I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place install
an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also installed a Gentex
auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done something with either of
these installs that made my sunroof now work (splice the wrong wire or
something)? what should I do? take it to honda and hope they fix it, or go
to the audio place first?

 

Waiving the right to remain silent, "Dr Nick" <Drnick5@***.net>
said:

> I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean
> almsot 50 degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the
> sunroof, and nothing.. switch doesn't respond. now ehres my
> dilemma, I had an audio place install an amp as well as a 12"
> sub woofer in my trunk, they also installed a Gentex auto
> dimming mirror for me. Could they have done something with
> either of these installs that made my sunroof now work (splice
> the wrong wire or something)? what should I do? take it to honda
> and hope they fix it, or go to the audio place first?

I hope you're not a real Doctor...

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me
about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane'

 

Go to the audio place first- Honda can fix it, but f it was caused by
the audio shop it won't be covered under warranty.

If the audio place gets first shot and can't correct it, have them
either 1) remove everything and return the car to factory spec, which
SHOULD fix the sunroof, or 2) agree that if Honda determines the
problem was caused by them that they will pay for any charges at the
Honda dealership.

Get the second option in writing...

Good luck!

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:33:03 -0500, "Dr Nick" <Drnick5@***.net> wrote:

>I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
>degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
>switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place install
>an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also installed a Gentex
>auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done something with either of
>these installs that made my sunroof now work (splice the wrong wire or
>something)? what should I do? take it to honda and hope they fix it, or go
>to the audio place first?
>

 

Dr Nick wrote:
> I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
> degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
> switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place install
> an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also installed a Gentex
> auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done something with either of
> these installs that made my sunroof now work (splice the wrong wire or
> something)? what should I do? take it to honda and hope they fix it, or go
> to the audio place first?
>
>

I would try the audio shop first. They probably mucked something up.

I never, ever allow installers to put non-factory stuff in my vehicle.
If I make any modification, then I do them myself. Why, you might ask?
Well, because I don't trust the unnamed untrained uncertified monkeys
who somehow get jobs as professional installers.

Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional"
DirecTV installer did to my house. It took me the better part of a day
to make things right again.

John

 

"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsZDAf.1719$zh2.238@trnddc01...
> Dr Nick wrote:
>> I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
>> degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
>> switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place
>> install an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also
>> installed a Gentex auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done
>> something with either of these installs that made my sunroof now work
>> (splice the wrong wire or something)? what should I do? take it to honda
>> and hope they fix it, or go to the audio place first?
>
> I would try the audio shop first. They probably mucked something up.
>
> I never, ever allow installers to put non-factory stuff in my vehicle. If
> I make any modification, then I do them myself. Why, you might ask? Well,
> because I don't trust the unnamed untrained uncertified monkeys who
> somehow get jobs as professional installers.
>
> Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional" DirecTV
> installer did to my house. It took me the better part of a day to make
> things right again.
>
> John

Thanks for your reply, the reason I had an this shop do thw work was 1) I
didn't have the time to install it and b) they have done great work for me
before (I've had them change out and install systems in all of the 3 cars
I've owned previously to this.

Thanks
Nick

 

"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsZDAf.1719$zh2.238@trnddc01...
> Dr Nick wrote:
> > I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
> > degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
> > switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place
install
> > an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also installed a
Gentex
> > auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done something with either
of
> > these installs that made my sunroof now work (splice the wrong wire or
> > something)? what should I do? take it to honda and hope they fix it, or
go
> > to the audio place first?
> >
> >
>
> I would try the audio shop first. They probably mucked something up.
>
> I never, ever allow installers to put non-factory stuff in my vehicle.
> If I make any modification, then I do them myself. Why, you might ask?
> Well, because I don't trust the unnamed untrained uncertified monkeys
> who somehow get jobs as professional installers.
>
> Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional"
> DirecTV installer did to my house. It took me the better part of a day
> to make things right again.
>
> John

On a new car, if the dealer cannot install it, I just leave it alone. You
have no recourse otherwise. My experience with audio places is similarly
negative.

 

> Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional" DirecTV
> installer did to my house.
What happened? My installer made 3 appointments and never showed up for
either one. They didn't bother to call ahead of time that they didn't have
the equipment. I don't understand why Directv allows this to continue.


"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsZDAf.1719$zh2.238@trnddc01...
> Dr Nick wrote:
>> I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
>> degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
>> switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place
>> install an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also
>> installed a Gentex auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done
>> something with either of these installs that made my sunroof now work
>> (splice the wrong wire or something)? what should I do? take it to honda
>> and hope they fix it, or go to the audio place first?
>
> I would try the audio shop first. They probably mucked something up.
>
> I never, ever allow installers to put non-factory stuff in my vehicle. If
> I make any modification, then I do them myself. Why, you might ask? Well,
> because I don't trust the unnamed untrained uncertified monkeys who
> somehow get jobs as professional installers.
>
> Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional" DirecTV
> installer did to my house. It took me the better part of a day to make
> things right again.
>
> John

 

> My experience with audio places is similarly
> negative.
some crooks/asswipe punk kids vandalised my honda, and when they drove away,
the rear windshield had one of those large banners saying "insane audio"
which is a local custom installer in my area.



