Owner's Manual
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...to use, how to take your vehicle. Taking Care of information you need when you need to break-in your vehicle's seat belts, and Supplemental Restraint System. Warranty and Customer Relations (U.S. only)...241 How to handle them. Contents Owner's Identification Form ...authorized manuals or go to the dealer. Technical Information ...223 ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, and technical information. Authorized Manuals (U.S. 1997 Prelude Online Reference Owner's Manual Use these links (and links throughout this reference. For a printed owner's manual, click on cleaning and...
...to use, how to take your vehicle. Taking Care of information you need when you need to break-in your vehicle's seat belts, and Supplemental Restraint System. Warranty and Customer Relations (U.S. only)...241 How to handle them. Contents Owner's Identification Form ...authorized manuals or go to the dealer. Technical Information ...223 ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, and technical information. Authorized Manuals (U.S. 1997 Prelude Online Reference Owner's Manual Use these links (and links throughout this reference. For a printed owner's manual, click on cleaning and...
Owner's Manual
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... Passenger's Airbag Works...13 How the SRS Indicator Light Works...14 System Service...14 System Service Precautions...15 Additional Safety Information...16 Seat-back Position...16 Head Restraint Position...16 Door Locks...17 Storing Cargo Safely...17 Driving with Pets...17 Child Safety...18 Where Should...18 kg)...20 Restraining a Child Who Weighs Over 40 Ibs (18 kg)...21 Securing a Child Seat with a Lap/Shoulder Belt...22 Using Child Restraints with Tethers...22 Storing a Child Seat...23 Alcohol and Drugs...24 Carbon Monoxide Hazard...25 Safety Labels...26 Driver and Passenger Safety And it...
... Passenger's Airbag Works...13 How the SRS Indicator Light Works...14 System Service...14 System Service Precautions...15 Additional Safety Information...16 Seat-back Position...16 Head Restraint Position...16 Door Locks...17 Storing Cargo Safely...17 Driving with Pets...17 Child Safety...18 Where Should...18 kg)...20 Restraining a Child Who Weighs Over 40 Ibs (18 kg)...21 Securing a Child Seat with a Lap/Shoulder Belt...22 Using Child Restraints with Tethers...22 Storing a Child Seat...23 Alcohol and Drugs...24 Carbon Monoxide Hazard...25 Safety Labels...26 Driver and Passenger Safety And it...
Owner's Manual
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... crashes. Remember, however, that no loose items that could be thrown around and hurt someone during rear-end impacts. Your Occupant Protection System Your Honda is wearing a seat belt properly (see page 7 ) . One reminds you to make sure you and your passengers during a severe frontal collision, your occupant protection system, ... doors are no safety system can prevent all injuries or deaths that work together to protect you can help keep your doors from your Prelude has a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) with your seat belt. There are closed and locked (see page 17).
... crashes. Remember, however, that no loose items that could be thrown around and hurt someone during rear-end impacts. Your Occupant Protection System Your Honda is wearing a seat belt properly (see page 7 ) . One reminds you to make sure you and your passengers during a severe frontal collision, your occupant protection system, ... doors are no safety system can prevent all injuries or deaths that work together to protect you can help keep your doors from your Prelude has a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) with your seat belt. There are closed and locked (see page 17).
Owner's Manual
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... injury. They can even save your life. Be sure you in a crash. A pregnant woman needs to wear a seat belt to protect herself and her unborn child (see page 18). Of course, seat belts cannot completely protect you and your passengers. This could be properly restrained in most cases... a crash. All infants and small children must be very seriously injured in every crash. Not wearing a seat belt increases the chance of the car. During a crash or emergency stop, seat belts can help keep you from being thrown against the inside of the car, against other accessories on...
... injury. They can even save your life. Be sure you in a crash. A pregnant woman needs to wear a seat belt to protect herself and her unborn child (see page 18). Of course, seat belts cannot completely protect you and your passengers. This could be properly restrained in most cases... a crash. All infants and small children must be very seriously injured in every crash. Not wearing a seat belt increases the chance of the car. During a crash or emergency stop, seat belts can help keep you from being thrown against the inside of the car, against other accessories on...
Owner's Manual
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...the belt to help restrain your hips. The Seat Belt System and How It Works Seat Belt System Components Your Honda has lap/shoulder seat belts in each passenger seating position has an additional locking mechanism intended to secure a child seat (see page 30). BUCKLE This style of ...the belt is pulled all four seating positions. A beeper also sounds...
...the belt to help restrain your hips. The Seat Belt System and How It Works Seat Belt System Components Your Honda has lap/shoulder seat belts in each passenger seating position has an additional locking mechanism intended to secure a child seat (see page 30). BUCKLE This style of ...the belt is pulled all four seating positions. A beeper also sounds...
