Stein

My remote radio switch (the one on the left hand side of the steering wheel) has a mind of its own. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it works great. But most of the time it does what it wants, which may or may not coincide with what I asked it to do. I set out to repair this little problem of ours, and it's quite easy. I put together a PDF to help you along. Heres the fix. It should take less than an hour, costs less than 17 bucks and may or may not require the use of an impact wrench. These instructions may also help if you would like to replace your stock steering wheel. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

1nePhatTL

thank god

Whizzbomb

Wow... I've never had the problem myself, but major props for such a kick ass DIY!

Thanks,

Joe

Flounder

Wow really detailed DIY. Do you have any more?

Stein

Thanks for the compliments guys. In fact, I do have another: https://acurazine.com/forums/audio-video-electronics-navigation-22/completed-non-navi-navi-conversion-296257/

Comet2404

I wouldn't even try it.... I'm scared of that damn airbag! LOL

bkzjimmy

i wish there was a way to make the stearing wheel buttons work for an aftermarket hu

Tunaboy

Damnit I got so excited that this was for the aftermarket HU... still nice DIY

lbbrando

This is nothing new....Acura has had this bulletin out for the older CL's.
I think it came out it 1999. I will check and edit.
In fact the MDX's have it too.

lbbrando

Old news. First bulletin was 99-011 in 3-22-99.
New bulletin is 03-015 which is..
99-03 TL's...ALL
01-03 CL's...ALL
01-02 MDX...ALL
and 03 MDX vin 2HNYD18......3H500001 THRU 3H543590.
Any other info I'll be happy to provide.
All info will be Correct, guaranteed correct as per Acura.

Bxscig

Dealer should take care of this under warranty, supposedly a TSB is out.

Bxscig

I got it working with an aftermarket, there are solutions depending on your headunit.

jpadilla

yea, when I was looking at an after mkt headunit (Alpine) I was looking into some IR replicators. You hook these to the switches on your stearing wheel and then mount the IR transmitters so they are aimed at the IR reciever on the HU.

Bxscig

I used the PAC SWI-X I believe that was the model # and it works "okay" It has a delayed response. But it does work. And it appears if I can figure out the resistances I can program it with anything it like and make more buttons elsewhere.

SwampGas

What causes the airbag to deploy under these conditions? Something located at the airbag or the main SRS unit not receiving a signal from the airbag?

TeknoKing

yeah, i had that problem, so i just took the damn stock HU out, and put my aftermarket, i have two remotes, one card remote, and one wireless punchable wheel from Sony which is attached to my steering wheel, so its all g00d..

but very nice DIY, I wonder how many ppl will deploy their airbags? (good luck)

death

I had the same problem and had it fixed under warranty by the dealer.