Honda Vehicle Clocks

[Channel Hopper]

A bit of a first world problem, displays show 2002 as opposed to 2022, no impact on vehicle running or dashboard function.

Honda clocks stuck 20 years in the past and won't be fixed until AUGUST

The technical glitch means certain Honda cars are saying the year is 2002

www.mylondon.news

 

[Channel Hopper]

And an explanation

Global Positioning Systems measure time from an epoch, or a specific starting point used to calculate time. The date is broadcasted including a number representing the week, coded in 10 binary digits. These digits count from 0 to 1023 then roll over on week 1024. GPS weeks first started on January 6, 1980 before first zeroing out on midnight August 21, 1999. It happened again April 6, 2019. The next happens in 2038.

Honda Clocks Are Stuck 20 Years In The Past And There Isn't A Fix

This might be why your Honda's clock is forever stuck on the wrong time.

jalopnik.com

 

[Channel Hopper]

Certain maritime navigation devices similarly affected

Safety Bulletin 25 – Furuno navigation & communication equipment - GPS week number rollover

Stand-alone Furuno GPS receivers and equipment using Furuno GPS chips, could produce data that is 19.7 years in the past, therefore generating errors in both the GPS position and date (19th May 2002).

www.gov.uk

as well as some Inmarsat comms systems in a few months time

Notice : GPS Week Number Rollover for equipment

It is on the page of 「Notice: GPS Week Number Rollover for equipment」.Japan Radio Co., Ltd. is a professional group of communication technology.

www.jrc.co.jp

 

[ozumo]

Great way to get out-of-warranty cars and their owners that no longer use main dealer servicing back into the stealership for a free/enforced car health check that inevitably produces a list of expensive things that don't really need fixing.

 

[Channel Hopper]

There isn't a fix to this one (or at least that is how I read the articles), with the exception of waiting until August when the new epoch appears.

 

[ozumo]

It may be possible to code the car to accept a manually inputted date (as per lower spec models without GPS), though that assumes there aren't other hardware differences between cars with and without sat nav.

 

[Topper]

Of course, such pre 2005 cars in the London, Birmingham and soon to be, Manchester and Bradford areas will be subject to the recent expansion of the vehicle clean air emissions tax scheme. As if motoring does not cost enough, a clever scheme to persuade the owners to update their vehicles thus reducing pollution and allowing the government to meet targets. Is that a flying pig I see in the sky
Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone and Financial Support Scheme | Clean Air Greater Manchester

 

[moonbase]

Is that a flying pig I see in the sky...

The flying pig is well known around the Battersea area of Saarf London


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[ozumo]

Of course, such pre 2005 cars in the London, Birmingham and soon to be, Manchester and Bradford areas will be subject to the recent expansion of the vehicle clean air emissions tax scheme. As if motoring does not cost enough, a clever scheme to persuade the owners to update their vehicles thus reducing pollution and allowing the government to meet targets. Is that a flying pig I see in the sky

For diesels it's more like pre 2015 (Euro 5 and earlier). Nowt but a tax on the less well off.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Of course, such pre 2005 cars in the London, Birmingham and soon to be, Manchester and Bradford areas will be subject to the recent expansion of the vehicle clean air emissions tax scheme. As if motoring does not cost enough, a clever scheme to persuade the owners to update their vehicles thus reducing pollution and allowing the government to meet targets. Is that a flying pig I see in the sky
Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone and Financial Support Scheme | Clean Air Greater Manchester

Unfortunately the country has short memories on how 'governers' of the past screwed them royally and yet they allow the current mayor to walk away with their money

 

[ozumo]

Khan wants to charge even more for the pleasure of driving in London, and then move to pay-per-mile:

London mayor wants daily driving charge of up to £2

Longer term, Sadiq Khan says drivers should prepare to pay-per-mile to help tackle climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Channel Hopper]

Just another tax on the motorist, no differentiation between leisure and essential travel.

Nothing new from this mayor.