Honda HRX217HZUA, Owner'S Manual

Page: 1 / 24

HRX217HZUA
HRX217HZUA
QUICK FIND
CONTENTS
Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 How to Contact Honda. . . . . . . . . . 19
Add Fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Check the Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 10
Operating the Controls . . . . . . . . . . 8 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Oil Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Blade Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Dealer Locator Information . . . . . . . 19 Spark Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
FOR YOUR SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . 9 Storage Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PARTS AND CONTROLS . . . . . . . 3 Stopping the Engine . . . . . . . . 9 Handlebar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
INITIAL MOWER SETUP. . . . . . . . 3 SERVICING YOUR MOWER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjust the Handlebar . . . . . . . . 3 Maintenance Safety . . . . . . . . 9 Engine Will Not Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Add Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . 10 Loss of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Assemble the Grass Bag . . . . . 4 Blade Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
BEFORE EACH OPERATION . . . . 4 Blade Mounting Bolt Inspection 11 Mowing and Bagging Problems . . . . 16
Check Your Mower. . . . . . . . . . 4 Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . 11 TECHNICAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . 16
Check Your Mowing Area . . . . 4 Oil Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Serial Number Locations. . . . . . . . . . 16
Clip Director® . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 High Altitude Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cutting Height Adjustment . . . . 6 Spark Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Check the Oil Level . . . . . . . . . 6 Spark Arrester (optional part) . 13 AVOIDING FUEL-RELATED PROBLEMS 18
Add Fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Replacing a Fuse . . . . . . . . . . 14 CUSTOMER INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . 19
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 TRANSPORTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Parts, Accessories, and Service Items 19
Safe Mowing Practices . . . . . . 7 STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Dealer Locator Information . . . . . . . . 19
Operating the Controls. . . . . . . 8 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 How to Contact Honda . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operating the Controls. . . . . . . 8 Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Honda Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 LIMITED WARRANTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
OWNER’S MANUAL
HRX217HZUA
LAWN MOWER
Before operating the mower for the first time, please read this
Owner’s Manual. Even if you have operated other mowers,
take time to become familiar with how this mower works and
practice in a safe area until you build up your skills.
© 2014 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved
Illustrations in this manual are for instructional purposes only and may not be exact
representations. All information contained in this manual is based on the latest product
information available at the time of publication. Honda Australia Motorcycle and Power
Equipment Pty. Ltd. reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice. No
part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise, without the prior written permission of Honda Australia Motorcycle and
Power Equipment Pty. Ltd. This includes text, figures and tables.
Honda Australia Motorcycle and Power Equipment Pty. Ltd.
ABN 96 006 662 862 (trading as Honda MPE).
00X32VH7 W000