2018 HONDA CIVIC COUPE automatic transmission

Visual Index
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Quick Reference Guide
❙Door Mirror Controls (P170)
❙Passenger’s Front Airbag
(P49)
❙Rearview Mirror (P169)
❙Accessory Power Socket
(P186)
❙Hood Release Handle (P514)
❙Trunk Opener (P145)
❙Power Door Lock Master Switch (P140)
❙Power Window Switches (P151)
❙Interior Fuse Box (P598)
❙Driver’s Front Airbag (P49)
❙USB Port (P201)
❙ECON Button* (P432)
❙Electric Parking Brake Switch (P474)
❙Automatic Brake Hold Button (P477)
❙USB Port* (P201)
❙Wireless Charger* (P187)
❙Glove Box (P182)
❙SPORT Button* (P431)
❙Shift Lever
Continuously Variable
Transmission
(P422, 424)
Manual Transmission (P428)
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Quick Reference Guide
Instrument Panel (P 75)
System Indicators
Malfunction Indicator
Lamp
Low Oil Pressure
Indicator
Charging System
Indicator
Anti-lock Brake System
(ABS ) Indicator
Vehicle Stability Assist
(VSA ®) System
Indicator
VSA ® OFF Indicator
Low Tire Pressure/
TPMS Indicator Electric Power
Steering (EPS) System
Indicator
Lights Indicators
Lights On Indicator
High Beam Indicator
Seat Belt Reminder
Indicator
System Indicators
CRUISE CONTROL

Indicator
Parking Brake and
Brake System
Indicator (Red) Supplemental
Restraint System
Indicator
Door and Trunk Open
Indicator CRUISE MAIN
Indicator
Tachometer
Speedometer Fuel Gauge
Immobilizer System Indicator/
Security System Alarm Indicator
Shift Lever Position Indicator
*
Low Fuel Indicator
Gauges (P 109)/Information Display* (P 111)/
Driver Information Interface
* (P 114)/System Indicators (P 76)
ECON Mode Indicator Turn Signal and
Hazard Warning
Indicators
Maintenance Minder
Indicator
Models with information display
Parking Brake and
Brake System
Indicator (Amber)
System Indicators
Automatic Brake Hold
System Indicator
Automatic Brake Hold
Indicator
Temperature Gauge
Brake Depressing
Indicator
Continuously variable
transmission models
Brake Depressing
Indicator
Manual transmission
models
Smart Entry System
Indicator*
Starter System
Indicator*
Ambient Meter
*
Not available on all models
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Quick Reference Guide
Why does the beeper
sound when I start driving?The beeper sounds when the driver and/or front passenger are
not wearing their seat belts.
Why do I hear a screeching
sound when I apply the
brake pedal?The brake pads may need to be replaced. Have your vehicle
inspected by a dealer.
I’m seeing an amber
indicator of a tire with an
exclamation point. What is
that?
The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) needs attention. If
you recently inflated or changed a tire, you have to recalibrate
the system.
2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) (P 469)
Pressing the electric
parking brake switch does
not release the parking
brake. Why?Press the electric parking brake switch with the brake pedal
depressed.
Depressing the accelerator
pedal does not release the
parking brake
automatically. Why?●Fasten the driver’s seat belt.
●Check if the transmission is in (P or (N. If so, select any other
position.
U.S. models
* Not available on all models
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uuIndicators u
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Instrument Panel
*1:Models with the smart entry system have an ENGINE START/STOP button instead of an ignition switch.
IndicatorNameOn/BlinkingExplanationMessage*
Brake
Depressing
Indicator
*
●Comes on for a few seconds when
you turn the ignition switch to ON
(w*1, then goes off.
●Blinks when the electric parking
brake switch is pressed without
depressing the brake pedal while
the electric parking brake is in
operation.
●Blinks while driving - Press the electric
parking brake switch with the brake pedal
depressed.
2 Parking Brake P. 474
—
●Blinks when the automatic brake
hold button is pressed without
depressing the brake pedal while
the automatic brake hold is in
operation.
●Blinks if the automatic brake hold
is automatically canceled while it
is in operation. The beeper
sounds.
●Blinks while driving - Press the
automatic brake hold button with the
brake pedal depressed.
