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Car Forum / Honda Cars / September 2005Honda Accord 03 Radio panel lights
My radio/AC/clock lights have gone out or are very dim. Everything works, radio etc, no lights. Please help. > My radio/AC/clock lights have gone out or are very dim. Everything works, > radio etc, no lights. Please help. -- -------------------- Fastest way to get an answer is to search for the answers that already exist. This was hashed out a few days ago. google.com (groups) is a good place to start. 'Curly' In article <1f36db9055fe470109c4ab1c11ee0fac@localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, > My radio/AC/clock lights have gone out or are very dim. Everything works, > radio etc, no lights. Please help. Go to dealer. There's a TSB on this. They'll fix it for free. >In article ><1f36db9055fe470109c4ab1c11ee0fac@localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Go to dealer. There's a TSB on this. They'll fix it for free. If it's still under warranty they will, if not sorry about your luck!!!!!! Don't ever expect something for nothing. Chip >>> My radio/AC/clock lights have gone out or are very dim. Everything works, >>> radio etc, no lights. Please help. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > luck!!!!!! Don't ever expect something for nothing. > Chip A few posters here have had Honda replace it for no cost (except maybe for labour) even though their warranties had expired. They had to fight like hell with customer service, but I think Honda has gotten the point. There should be a TSB for it by now. The Honda Service Bulletin has been out since June 2004 - # 04-027 Audio-HVAC Display Module is Dim or Dark >>>>My radio/AC/clock lights have gone out or are very dim. Everything works, >>>>radio etc, no lights. Please help. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > hell with customer service, but I think Honda has gotten the point. There > should be a TSB for it by now. We're not re-starting that misconception that TSB = free-repair again, are we? TSB (or Service Bulletin) provides directions to the mechanic on how to troubleshoot and fix a problem. They do not usually authorize a free fix. On 9/15/05 5:36 AM, in article l8cWe.660$H24.320@fe11.lga, "Al" <XnospamX@optonline.net> wrote: > The Honda Service Bulletin has been out since June 2004 - # 04-027 > Audio-HVAC Display Module is Dim or Dark [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> hell with customer service, but I think Honda has gotten the point. There >> should be a TSB for it by now. No - we providing Chip information and proof that this is a widespread, longstanding defect which Honda acknowledged more than a year ago. From the posts on this newsgroup we know that some dealerships accomodate their customers on this issue and some don't. This is an obvious manufacturing defect, not a routine repair or enhancement. > We're not re-starting that misconception that TSB = free-repair again, are > we? TSB (or Service Bulletin) provides directions to the mechanic on how to [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>hell with customer service, but I think Honda has gotten the point. There >>>should be a TSB for it by now. NO to no. TSBs still do NOT equal free repair/replacement as much as I wish it were different. I've been affected by several TSBs over 21 years of owning 3 Preludes (all widespread, longstanding defects, acknowledged by Honda, and appeared to be manufacturing/design defects right down to singling out only one of the two manufactures of that part). I was able to work around all but the last one inexpensively on my own (no thanks to the a** of a local Honda dealer which will not get any more service work, TB changes, etc from me). And ever since Honda squelched Alldata, it's been a royal pain copying TSBs at NHTSA headquarters in DC after finding summaries on their website. So yes, it is up to each service manager (and zone office) as to whether ANY "good will" is provided towards a TSB repair, even when the customer has receipts showing the repair history at that dealer/location for 21 years! J. > No - we providing Chip information and proof that this is a widespread, > longstanding defect which Honda acknowledged more than a year ago. From [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>>>There >>>>should be a TSB for it by now. I'll see your No and raise you a No. Chip's post said his 03 Accord had 30,000 miles. That this would be a warranty fix was never part of the question. I provided the information to Chip so that he would not get snookered by his service writer. > NO to no. TSBs still do NOT equal free repair/replacement as much as I > wish it were different. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>>> The Honda Service Bulletin has been out since June 2004 - # 04-027 >>>> Audio-HVAC Display Module is Dim or Dark J. said > NO to no. TSBs still do NOT equal free repair/replacement as much as I wish > it were different. No to your NO. I did get my radio head replaced free at 40,000 miles and it didn't hurt a bit that there was a TSB on it. Al gave me some great info on the TSB that helped me present my case to Honda customer service. Casey High Tech Misfit said > >>> My radio/AC/clock lights have gone out or are very dim. Everything works, > >>> radio etc, no lights. Please help. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > labour) even though their warranties had expired. They had to fight like > hell with customer service, but I think Honda has gotten the point. I was one of those that won the battle and got a free replacement even though I had almost 40,000 miles on my '03 Accord at the time. I politely and calmly told the customer service rep (very nice lady, by the way) that I was in contact with others experiencing the same problem and would be posting my experience on the Internet. That probably wasn't the deciding factor in her decision, but I do think it helped. Casey |
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