2002 Acura MDX Owner's Manual

You can decrease the set cruising
speed in any of these ways:Press and hold the SET/decel
button. The vehicle will decelerate.
Release the button when you
reach the desired speed.
Tap the brake pedal lightly with
your f oot. The CRUISE
CONTROL light on the instru-
ment panel will go out. When the
vehicle slows to the desired speed,
press the SET/decel button. The
vehicle will then maintain the
desired speed.
You can increase the set cruising
speed in any of these ways:
Press and hold the RESUME/
accel button. The vehicle will
accelerate. When you reach the
desired cruising speed, release the
button.
Push on the accelerator pedal. Ac-
celerate to the desired cruising
speed and press the SET/decel
button.
Thecruisecontrolmaynotholdthe
set speed when you are going up and
down hills. If your speed increases
going down a hill, use the brakes to
slow down to the desired speed. This
will cancel the cruise control. To
resume the set speed, press the
RESUME/accel button. The
CRUISE CONTROL light on the
instrument panel comes on.
When climbing a steep hill, the
automatic transmission may
downshif t to hold the set speed.
To increase your speed in very
small amounts, tap the RESUME/
accel button repeatedly. Each time
you do this, your vehicle will speed
up about 1 mph (1.6 km/h).To slow down in very small
amounts, tap the SET/decel
button repeatedly. Each time you
do this, your vehicle will slow
down about 1 mph (1.6 km/h).
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Changing t he Set Speed
Cruise Control
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Youcancancelthecruisecontrolin
any of these ways:Push the CANCEL button on the
steering wheel.
Press the Cruise Control Master
Switch.
Even with the cruise control turned
on, you can still use the accelerator
pedal to speed up f or passing. Af ter
completing the pass, take your foot
of f the accelerator pedal. The vehicle
will return to the set cruising speed.
Resting your f oot on the brake pedal
will cause the cruise control to
cancel.
Tap the brake pedal.When you push the CANCEL button,
or tap the brake pedal, the CRUISE
CONTROL light on the instrument
panel will go out and the vehicle will
begin to slow down. You can use the
accelerator pedal in the normal way.
The system remembers the
previously-set cruising speed. To
return to that speed, accelerate to
above25mph(40km/h)andthen
press and release the RESUME/
accel button. The CRUISE
CONTROL light comes on. The
vehicle will accelerate to the same
cruising speed as bef ore.
Pressing the Cruise Control Master
Switch turns the system completely
of f and erases the previous cruising
speed f rom memory. To use the
system again, ref er to
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Cancelling t he Cruise Cont rol
Using t he
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The Trip Computer displays the
f ollowing inf ormation. The ignition
switch must be in Accessory or ON.Clock
Direction of travel
Outside temperature
Instantaneous f uel mileage
The Range, or estimated distance
you can travel on the fuel
remaining in the tank. This
distance is estimated from the fuel
economy you have gotten over the
last several miles, so it will vary
with changes in speed, traf f ic, etc.
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TheAvgdisplayshowsyouthe
average f uel economy since you
last reset the display.
The E/T is the elapsed time that
the ignition has been on. It
automatically resets to 0.0 when it
reaches twelve hours. This display
can be reset at any time.
The Trip display shows you the
total distance you have driven
since it was last reset. When it
passes 999.9, it stops displaying
tenths and goes to 1000. When it
passes 9999, it clears to 0.0.
The display also has manual
f unctions f or the Climate Control
System. Ref er to page . 125
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The display shows either the range
and Avg f uel economy, or the E/T
and Trip odometer. To change
between these, press and release the
TRIP button.
To reset the Avg f uel economy, E/T,
and Trip odometer, press and hold
the RESET button until you hear a
beep.The outside temperature, f uel
economy, range, and trip odometer
can be displayed in either English or
Metric units. To change between
units, press the TRIP button and
hold it f or f ive seconds.
Trip Computer
Changing and Resetting the
Display
Changing Units of Measurement
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To set the clock:Push the CLOCK button. The
hours digits will start blinking. If
you want to only set the minutes,
go to step 4. To change the hours to a lower
number, press and hold the
MODE button. To change the
hours to a higher number, press
andholdtheA/Cbutton.
To set the minutes, press the
CLOCK button again. The
minutes digits will start blinking.
When the hours reach the desired
number, release the button. Use the MODE or A/C button to
set the minutes to the desired
number.
Press the CLOCK button again.
The clock will return to its normal
display.
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Setting the Clock
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You can also quickly set the time to
the nearest hour. Press the CLOCK
button, then press the RESET button.
If the displayed time is before the
half hour, it will reset back to the
previous hour. If the displayed time
is af ter the half hour, it will reset
f orward to the next hour.
For example:
1:06 will reset to 1:00
1:52 will reset to 2:00
The compass shows your direction
of travel. It indicates eight directions.
Compass operation can be af f ected
by driving near power lines or
stations, across bridges, through
tunnels, over railroad crossings, past
large vehicles, or driving near large
objects that can cause a magnetic
disturbance.
It can also be af f ected by accessories
such as antennas and roof racks that
are mounted by magnets.The compass may need to be
manually calibrated af ter exposure to
a strong magnetic field. If the
compassseemstobecontinually
showing the wrong direction and is
not self -calibrating, do the f ollowing.
NOTE: You should do this procedure
in an open area, away from buildings,
power lines, and other vehicles.
The compass is self -calibrating. If
you see ‘‘ ’’ in the direction
display and ‘‘Calibrate’’ is blinking,
the compass is self -calibrating.
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Compass Operation
Compass Calibration
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Press and hold the CLOCK and
TRIP buttons until the display
changes (about 1 second).
Press the Calibrate (MODE)
button.
Press the Set (FAN) button.
‘‘Calibrate’’ will start blinking, and
the direction display will change to
‘‘ ’’.
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