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Owner’sIdentification OWNER ThisOwner’sManualshouldbeconsidered apermanentpartofthevehicleandshould remainwiththevehiclewhenitissold. ADDRESS TthheisAcOcwonredr’SsedMaann.uYaolucomvaeyrsfialnldmodelsof STREET descriptionsofequipmentandfeaturesthat arenotonyourparticularmodel. CITY STATE/PROVINCE POZSITPACLODCEO/DE Tionfhteahpiipsnrpfouovbralmliacftaoirtoinpornainnwtdeirnsgep.eicHniofenifcfdaeatcitMoanotsttoihnrecCltoui.dm,eed V.I.N. Ldtids.cornetsienruveesorthceharnigghet,shpeocwiefviecrat,iotonsor DELIVERYDATE wdietshioguntatinacnuyrrtiinmgeawniythoobluitgnaottiiocnewhaantdsoever. (Datesoldtooriginalretailpurchaser) DEALERNAME DEALERNO. APVOIUSRICMLPIOERNTTASNTC:ANSiAvDoIuEsNavez ADDRESS fbreasno^ianisd,’vuenuiMlalneuzedlemdaunCdoenrduacvtoetureren STREET cnounmceerssoidoennpaiierceed3e3cSoDmAmCa2n0de.rle CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIPCODE/ POSTALCODE OWNER'SSIGNATURE DEALER'SSIGNATURE Introduction Congratulations!Yourselectionofa2005HondaAccordwasawise Asyoureadthismanual,youwill investment.Itwillgiveyouyearsofdrivingpleasure. findinformationthatisprecededby rOenaedotfhitshmeabneusatl.waIynsitt,oyoeunhwailnlcleetahrnehenojwoytomeonpteroafteyoiutsrdnreivwinHgocnodnatriosltsoand aiavnofIiondromdtaiatcimeoangIiessytimonbtyoeolnu.dreTdHhoitnsodhae,lpotyhoeur convenienceitems.Afterwards,keepthisowner’smanualinyourvehicleso property,ortheenvironment. youcanrefertoitatanytime. CaliforniaProposition65Warning SeveralwarrantiesprotectyournewHonda.Readthewarrantybooklet thoroughlysoyouunderstandthecoveragesandareawareofyourrights WARNING:Thisproductcontains andresponsibilities. oremitschemicalsknowntothe StateofCaliforniatocausecancer Maintainingyourvehicleaccordingtotheschedulesgiveninthismanual andbirthdefectsorother Whehlepsntyookuerevpehyioculrednreievdinsgmtarionutbelne-afnrceee,wkheileepiitnpmriesnedrtvheastyyoouurriHnovensdtament. reproductiveharm. dealer’sstaffisspeciallytrainedinservicingthemanysystemsuniqueto EventDataRecorders yourHonda.YourHondadealerisdedicatedtoyoursatisfactionandwillbe pleasedtoansweranyquestionsandconcerns. Thisvehicleisequippedwithoneor morerecordingdevicescommonly referredtoaseventdatarecorders orsensinganddiagnosticmodules. AFewWordsAboutSafety Yoursafety,andthesafetyofothers, Youwillfindthisimportantsafetyinformationinavarietyofforms, virseeshvpieocrnlyseiibsmialpfioetrlyty.ainst.anAinmdpoorptearnattingthis i••ncSSlaauffdeeinttgyy:LMaebseslasge—so—ntphreecveehdiecdleb.yasafetyalertsymbol andoneof threesignalwords:DANGER,WARNING,orCAUTION. Tohelpyoumakeinformed Thesesignalwordsmean: decisionsaboutsafety,wehave providedoperatingproceduresand ADANGER YouWILLbeKILLEDorSERIOUSLY otherinformationonlabelsandin HURTifyoudon’tfollowinstructions. thismanual.Thisinformationalerts youtopotentialhazardsthatcould AWARNING YouCANbeKILLEDorSERIOUSLY hurtyouorothers. 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Thisentirebookisfilledwithimportantsafetyinformation—pleasereadit carefully. n Contents YourVehicleataGlance(maincontrols) DriverandPassengerSafety(seatbelts,SRS,andchildprotection) 7 InstrumentsandControls(indicators,gauges,dashboard,andsteeringcolumn) 55 Features(climate,audio,steeringwheel,security,cruisecontrol,andHomeLink) 105 BeforeDriving(fuel,vehiclebreak-in,andcargoloading) 159 Driving(engineandtransmissionoperation) Maintenance(schedules,fluidchecking,minorservices,andvehiclestorage) 197 TakingCareoftheUnexpected(flattire,deadbattery,overheating,fuses) 245 TechnicalInformation(vehiclespecifications,tires,fuels,andemissionscontrols) 271 WarrantyandCustomerRelations(U.S.andCanadaonly)(warrantyandcontactinformation) 287 AuthorizedManuals(U.S.only)(howtoorder) 291 Index I ServiceInformationSummary(fluidcapacitiesandtirepressures) lastpage INDEX 1 2 OverviewofContents Contents features. TechnicalInformation Aconvenientreferencetothe IDnumbers,dimensions,capacities, sectionsinthismanual. BeforeDriving andtechnicalinformation. Whatgasolinetouse,howtobreak- YAoquuricVkehreifcelreenatceatGoltahnecmeain ilnugygoaugrenaenwdvoethhieclrec,aarngod.howtoload WRaelrartainotnysandCustomer controlsinyourvehicle. (U.S.andCanadaonly) Driving Asummaryofthewarranties DriverandPassengerSafety Theproperwaytostarttheengine, coveringyournewHonda,andhow Importantinformationaboutthe shiftthetransmission,andpark;plus tocontactusforanyreason.Referto properuseandcareofyourvehicle’s whatyouneedtoknowifyou’re yourwarrantymanualfordetailed seatbelts,anoverviewofthe planningtotowatrailer. information. SupplementalRestraintSystem,and valuableinformationonhowto Maintenance AuthorizedManuals protectchildrenwithchildrestraints. TheMaintenanceScheduleshows (U.S.only) youwhenyouneedtotakeyour Howtoordermanualsandother InstrumentsandControls vehicletothedealer.Thereisalsoa technicalliterature. Explainsthepurposeofeach listofthingstocheckand instrumentpanelindicatorandgauge, instructionsonhowtocheckthem. Index andhowtousethecontrolsonthe dashboardandsteeringcolumn. TakingCareoftheUnexpected ServiceInformationSummary Thissectioncoversseveralproblems Asummaryofinformationyouneed Features motoristssometimesexperience, whenyoupulluptothefuelpump. Howtooperatetheheatingandair anddetailshowtohandlethem. conditioningsystem,theaudio system,andotherconvenience 3 YourVehicleataGlance AIRBAGS(P.11,23) (P.162) 4 YourVehicleataGlance PASSENGERAIRBAG OFFINDICATOR (P.31) Your Vehicle HAZARD aat WARNINGBUTTON (P.72) Glance CRUISECONTROLS (P.151) REARWINDOW DEFOGGER (P.73,109,112) *:OnlyonvehiclesequippedwithNavigationSystem.RefertotheNavigationSystemOwner’sManual. 5 6