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Introduction
Congratulations! Your selection of a 2009 Honda Accord was a wise As you read this manual, you will
investment. It will give you years of driving pleasure. find information that is preceded by
a symbol. This
One of the best ways to enhance the enjoyment of your new vehicle is to information is intended to help you
read this manual. In it, you will learn how to operate its driving controls and avoid damage to your vehicle, other
convenience items. Afterwards, keep this owner’s manua
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Introduction California Proposition 65 Warning WARNING: This product contains or emits chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Event Data Recorders This vehicle is equipped with one or more devices commonly referred to as event data recorders. These devices record front seat belt use, front passenger seat occupancy, airbag deployment data, and the failure of any airbag system component. This data belongs to the vehicle owner and m
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AFewWordsAboutSafety Your safety, and the safety of others, You will find this important safety information in a variety of forms, is very important. And operating this including: vehicle safely is an important Safety Labels on the vehicle. responsibility. Safety Messages preceded by a safety alert symbol and one of three signal words: DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION. To help you make informed These signal words mean: decisions about safety, we have provided operating procedures and You WILL be K
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2009 Accord Sedan Online Reference Owner's Manual Contents Owner's Identification Form Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... i A Few Words About Safety .....................................................................................
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Overview of Contents Contents Before Driving Technical Information A convenient reference to the What gasoline to use, how to break- ID numbers, dimensions, capacities, sections in this manual. and technical information. in your new vehicle, and how to load luggage and other cargo. Your Vehicle at a Glance Warranty and Customer A quick reference to the main Driving Relations controls in your vehicle. The proper way to start the engine, (U.S. and Canada only) shift the transmission, and park; pl
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Your Vehicle at a Glance Your Vehicle at a Glance MIRROR CONTROL INSTRUMENT PANEL MOONROOF SWITCH (P.107) HOMELINK BUTTONS AUTO BUTTON (P.55) INDICATORS (P.226) (P.101) GAUGES (P.63) CLOCK (P.214) COMPASS (P.219) DRIVER’S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 23) PASSENGER’S FRONT AIRBAG (P.9, 23) MIRROR CONTROLS (P.102) HEATING/COOLING CONTROLS POWER DOOR LOCK (P.120) MASTER SWITCH CLIMATE CONTROL (P.79) SYSTEM (P.125) POWER WINDOW SWITCHES AUDIO SYSTEM (P.103) (P.133) HOOD RELEASE MANUAL HANDLE TRANSMISSION (
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Your Vehicle at a Glance INSTRUMENT PANEL WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR BRIGHTNESS (P.72) WASHERS (P.68) (P.30) HAZARD WARNING HEADLIGHTS/ BUTTON TURN SIGNALS/ 2 (P.73) FOG LIGHTS (P.69, 72) 3 INTERFACE DIAL (P.174) REMOTE AUDIO CONTROLS (P.211) VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA ) SYSTEM OFF SWITCH (P.294) STEERING WHEEL 1 ADJUSTMENTS HORN (P.75) REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER/ NAVIGATION SYSTEM 2 HEATED MIRROR BUTTON VOICE CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL 3 (P.74, 102) BUTTONS BUTTONS (P.223)
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Driver and Passenger Safety Driver and Passenger Safety This section gives you important Additional Information About All Children Should Sit in a information about how to protect Your Seat Belts ........................ 18 Back Seat .................................. 34 yourself and your passengers. It Seat Belt System Components... 18 The Passenger’s Front Airbag shows you how to use seat belts. It Lap/Shoulder Belt....................... 19 Can Pose Serious Risks .......... 34 explains how y
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Important Safety Precautions You’ll find many safety Restrain All Children every additional drink. So don’t drink recommendations throughout this Children age 12 and under should and drive, and don’t let your friends section, and throughout this manual. ride properly restrained in a back drink and drive, either. Therecommendationsonthispage seat, not the front seat. Infants and are the ones we consider to be the smallchildrenshouldbe restrained Control Your Speed most important. Excessive speed
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Driver and Passenger Safety Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Your vehicle is equipped with many features that work together to (9) (10) (8) (3) (4) (1) protect you and your passengers (4) during a crash. (9) Some features do not require any (7) action on your part. 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 tighten the front seat belts in a crash. (2) However, you
