My clock light is out. My dealer wants eighty freakin' bucks to change it. $5 or so for the bulb, and the rest for labor.

Is it really that hard to change that bulb? If it is, I'll do without, even though I hate to have anything in my ride not working.

If it's not really that hard, can someone advise me as to how to go about it.

Please and thank you.

 

That's about 45mins of labor or so, unless they have cheap shop rates.

 

very very simple


remove the 2 screw about the instrument cluster
pull the plastic trim out, remove the 5-7 harness, about 3 by the left switches and 3 or so behind the climate control. find where the bulb belongs and replace it

 

My light was out too, but I just gave the clock a couple of wacks and the light came on fine. Hey it's worth a shot or two..

 

Thanks, Cloe. I'll give it a try and let you know.

It can be a wacky ride, so a few whacks should fit right in.

 

My clock light is in the Nav.

 

mine too

 

I didn't know there was a light in the clock. Got mine from the dealer like that. Thought it was strange since my old honda clock light worked. Well, now I know.

 

I gave mine a couple of good hard taps and it came back on and has nevery gone back out and it has been just about a year.

Bill

 

Ok, I went out and whacked the stuffing out of clock. Didn't help. It's the story of my life - I never get anywhere with violence.

Still, I'll give it another whack every once in a while. Sooner or later I might get its attention.

Thanks for all the responses.

 

My clock light was out too - I was just living with it because I didn't want to deal with the removal of dash panels and the resulting squeeks or rattles that might occur. Last night I whacked the clock twice and voila! the light is back on!

 

Thanks for your response. Based on advice from others, I tried that. No joy.

Next time in the car after dark, I think I'll try it again.

Thanks, again.

 

 

I tapped on the clock and it didn't come on, I banged on it with the side of my fist and it came on. For those who remember the Fonz from Happy Days . Heyyyyyyy!!

Now I can rest

 

Where are you guys wacking it at? My lights out too!

 

I did it in under an hour. Cost of bulbs $1.90 at Radio Shack. Here are the instructions I followed (pix included). Just be careful not to break tabs or scratch your dash (I wrapped a flat head screwdriver with electrical tape).

DIY: Clock Light Replacement
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-problems-fixes-117/dash-clock-light-out-621510/

 

yeah. its easy.. what i did was replace all of them into led. annd. took me less then 1 hours

 

My clock light has been out for a while, too. I finally decided to do some research and replace the bulbs, but, decided, what the hell. I beat the clock, and the light came on. Go figure.

 

didnt even know that there was a light i just thought that since i didnt have the nav package acura was saving me the shame by keeping that part of the dash dark at night....

 

Mines been out for like 2 years. I'll definitely sticky this and tackle it when it gets warmer out one and forall...

 

Seems a little rediculous don't you think. I mean everyone needs to know the time, even at night.

 

pics? really like to see that lol

 

Is the clock in the same place in the '03 as the '01 (center console very top)? I bought my car used and it really bothers me that I can't see the time at night without looking at my phone! I'll definitely be adding that to my ever-growing list of to-dos for my baby.