Fail-Safe Function
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2011 Honda Insight and 2010 Honda Insight. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
When an abnormality occurs in the signal from a sensor, a switch, a solenoid valve, or another control unit, the PCM ignores that signal and substitutes a pre-programmed for that signal to allow the automatic transmission to continue operating. This causes a DTC to be stored and the D indicator to blink and/or the MIL to come on. The transmission may not shift normally during fail-safe operation. Do not run the test-driving diagnosis when the MIL is ON, or the D indicator is blinking.