- Honda Car Owner's Manual

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Design ............................................................................................................................................ 58
BATTERYMODULE ............................................................................................................................. 60
JUNCTIONBOARD ............................................................................................................................... 61
BATTERYCONDITIONMONITOR(BCM)............................................................................................. 62
MOTORCONTROLMODULE(MCM)................................................................................................... 63
MOTORDRIVEMODULE(MDM)........................................................................................................ 64
MDMComponents ......................................................................................................................... 64
DC-DCCONVERTER........................................................................................................................... 65
ADVANCEDGASOLINEENGINE .................................................................................................. 66
ADVANCEDGASOLINEENGINE........................................................................................................... 67
NewTransmissionDesign.............................................................................................................. 67
ENGINEWEIGHTREDUCTIONTECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................... 68
ENGINEFRICTIONREDUCTIONTECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................. 69
VIBRATIONCONTROLSYSTEM ........................................................................................................... 70
OFFSETCYLINDERCONSTRUCTION .................................................................................................... 71
SPARKPLUGS...................................................................................................................................... 72
ROCKERARMS&SHAFT .................................................................................................................... 73
TimingChainSystem...................................................................................................................... 73
VTEC-ESYSTEM ............................................................................................................................... 74
INTEGRATEDHEAD............................................................................................................................. 75
DIRECTIGNITIONSYSTEM .................................................................................................................. 76
CVTTRANSMISSION........................................................................................................................... 77
OverviewoftheCVTTransmission................................................................................................ 77
CVTOperation ............................................................................................................................... 78
CVTMechanism ............................................................................................................................. 78
CVTAdvantages............................................................................................................................. 81
ENGINEPERFORMANCECURVES......................................................................................................... 82
GEARRATIOGRAPHIC ........................................................................................................................ 83
EMISSIONSCONTROL .................................................................................................................... 84
EMISSIONSSTANDARDS...................................................................................................................... 85
Airpollutingcompoundsthatcontributetosmogandarehealthhazards..................................... 85
Greenhousegasemissionsbelievedtocontributetoglobalwarming............................................ 85
LEAN-BURNOXYGENSENSOR............................................................................................................ 87
ADVANCEDCATALYSTSYSTEM ......................................................................................................... 89
LeanNOxCatalystFunctioning..................................................................................................... 89
CatalyticConverterDeteriorationDetection/Replacement ......................................................... 90
ExhaustSyste,WeightSavingMeasures ........................................................................................ 90
EXHAUSTGASRECIRCULATIONSYSTEM............................................................................................ 91
ORVR&VACUUMDISTRIBUTION ..................................................................................................... 92