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  1. Climate Control: Air Vents

    Of course not! If you want it to be "Auto", the computer will decide which vents to use. If you want to tell the computer not to use the floor vents, the the vent choice is no longer automatic, so the "Auto" light goes out, to show you that something has been manually overridden. Everything...
  2. Climate Control: Air Vents

    It'll do the best it can, which will usually maintain the set temperature unless you told it to do something that would prevent it from doing so. An obvious example is, if it's 90 degrees outside, and you set the thermostat to 68, and put it on auto, it'll run the A/C to try to keep the...
  3. Climate Control: Air Vents

    Auto mode means you leave it up to the car to decide everything, including which vents to use for the air output. But you can push the "Auto" mode, and then override only the setting that's important to you. That way, everything will be on auto except the thing you personally set. Or you can...
  4. Vehicle 6-pin connector

    I also just noticed the same connector is used for the fog lights, and the fog light instructions make reference to the connector being used for the wireless phone charger and remote control engine starter accessories. See the area around step 56 on page 19...
  5. Vehicle 6-pin connector

    That connector is used for the factory lighted door sill accessory (and perhaps other factory accessories). See the installation instructions here: https://www.handa-accessories.com/civic/16-doorsill.PDF I don't know the pinout, but I'd take wild guess that there's probably a +12V, ground...
  6. What Other Hondas Do You Own? Post Them!

    That is a very nice '94 Civic hatch. That '94 hatch reminds me of the '95 Civic hatchback I used to own. It was a VX model in Milano Red. I also had a silver '87 CRX which was fun to drive. Currently, I've got a 2007 Odyssey EX-L with Nav and DVD, a practical 8-passenger kid-hauler. And...
  7. Disable seat belt chime

    Seat belt chime? Does the Civic even have one? I've never heard it. What does it sound like? What do you have to do to make it sound?
  8. Speedometer - dial or digits?

    I prefer a dial. It's easier to see how far away I am from the desired speed. I like the Civic's tachometer display, but since I have a CVT, the tach is not particularly critical to my driving. There's a menu setting to disable the tachometer. I can't imagine a reason I'd want to do that...
  9. Honda Civic Towing ?!?!?

    It's not only warranty claims and legal issues that are the problem. There are some technical issues related to safety. https://oppositelock.kinja.com/tow-me-down-1609112611 There are a lot of details in that link, but the TL;DR summary is this: The Europeans have a different approach to...
  10. How often do you use brake hold?

    Brake wear happens when the brakes are applied during vehicle motion. The wheel disks turning against the pads will wear both the disks and pads down a bit. The "brake hold" feature applies the brakes only when the vehicle is stopped, so it doesn't wear down the disks and pads. It disengages...
  11. Check out this MPG...

    I haven't seen below 34mpg yet, not for a commute trip, at least. I have my trip A odometer programmed to reset each time I turn the ignition off. My commute is 22 miles, about 15 of that at 60ish mph, and the rest stop-and-go, around 10 mph. Always around 37mpg on the route home, and 35 or...
  12. Extra Fuses, Extra Circuits?

    It's limited to 10 amps, according to the instructions. I might start with one of those, and leave the radio on low transmit power to limit the current draw. But I'd really prefer to have something that will safely handle at least 15 amps, without having any part of the wiring heat up or...
  13. Extra Fuses, Extra Circuits?

    I'm looking to add a ham radio to my Civic, and I need about 15 amps to power it. I could run a wire through the firewall to the battery, but before I do that, I'm also looking at the interior fusebox, and the wiring that's already there. I have the LX sedan with sensing, and I notice there...
  14. Is tpms supposed to beep when tire full?

    Or a change in the weather. As a rough rule of thumb, tire pressure will change by 1 PSI for every 10 degrees F change in temperature. Drive from Las Vegas to Mammoth Lakes this time of year and you could lose 5 psi in a few hours...
  15. Trip Computer

    It's in the "settings" menu. With the car stopped and in "Park", push the "i" information button on the left side of the steering wheel (below the volume control), go to the settings menu, select the meter submenu, and look for the "Trip A Reset" and "Trip B Reset" menus. Trip A and B both...
  16. Wanting to hardwire a USB port, but never done any mods before.

    It should be doable. Generally, one of those add-a-fuse type gadgets ought to do the trick. A USB charger provides around 2 amps at 5V, and if it's powered by a switching regulator (as pretty much all of them are) it should require around 1 amp at 12V. That's not much current. You need a...
  17. Hidden Features/Quirks you did not know about the Honda 2017 Civic

    Back to hidden features: here's one some of you may have missed. There's a manual release for the fuel filler door. Of course, you normally don't need this, because the fuel filler door is normally unlocked automatically any time the car doors are unlocked, but in case that system fails, or if...


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