AliShibaz

Hello. I just bought a 2008 Acura MDX one week ago. I love it. But I'm having a small problem with a blinking Anti-theft light on the radio.
I have posted about it and some kind member gave me some good instructions.

There is one thing about this forum I find very distracting. That is a kind of "auto completion" for some words and phrases. Is there any way for me to turn that off? At least until I have gotten familiar with some other features?

I have checked the FAQ and I have searched through my User Profile Settings page. But I cannot find any mention of anything that would be controlling this behavior. Can anyone tell me where it is providing it is a tool of this forum and not some Windows setting?

horseshoez

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When does the anti-theft light blink?

AliShibaz

It blinks when I turn off the engine. I have tried turning the radio on and off. The radio works fine. But it does not affect the blinking.

AliShibaz

Ummm .... I posted about this problem in another thread and I have received some good info there. Here is a link:

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-p...nstall-897163/

horseshoez

iTrader: (2)

It is supposed to blink when the engine is off.

AliShibaz

I know that It is supposed to blink when the engine is off.

It used to blink about once every 4 seconds. Now it is blinking about once ever second.

GhostTL09

iTrader: (1)

Is it blinky blinky or bliiiiinky .......bliiiiiinky?

AliShibaz

It took me a minute to try to decide if you were serious or just making fun of me. But I decided you must be serious and I would describe it as "blinky blinky" where each blink is one second apart.

When I first bought the car (one week ago), I would estimate the blinks were about 4 seconds apart.

The car came with a 30 day warranty and the dealer is the first person I've ever met who sells used cars that I would describe as completely honest. He says he will have a mechanic come to look at some other issue with the radio and we will ask him when he comes about the blinking.

At this time, I am confused by the number of people here who seem to think this is perfectly normal and those who think it is a well known problem that requires me to enter a 5 digit security code to fix it. I cannot understand why Acura would ever design this into their system in such a way that it requires the owner to disconnect the battery for ten minutes and then reattach it and turn on the radio and enter a code.

I can go along with the fact this is a solution to the problem. The mystery is why in the world would Acura ever design their anti-theft system to have such a cumbersome difficult solution. Why not just have people enter a code somewhere to clear it? It just seems so bizarre to me.

AliShibaz

Can anyone tell me if there is a reason I cannot edit my posts? Or am I just missing the way to do that?