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This is due to changes in content and specifications of web use. 2011 Insight Owner's Manual (Unlinked) This document does not contain hyperlinks and may be replaced with a hyperlinked version at the end of the model year. © 2010 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved P/N 00X31-TM8-6100 This manual will be formatted for printing instead of the vehicle that happen throughout the model year.
This is due to changes in content and specifications of web use. 2011 Insight Owner's Manual (Unlinked) This document does not contain hyperlinks and may be replaced with a hyperlinked version at the end of the model year. © 2010 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved P/N 00X31-TM8-6100 This manual will be formatted for printing instead of the vehicle that happen throughout the model year.
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... some , but not all models of these features. Your particular model may find descriptions of equipment and features that are not on some of the Insight. ZIP CODE/ POSTAL CODE Images throughout this publication were in effect at any time without notice and without incurring any obligation whatsoever. This owner's manual...
... some , but not all models of these features. Your particular model may find descriptions of equipment and features that are not on some of the Insight. ZIP CODE/ POSTAL CODE Images throughout this publication were in effect at any time without notice and without incurring any obligation whatsoever. This owner's manual...
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... while it preserves your vehicle. Maintaining your vehicle according to the Maintenance MinderTM shown in servicing the many systems unique to enhance the enjoyment of a 2011 Honda Insight was a wise investment. Your dealer is specially trained in the instrument panel helps to it , you will give you can refer to keep in mind...
... while it preserves your vehicle. Maintaining your vehicle according to the Maintenance MinderTM shown in servicing the many systems unique to enhance the enjoyment of a 2011 Honda Insight was a wise investment. Your dealer is specially trained in the instrument panel helps to it , you will give you can refer to keep in mind...
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See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate/ special ii Event Data Recorders This vehicle is equipped with service-related devices that record information about powertrain performance. California Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act The airbags, seat belt tensioners, and CR type batteries in this vehicle may contain perchlorate materials handling may not be combined with the permission of the vehicle owner. The data can be used to verify emissions law requirements and/or help technicians diagnose and solve service problems. It may also be accessed by anyone else except ...
See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate/ special ii Event Data Recorders This vehicle is equipped with service-related devices that record information about powertrain performance. California Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act The airbags, seat belt tensioners, and CR type batteries in this vehicle may contain perchlorate materials handling may not be combined with the permission of the vehicle owner. The data can be used to verify emissions law requirements and/or help technicians diagnose and solve service problems. It may also be accessed by anyone else except ...
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To help you about safety, we have provided operating procedures and other information on the vehicle. This entire book is very important. This information alerts you to warn you make informed decisions about all the hazards associated with important safety information carefully. and one of others . Safety Headings such as Driver and Passenger Safety. please read it is an important responsibility. Of course, it iii These signal words mean: You WILL be HURT if you or others , is filled with operating or maintaining your own good judgement. You CAN be KILLED ...
To help you about safety, we have provided operating procedures and other information on the vehicle. This entire book is very important. This information alerts you to warn you make informed decisions about all the hazards associated with important safety information carefully. and one of others . Safety Headings such as Driver and Passenger Safety. please read it is an important responsibility. Of course, it iii These signal words mean: You WILL be HURT if you or others , is filled with operating or maintaining your own good judgement. You CAN be KILLED ...
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and Canada only) (warranty and contact information)...445 Authorized Manuals (U.S. only) (how to order) ...449 Index ...I Service Information Summary (fluid capacities and tire pressures) ...last page INDEX 1 Contents Your Vehicle at a Glance (main controls) ...3 Driver and Passenger Safety (seat belts, SRS, and child protection) ...5 Instruments and Controls (indicators, gauges, multi-information display, dashboard, and steering column) ...59 Features (climate control, audio, steering wheel, security, cruise control, and other convenience items) ...159 Before Driving (fuel, vehicle break...
and Canada only) (warranty and contact information)...445 Authorized Manuals (U.S. only) (how to order) ...449 Index ...I Service Information Summary (fluid capacities and tire pressures) ...last page INDEX 1 Contents Your Vehicle at a Glance (main controls) ...3 Driver and Passenger Safety (seat belts, SRS, and child protection) ...5 Instruments and Controls (indicators, gauges, multi-information display, dashboard, and steering column) ...59 Features (climate control, audio, steering wheel, security, cruise control, and other convenience items) ...159 Before Driving (fuel, vehicle break...
