parking brake HONDA CLARITY PLUG-IN 2021 Owner's Manual (in English)

Visual Index
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Quick Reference Guide❚Power Window Switches (P 158)
❚Trunk Opener (P 152)
❚Driver’s Knee Airbag (P 62)
❚Door Mirror Controls (P 176)
❚Master Door Lock Switch (P 150)
❚Fuel Fill Door Release Button (P 458)
❚Memory Buttons* (P 173)
❚SET Button* (P 173)
❚Interior Fuse Box (P 562)
❚Automatic Brake Hold Button (P 441)
❚Driver’s Front Airbag (P 57)
❚Passenger’s Front Airbag (P 57)
❚SPORT Button (P 393)
❚Glove Box (P 187)
❚Shift Button
Electronic Gear Selector
(P 386)
❚Accessory Power Socket (P 191)
❚Hood Release Handle (P 487)
❚ECON Button (P 392)
❚HV Button (P 16)
❚Rearview Mirror (P 175)
❚Electric Parking Brake Switch (P 437)
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Visual Index
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Quick Reference Guide❚Maintenance Under the Hood (P 486)
❚Windshield Wipers (P 168, 502)
❚Tires (P 505, 528)
❚Door Lock/Unlock Control (P 141)
❚Power Door Mirrors (P 176)
❚Headlights (P 164, 500)
❚Front Turn Signal Lights (P 163, 500)
❚How to Refuel (P 458)
❚High-Mount Brake Light (P 501)
❚Emergency Trunk Release Lever (P 154)
❚Opening/Closing the Trunk (P 152)
❚Brake Lights (P 501)
❚Rear Turn Signal Lights (P 501)
❚Back-Up Lights (P 501)
❚Taillights (P 501)
❚Trunk Release Button (P 153)
❚Rear License Plate Light (P 501)
❚Multi-View Rear Camera (P 455)
❚Parking/Daytime Running Lights (P 164, 167, 500)
❚Front Side Marker Lights (P 164, 500)
❚How to Charge (P 461)
❚Tail/Rear Side Marker Lights (P 501)
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Quick Reference Guide
Instrument Panel (P 87)
Lights On Indicator
System Indicators
12-Volt Battery
Charging System
IndicatorAnti-lock Brake
System (
ABS)
Indicator
Vehicle Stability
Assist
TM (VSA
®) System
Indicator
Vehicle Stability
Assist
TM (VSA ®) OFF
Indicator Electric Power
Steering (EPS)
System Indicator
System Indicators
High Beam Indicator
Seat Belt Reminder
Indicator
System Indicators
System Message
Indicator
Parking Brake and
Brake System
Indicator (Red) Supplemental
Restraint System
Indicator
Gauges (P 123)/Driver Information Interface (P 126)/
System Indicators
(P 88)
Low Tire Pressure/
TPMS Indicator Turn Signal and
Hazard Warning
Indicators
Speedometer
Automatic Brake Hold
System Indicator Parking Brake and
Brake System
Indicator (Amber)SPORT
Mode Indicator
Collision Mitigation
Brake System
TM
(CMBSTM) Indicator
Road Departure
Mitigation (RDM)
Indicator
Immobilizer System Indicator/
Security System Alarm Indicator
Automatic Brake Hold
Indicator
READY Indicator
POWER SYSTEM
Indicator
Gear Position
Indicator
Fuel Gauge
Driver Information
Interface
High Voltage Battery
Charge Level Gauge
POWER/CHARGE Gauge
Low Fuel Indicator
Adaptive Cruise Control
(ACC) with Low Speed
Follow Indicator
Lane Keeping Assist
System (LKAS) Indicator
Deceleration Paddle Selector Indicator
System Indicators
ECON Mode Indicator
EV
Indicator
U.S.
Canada
HV Indicator
HV Charge Indicator
Malfunction
Indicator Lamp U.S.
Canada
U.S.
Canada
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Quick Reference Guide
Driving (P 373)
Electronic Gear Selector (P 386)
●Select (P and depress the brake pedal when turning on the power.
Park
Press the
(P button.
Used when parking or before turning the power on or off.
Transmission is locked.
Reverse
Press back the
( R button.
Used when reversing.
Neutral
Press the
( N button.
Transmission is not locked.
Drive
Press the
( D button.
Used for normal driving.
Gear Position Indicator
The gear position indicator
and the shift button
indicator indicate the
current gear selection.
Gear Position Indicator Shift Button
Indicator
Gear selection
*
Not available on all models
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Quick Reference Guide
Why doesn’t the curved
blue line in the meter
appear even when the EV
indicator is on?The vehicle is performing a system check.
2Auto Engine Stop/Start (P13)
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 does a beeper sound
when I walk away from the
vehicle after I close the
door?The beeper sounds if you move outside the walk away auto lock
operating range before the door completely closes.