"TWW" <twaugh5@***.net> wrote in message
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>
> "John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> newsZDAf.1719$zh2.238@trnddc01...
>> Dr Nick wrote:
>> > I have an 06 accord, we got a warm day today (by warm I mean almsot 50
>> > degrees here in RI, haha) and I went to open the sunroof, and nothing..
>> > switch doesn't respond. now ehres my dilemma, I had an audio place
> install
>> > an amp as well as a 12" sub woofer in my trunk, they also installed a
> Gentex
>> > auto dimming mirror for me. Could they have done something with either
> of
>> > these installs that made my sunroof now work (splice the wrong wire or
>> > something)? what should I do? take it to honda and hope they fix it, or
> go
>> > to the audio place first?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I would try the audio shop first. They probably mucked something up.
>>
>> I never, ever allow installers to put non-factory stuff in my vehicle.
>> If I make any modification, then I do them myself. Why, you might ask?
>> Well, because I don't trust the unnamed untrained uncertified monkeys
>> who somehow get jobs as professional installers.
>>
>> Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional"
>> DirecTV installer did to my house. It took me the better part of a day
>> to make things right again.
>>
>> John
>
> On a new car, if the dealer cannot install it, I just leave it alone. You
> have no recourse otherwise. My experience with audio places is similarly
> negative.
>
>

 

"t" <vidyang@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:1T6Bf.2962$Jn1.1493@trndny01...
>> My experience with audio places is similarly
>> negative.
> some crooks/asswipe punk kids vandalised my honda, and when they drove
> away, the rear windshield had one of those large banners saying "insane
> audio" which is a local custom installer in my area.

well first of all, I'd NEVER put any sort of audio stickers on my car.
basically all those stickers say is "steal me" or "break in, I have
expensive stuff in here" I've done lots of work with this audio shop, and
never had a problem before. the reason I didn't have the dealer do it was
because they didn't have a rear view mirror that also had homelink buttons,
and they definetly would NOT put a subwoofer in my car.

 

"Dr Nick" <Drnick5@***.net> wrote in message
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>
> "t" <vidyang@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:1T6Bf.2962$Jn1.1493@trndny01...
> >> My experience with audio places is similarly
> >> negative.
> > some crooks/asswipe punk kids vandalised my honda, and when they drove
> > away, the rear windshield had one of those large banners saying "insane
> > audio" which is a local custom installer in my area.
>
> well first of all, I'd NEVER put any sort of audio stickers on my car.
> basically all those stickers say is "steal me" or "break in, I have
> expensive stuff in here" I've done lots of work with this audio shop, and
> never had a problem before. the reason I didn't have the dealer do it was
> because they didn't have a rear view mirror that also had homelink
buttons,
> and they definetly would NOT put a subwoofer in my car.
>
>

I assume you checked the sunroof out when you bought the car. At least, the
dealer should have gone through all items with you at that time, which is
something my dealer does. The obvious would be a fuse, which most likely
blew because of a short. The problem I see is that the dealer may refuse to
work on the car because of the non-factory installation. I don't see going
back to the installer to put things back the way they were because I suspect
the dealer could tell if someone else has been working on the car. You
could try the installer -- to see if they may have made a mistake that they
could rectify. Otherwise, you are at the mercy of the dealer if they agree
to try an fix the problem. In any event -- good luck.

 

Dr. Nick,

I didn't mean to criticise you for choosing a custom installer. I meant to
support the others that replied to your post that some of these custom
installers are crooks themselves. No one would stick a banner of a shop to
their own car unless they are somehow tied into to the shop (like an
employee or even the owner).

Which sub and amp did you end up getting, and do you like the sound?


"Dr Nick" <Drnick5@***.net> wrote in message
news:hdcBf.48852$0G.41192@dukeread10...
>>> My experience with audio places is similarly
>>> negative.
>> some crooks/asswipe punk kids vandalised my honda, and when they drove
>> away, the rear windshield had one of those large banners saying "insane
>> audio" which is a local custom installer in my area.
>
> well first of all, I'd NEVER put any sort of audio stickers on my car.
> basically all those stickers say is "steal me" or "break in, I have
> expensive stuff in here" I've done lots of work with this audio shop, and
> never had a problem before. the reason I didn't have the dealer do it was
> because they didn't have a rear view mirror that also had homelink
> buttons, and they definetly would NOT put a subwoofer in my car.
>

 

t wrote:
>>Don't even get me started about the hatchet job the "professional" DirecTV
>>installer did to my house.
>
> What happened? My installer made 3 appointments and never showed up for
> either one. They didn't bother to call ahead of time that they didn't have
> the equipment. I don't understand why Directv allows this to continue.
>

Basically he just did a very sloppy job of it. The wire was drapped
around the outside of the house right over top of the gutter which
looked like h***. There was no drip loop. There was no lighting
arrestor. The antenna itself was mouted shakily and wouldn't hold
alignment. Last year we had the roof redone on our house and at that
time I completely re-did the installation by mounting the antenna more
firmly, rerouting the wiring directly through a roof vent, etc. My
installation now looks neat and professional and the signal doesn't drop
out on windy days as it used to.

John

 

It could be something as simple as the sunroof controller panel not being
plugged in(may have been popped out of the dash when the shop did the work,
etc) or, as mentioned, it could be a fuse.

I would go back to the shop first.

I am very good friends with the guys who own the local car audio shop, and I
have seen car dealers really take advantage of people who have had
aftermarket work done.

The worst cases involve remote starters. No matter WHAT the issue is with a
car, if it has a remote starter in it, the dealer insists that the remote
starter is the cause of the problem(it very rarely is).."oh, your tires
wobble now, must be that remote starter."