jiggaman

hopefully they wont give you shit because you've had this problem before

RMATIC09

I cant stand this fucking shit, i just made my soonest apt for dec 1st!!! and thats not even to replace them!!!

My radio lights now work but the AC lights are out, and yesterday i hit sorta of a pretty big ditch, and the lights all went off, including the lcd display of the chanels and shit. So i actually hit it with my palm and the lights went back on.

So im assuming something is loose in there......I HOPE i dont need ANOTHER new radio.

and i HOPE they dont blame it on my sirius sattelite install

tyramail

My car came with this problem... took them *3 weeks* to get the new unit in. Mmmm... Erin Mills Acura. Had 40k on it

TSX7

I'm at 40 000km and since last week, the lights in the centre console has been going on and off while driving with my lights on. It's working most of the time but would go off for about 5-10 seconds and then come back on. I've been hit with condensation in my headlights also. This will be THE LAST Acura I will buy and go back to Lexus.

captainjack

Count another non-nav LCD casualty. My HVAC, stereo amd clock lights all went…dark. Not our all the WAY, just too dark to see from farther than 2 inches.

I have a 2004 with 57,000 mi. I don't even want to THINK about what this will cost.

03CoupeV6

I had this happen on my 2003 Accord and going by posts on v6performance.net this is a common problem for them, too. When it happened to me, I replaced the car with an 05 model. This problem hasn't resurfaced with it.

BTW, only the Navi screen is an LCD. The rest are just quartz displays.

bamjam

Just happened to me last Friday!!!

I was reading this thread a few days before and I was hoping it wouldn't happen to me...

Oh well... Appt for this weekend to replace.

jiggaman

atleast its a good excuse to get a fresh HU!!!

TSX7

On the TSB, it says they're remanufactured.

bob98029

The head unit lights as well as temp/clock/station lights went out on my 2004 TSX/Navigation at 35,000 miles. My remote keyless entry stopped working at the same time. My drivers seat bottom also slides when braking and fast cornering. Service states it takes a week to get parts, We'll see.

bob98029

Where are you getting TSB's. I tried AllData and Honda/Acura is no longer allowing access to TSB's. They don't want us to know about the problems?

TSX7

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24738

GrOD

Second time this has happened. Actually, I had mine replaced a month ago when my clock, Climate controls and HU went out. Now only the HU is out. I am going to make sure they replace it with a new unit instead of a re-manufactured unit

bamjam

Just got my HU replaced today and everything went smoothly. Took about an hour and install looks good.

Hope this doesn't happen again!!

slo007

I'm glad I haven't had that problem!!

bob98029

Took car in today as clock,temp,radio light went out. The door locks would not work and drivers window would not work. All went out same time. They could not fix and gave me a loaner. Apparently the head unit went out at the same time as the other control unit went out. They advised 3 days and they are going to replace the drivers seat rails to stop the seat slip at the same time.

raythatiknow

Hi, folks.

04 non-nav TSX owner w/ @ 18,000 miles

anyway, my lights just went out too. the lights that are in the buttons that go around CD player's main screen AND the ones in the buttons where the Heat/AC controls are.

bought my car @ Dealership 2 hrs. away and since i've never had to deal with car problems before... i am clueless as to how to take care of them.

my question is: is it possible for me to have my HU light problems taken care of at the Acura Dealership just 5 minutes down the road?

i don't mind driving 2 hours ... it's just, a 5 minute drive to get my car fixed sounds much more appealing to me.

thanks for your replies.

miner

Since car is in warranty period you can take to whatever dealer you want to have repair it.

bob98029

I would call the dealership first and make sure they have the head unit in stock. They had to order mine and it took about 4 days.

jackacc

I have to interrogate the dealer to see if my 04 ever had this problem... I spotted some scratch marks on the "plood" trim to the right of the steering wheel. Makes me wonder if this was replaced already.

I wonder... if it happens to someone and they are out of warranty, if you make enough noise, do you think they'd replace it for free since it is such a widespread problem? I head this unit costs around $2500!!

If mine went out and it was not under warranty... I'd have to install brail or something because I can't swing that!

BurnabyTSX

*sigh* 38000km and I turn to see the clock, h/u and hvac all blank. Hazard light switch still lights up though, so I guess it must be on a different circuit.

