On my first night drive, I noticed that none of the steering wheel controls are lit. I thought to myself "heck, back in the day my '89 Tempo "Sport" had lights on the cruise control buttons!!". I think this is very low end for a TSX level car

Then I read the '05 TSX brochure, and it states that the controls are supposed to be lit at night, and it isn't noted that it is a change from the '04 model like the power passenger seat is. My car doesn't have the owner's manual, which the dealership has ordered for me. So, my long winded question is - are the '04 steering wheel controls supposed to be lit?

 

But you can install 05 steering wheel controls in your 04 if want to.

 

The lit steering wheel and extra ambient lighting did not come along until 05.

 

Extra ambient lighting? What else did they add?

 

The non lit steering wheel control doesn't bother me. After all, you remember the buttons after a few minutes in the car.

 

The extra "blue" ambient light, the power passenger seat, lit steering wheel, XM radio, and heated mirrors.

 

where is the extra "blue" ambient light?

 

It's located by the reading/map lights...it shines an "ambient" blue light onto the shifter.

 

My 04' has this.

 

That's why I was wondering what the "extra" ambient lighting was. I thought maybe they added a second blue light or something...

 

The changed the green key ring to blue mid '04 too........BEWARE THE ORDER OF THE GREEN KEY RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

There's also blue light shining onto the first dash storgage thingie. It shines down onto the shifter area.

 

My 04 has that ambient light (the one near the map lights as well as the one below the first storage compartment) and heated mirrors as well.

I believe the only changes from 04 to 05 here in Canada are the lighted steering wheel buttons and power passenger seat. Maybe XM radio as well, not sure about that here in Canada.

The 2005 lighted steering wheel buttons are black... I prefer the silver buttons on the 2004s.

 

Ahh, the blue "pimp" light (as we referred to it back in 04)

 

If you need to take your eyes off the road to look down at the steering wheel controls you should probably park it and practice until your more proficient. The whole point of having the controls on the wheel is so you *don't* have to look down or take your hands off the wheel.

 

all of a sudden my steering wheel controls stop working. all of them including the audio, cruise control, and navi. does anyone know what could be wrong ? thanks

 

oops i posted wrong sorry i tried to start a new thread