If this proves anything it is that they should keep the radio and the
climate controls as separate units (The part appears to cost about
$650 from Man Honda). I'm not sure how the radio sounds on the newer
Accords but they weren't all that great in the older (99 and below)
models. I'm assuming from the posts in here that the rate of failure
is possibly going to be higher than the tranny recall from the V6's.
Back when the V6 tranny recall was going on, I remember someone
posting that Honda will do a recall if the defect rate is over 15-20%;
I wonder if it will be the case this time around. Anyone who is
getting this replaced keep your receipts in case a recall does occur
so you can get your money back.

Nick

On Tue, 31 May 2005 21:35:00 -0500, Casey <cclremovethispart@cox.net>
wrote:

>Al said
>
>> I lucked out, my wife came in a few months ago and said the radio light
>> was out. I knew exactly what the problem was from other posts to this
>> newsgroup, so I went and checked the odometer - 35,961. Went to the
>> dealer next day and got the failure acknowledged with 35,985 miles.
>
>That was close!
>
>So far that's three that failed in the 35,000 - 40,000 mile range.
>
>> This radio failure is so common that there is no excuse for them not
>> extending the warranty on that component. I asked if the repaired unit
>> included upgraded components - they couldn't answer the question. I
>> asked if the repaired unit had a new 36,000 mile warranty - answer no,
>> only covered until the car has 36,000 or three years. In 1980 Honda
>> replaced the headgasket on my 1976 Civic with 87,000 miles because they
>> were having many failures. This is obviously not the same Honda company.
>
>If they don't cover this, I have purchased my last Honda ... and this
>is my eighth. It's not like this cost a $100 or so to fix.
>
>Maybe they don't really care. My experience on the phone today was
>disappointing to say the least. The person I talked was on the fence
>between incompetent and completely untrained. Every question I asked
>resulted in being on hold for 5 minutes - and her informed advice was
>to take it to the dealer and pay to have it fixed.
>
>And this post is coming from a guy who is (was?) a very loyal Honda
>customer.
>
>
>Casey