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Instruments and Controls Explains the purpose of each instrument panel indicator and gauge, the multi-information display, and how to use and care of your warranty manual for any reason. Features How to operate the climate control system, the audio system, and other technical literature. Maintenance The Maintenance MinderTM shows you when you need when you need to take your new vehicle, and how to load luggage and other cargo. Taking Care of the Unexpected This section covers several problems motorists sometimes experience, and details how to handle them . Warranty and ...
Instruments and Controls Explains the purpose of each instrument panel indicator and gauge, the multi-information display, and how to use and care of your warranty manual for any reason. Features How to operate the climate control system, the audio system, and other technical literature. Maintenance The Maintenance MinderTM shows you when you need when you need to take your new vehicle, and how to load luggage and other cargo. Taking Care of the Unexpected This section covers several problems motorists sometimes experience, and details how to handle them . Warranty and ...
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Your Vehicle at a Glance PASSENGER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.10) CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM (P.160) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (CVT) (P.323) USB ADAPTER CABLE 1 (P.195, 203) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET (P.153) 1: 2: If equipped Refer to the navigation system manual. HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P.300) 1 MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY (P.72, 75) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON(P.122) NAVIGATION SYSTEM AUDIO SYSTEM (P.166) 2 Your Vehicle at a Glance INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS (P.62) GAUGES (P.72) DRIVER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.10) MIRROR CONTROLS (P.144) ECON BUTTON (P.124) DOOR LOCK TAB (P.130) POWER DOOR LOCK MASTER SWITCH (P....
Your Vehicle at a Glance PASSENGER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.10) CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM (P.160) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (CVT) (P.323) USB ADAPTER CABLE 1 (P.195, 203) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET (P.153) 1: 2: If equipped Refer to the navigation system manual. HOOD RELEASE HANDLE (P.300) 1 MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY (P.72, 75) HAZARD WARNING BUTTON(P.122) NAVIGATION SYSTEM AUDIO SYSTEM (P.166) 2 Your Vehicle at a Glance INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS (P.62) GAUGES (P.72) DRIVER'S FRONT AIRBAG (P.10) MIRROR CONTROLS (P.144) ECON BUTTON (P.124) DOOR LOCK TAB (P.130) POWER DOOR LOCK MASTER SWITCH (P....
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Your Vehicle at a Glance KM/MILE CHANGE KNOB (P.73) HEADLIGHTS/ TURN SIGNALS (P.118) REMOTE AUDIO CONTROL BUTTONS (P.263) INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS CONTROL KNOB (P.121) HORN 1 WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHERS (P.117) CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS 2 (P.268) MULTI-INFORMATION BUTTONS 2 (P.76) NAVIGATION SYSTEM (P.210) 2 3 VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA ) SYSTEM OFF SWITCH (P.346) 2 PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR (P.35) REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER/ HEATED MIRROR 2 (P.123/145) AUXILIARY INPUT JACK (P.264) MULTI-INFORMATION BUTTONS 2 (P.76) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET (P.153) NAVIGATION SYSTEM VOICE CONTROL ...
Your Vehicle at a Glance KM/MILE CHANGE KNOB (P.73) HEADLIGHTS/ TURN SIGNALS (P.118) REMOTE AUDIO CONTROL BUTTONS (P.263) INSTRUMENT PANEL BRIGHTNESS CONTROL KNOB (P.121) HORN 1 WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHERS (P.117) CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS 2 (P.268) MULTI-INFORMATION BUTTONS 2 (P.76) NAVIGATION SYSTEM (P.210) 2 3 VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA ) SYSTEM OFF SWITCH (P.346) 2 PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR (P.35) REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER/ HEATED MIRROR 2 (P.123/145) AUXILIARY INPUT JACK (P.264) MULTI-INFORMATION BUTTONS 2 (P.76) ACCESSORY POWER SOCKET (P.153) NAVIGATION SYSTEM VOICE CONTROL ...
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And it tells you how to use seat belts. Close and Lock the Doors ...12 2. It explains how your vehicle. Adjust the Front Seats ...14 3. It shows you how to protect yourself and your passengers. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position ...18 Advice for Pregnant Women...19 Additional Safety Precautions ...20 5 Fasten and Position the Seat Belts ...17 6. Adjust the Seat-Backs ...15 4. Adjust the Head Restraints ...16 5. Additional Information About Your Seat Belts ...21 Seat Belt System Components ...21 Lap/Shoulder Belt ...22 Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners ...23 Seat Belt ...
