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Reading the manual doesn't tell me anything about how the dvd in the trunk helps me with voice nav, and managing audio and climate. I can turn temp up/down, but can't control the fan speed. The display screen says I need to put in a disk (am waiting for it). Does this mean that radio/climate-controls are done via the screen? Any pointers to where this is documented? The on-line pdf manual doesn't go into this at all....
Thanks, ijafw
Yes, controls such as fan speed and radio tuning are done via touch-screen. Don't fret, when you get your disc I imagine everything will be just fine!
I have a really quick question. I bought a used 05 Honda Accord coupe V6 with navi not long ago. I was wondering about the automatic climate control feature. It seems that every time I press the AUTO button, the air only blows from the side vents but not from the main vents. Does the automatic climate control feature also control from which vent the air comes out from?
And I'd like to know on what settings you guys usually set your climate control to...either fully manual, automatic, or semi-automatic?
Thanks for your time!
The climate control seems like such a good idea but when I found out that the AC is always on even when the car is being heated, I decided not to use it because it would hurt mileage.
On the rare occasions that I use AC in the cool western Washington summers, I do use it because, obviously, the AC would be on anyway. I have also used it when the windshield keeps fogging up in the winter since using the defrost uses the AC too.
I ended up selling the Honda.
Mrbill
I would have to try, but I would agree the A/C will turn on if I use the defrosters.
Mrbill
I KNOW IT IS A MINOR THING, BUT AS I SAID WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES , YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD PUT IN A LIGHT INDICATOR FOR THAT
I hope you enjoy your new Accord!!
Merry Christmas!
If your Accord had the same wiring harness as the Canadian model, AND the light is in the dash, AND all you needed was a different cover on the washer bottle that had a float attached, then all you need is to purchase the cover and plug it in.
I've heard of similar cases with models of cars that didn't come with cruse. All you had to do is buy the push button for the stalk and plug it in.
Gees, it's Christmas!! What the heck am I doing on the Honda forum?
Mrbill
The only light that flashed after I did the "hack" was the Recirculation light. I don't know if this worked, but I will report back tomorrow after work. Hopefully it worked I just don't know since the A/C light didn't illuminate.
After tolerating the inconvenience for several months, I finally decided to get some plumber's sand paper last week and clean up the battery terminals AND the clamps on the wires which connect to the battery to get them shiny again. Then I reconnected the battery, and so far everything seems to be working great.
Thanks again for all the help. I'm wanting to get this working soon, because I'll be using the defroster to defog the windows and don't necessarily want to have to toggle back and forth between defrost and vent in order to prevent the compressor from kicking in all the time.
Perhaps I missed a step. Dudley do you think I'm missing something? Grad has been very helpful, but the more opinions I can get the better.
Thank you.
As you know, normally the a/c light will not come on - but the compressor will be running. If the a/c light comes on and you can then push the button and turn it off, then the hack should be working.
I don't have the instructions in front of me now, but I do know that one important thing is that everything is set up correctly when you start the sequence off. I will try to look into it a little more this weekend. Good Luck.
Honda Accord Climate Control Questions, Post 45
I must be doing something wrong. Thank you for trying to help anyway.
Just so I can be sure "top vent" is the one with the arrow pointing at the face of the little stick figure? And not the defrost button that only shoots air out the top vents?
Now that I think about it dudley has an SE, I think, and grad has the EX. So I'm almost wondering if it only works on trim levels above LX. I went searching for an answer in some other forums and found directions very similar to the directions listed on this website with a slight modification, but they are for the Civic and the RSX. They said something about having 3 knobs instead of two.
LX (coupe, but some CD player)
SE
I'm probably misreading something. I don't know how I could be, but user error is a big theme in my life . Dudley of grad if you can think of something that I may be missing please let me know because I'm going nuts trying to figure out why it won't work.
Thanks for all the help.
Not sure how the latest generation works but you have the auto-climate controls so you would need to turn that off first. Then the fan should work without AC. Thegrad's version also works.
I have XM radio free for 90 days. A guy told me yesterday that once the free subscription runs out, I'll have no radio. Was this the case with your '09 EX-L? I just figured that I wouldn't renew the subscription.
Right now it's only blowing hot air irrespective of moving the knob towards hot, the mecahnic suggested replacing 'Blend Door Actuator' also known as
006 79160-S84-A01 MOTOR ASSY., AIR MIX
under heator control parts.
Wanted to check if anyone has seen similar issue, and had been suggested the same, in case, did you change it yourself and how easy is it ?
Is it located under the dash ?
Any help locating this would be much appreciated.
Does the air blow stronger depending upon which directional setting has been selected (regardless of fan speed setting)? I have noticed weaker blowing at the FOOT/FLOOR setting and much stronger blowing at the FACE setting, with no change in the FAN SPEED.
Thanks.