2Automatic Brake Hold P. 477
●Immediately depress the brake pedal.
—
Continuously
variable
transmission
models
Manual
transmission
models
Electric Parking Brake System
Automatic Brake Hold System
* Not available on all models
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uuIndicators uDriver Information Interface Wa rning and Information Messages*
Instrument Panel
*1:Models with the smart entry system have an ENGINE START/STOP button instead of an ignition switch.
MessageConditionExplanation
●Appears when you turn the ignition switch to ON
(w*1 without fastening the driver’s seat belt.
●Fasten the seat belt properly before you start to drive.
●Appears if the automatic br ake hold is automatically
canceled while it is in operation.●Immediately depress the brake pedal.
●Appears when the automa tic brake hold system is
turned off.
2 Automatic Brake Hold P. 477
●Appears when the automa tic brake hold button is
pressed without wearing the driver’s seat belt.●Fasten the driver’s seat belt.
2 Automatic Brake Hold P. 477
Continuously
variable transmission
models
Manual transmission
models
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uuIndicators uDriver Information Interface Wa rning and Information Messages*
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Instrument Panel
MessageConditionExplanation
●Appears when the automatic brake hold button is
pressed without depressing the brake pedal while
the automatic brake ho ld is in operation.●Press the automatic brake hold button with the brake
pedal depressed.
2Automatic Brake Hold P. 477
●Appears when the parking brake is applied
automatically while it is in operation.2Automatic Brake Hold P. 477
2 Parking Brake P. 474
●Appears when the electric parking brake switch is
pressed without depressing the brake pedal while
the electric parking brake is in operation.●Press the electric parking brake switch with the brake
pedal depressed.
2 Parking Brake P. 474
Continuously
variable transmission
models
Manual transmission
models
Continuously
variable transmission
models
Manual transmission
models
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uuSecurity System uSecurity System Alarm
Controls
■Setting the security system alarm
The security system alarm automatically sets when the following conditions have
been met:
• The ignition switch is in LOCK
(0*1, and the key has been removed from the
ignition switch.
• The hood and trunk are closed.
• Both doors are locked with the key, the remote transmitter, or smart entry
system
*.
■When the security system alarm sets
The security system alarm indicator in the instrument panel blinks. When the
blinking interval changes after about 15 se conds, the security system alarm is set.
■To cancel the security system alarm
The security system is canc eled when the vehicle is unlocked using the remote
transmitter, smart entry system
*, or the ignition swit ch is turned to ON (w*1. The
security system indicator go es off at the same time.
*1: Models with the smart entry system have an ENGINE START/STOP button instead of an
ignition switch.
1 Security System Alarm
Do not set the security system alarm when someone
is in the vehicle or a window is open. The system can
accidentally activate when:
•Unlocking the door with the lock tab.•Opening the trunk with the trunk opener on the
driver’s door or the emergency trunk opener.
•Opening the hood with the hood release.
•Taking the transmission out of ( P.
If the battery goes dead after you have set the
security system alarm, the security alarm may activate
once the battery is re charged or replaced.
If this occurs, deactivate the security system alarm by
unlocking a door using the remote transmitter or
smart entry system
*.
Do not alter the system or add other devices to it.
Doing so may damage the system and make your
vehicle inoperable.
Continuously variable transmission models
* Not available on all models
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uuOperating the Switches Around the Steering Wheel uENGINE START/STOP Button*
Controls
If you leave the vehicle for 30 to 60 minutes with the transmission in (P*1 and the
power mode in ACCESSORY, the vehicle automa tically goes into the mode similar to
VEHICLE OFF (LOCK) to avoid draining the battery.
When in this mode:
The steering wheel does not lock.
You cannot lock or unlock doors with th e remote transmitter or the smart entry
system.
Press the ENGINE START/STOP button twice to switch the mode to VEHICLE OFF
(LOCK).
*1: Continuously variab le transmission models
■Automatic Power Off1Changing the Power Mode
If the power mode does not change from VEHICLE
OFF to ACCESSORY, press the ENGINE START/STOP
button while moving the st eering wheel left and
right. The steering wheel will unlock, allowing the
mode to change.
Except U.S. continuously variable transmission models
Except U.S. continuously variable transmission models
All models
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