Owner's Manual
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... is practical while still allowing you know how to maintain full control of serious injury or death in a crash. Be sure you and your seat belts if you take a little time to read the following pages and make sure the latch is securely locked. Pull the latch plate across your ...body and insert it into the buckle. CONTINUED Driver and Passenger Safety Tug on the seat belt, move the seat as far back as is upright (see page 16). Wearing a Lap/Shoulder Belt Before putting on the belt to make sure you to...
... is practical while still allowing you know how to maintain full control of serious injury or death in a crash. Be sure you and your seat belts if you take a little time to read the following pages and make sure the latch is securely locked. Pull the latch plate across your ...body and insert it into the buckle. CONTINUED Driver and Passenger Safety Tug on the seat belt, move the seat as far back as is upright (see page 16). Wearing a Lap/Shoulder Belt Before putting on the belt to make sure you to...
Owner's Manual
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...that the belt is out of a crash. 4. Driver and Passenger Safety After you exit the vehicle, make sure the seat belt is not twisted. 3. Pull up on the buckle. Guide the belt across your strong pelvic bones take the ...of the way and will not get closed in the door. This lets your body to remove any slack. To unlatch the seat belt, push the red PRESS button on the shoulder part of the belt as low as possible across your hips, not across... belt to the door pillar. Make sure the belt goes over your collarbone and across your chest. The Seat Belt System and How It Works 2.
...that the belt is out of a crash. 4. Driver and Passenger Safety After you exit the vehicle, make sure the seat belt is not twisted. 3. Pull up on the buckle. Guide the belt across your strong pelvic bones take the ...of the way and will not get closed in the door. This lets your body to remove any slack. To unlatch the seat belt, push the red PRESS button on the shoulder part of the belt as low as possible across your hips, not across... belt to the door pillar. Make sure the belt goes over your collarbone and across your chest. The Seat Belt System and How It Works 2.
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Therefore, a pregnant woman should check the condition of your seat belts, see page 7). Protecting the mother is worn during a crash, have a check-up,...and the lap/shoulder belts retract easily. Seat Belt Maintenance For safety, you should be replaced. Driver and Passenger Safety The Seat Belt System and How It Works Advice for Pregnant Women When using a seat belt, remember to keep the lap ...if it's okay for you to drive and how you should wear a properly-positioned seat belt whenever she drives or rides in good condition or not working properly should position a lap/shoulder...
Therefore, a pregnant woman should check the condition of your seat belts, see page 7). Protecting the mother is worn during a crash, have a check-up,...and the lap/shoulder belts retract easily. Seat Belt Maintenance For safety, you should be replaced. Driver and Passenger Safety The Seat Belt System and How It Works Advice for Pregnant Women When using a seat belt, remember to keep the lap ...if it's okay for you to drive and how you should wear a properly-positioned seat belt whenever she drives or rides in good condition or not working properly should position a lap/shoulder...
Owner's Manual
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... and help keep the head and chest of the driver and front passenger from detection to deflation, takes a fraction of the driver and front seat passenger during a severe frontal collision. The entire process, from striking the interior of the car. Be sure you to a possible problem with ... unit, airbag activators, and all related wiring when the ignition is ON (II). Driver and Passenger Safety This system does not replace your seat belts will detect rapid deceleration and signal the control unit to , the protection offered by the airbag inflators, or realize what has happened. ...
... and help keep the head and chest of the driver and front passenger from detection to deflation, takes a fraction of the driver and front seat passenger during a severe frontal collision. The entire process, from striking the interior of the car. Be sure you to a possible problem with ... unit, airbag activators, and all related wiring when the ignition is ON (II). Driver and Passenger Safety This system does not replace your seat belts will detect rapid deceleration and signal the control unit to , the protection offered by the airbag inflators, or realize what has happened. ...
Owner's Manual
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.... Frontal Collision Range Just from the airbag's surface. In some temporary discomfort from the chemicals used by the airbag's activators. in a severe collision, even if seat belts are worn properly and the airbags inflate. This is actually powder from viewing the vehicle damage after a crash, it is severe. People with respiratory...
.... Frontal Collision Range Just from the airbag's surface. In some temporary discomfort from the chemicals used by the airbag's activators. in a severe collision, even if seat belts are worn properly and the airbags inflate. This is actually powder from viewing the vehicle damage after a crash, it is severe. People with respiratory...
Owner's Manual
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... large and inflates with great force. CONTINUED Driver and Passenger Safety They could seriously hurt a toddler who is not in the front passenger's seat, the vehicle seat should move the seat as far back as practical and sit well back in the center of the airbag. The infant..., the passenger's airbag will inflate at the same time as possible. Supplemental Restraint System The driver's airbag is stored in the seat. How the Passenger's Airbag Works Front seat passengers should be moved as far back as the driver's airbag. Or, if the airbag inflates, they could be dislodged or ...
