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Honda Accord Climate Control Questions

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  • ijafwijafw Member Posts: 2
    I now own a 05 Accord EX V6 w/ Nav.

    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
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    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?

    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!
  • dsun0814dsun0814 Member Posts: 1
    Hi guys,

    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!
  • elroy5elroy5 Member Posts: 3,735
    I have an 03 with no nav. so the controls are different But from my experience, if the air is being heated, to get the set temperature, it will go to the floor vents automatically. If the air has to be cooled, it will come out of the dash vents automatically.
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    And I'd like to know on what settings you guys usually set your climate control to...either fully manual, automatic, or semi-automatic?

    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.
  • doug9doug9 Member Posts: 6
    I discovered the knob was cracked on the inside and when turning it, it actually never turned. So it was stuck on full heat setting all the time. I pulled the knob off and replaced it.
    I ended up selling the Honda.
  • elroy5elroy5 Member Posts: 3,735
    I like the auto climate control. 95% of the time it's on, and all I have to do is adjust the temperature. With the high humidity in south Louisiana, the A/C is needed, even when heating, to keep the windows clear. With the V6 I don't even notice when the compressor kicks on, and I doubt the mileage is that much worse. I'll gladly give up a mpg or two, for the simple operation of automatic climate control. With the weather we're having right now, we use the heat in the morning, and A/C in the afternoon, so the one knob control is much easier than switching everything manually.
  • doug9doug9 Member Posts: 6
    I have had this van since new. It is slowly falling apart. Passenger electric window not working, rear wipers not working, transmission very sluggish. Now the steering seems to be going out. We have to warm up car for it to turn. What could be the problem and how could we remedy it?
  • mrbill1957mrbill1957 Member Posts: 823
    You can manually shut off the A/C thru the Navi screen. Use the button right of the screen for A/C, you will see the A/C ON/OFF selection on the screen.

    Mrbill
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    I know how to do that but I don't think that overrides the auto climate control, does it?
  • elroy5elroy5 Member Posts: 3,735
    I think pushing any button (besides the temperature knob) is going to override the auto climate control (turn it off). My auto light will go out, if I push any other button.
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    I agree. I'll have to check it out next time I'm driving but I don't believe that you can turn off the AC and still use the auto climate control. Same with defrost in the Navi units. I know some have found a way to turn off AC with the defrost in the non-navi units though.
  • mrbill1957mrbill1957 Member Posts: 823
    When I manually turn off the A/C, the "Auto" light does turn off. Although it is off, the system will still maintain and adjust the temperature as well as it can, as long as the outside temp is cool. The dual temp display is still lit, and I can readjust the temperature settings. "Auto" with the A/C off is probably best described as Heat Only Auto.

    I would have to try, but I would agree the A/C will turn on if I use the defrosters.

    Mrbill
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    Well now I'm curious and will have to check it out.
  • pawsforgoldenspawsforgoldens Member Posts: 4
    I PURCHASED AN 08 ACCORD EXL, AND AM DISAPPOINTED TO THINK AFTER PAYING ALL THAT MONEY, THEY DON'T INCLUDE A LOW WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID LIGHT. THE MANUAL SAYS CANADIAN MODELS ONLY. GUESS THE AMERICAN MODELS DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE WASHER FLUID IS LOW.
    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
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    I've never seen a vehicle besides our '94 LeBaron GTC Convertible that had this feature. I just check the fluid when I check under the hood about once a month. Not a big deal really.

    I hope you enjoy your new Accord!! :)

    Merry Christmas!
  • mrbill1957mrbill1957 Member Posts: 823
    I know this would be a long shot, but,

    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? :D

    Mrbill
  • tampajocktampajock Member Posts: 1
    if the temp outside is like in the 70's or below, I can't get my a/c to turn on. Why is this specificaly? Is there a way to disable this option?
  • rick1367rick1367 Member Posts: 1
    My son has a 2005 Honda Accord hybrid that the nav system would not come on following a 2 week vacation. While the nav system isn't vital, he is unable to start his air conditioner. The Honda dealer says he has never seen the problem before, but he is willing to install a new one for $4500. Does anyone out there have any experience with this?
  • darapodarapo Member Posts: 3
    When I set my climate control at Auto 70 on a very hot day, the fan starts out blowing at medium or slightly above medium. It has never run at full speed to rapidly cool the interior down. I always have to adjust the fan up manually, and after a few minutes I return it to the Auto mode. Is this normal? I once had a Chevy Carprice with Comfortron, and the fan would run at it's highest speed when the system first started up.
  • elroy5elroy5 Member Posts: 3,735
    If your 09 A/C works anything like my 03, you have to turn the temperature knob down all the way to low (when in auto mode), if you want the fan to blow at high. If you leave the temperature set at 70, it will get there, but it's not in a big hurry. Just turning the temperature down to say 65, will increase the fan speed enough for me most of the time.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    I was looking through some old posts and found the A/C hack that I'd tried to perform in 2007, but which didn't work. I would like to avoid having my compressor come on when my Defroster is running since right now my car is misty in the morning. Temperatures are dropping up here in MN.

