Owners of various Hyundai and Acura vehicles that have an integrated GPS system have experienced a strange problem that began on New Year’s Day. The problem is that the clock on the vehicle affected by a bug was trapped in 2002. The report showed a clock problem affecting Honda vehicles and Acura from the 2002 to 2012 model.
This problem has an impact on all vehicles equipped with a factory navigation system, and the owner of the vehicle reports affected that they cannot change the time to fix the problem. Those who have managed to improve the time noted that when they turned off the vehicle, the clock returned to 2002. The vehicle owner also reported that the plus and minus buttons on the navigation system used to change the time and date did not function properly.
Clock problems affect vehicles in the US and Britain. Presumably, it will affect Honda vehicles or Acura with vehicle navigation systems anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, for now, there are no improvements.
Honda has issued an official statement in the US and Britain with various forms, including the CrvownersClub forum. Honda USA issued a statement to the owner of the vehicle affected by the Navi Clock problem has increased to the engineering team. Unfortunately, the engineering team has not found improvements to this problem. However, the Honda USA said that problems with inaccurate hours of vehicle owner outbreak from January 2022 to August 2022.
Not surprisingly, Honda did not issue repairs and only made this older vehicle owner wait until August, when the problem of the clock will finish it itself. However, Honda USA stated that it monitors the problem and would suggest the owner if repairs are available before August.
Honda UK offers more information owners but still does not offer improvements. Honda UK said the technical department was working on this matter, and when repairs were found, official dealers would be made aware and would help the owner. The owner is advised to contact Honda dealers who are authorized for updates because they have the latest information. It sounds like a Honda dealer in the US, and the UK will be flooded with questions about improving time.
As for the root cause of the problem, it is a mystery. However, there is speculation, as recorded by jalopnik. This publication quotes some information from forum users who go by JACALAR on the Forum drive Accord. According to the user, when they entered the navigation system diagnostic menu, found the GPS date was set to May 19, 2002. The date was 1024 weeks behind the current date.
It is an important discovery as a GPS system calculating time based on a certain starting point that calculates down from 0 to 1023, with a rollover occurring in the 1024 week. Because the GPS system debuted in the 80s, the first GPS Sunday began on January 6, 1980, and rolled on August 21, 1999. Since then, another rollover has occurred on April 6, 2019. Following the same schedule, Rollover will occur in 2038 .
It looks like a software developer working for Honda is a coding function for the navigation system, they failed to explain this rollover correctly. It is also important to note that Honda vehicles have similar problems in the past. It seems that anyone responsible for the programming navigation system does not take into account GPS rollover.
Previously, strange behavior from the clock of navigation systems in Honda vehicles and Acura took place in August 2017 and in January 2021. In both cases, the right hour of returning 1024 weeks in the past. Unfortunately, it seems that strange behavior will continue except Honda corrects the underlying software code. Fortunately, Honda offers the owners who are exposed to disc renewal that fix problems in the past instance.
It is not clear now if Honda will offer disc renewal again. However, eight months from now, the clock will improve. It will be eight months long and annoying for