2004 Honda Accord Equipment Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HVAC CONTROLS FAILED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT SINCE THE DEFROST ALSO FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000. THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

THE DISPLAY LIGHT FOR MY RADIO, LIGHTS FOR HVAC SYSTEM SLOWLY DIMMED AND EVENTUALLY WENT OUT. TOOK THE 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX TO A LOCAL DEALER WITH AN APPOINTMENT AND A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER THEY PERFORMED THEIR TROUBLESHOOTING I WAS INFORMED THAT A CHIP FOR THE RADIO FAILED. THANKFULLY THEY WERE HOLDING THE COMPONENT FOR ANOTHER CUSTOMER WHO HAD NOT COME BACK FOR THE REPAIR AND THE NEXT DAY THE DISPLAY LIGHTS WERE REPAIRED. *TR

I BOUGHT MY HONDA ACCORD IN OCT. 2004 @ 34000 MILES AND THE DISPLAY LIGHT WENT OUT IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND AS I PULLED UP TO PARK THE RADIO DISPLAY LIGHT JUST WENT BLACK. THE RADIO STILL WORKS BUT DISPLAY LIGHT IS OUT. IN THE SUNLIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN BUT VERY DIM. I CALLED HONDA TO SCHEDULE A REPAIR AND WHEN I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID "USUALLY IN THE CASE, IT'S AN INTERNAL PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT". WHEN I ASKED IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD "NO". I WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH TO SEE IF THERE ARE SIMILAR PROBLEMS LISTED AND FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM