Honda Civic Owners Manual: Parking Your Vehicle
When Stopped
- Depress the brake pedal firmly.
- With the brake pedal depressed, pull up the electric parking brake switch slowly, but fully.
Continuously variable transmission models
- Move the shift lever from D to P.
Manual transmission models
- Move the shift lever to R or 1.
All models
- Turn off the engine.
► The electric parking brake indicator goes off in about 15 seconds.
Always confirm the electric parking brake is set, in particular if you are parked on an incline.
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Parking Your Vehicle Do not park your vehicle near flammable objects, such as dry grass, oil, or timber. Heat from the exhaust can cause a fire. When Stopped NOTICE Continuously variable transmission models The following can damage the transmission:
In extremely cold temperatures, the parking brake may freeze up if applied. If such temperatures are expected, do not apply the parking brake but, if parking on a slope, either turn the front wheels so they will contact the curb if the vehicle rolls down the slope or block the wheels to keep the vehicle from moving. If you do not take either precaution, the vehicle may roll unexpectedly, leading to a crash. |
With Little Chance of a Collision
The CMBSTM may activate even when you are aware of a vehicle ahead of you, or
when there is no vehicle ahead. Some examples of this are:
When Passing
Your vehicle approaches another vehicle a ...
Multi-View Rear Camera
About Your Multi-View Rear Camera
The audio/information screen can display your vehicle's rear view.
The display automatically changes to a rear view when the shift lever is moved
to R.
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See also:
Honda Civic Owners Manual. Advanced Airbags
The airbags have advanced features to help reduce the likelihood of airbag
related
injuries to smaller occupants.
The driver’s advanced airbag system includes a
seat position sensor.
Based on information from this sensor and the
severity of the impact, the advanced airbag
system dete ...