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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Seat Belts Help keep you from being thrown Your vehicle is equipped with seat against the inside of the vehicle belts in all seating positions. Not wearing a seat belt properly and against other occupants. increases the chance of serious Your seat belt system also includes injury or death in a crash, even Keep you from being thrown out though your vehicle has airbags. of the vehicle. an indicator on the instrument panel and a beeper to remind you and your passenge
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Driver and Passenger Safety Your Vehicle’s Safety Features Airbags Your vehicle has a supplemental Your vehicle also has side airbags to In addition, your vehicle has side restraint system (SRS) with front help protect the upper torso of the curtain airbags to help protect the airbags to help protect the heads and driver or a front seat passenger heads of the driver, front passenger, chests of the driver and a front seat during a moderate to severe side and passengers in the outer rear passenge
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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features The most important things you need What you should do: Always wear The rest of this section gives more to know about your airbags are: your seat belt properly, and sit detailed information about how you upright and as far back from the can maximize your safety. Airbags do not replace seat belts. steering wheel as possible while They are designed to supplement allowing full control of the vehicle. A Remember, however, that no safety the seat belts. front passenger
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens Introduction Locking the doors reduces the 2.Adjust the Front Seats The following pages provide chance of someone being thrown out instructions on how to properly of the vehicle during a crash, and it protect the driver, adult passengers, helps prevent passengers from and teenage children who are large accidentally opening a door and enough and mature enough to drive falling out. or ride in the front. Locking the doors also helps prevent S
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Protecting Adults and Teens If you sit too close to the steering 3.Adjust the Seat-Backs wheel or dashboard, you can be seriously injured by an inflating front Sitting too close to a front airbag, or by striking the steering airbag can result in serious wheel or dashboard. injury or death if the front airbags inflate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Transport Always sit as far back from the Canada recommend that drivers front airbags as possible. allow at least 10 inches
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens 4.Adjust the Head Restraints Reclining the seat-back too far Improperly positioning head can result in serious injury or restraints reduces their death in a crash. effectiveness and you can be seriously injured in a crash. Adjust the seat-back to an upright position, and sit well Make sure head restraints are back in the seat. in place and positioned properly before driving. Reclining a seat-back so that the shoulder part of the belt no lo
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Protecting Adults and Teens 5.Fasten and Position the Seat This spreads the forces of a crash Belts over the strongest bones in your Insert the latch plate into the buckle, upper body. then tug on the belt to make sure the belt is securely latched. Check that the belt is not twisted, because a twisted belt can cause serious Improperly positioning the seat injuries in a crash. belts can cause serious injury or death in a crash. Make sure all seat belts are properly positioned before driving. Pos
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens Never place the shoulder portion of a 6.Maintain a Proper Sitting RELEASE BUTTON lap/shoulder belt under your arm or Position behind your back. This could cause After all occupants have adjusted very serious injuries in a crash. their seats and head restraints, and put on their seat belts, it is very If a seat belt does not seem to work important that they continue to sit properly, it may not protect the upright, well back in their seats,
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Protecting Adults and Teens In addition, an occupant who is out of Advice for Pregnant Women When driving, remember to sit position in the front seat can be upright and adjust the seat as far back as possible while allowing full seriously or fatally injured in a crash by striking interior parts of the control of the vehicle. When riding vehicle or being struck by an as a front passenger, adjust the seat as far back as possible. inflating front airbag. This will reduce the risk of injuries to bo
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Driver and Passenger Safety Protecting Adults and Teens Additional Safety Precautions Keep your hands and arms away Two people should never use the from the airbag covers. If your same seat belt. If they do, they hands or arms are close to an could be very seriously injured in a airbag cover, they could be injured crash. if the airbag inflates. Do not put any accessories on seat Do not attach or place objects on belts. Devices intended to improve the front airbag covers. Objects on occupant com
