In article <614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.com >,
bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com says...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC
>
I have one and the clock is illuminated the moment you fire up the car.

Randy

 

In article <614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.com >,
bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com says...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC
>
I have one and the clock is illuminated the moment you fire up the car.

Randy

 

Thanks for the post Bryan... I spoke to my sales guy today and he admitted
that he didn't know if it was supposed to illuminate ! (he's new so I'll
cut him some slack).... I am going to call the service dept and see what
they say, if I get anything decent from them, Ill post.

thanks again

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

Thanks for the post Bryan... I spoke to my sales guy today and he admitted
that he didn't know if it was supposed to illuminate ! (he's new so I'll
cut him some slack).... I am going to call the service dept and see what
they say, if I get anything decent from them, Ill post.

thanks again

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

Thanks for the post Bryan... I spoke to my sales guy today and he admitted
that he didn't know if it was supposed to illuminate ! (he's new so I'll
cut him some slack).... I am going to call the service dept and see what
they say, if I get anything decent from them, Ill post.

thanks again

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

Thanks for the post Bryan... I spoke to my sales guy today and he admitted
that he didn't know if it was supposed to illuminate ! (he's new so I'll
cut him some slack).... I am going to call the service dept and see what
they say, if I get anything decent from them, Ill post.

thanks again

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

fyi Bryan, I called the service guys and they walked me through it, the
clock popped right out of the dash... I just gently placed a flat head in
the seam between the bottom of the clock and the dash, then twisted gently,
I then finished it off by doing the same at the seam closest to either air
vent.... it took like 10 seconds....

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

fyi Bryan, I called the service guys and they walked me through it, the
clock popped right out of the dash... I just gently placed a flat head in
the seam between the bottom of the clock and the dash, then twisted gently,
I then finished it off by doing the same at the seam closest to either air
vent.... it took like 10 seconds....

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

fyi Bryan, I called the service guys and they walked me through it, the
clock popped right out of the dash... I just gently placed a flat head in
the seam between the bottom of the clock and the dash, then twisted gently,
I then finished it off by doing the same at the seam closest to either air
vent.... it took like 10 seconds....

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

fyi Bryan, I called the service guys and they walked me through it, the
clock popped right out of the dash... I just gently placed a flat head in
the seam between the bottom of the clock and the dash, then twisted gently,
I then finished it off by doing the same at the seam closest to either air
vent.... it took like 10 seconds....

bd
"Bryan Canter" <bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.c om...
> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this? I own a 2000 Accord LX 4-Dr, bought it new
> and the clock was *never* illuminated right from day one. It bugs the
> h*ll out of me that they would design a car like this and I always
> switch on the map light at night to see the time. Most accessory
> clocks I saw in stores that said "back-light" also required a button
> press for light so I never saw the point of getting one of those.
>
> Recently I same across a post in some forum saying that a lot of
> Accords have a defective clock bulb, so I called a friend who owns a
> 2000 Accord LX (same as mine) and he said his never illuminated
> either. And he always thought it is supposed to be like that (just
> like me).
>
> And when I tried to investigate it DIY style, I could not pry the
> clock out with a flat head screw driver. There is no "clip" under the
> hazard light button as written in the manuals. I have looked with a
> flashlight. If I try to slide a business card under the clock, it goes
> in maybe 1/4 inch and then hits the solid plastic after that.
>
> Believe me I have spent alot of time and energy on it this weekend but
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the d*mn clock out
> so I could see if there is a bulb. I have looked at several set of
> directions (for stereo removal -- they begin by removing the clock)
> and all of them say just in one sentence to remove the clock by prying
> it from bottom with a flathead screw driver. One post in this NG
> mentioned a clip under the hazard light button and another on the
> other side. But there ARE no clips whatsoever in my car. It looks
> like, and I know it sounds crazy, that it is fixed. My only option
> seems to be to pay a Honda technician $40 to fix that bulb.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> BC

 

In article <614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.com >,
bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com (Bryan Canter) wrote:

> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this?


Absolutely 100% positive. Pry the clock out from the bottom with a
small straight blade screwdriver. Disconnect the two connectors. Pull
the tiny light out from the back. Replace with a new one ($2 at my
dealer). Reverse the procedure. Done.

Yes, the clock light is supposed to be on all the time when the ignition
is on.

 

In article <614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.com >,
bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com (Bryan Canter) wrote:

> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this?


Absolutely 100% positive. Pry the clock out from the bottom with a
small straight blade screwdriver. Disconnect the two connectors. Pull
the tiny light out from the back. Replace with a new one ($2 at my
dealer). Reverse the procedure. Done.

Yes, the clock light is supposed to be on all the time when the ignition
is on.

 

In article <614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.com >,
bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com (Bryan Canter) wrote:

> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this?


Absolutely 100% positive. Pry the clock out from the bottom with a
small straight blade screwdriver. Disconnect the two connectors. Pull
the tiny light out from the back. Replace with a new one ($2 at my
dealer). Reverse the procedure. Done.

Yes, the clock light is supposed to be on all the time when the ignition
is on.

 

In article <614be1fb.0310270819.673c15bd@posting.google.com >,
bcnewsgroups@yahoo.com (Bryan Canter) wrote:

> "Alain" <bald775@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<k_Gmb.10685$7t3.493306@news20.bellglobal.com >...
> > Pull the whole clock and change the little bulb (circular). cost: $4.50.
> >
> > alain
>
> Alain,
>
> Are you sure about this?


Absolutely 100% positive. Pry the clock out from the bottom with a
small straight blade screwdriver. Disconnect the two connectors. Pull
the tiny light out from the back. Replace with a new one ($2 at my
dealer). Reverse the procedure. Done.

Yes, the clock light is supposed to be on all the time when the ignition
is on.

 

"Brian Drake" <nospambdrake1@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message news:<nZEmb.6718$v82.599284@twister.southeast.rr.c om>...
> Just bought a 2000 Accord SE today, on the drive home I noticed that the
> digital clock isn't illuminated. Do I have a burned out bulb or does it not
> illuminate?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Brian Drake
> Charlotte, NC - USA

The clock on my 98 accord LX used to be illuminated and then it
stopped. A few weeks ago it lit up again(for a few hours) after
having been off for months. Go figure...