Honda HR-V 2020 Owner's Manual page 435

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Starting to Drive

1. Keeping your right foot on the brake pedal, put the shift lever in

when reversing.

2. With the parking brake applied, release the brake pedal and gently depress the

accelerator pedal.

Make sure the electric parking brake indicator goes off.

2 Parking Brake P. 503

3. Turn the ignition switch to START

without depressing the accelerator pedal.

1Starting the Engine

Do not hold the key in START

If the engine does not start right away, wait for at

least 30 seconds before trying again.

If the engine starts, but then immediately stops,

wait at least 30 seconds before repeating step 3

while gently depressing the accelerator pedal.

Release the accelerator pedal once the engine starts.

The immobilizer system protects your vehicle from

theft. If an improperly coded device is used, the

engine's fuel system is disabled.

2 Immobilizer System P. 159

1Starting to Drive

You can also release the parking brake by pressing

the electric parking brake switch while depressing the

brake pedal.

When facing downhill, you can start your vehicle

more smoothly by manually releasing it with the

electric parking brake switch than by releasing it with

the accelerator pedal.

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