2018 Honda Accord Owners Manual - Parking Your Vehicle

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.

Automatic transmission/Continuously variable transmission models

Put the transmission into .

Manual transmission models

Put the transmission into R or 1.

All models

Turn off the engine.

u The parking brake indicator (red) goes off in about 30 seconds.

Always confirm the electric parking brake is set, in particular if you are parked on an incline.

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The corner and center sensors monitor obstacles around your vehicle, and the beeper, driver information interface and audio/information screen let you know the approximate distance between your vehicle and the obstacle.

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Parking sensor system on and off

With the power mode in ON, press the parking sensor system button to turn on or off the system. The indicator in the button comes on when the system is on.

The front corner, rear corner and rear center sensors start to detect an obstacle when the transmission is in R, and the vehicle speed is less than 5 mph (8 km/h).

The front corner sensors start to detect an obstacle when the transmission is in any position other than , and the vehicle speed is less than 5 mph (8 km/h).

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Screen Operation

You can switch between split view off and split view on by touching the split screen tab.

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*1:At this stage, only the center sensors detect obstacles.

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Turning off All Rear Sensors

Make sure that the parking sensor system is not activated. Set the power mode to VEHICLE OFF.

Press and hold the parking sensor system button, and set the power mode to ON.

Keep pressing the button for ten seconds. Release the button when the indicator in the button blinks.

u The beeper sounds once.

Press the button again. The indicator in the button goes off.

u The beeper sounds twice. The rear sensors are now turned off.

To turn the rear sensors on again, follow the above procedure. The beeper sounds three times when the rear sensors come back on.

uuParking Your Vehicle uCross Traffic Monitor *

Monitors the rear corner areas using the radar sensors when reversing, and alerts you if a vehicle approaching from a rear corner is detected.

The system is convenient when you are backing out of a parking space.

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How the System Works

The system activates when:

The power mode is in ON.

The Cross Traffic Monitor system is turned on.

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The transmission is in R.

Your vehicle is moving at 3 mph (5 km/h) or lower.

When a vehicle is detected approaching from a rear corner, Cross Traffic Monitor alerts you with a buzzer and a displayed warning.

The system will not detect a vehicle that approaches from directly behind your vehicle, nor will it provide alerts about a detected vehicle when it moves directly behind your vehicle.

The system does not provide alerts for a vehicle that is moving away from your vehicle, and it may alert for pedestrians, bicycles, or stationary objects.

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When the System Detects a Vehicle

An arrow icon appears on the side a vehicle is approaching on the audio/information screen.

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Cross Traffic Monitor On and Off

You can switch on and off the system using the audio/information screen.

Press the button.

Select Settings.

Select Camera.

Select Cross Traffic Monitor.

Select ON or OFF, then select Save.

The system can also be turned on and off on the audio/information screen by pressing the CTM icon.