This is is a site written by a foreigner in Japan who runs a 2004 Stepwagon.
From time to time StepwagonUK receives requests from Stepwagon owners for assistance in obtaining owners' handbooks (user manuals) in English. The bad news is that
English manuals are not available. The good news is that manuals for most Stepwagons are available on line at Honda's Japanese home
page, and with the use of free online translation services, a (very rough) English translation may be obtained. We don't know if all the handbooks are as comprehensive as the original
paper versions supplied with new vans, but the online version for my 2004 van is almost identical to my original manual.
There's a list of links to Honda's online Stepwagon manuals lower down this page.
Some of this links on this page will open a new 'pop-up' window. Some browsers or security programmes are set to block pop-ups. If asked, please allow pop-ups, or please reset your browser to allow pop-ups.
It's necessary to set up your web browser to read Japanese characters in order to view the pages. This is pretty much automatic with Windows Internet Explorer in Windows XP and Vista - just follow
the on-screen instructions. We've successfully used the Google.com Language Tools service to translate the Japanese pages. Like all online translation services it is very approximate at best, and comes up with
some wierd sentences, but it is online, fast and free. For more information, please click
here.
