacement Information Additional Information...... 21 Shifting the Automatic Engine Oil and Filter...... 240 Automatic Seat Belt Transmission...... 200 Floor Mats ...... 254 Tensioners...... 23 Shift Lever Position Indicator...... 200 Fuses ...... 279 Cleaning...... 254 Shift Lock Release...... 203 Light Bulbs...... 248 Lap/Shoulder Belt...... 22 Side Marker Lights, Bulb Minder...... 235 Maintenance...... 23 Replacement in ...... 249 Timing Belt...... 245 Reminder Light and Side Airbags ...... 11, 31 Tires ...... 259 Beeper...... 21, 62 Off Indicator...... 34, 63
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Signaling Turns...... 75 Steering Wheel Temperature, Outside...... 71 Snow Tires...... 260 Adjustment ...... 78 Tensioners, Seat Belts...... 23 Sound System...... 115 Anti-theft Column Lock...... 81 Testing of Readiness Codes...... 296 Spare Tire Buttons...... 138, 175 Tether Anchorage Points...... 51 Inflating...... 266 Stereo Sound System...... 115 Theft Protection...... 139 Specifications ...... 289 Storing Your Vehicle...... 263 Three Way Catalytic Converter.. . 295 Specifications Charts...... 288 Sunglasses Holder ...... 100 Time, Setting the ...... 140 Speed Control...... 175 Sun Visor...... 101 Tilt the Steering Wheel...... 78 SRS, Additional Information...... 25 Supplemental Restraint System Timing Belt...... 245 Additional Safety Precautions... . 37 Servicing ...... 36 Tire Chains...... 261 Airbag Service...... 36 SRS Indicator...... 33, 63 Tire, How to Change a Flat...... 267 How the Side Airbag Off System Components...... 25 Tire Pressure Monitoring Indicator Work...... 34 Synthetic Oil...... 240 System (TPMS) ...... 205 How the SRS Indicator Works.. . 33 How Your Front Airbags T Work...... 28 How Your Side Airbags Work... . 31 Taillights, Changing Bulbs in...... 252 SRS Components ...... 25 Taking Care of the Unexpected. . 265 SRS Indicator...... 33, 63 Technical Descriptions START (Ignition Key Position).... . 81 DOT Tire Quality Grading...... 290 Starting the Engine...... 199 Emissions Control Systems...... 293 In Cold Weather at High State Emissions Testing...... 296 Altitude ...... 199 Three Way Catalytic INDEX With a Dead Battery...... 272 Converter...... 295 State Emissions Testing...... 296 Temperature Gauge ...... 71 Steam Coming from Engine...... 274 Temperature, Inside Sensor...... 114 CONTINUED
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Tires ...... 257 Treadwear ...... 290 W Air Pressure ...... 257 Trip Meter ...... 70 Checking Wear ...... 258 Turn Signals ...... 75 WARNING, Explanation of...... ii Compact Spare...... 266 Warning Labels, Location of...... 58 DOT Tire Quality Grading...... 290 U Warranty Coverages ...... 301 Inflation...... 257 Washer, Windshield Inspection ...... 258 Unexpected, Taking Care Checking the Fluid Level...... 243 Maintenance...... 259 of the ...... 265 Level Indicator ...... 67 Replacing ...... 260 Uniform Tire Quality Grading.... . 290 Operation...... 74 Rotating...... 259 Unleaded Gasoline...... 186 Wheels Snow ...... 260 Used Oil, How to Dispose of...... 241 Adjusting the Steering...... 78 Specifications ...... 289 Alignment and Balance...... 259 Tools, Tire Changing...... 267 V Compact Spare...... 266 Towing Nut Wrench...... 269 A Trailer...... 213 Vanity Mirror ...... 101 Windows Emergency Wrecker...... 278 Vehicle Capacity Load...... 194 Operating the Power...... 94 Equipment and Accessories.... . 219 Vehicle Dimensions...... 288 Rear, Defogger ...... 77 Traction Devices...... 261 Vehicle Identification Number.... . 286 Windshield Weight Limit ...... 215 Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) Defroster ...... 108, 110 Trailer Driving Tips...... 220 System...... 211 Washers...... 74 Transmission VSA Off Switch...... 212 Wipers, Windshield Checking Fluid Level...... 244 Vehicle Storage...... 263 Changing Blades...... 255 Fluid Selection...... 244 VIN ...... 286 Operation...... 74 Identification Number...... 286 Viscosity, Oil...... 239 Rear Window Wiper and Shifting the Automatic...... 200 VTM-4 Lock ...... 204 Washer...... 74 Wireless Headphones...... 172
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Worn Tires ...... 258 Wrecker, Emergency Towing...... 278 INDEX
IX Service Information Summary
Gasoline: Power Steering Fluid: Tire Pressure (measured cold): Unleaded gasoline, pump octane Honda Power Steering Fluid Front/Rear: number of 87 or higher. preferred, or another brand of 32 psi (220 kPa , 2.2 kgf/cm ) power steering fluid as a Compact Spare Tire: Fuel Tank Capacity: temporary replacement. Do not 60 psi (420 kPa , 4.2 kgf/cm ) 20.34 US gal (77.0 ) use ATF (see page247 ).
Recommended Engine Oil: Brake Fluid: API Premium grade 5W-20 Honda Heavy Duty Brake Fluid detergent oil (see page239 ). DOT 3 preferred, or a DOT 3 or DOT 4 brake fluid as a temporary Oil change capacity (including replacement (see page246 ). filter): 4.5 US qt (4.3 ) Rear Differential Fluid: Honda VTM-4 Differential Fluid Automatic Transmission Fluid: (see page245 ). Honda ATF-Z1 (Automatic Transmission Fluid) preferred, or aDEXRON III ATF as a temporary replacement (see page 244).