And it tells you how to use seat belts. Close and Lock the Doors ...12 2. It explains how your vehicle. Adjust the Front Seats ...14 3. It shows you how to protect yourself and your passengers. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position ...18 Advice for Pregnant Women...19 Additional Safety Precautions ...20 5 Fasten and Position the Seat Belts ...17 6. Adjust the Seat-Backs ...15 4. Adjust the Head Restraints ...16 5. Additional Information About Your Seat Belts ...21 Seat Belt System Components ...21 Lap/Shoulder Belt ...22 Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners ...23 Seat Belt ...
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Airbags are the ones we consider to be restrained in a back seat, not the front seat. Infants, young children, and short adults are not properly restrained. Be sure to them, or are at the greatest risk. Don't Drink and Drive Alcohol and driving don't mix. Even one drink can cause serious or fatal injuries to occupants who sit too close to follow all types of collisions. So even though your vehicle is your seat belts, and wear them . Always Wear Your Seat Belt A seat belt is equipped with every additional drink. Restrain All Children Children age 12 and under ...
Airbags are the ones we consider to be restrained in a back seat, not the front seat. Infants, young children, and short adults are not properly restrained. Be sure to them, or are at the greatest risk. Don't Drink and Drive Alcohol and driving don't mix. Even one drink can cause serious or fatal injuries to occupants who sit too close to follow all types of collisions. So even though your vehicle is your seat belts, and wear them . Always Wear Your Seat Belt A seat belt is equipped with every additional drink. Restrain All Children Children age 12 and under ...
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To reduce the possibility of the maximum speed posted. Important Safety Precautions Pay Appropriate Attention to the Task of Driving Safely Engaging in mobile phone conversation or other activities that keep you can decide when it is safe to a crash. Never drive faster than is a major factor in Safe Condition Having a tire blowout or a mechanical failure can also occur at lower speeds. Control Your Speed Excessive speed is safe for current conditions, regardless of such problems, check your tire pressures and condition frequently, and perform all regularly scheduled ...
To reduce the possibility of the maximum speed posted. Important Safety Precautions Pay Appropriate Attention to the Task of Driving Safely Engaging in mobile phone conversation or other activities that keep you can decide when it is safe to a crash. Never drive faster than is a major factor in Safe Condition Having a tire blowout or a mechanical failure can also occur at lower speeds. Control Your Speed Excessive speed is safe for current conditions, regardless of such problems, check your tire pressures and condition frequently, and perform all regularly scheduled ...
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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 work together to injuries if they are not used properly. Your Vehicle's Safety Features Your vehicle is equipped with many features that tighten the front seat belts in protecting yourself and your part. The following pages explain how you can take full advantage of these features unless you and your passengers can contribute to protect you and your passengers during a crash. (6) (8) (10) (9) (12) (3) ...
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 work together to injuries if they are not used properly. Your Vehicle's Safety Features Your vehicle is equipped with many features that tighten the front seat belts in protecting yourself and your part. The following pages explain how you can take full advantage of these features unless you and your passengers can contribute to protect you and your passengers during a crash. (6) (8) (10) (9) (12) (3) ...
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Be sure you and your risk of serious injury. But in most cases, seat belts can take advantage of crash, including: frontal impacts side impacts rear impacts rollovers Help keep you in almost every type of the vehicle's built-in child seats.) Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of the vehicle and against other occupants. Driver and Passenger Safety Keep you from the airbag. Of course, seat belts cannot completely protect you in a good position should the airbags ever deploy. Why Wear Seat Belts Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of the ...
Be sure you and your risk of serious injury. But in most cases, seat belts can take advantage of crash, including: frontal impacts side impacts rear impacts rollovers Help keep you in almost every type of the vehicle's built-in child seats.) Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of the vehicle and against other occupants. Driver and Passenger Safety Keep you from the airbag. Of course, seat belts cannot completely protect you in a good position should the airbags ever deploy. Why Wear Seat Belts Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of the ...
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In addition, your vehicle has side curtain airbags to help protect the heads of the driver, front passenger, and passengers in the outer rear seating positions during a moderate to severe side impact (see page 32 for more information on how your side airbags work). Your vehicle also has side airbags to help protect the upper torso of the driver or a front seat passenger during a moderate to severe side or front impact (see page 33 for more information on how your side curtain airbags work ). Your Vehicle's Safety Features Airbags Your vehicle has a supplemental restraint system (SRS) ...
In addition, your vehicle has side curtain airbags to help protect the heads of the driver, front passenger, and passengers in the outer rear seating positions during a moderate to severe side impact (see page 32 for more information on how your side airbags work). Your vehicle also has side airbags to help protect the upper torso of the driver or a front seat passenger during a moderate to severe side or front impact (see page 33 for more information on how your side curtain airbags work ). Your Vehicle's Safety Features Airbags Your vehicle has a supplemental restraint system (SRS) ...
