Hadn't seen this posted, but if you own an older Honda/Acura with NAV, odds are the clock in your car is off by an hour. If you have a calendar, it's likely stuck in 2012.
Word has it you can get the clock to sync if you pull the fuse for the radio, and reinstall it at precisely 0100/1300, going to try that in a few hours...
No, Honda has not fixed the clocks yet. Last updated: January 12, 2022
The Situation: Honda and Acura cars as old as 2004 and equipped with navigation are showing incorrect date and time settings. Date often shows January 1, 2002 (or another month and day in 2002) and time is stuck and cannot be adjusted.
The Cause: Honda’s head unit receives a GPS signal for date and time including a number representing a week, coded in binary. These digits count from 0-1024 and rollover to 0 after the completion of week 1024. Honda’s head unit supplier did not code their head units to account for the rollover and, on January 1, 2022, reverted to a date and time 1024 weeks in the past.
The Solution: Honda is aware of the issue and says it will self correct sometime in August.
“We are aware of the issue,” says Honda. “Our engineering team is currently investigating to determine if a counter measure can be developed. They have advised us that except for the date and time, the navigation will continue to function normally and that the issue will resolve itself when the date range moves into August of this year. They are currently looking into more expedient solutions. If/when an update becomes available, owners will be notified via standard mail, similarly to how we would notify drivers of a recall.”
This happened in the past, and Honda’s solution then was to mail out update discs. It took several months.
It’s not clear if Honda will produce update discs or allow for a self-correction.