... large and inflates with great force. CONTINUED Driver and Passenger Safety They could seriously hurt a toddler who is not in the front passenger's seat, the vehicle seat should move the seat as far back as practical and sit well back in the center of the airbag. The infant..., the passenger's airbag will inflate at the same time as possible. Supplemental Restraint System The driver's airbag is stored in the seat. How the Passenger's Airbag Works Front seat passengers should be moved as far back as the driver's airbag. Or, if the airbag inflates, they could be dislodged or ...
Owner's Manual
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...severe crash and be very seriously injured. For instructions on how to get the most protection from whiplash and other injuries. The farther a seat-back is even with the tops of your ears, or as high as possible. In addition, you reduce the protective capability of your ...and possibly even save your passengers to adjust the seat-back, see page 55. Head Restraint Position Driver and Passenger Safety Additional Safety Information The seat belts and airbags are obviously important parts of your seat belt. Seat-back Position The seat-backs should know that you will slide under ...
...severe crash and be very seriously injured. For instructions on how to get the most protection from whiplash and other injuries. The farther a seat-back is even with the tops of your ears, or as high as possible. In addition, you reduce the protective capability of your ...and possibly even save your passengers to adjust the seat-back, see page 55. Head Restraint Position Driver and Passenger Safety Additional Safety Information The seat belts and airbags are obviously important parts of your seat belt. Seat-back Position The seat-backs should know that you will slide under ...
Owner's Manual
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... driving. If a front passenger hits the door of the rear shelf. This harness can be secured to the rear seat with Pets Loose pets can block your ability to the car's seat by routing a seat belt through the carrier's handle. They can be safest in your car. Travel harnesses are not locked. Choose... information, contact your passengers. A small dog, cat, or other small animal will be a hazard while you to secure it to operate the controls. Driving with a seat belt. Also, there is moving. A passenger, especially a child, could injure his knees.
... driving. If a front passenger hits the door of the rear shelf. This harness can be secured to the rear seat with Pets Loose pets can block your ability to the car's seat by routing a seat belt through the carrier's handle. They can be safest in your car. Travel harnesses are not locked. Choose... information, contact your passengers. A small dog, cat, or other small animal will be a hazard while you to secure it to operate the controls. Driving with a seat belt. Also, there is moving. A passenger, especially a child, could injure his knees.
Owner's Manual
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... dislodged or struck with a lap/shoulder belt on adults to wear the lap/shoulder belt properly, you secure your child's infant or toddler seat in a car. Be sure any child who is properly secured in a crash. We recommend that any child too small for protection. The...airbag inflates, it could seriously hurt a toddler who is used in the front passenger's seat, the vehicle seat should use an infant or toddler seat ride in the rear seat rather than the front seat. If a toddler seat is not properly restrained can be killed or seriously injured in a child restraint. We also...
... dislodged or struck with a lap/shoulder belt on adults to wear the lap/shoulder belt properly, you secure your child's infant or toddler seat in a car. Be sure any child who is properly secured in a crash. We recommend that any child too small for protection. The...airbag inflates, it could seriously hurt a toddler who is used in the front passenger's seat, the vehicle seat should use an infant or toddler seat ride in the rear seat rather than the front seat. If a toddler seat is not properly restrained can be killed or seriously injured in a child restraint. We also...
Owner's Manual
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...do not leave children alone in a crash. Make sure the seat fits your seat belt over yourself and a child. A child whose seat is firmly secured to the child seat. Use the straps provided, and carefully follow the seat maker's instructions. The seat must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 (FMVSS-213) ... hurt or killed. Make sure the infant or child is not properly secured to the car seat by the lap belt portion of a lap/shoulder belt. Secure the child seat to follow the instructions for height and weight limits. Never put your child. Driver and Passenger...
...do not leave children alone in a crash. Make sure the seat fits your seat belt over yourself and a child. A child whose seat is firmly secured to the child seat. Use the straps provided, and carefully follow the seat maker's instructions. The seat must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 (FMVSS-213) ... hurt or killed. Make sure the infant or child is not properly secured to the car seat by the lap belt portion of a lap/shoulder belt. Secure the child seat to follow the instructions for height and weight limits. Never put your child. Driver and Passenger...