Guess it's a good thing it happened now as there's still 4 months left in the warranty. Between this; and the infamous creaking clutch pedal (assembly replaced twice now, and still creaking in warm weather); and the door panel rattle (again, only in warmer weather, fixed once eons ago, but has come back with a vengeance), I must definitely be one of the lucky ones. That'll teach me to get first year products.

The 325i/330i is starting to look more appealing every day. Wait, it's another first year model.

Merry Christmas.

RMATIC09

Well burnaby, the 3 series has been comming from a line of past 3 series, only the design is generally differnt.

But yea, looks as if you missed most of the bad problems, as i think i have to. Creaking disapeared after 5k miles, radio has been out twice (ouch). but thats about it.

05v6solara

A fairly common problem you say on the TSX, eh? Well try the US 2003+ EX Accords (dual zone climate + 6 disc). Navi and LX single zone climate control/single CD are exempt from this.

spotch

So when did acura get them right? Are the 06's going to be clear of this problem?

1MeanTSX

Had mine done under good will warranty, car has just over 60000miles on it and well out of warranty, didn't have to much trouble getting them to reaplce the unit.

TSX7

I got my radio replaced with a REMANUFACTURED radio. The lights are back on though.

jackacc

Wow, that's great! What dealership did you go to? I see New Brunswick in your title, would that be New Brunswick NJ? You didn't happen to get ot replaced at Bridgewater Acura did you?

1MeanTSX

New Brunswick Canada, had it done by a dealer in halifax NS

Power1Pete

Mine just went out @ 47900 miles.

TSX Hokie

When I got mine fixed this week under warranty (clock, CD/radio, and climate displays were all dead), the work order had less than $200 in parts on it, and only a few hours labor. I'm sure it will happen again (probably out of warranty), but since it is a widespread problem I bet Honda will at least provide the parts for free.

It could be worse. We have dead audio displays and rattles, while BMWs are catching on fire.

narci

Good info.

How many of you who replaced the HU have NAVI?

TSXinity

iTrader: (2)

last night I press the cd/aux to turn off my lights. Well I kept the car off and listened to music for a while and so my car died. So I had to rock the car (6mt) to crank it up and once i did, the lights on the center console was off. So i hold down aux button again to see if iit'll turn on...NOPE....tried it several times again...NOPE...and guess what? I'm out of warranty...this is BULL.....and the unit cost 2500-2700 dollars....I dont want to fork over that much just to fix a "lights out" problem...any suggestions?

shitbox

yeah i brought my car back recently. My HU's display light is out for the second time. last time they replaced it when my car had around 34000km. now my car is currently around 85000km and the service guy tried to help me to get them replace but the head office declined to give me a new one due to the expired warrenty. The service guy said they can take the HU out and fix it for me and it cost around 500 CAD. I denied cause 500 is alot to fix that god damn HU which will eventually be dead again around 40000km. And the service guy told me that a brand new HU cost around 1600 CAD. Acura sucks man.. plus my TSX is the 04 version, it's the first generation for the TSX so it should have more problems i understand that. Just sharing my experience with the HU. So guys if your HU display light is out and you're near 3 years / 60000 km, go do it as soon as possible or else you'll miss your chance like me.

motley

same problem on my 2004, stereo and heater lights out at 21,000 miles...love the car, but this should never happen

SuzTSX

Same thing happened to me this morning It's an 04 w/ Nav and 44000 miles....I need to figure out what my warrenty covers. Anyone else get the extended warrenty?

miner

Your warranty is good to 50000 miles/4 yrs.

PACman

You're still under warrantee, so get it taken care of while you still have it.

Dan Martin

Well, my console lights just burnt out for the second time today, and of course I'm out of warranty.

I'll call the dealer in the morning and let you know what happens...

captainjack

My HU lights went out a second time about four months after it was repaired.

The first time I was about 5k miles out of warranty but made a small stink with Acura Customer Relations and mentioned, A) how many people here had the same prob, and B) that I knew about the service bulletin. "OK, we'll give you a one-time extension for this issue."

For round two, my service manager said the repair was warranteed so they fixed it at no cost again.

LuvMyTSX

Gawd....my headunit lights were flickering Tuesday night for maybe 3-4 minutes, but never went out completely. This was on the way to drop off the car at the dealer for an oil change. I had them look at it, but they said it was fine so nothing they could do of course. Just hoping if mine goes out, it does it while under warranty.