Please help - Climate Control and display problem

**terrylsy** · 25-05-2012 02:58 PM

Dear everyone:

This is my first post. Please help if you can~
My 2003 Euro has blowup the background light of the cd display a few months ago, i can see the display is working when i fresh light on it but the background light has gone. Honda Southside asked me to replace the whole unit which costs $1000. It is too expensive to fix it so i leave it at the moment and not sure what other option except replacing the whole unit.

Then this week, this is the time of climate control goes wrong.... It works perfectly on warm air but when i switched to cold air it just blow the air from outside. The ac is on from the display and i have tried switching the mode but still not working....

Really worry to spend huge money on fixing these two problems.... Could anyone give me a suggestion what goes wrong with the air cond? Around how much to fix it and where is cheaper? I am living around brisbane area. Please help if you can! Thanks!!!

**Fredoops** · 25-05-2012 03:20 PM

Hit up the wreckers. They are around $300-400 from the wreckers

**terrylsy** · 25-05-2012 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Fredoops

Hit up the wreckers. They are around $300-400 from the wreckers

Thanks for your reply. Any idea what goes wrong?

**Fredoops** · 25-05-2012 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by terrylsy

Thanks for your reply. Any idea what goes wrong?

It probably shorted out.

**tron07** · 25-05-2012 05:22 PM

surface mounted led's shorted out.

**terrylsy** · 25-05-2012 05:27 PM

Any idea how to fix it instead of changing the whole CD system? Any any idea about the air cond? Thanks

**ChaosMaster** · 25-05-2012 08:10 PM

I've gotta say, I'm not very impressed by the quality of the CL9's HVAC system. I mean I have had, and it's come back, a problem where occasionally, one side of the front speakers would drop out/go silent. To get it back, I'ld have to turn the volume up to around 15. Today, I saw the backlight to the display flickering a few times as well. I mean I know I had a fair few things on (HID+Fogs, rear demister, heater, CD, BT, Mobile Phone charging, wipers) and am on stock battery, but flickering? Shouldn't be affected by the load.

**Fredoops** · 25-05-2012 08:18 PM

Check your grounds, they deteriorates pretty badly with age

**ChaosMaster** · 25-05-2012 08:34 PM

My car's 4 years old..... where abouts is the grounds anyway?

**Fredoops** · 25-05-2012 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by terrylsy

Any idea how to fix it instead of changing the whole CD system? Any any idea about the air cond? Thanks

Nope, if you take it out yod see they are controlled by the same circuit board.

**marquee** · 25-05-2012 09:37 PM

None of the above it's a problem with the HVAC circuit board. The resistor for the led has blown very common after a long cold drive and stopping and then heater on full blast on restart.

go to the wreckers but I just got use to it. no guarantee it won't happen again though.

**terrylsy** · 25-05-2012 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by marquee

None of the above it's a problem with the HVAC circuit board. The resistor for the led has blown very common after a long cold drive and stopping and then heater on full blast on restart.

go to the wreckers but I just got use to it. no guarantee it won't happen again though.

Thanks for your reply. But what more worry me is the air con. I am worry that it can cause me a fortune to fix it. Heard from other people mention about compressor could be a reason which causes them $1500...