    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.
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    To know if it worked, crank the car, with fan running, disengage the a/c then turn off the fan completely.After choosing the defrost option, turn on the fan on low so you can hear the a/c engage. You should see hear the a/c turn off and on once you pressthe button, and the light should now be an accurate assessment of whether or not the a/c is engaged. I just redid the hack a couple of months ago thanks to a new car battery.
  • dolfinmarkdolfinmark Member Posts: 2
    I began having this exact problem AFTER my old battery failed on my '99 Accord. When I took out the old battery, there was a ton of battery acid buildup on the (+) terminal. I replaced it with the strongest battery I could find, and immediately started having the flashing climate control, and no lights on the gauge selector display.

    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.
  • jhinscjhinsc Member Posts: 399
    On my 08 when I turn on the defrost, the a/c comes on. But if I then press the A/C button, the a/c turns off and the defrost mode continues without it. I can't recall if my previous 06 did that.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    Thanks grad. I will be checking that when I get home and have a chance. I think the compressor was running this morning, but I'm not entirely sure. I know I went through the process 3 times yesterday to see if the A/C light would go on, obviously it didn't. Maybe it is like a toggle switch, as stated by dudley I believe, so maybe I turned it off then on then off. I've since done it a fourth time to hopefully have it off again. Just to be clear I have to have the car on to make sure that it is running because the compressor won't run if the car is off. Correct?

    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.
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    For those interested, an old toothbrush dipped in a paste cosistency mix of baking soda & water will clean a battery terminal or clamp beautifully and cheaply.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    I don't think it is. I turned my defroster on and the light stayed out and then I could feel the compressor kick in. Perhaps I did it wrong again. :(

    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.
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    Have you pressed the button to bring the light on, then pushed it again turning it back off? If not, try that and see if it keeps it off.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    I have not pressed the A/C button to bring the light on and then pressed it again to turn it off. I will try that later.

    Thank you.
  • dudleyrdudleyr Member Posts: 3,469
    It has been a while since I did this, but one way to know if it is working is if the a/c light comes on when you turn on the defog.

    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.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    Thank you for finding that for me. I will be trying again soon. Hopefully this time I can get the light to come on so I can be sure it works.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    I followed the directions to a T and for some unknown reason my A/C button will not light up. Then when I go to verify if it worked or not the A/C light doesn't come on when I select defrost and turn the fan on.

    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?
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    I'm sure dudley or grad will come along and give you a hand. I have the navi system so the hack won't work for me because of the different controls.
  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    Yeah I'm sure they will. Thank you for your response.

    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.
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    The climate controls are the same, but the unit is actually different, so I suppose that is possible. The LX (single CD) models have the old looking LCD, with the SE and EX having the white on blue look (6CD).

    LX (coupe, but some CD player)
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    SE
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  • tankbeanstankbeans Member Posts: 585
    So I've been doing it the way it should be done and it still won't work. The recirculation button will flash, but the A/C button will not flash. I'm thinking that I will be preemptively replacing my battery since I'm pretty sure it's original and I had minor issues with it last winter and when I do that maybe it'll reset the car to default, maybe I've thrown it out of wack with all of my failed attempts.

    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.
  • pat96pat96 Member Posts: 11
    I can't seem to turn the fan switch on without the A/C engaging. Is there a certain trick to this? Again, I just want fresh air circulating at times and so hit the fan switch, but the A/C always comes on too.
  • thegraduatethegraduate Member Posts: 9,731
    Turn on the fan, then press the A/C button?
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    I can't seem to turn the fan switch on without the A/C engaging.

    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. ;)
  • darapodarapo Member Posts: 3
    I have a 09 EXL, after you hit the fan switch, you should see "A/C ON" on the display panel, if you the hit the "A/C" button once, you should see "A/C OFF" on the display panel, and your fan will be circulating unconditioned air at that point.
  • pat96pat96 Member Posts: 11
    Thank you. I tried that and it worked. I was hoping it wouldn't be a 2 step process to just activate the fan, but it's no big deal....
  • pat96pat96 Member Posts: 11
    Darapo,
    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.
  • mrbill1957mrbill1957 Member Posts: 823
    You will still have an AM/FM radio, but the XM radio is free for the 90 days.
  • darapodarapo Member Posts: 3
    I guess you would still have am/fm even if your XM subscription expires. I renewed my XM subscription a couple of weeks before my 90 days were up, so I did not have an interruption of service.
  • pat96pat96 Member Posts: 11
    OK, got it, thank you....By the way, the car runs like a dream.....Power and smooth....
  • accord102accord102 Member Posts: 1
    Hello, this reply may be to late but I was having the same issues with my climate control buttons/lights would go out for a few minutes and then come back on. With the lights on above the buttons I could control the air/temp/air direction but once the lights went off I couldn't control any thing except the knob to the left 1-4 controlling amount of air coming out. This never posed a real problem before until the lights/buttons went out totally to where I couldn't control them and the car would start to overheat about 3/4 the way to the hot level. The mechanic said this was because the temp. control panel wasn't letting the a/c fan behind radiator to activate. I took my car to the shop today and they said it was the temperature control panel that needed to be replaced. The part will be $260 and labor around $75. The part doesn't seem hard to get to as all you have to do is pop out two screws under the cd player/storage shelf and pop out the clock from below and there will be a screw behind it.
  • odysseyfan1odysseyfan1 Member Posts: 33
    I am having problem with the temp control knob that it kinds of stuck in only blowing warm/hot air at times, and at other times only cold air.

    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.
  • sdcicerosdcicero Member Posts: 1
    2011 Accord Sedan question:

    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.
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