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Introduction
Congratulations!Yourselectionofa2005HondaAccordwasawise Asyoureadthismanual,youwill
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CaliforniaProposition65Warning
SeveralwarrantiesprotectyournewHonda.Readthewarrantybooklet
thoroughlysoyouunderstandthecoveragesandareawareofyourrights WARNING:Thisproductcontains
andresponsibilities. oremitschemicalsknowntothe
StateofCaliforniatocausecancer
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pleasedtoansweranyquestionsandconcerns. Thisvehicleisequippedwithoneor
morerecordingdevicescommonly
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AFewWordsAboutSafety
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otherinformationonlabelsandin HURTifyoudon’tfollowinstructions.
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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
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ServiceInformationSummary(fluidcapacitiesandtirepressures) lastpage INDEX
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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
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YourVehicleataGlance
AIRBAGS(P.11,23)
(P.162)
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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.
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