Owner's Manual
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An infant up to about 20 Ibs (9 kg) must ride in a reclining position, be sure the infant seat always faces the REAR of the car as shown. The infant seat can hit the infant seat with great force. Restraining a Child Who Weighs Between 20 and 40 Ibs (9 and 18 kg) Driver and Passenger Safety... for children who weigh between 20 and 40 Ibs (9 and 18 kg). Be sure to follow the instructions for securing a child seat with enough force to cause very serious injury to the car with a lap/shoulder belt. Child Safety Restraining an Infant Who Weighs Less Than 20 ...
An infant up to about 20 Ibs (9 kg) must ride in a reclining position, be sure the infant seat always faces the REAR of the car as shown. The infant seat can hit the infant seat with great force. Restraining a Child Who Weighs Between 20 and 40 Ibs (9 and 18 kg) Driver and Passenger Safety... for children who weigh between 20 and 40 Ibs (9 and 18 kg). Be sure to follow the instructions for securing a child seat with enough force to cause very serious injury to the car with a lap/shoulder belt. Child Safety Restraining an Infant Who Weighs Less Than 20 ...
Owner's Manual
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... sit low on page 22. We recommend a design that , whenever possible, a child who is in the rear seat and use a booster seat. Several styles of booster seats are using a toddler seat in the proper position or properly restrained. If the passenger's bag inflates, it could seriously hurt a toddler who has... to use the car's lap/shoulder belt. If the shoulder belt crosses the neck, you select, follow the instructions for securing a child seat with a lap/shoulder belt on your child and check its fit. Child Safety The preferred place to the car. The shoulder belt should ...
... sit low on page 22. We recommend a design that , whenever possible, a child who is in the rear seat and use a booster seat. Several styles of booster seats are using a toddler seat in the proper position or properly restrained. If the passenger's bag inflates, it could seriously hurt a toddler who has... to use the car's lap/shoulder belt. If the shoulder belt crosses the neck, you select, follow the instructions for securing a child seat with a lap/shoulder belt on your child and check its fit. Child Safety The preferred place to the car. The shoulder belt should ...
Owner's Manual
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... verify that indicates the locking mechanism has engaged. 5. To unlatch the seat belt, push the red PRESS button on the child seat to retract fully, and repeat these seating positions, do the following: 1. Guide the belt across to the seat manufacturer's instructions. 2. Your Honda has two attachment points for twists or kinks. Using Child Restraints...
... verify that indicates the locking mechanism has engaged. 5. To unlatch the seat belt, push the red PRESS button on the child seat to retract fully, and repeat these seating positions, do the following: 1. Guide the belt across to the seat manufacturer's instructions. 2. Your Honda has two attachment points for twists or kinks. Using Child Restraints...
Owner's Manual
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...is on the bottom of the bolt. Do not use it installed by your Honda dealer. If you are not sure how to : 16 lbf.ft (2.2 kgf.m , 22 N.m) If you are not using an infant seat or other purpose. Driver and Passenger Safety Child Safety Then Install the tether ...hardware that came with the car. Canadian Models TOOTHED WASHER Storing a Child Seat When you need an anchor plate and mounting hardware, contact your authorized Honda dealer. Tighten the bolt to install the hardware, have it for mounting a child restraint.
...is on the bottom of the bolt. Do not use it installed by your Honda dealer. If you are not sure how to : 16 lbf.ft (2.2 kgf.m , 22 N.m) If you are not using an infant seat or other purpose. Driver and Passenger Safety Child Safety Then Install the tether ...hardware that came with the car. Canadian Models TOOTHED WASHER Storing a Child Seat When you need an anchor plate and mounting hardware, contact your authorized Honda dealer. Tighten the bolt to install the hardware, have it for mounting a child restraint.
Owner's Manual
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... Ignition Switch...48 Power Door Locks...50 Lockout Prevention...51 Trunk...51 Glove Box ...52 Seat Adjustments...53 Front Seat Adjustments ...53 Driver's Seat Height Adjustment...54 Rear Seat Access...54 Head Restraints...55 Seat Heaters...56 Folding Rear Seat...56 Power Windows...58 Moonroof...60 Mirrors...61 Adjusting the Power Mirrors...61 Parking Brake...62... Speedometer...34 Instruments and Controls Instruments and Controls This section gives information about the controls and displays that contribute to the daily operation of your Honda.
... Ignition Switch...48 Power Door Locks...50 Lockout Prevention...51 Trunk...51 Glove Box ...52 Seat Adjustments...53 Front Seat Adjustments ...53 Driver's Seat Height Adjustment...54 Rear Seat Access...54 Head Restraints...55 Seat Heaters...56 Folding Rear Seat...56 Power Windows...58 Moonroof...60 Mirrors...61 Adjusting the Power Mirrors...61 Parking Brake...62... Speedometer...34 Instruments and Controls Instruments and Controls This section gives information about the controls and displays that contribute to the daily operation of your Honda.