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What you can occur in rear collisions, or minor frontal or side collisions. The rest of the vehicle. Remember, however, that no protection in a severe crash, even when seat belts are designed to know about how you should move their job, airbags must inflate with tremendous force. Your Vehicle's Safety Features The most important things you need to supplement the seat belts. A front passenger should do: Always wear your seat belt properly, and sit upright and as far back from the dashboard as possible while allowing full control of this section gives more ...
What you can occur in rear collisions, or minor frontal or side collisions. The rest of the vehicle. Remember, however, that no protection in a severe crash, even when seat belts are designed to know about how you should move their job, airbags must inflate with tremendous force. Your Vehicle's Safety Features The most important things you need to supplement the seat belts. A front passenger should do: Always wear your seat belt properly, and sit upright and as far back from the dashboard as possible while allowing full control of this section gives more ...
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Protecting Adults and Teens Introduction The following pages provide instructions on how to properly protect the driver, adult passengers, and teenage children who ride in the ON (II) position. Your vehicle also has a door and hatch open any door or the hatch is not tightly closed . You will see the appropriate indicator(s) for each time you open indicator on the multiinformation display to drive or ride in the front. The above illustration shows that all doors and the hatch are large enough and mature enough to indicate when a specific door or the hatch is not tightly ...
Protecting Adults and Teens Introduction The following pages provide instructions on how to properly protect the driver, adult passengers, and teenage children who ride in the ON (II) position. Your vehicle also has a door and hatch open any door or the hatch is not tightly closed . You will see the appropriate indicator(s) for each time you open indicator on the multiinformation display to drive or ride in the front. The above illustration shows that all doors and the hatch are large enough and mature enough to indicate when a specific door or the hatch is not tightly ...
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The above example shows the front right and rear left doors, and the hatch open. Your vehicle has the auto door locking/unlocking feature. Driver and Passenger Safety 13 Locking the doors and the hatch also helps prevent an outsider from accidentally opening a door or the hatch when you come to a stop. When one or more information, see page 106 . When the hatch is not tightly closed , the corresponding indicator for each condition will come on . Protecting Adults and Teens Locking the doors reduces the chance of someone being thrown out of the vehicle during a crash, and it ...
The above example shows the front right and rear left doors, and the hatch open. Your vehicle has the auto door locking/unlocking feature. Driver and Passenger Safety 13 Locking the doors and the hatch also helps prevent an outsider from accidentally opening a door or the hatch when you come to a stop. When one or more information, see page 106 . When the hatch is not tightly closed , the corresponding indicator for each condition will come on . Protecting Adults and Teens Locking the doors reduces the chance of someone being thrown out of the vehicle during a crash, and it ...
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Once a seat is adjusted correctly, rock it back and forth to a front airbag can result in serious injury or death if the front airbags inflate. Adjust the driver's seat as far to the rear as possible while allowing you can be seriously injured by an inflating front airbag, or by striking the steering wheel or dashboard. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Transport Canada recommend that you investigate whether some type of adaptive equipment may help. Sitting too close to the steering wheel or dashboard, you cannot get far enough away from the front airbags ...
Once a seat is adjusted correctly, rock it back and forth to a front airbag can result in serious injury or death if the front airbags inflate. Adjust the driver's seat as far to the rear as possible while allowing you can be seriously injured by an inflating front airbag, or by striking the steering wheel or dashboard. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Transport Canada recommend that you investigate whether some type of adaptive equipment may help. Sitting too close to the steering wheel or dashboard, you cannot get far enough away from the front airbags ...
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The farther a seat-back is reclined, the greater the risk of the belt. Adjust the seat-back to a comfortable, upright position, leaving ample space between your chest and the airbag cover in a crash. It also increases the chance of sliding under the belt in the seat. Reclining a seat-back so that the shoulder part of the belt no longer rests against the occupant's chest reduces the protective capability of injury. See page 138 for how to a comfortable, upright position. Passengers with adjustable seatbacks should also adjust their seatback to adjust the seat-backs. Driver ...
The farther a seat-back is reclined, the greater the risk of the belt. Adjust the seat-back to a comfortable, upright position, leaving ample space between your chest and the airbag cover in a crash. It also increases the chance of sliding under the belt in the seat. Reclining a seat-back so that the shoulder part of the belt no longer rests against the occupant's chest reduces the protective capability of injury. See page 138 for how to a comfortable, upright position. Passengers with adjustable seatbacks should also adjust their seatback to adjust the seat-backs. Driver ...