2Locking the doors and trunk (Walk away auto lock ®) (P 142)
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.
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Quick Reference Guide
Why does the gear position
automatically change to
(P
when I open the driver's
door to check for parking
space lines when
reversing?
●Fasten the driver’s seat belt.
●Close the driver's door and manually change the gear
position. u
When opening the driver’s door (P 389)
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 Syst em (TPMS) needs attention. If
you recently inflated or changed a tire, you have to recalibrate
the system.
u
TPMS Calibration (P 431)
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Instrument Panel
Indicators
IndicatorNameOn/BlinkingExplanationMessage
Parking Brake
and Brake
System Indicator
(Red)
●Comes on for a few seconds when
you set the power mode to ON,
then goes off if the parking brake
has been released.
●Comes on when the parking brake
is applied, and goes off when it is
released.
●Comes on when the brake fluid
level is low.
●Comes on if there is a problem
with the brake system.
●The beeper sounds and the
indicator comes on if you drive
with the parking brake not fully
released.
●Comes on while driving - Make sure
the parking brake is released. Check the
brake fluid level.
2 What to do when the indicator
comes on while driving P. 554
●Comes on along with the parking
brake and brake system indicator
(amber) - Immediately stop in a safe
place. Contact a dealer for repair. The
brake pedal becomes harder to operate.
Depress the pedal further than you
normally do.
●Comes on along with the ABS
indicator - Have your vehicle checked by
a dealer.
2 If the Brake System Indicator (Red)
Comes On or Blinks P. 554
U.S.
Canada
(Red)
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Continued
Instrument Panel
IndicatorNameOn/BlinkingExplanationMessage
Parking Brake
and Brake
System Indicator
(Red)
●Comes on for about 15 seconds
when you push the electric parking
brake switch while the power
mode is in VEHICLE OFF.
●Stays on for about 15 seconds
when you set the power mode to
VEHICLE OFF while the electric
parking brake is set.
●Blinks and the parking brake and
brake system indicator (amber) comes
on at the same time - There is a
problem with the electric parking brake
system. The parking brake may not be
set.
Avoid using the parking brake and have
your vehicle checked by a dealer
immediately.
2 If the Brake System Indicator (Red)
Comes On or Blinks at the Same
Time When the Brake System
Indicator (Amber) Comes On P. 556
—
Automatic Brake
Hold System
Indicator
●Comes on for a few seconds when
you set the power mode to ON,
then goes off.
●Comes on when the automatic
brake hold system is on.
2Automatic Brake Hold P. 441
Automatic Brake
Hold Indicator
●Comes on for a few seconds when
you set the power mode to ON,
then goes off.
●Comes on when the automatic
brake hold is activated.2Automatic Brake Hold P. 441—
U.S.
Canada
(Red)
U.S.
Canada
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Instrument Panel
IndicatorNameOn/BlinkingExplanationMessage
Parking Brake
and Brake
System Indicator
(Amber)
●Comes on for a few seconds when
you set the power mode to ON,
then goes off.
●Comes on if there is a problem
with a system related to braking
other than the conventional brake
system.
●Comes on if there is a problem
with the cooperative control with
regenerative braking, the electric
servo brake system, or the hill start
assist system.
●Comes on if there is a problem
with the electric parking brake
system or the automatic brake
hold system.
●Comes on while driving - Avoid using
the parking brake and have your vehicle
checked by a dealer immediately.
●Stays on constantly - Avoid high speeds
and sudden braking. Take the vehicle to a
dealer immediately.
●With this indicator on, your vehicle still
has normal braking ability.
POWER
SYSTEM
Indicator
●Comes on for a few seconds when
you set the power mode to ON,
then goes off.
●Comes on if there is a problem
with the electric ve hicle system or
plug-in charging system.
●Stays on constantly - Have your vehicle
checked by a dealer.
U.S.
Canada
(Amber)
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Instrument Panel
IndicatorNameOn/BlinkingExplanationMessage
Transmission
System Indicator
●All the gear positions may light for
several seconds, and go off.●When all the gear positions illuminate,
immediately stop your vehicle in a safe
place.
●Indicators go off if there is no problem.
However, even if they go off, take your
vehicle to a dealer for inspection.
●The indicated current gear
selection blinks if there is a
problem with the transmission
system.●Avoid sudden starts, and acceleration,
and stop in a safe place immediately.
●Have your vehicle checked by a dealer.
●The indicated current gear
selection or all the gear positions
blink if you cannot select
(P due
to a transmission system failure.
●The engine can be activated as a
temporary measure.
2 If the Transmission System Indicator
Blinks along with the Warning
Message P. 558
●Set the parking brake when parking.●Have your vehicle checked by a dealer
immediately.
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