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Ok .. new problem . . lemme start by trying to explain what I'm talking about..

On my car. '01 LX. There are 3 buttons under the "storage pocket" on the headunit area of the dash board. The 3 buttons are for "re-circulate", "A/C", and "Rear Defog". These 3 buttons each have 2 ways of lighting up. They have an "on" light which is only on when the button is on. . They also have a dash light, which lights up the icons and is always on when your lights are on. Hopefully everyone is still with me....

Well I get into my car last night and start it up and turn the lights on like normal. . But. . the "re-circulate" and "A/C" dash lights aren't working (defog is fine). If I push the buttons the "on" lights work like normal, but for some reason the 2 dash lights aren't lit.

So as a typical dumb human I tap on it to see if anything happens. Well, they both turned on.. So I leave it, but later that night they did it again, both went out.

So. . since I had positive re-enforcement from them working the first time, I tapped them again. . This time nothing. . They wont come back on at all.

I'm not sure how to search for this problem .. Anyone else have it happen to them? Any ideas of what to do??

 
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Ya` lose connection somewhere.
My old 90 Accord was wierd , sometimes the tach wouldn`t work , so I would pound on the dash and bingo it started working.
I never took it in for service, didn`t happen that often , but when it did a good swift "smack down" on the dash always used to do the trick !!
I`m not suggesting that you beat your car , if it happens alot i would let service take a look at it.

 
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Hrm .. well tapping it worked once. . Then they went out again. . The tapping thing no longer works. . Any other ideas?

 
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Obviously a loose connection or a problem with the ground wire. Happened to me. Did you replace your head unit? If so, maybe one of the wires got out of place upon install.

 
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The best thing would be to let the dealer / service take a look at it , better safe than sorry. And where it happens all the time they should be able to find and fix the problem , well with no problem LOL
Best of luck

 
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Thanks. . yes I did replace the head unit, but geez that's been over a year. . Anyways. . I'm getting ready to replace the head unit again, so I'll be in there digging around.. Hopefully I'll find the problem . . If not then I'll take it to Honda. .