Honda drivers hit by car glitch that resets clocks back 20 years

HONDA homeowners are experiencing a "mini-Y2K" after dashboard clocks on some vehicles glitched and reset to January 1, 2002.

The reason for the weird situation affecting UK and US Honda autos launched between 2004 and 2012 nonetheless hasn't been discovered.

Varied Hondas launched between 2004 and 2012 have been affected by the problemCredit score: Getty

Driving boards have been flooded by dozens of involved Honda homeowners within the days following January 1, 2022.

They have been puzzled why their dashboard clocks have been reset to 00:00 on New Years Day, 2002.

Chris Callopy wrote on the Ridgeline Homeowners Membership discussion board: "As we speak I drove to work. The clock reads January 1, 2002.

"The time is goofy."

Poster VitaliyKuku added: "Similar drawback on my 2011 RTL."

Inside hours, lots of of drivers had come ahead by way of Twitter, Fb and motoring boards to element their expertise with the problem.

Others identified the glitch means in-car sat navs at the moment are exhibiting incorrect arrival instances.

Sandie, a Honda CR-V 2007 proprietor from Scotland, instructed The Solar: "That is extraordinarily annoying to say the least."

The sat nav situation cannot be fastened till the dashboard clock situation is sorted, she added.

Sandie, who most well-liked to not reveal her surname, stated: "You may’t change the time because the GPS satellite tv for pc modifications it for you

"If I'm going on a 24-minute journey, the sat nav insists on telling me I will arrive at 00:24!"

A Honda UK spokesperson instructed discussion board Honda CR-V Homeowners Membership: "We now have simply obtained some extra info relating to this and have been suggested that the Honda technical division are presently engaged on this.

"As soon as there's a repair for this situation Honda licensed sellers will likely be made conscious of it and can have the ability to help with this at that time.

"It will be greatest to test together with your native Honda authorised seller for any updates as they'd have the most recent info for this and can have the ability to help as soon as the repair is launched."

In the meantime, Honda US stated the problem will routinely repair itself in August 2022 - however there is not an answer until then.

A spokesperson stated: "We now have escalated the NAVI Clock Problem to our Engineering Staff they usually have knowledgeable us that you'll expertise situation from Jan 2022 via August 2022 after which it should auto-correct.

"Please be assured that we'll proceed to observe this and can advise you if a repair is obtainable earlier than that point."

Virtually half one million Tesla homeowners have been pressured to take their car to a service level after a tech hiccup triggered an "elevated danger of crashing".

Points with the rear digicam and entrance hood latch pressured the huge recall.

Honda driver have additionally been warned a few probably harmful Bluetooth bug affecting iPhone customers.

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