stromboli

I hope this isn't repetitive, but I have a Feb '04 production 2004 TL that loses its memory seat settings periodically. Seems to happen when the memory position is not accessed for an extended period. It is primarily an issue with position 2, which is my wife's setting that is used only every couple of weeks or so. I have lost position 1 (my setting) about 3 times since I bought the car. I have read on this forum that this was a recognized problem with early production TLs.

Just had the car at the dealership for the B1 service and asked them about the seats. At first the dealer said that Acura had a fix, and they would simply replace the module. However, my VIN # is outside the range previously identified as having the problem. So Acura has apparently told the dealer not to switch out the module on my car, and that I should wait while Acura studies the problem. No real timeframe, although the dealer said they would call me in about a week.

After some questioning by me, the dealer stated that the new modules do not appear to be solving the problem in all cases.

For now, I suppose I will be a little patient. Several months ago when I first inquired about the issue, the dealer stated that they would need to keep my car for an extended period to see if they could replicate the problem - given that the memory appeared to the dealer to be working fine. I balked at the time, not wanting to argue with them about whether I was imagining things or simply seeking some sort of windfall by having a new memory module installed in my car when one was not needed.

Can anyone offer any insight?

jafo

This happens to me occasionally in my '05 5AT. Supposedly not a reported problem with that model! I know they wouldn't do squat if I brought it in...

6speedv6

Glad I hear this. My car is a MT '04 model (bought May '04) and the memory buttons have been inoperative for about 3 weeks !!!

rets

Welcome to the forum


We have had a few threads talking about this issue... the recent one is https://acurazine.com/forums/automotive-news-6/new-mercedes-benz-e55-amg-estate-108639/

CFIMIKE

We have had our '05 5AT non-navi almost three months now and, yes, it has "dumped" its seat memory, one or both settings, several times.

It has also "dumped" its radio setting memory (all of it) at least a couple of times.

None of these occurances has happened in the past month, however. It almost seems like the memory had to burn-in if such a thing exists.

I'll mention both when I take it in for first servicing.

Still an awesome set of wheels!!!

stromboli

Thanks for the info. I will read through the previous thread.

jamilla

Mine didn't always work too but they replaced it yesterday.

Annsue

My brand new 05 with Navi dumped all of my XM presets, too, as well as the adjustments I had made to the audio settings (subwoofer level, etc.). In fact, it took me back to the XM Preview channel. The next time I started the car, though, everything seemed to be fine. Go figure. Have others had this problem? I thought maybe it was because my husband had used his key fob (for the first time) to open the doors. I asked my sales guy at the dealership, and he said that the key fobs don't remember the audio settings. Is that true?

TLer

Dude 2 words - BULL SH!T

countdracura

This happened to me just yesterday on my '04 TL and I was furious since I was dealing with the rattle on the dash. In addition to the wind noise due to the window seal inside the driver side.

My dealer played dumb when I brought up the noises.

Ron A

The keyfob will not remember the radio settings. Is that what you meant?

Ron A

It is true that the keyfob will not remember the radio settings. Is that what you meant?

Acurich

Replacing the memory module seems to have fixed the problem in my 04 early (Nov) build TL.

Occaisionally XM is tuned to the preview channel when I start it in the morning, but the presets are still in memory, so it's a minor annoyance.

(Much worse is the fact that the 8 sec buffer in the XM receiver is completely inadequate to keep from losing the signal & the "no signal" screen from displaying driving in hilly country, under leafy trees, next to semis, etc.)

TLer

Hey Ron - no I meant the salesman's response was BS. The key fobs are programmed to activate a module which in turn is the one responsible to memorize all associated settings. Now I am not sure about XM but I do know of vehicles where a module will accept a driver's preferences and once the key fob is programmed to activate the module, voila you get everything back the way you set it. So for this salesman to give this guy the ignorant treatment is unacceptable.

Ron A

I was going by this part of the post by Annsue
Our key fobs only remember seat, outside mirror, and air conditioner settings, and only when a different keyfob is used to unlock the doors since the other keyfob was used. That is why I said that the keyfob for the TL will not remember the audio settings, which is true. It would be nice if it did, but it doesn't.

Annsue

Thanks for clarifying about the audio settings. I'm not quite sure what happened - maybe it was just one of those infamous technology glitches. I'll wait and see if it happens again. If it does, I'll bring it to the dealer's attention when I take my car in for service.

kosh2258

I know what you're trying to say, but the way you said it isn't right.

The key fobs themselves remember nothing, they're simply a RF triggering device. The memorized settings are recalled from one of the control modules in the car based on which key fob is sensed when the unlock button is pressed on the fob.

So if the car has an electronic "hiccup" the setting would get cleared until they're recalled out of memory again.

TLer

Exactly what I said but perhaps better explained by Kosh. It's all

Ron A

OK I understand the distinction and what you are saying. I was just trying to get the point across that no matter what happens, the keyfob will never recall radio settings, but I just didn't say it the way you are thinking.