If you are on a Honda car manufactured and sold about 10 to 16 years ago, you may have noticed that the calendar display on the navigation screen returned about 20 years ago.In addition, there is an example that reports that not only the date but also the time zone is shifted.
The problem has occurred in the GPS navigation system equipped with some Honda and Acula models sold in the United States, Canada and the UK, and the date of the calendar has returned 100 years as in the 2000 problem that once fluctuated the world.The feature is that it has returned for only 20 years.
Honda owner's writing on bulletin boards pointed out that the GPS calendar was returned just 1024 weeks ago.The GPS date system is the oldest one, 1024 weeks (19 (19), based on January 6, 1980..7) On August 21, 1999, a rollover, that is, a phenomenon in which the date returns.On April 6, 2019, it was the second rollover.The reference date depends on the program equipped with the device.
And if the calendar processing part of the GPS navigation does not consider rollover (although it depends on the internal processing of the program), the calendar display may return 1024 weeks before someday.
According to the automotive information media Jalopnik, Honda has been a part of the 1999 to 2004 models in the past, and the date of GPS Navi in 2007 was 1998.Furthermore, the latest case occurred in 2021, all of which were said to have returned 1024 weeks ago.
According to the information sent to the CR-V owner's bulletin board regarding this issue, Honda of the United States explained that "a problem may occur from January 2022 to August 2022 and will be automatically corrected."It is said that it is.On the other hand, Honda in the United Kingdom says, "The technical department is working on a solution and will give a service bulletin to the certified dealer when it becomes possible to fix it," and it seems that the dealer will notify each customer to correct it.is.
By the way, in Japan, as far as the SNS is overlooked, this time there is no problem with the date of the car navigation system of the Honda car, but the rollover of GPS seems to be rather popular, so in the past it is not limited to Honda cars.In addition, it has been reported that a date problem due to GPS rollover, both outside the genuine company, has been reported.
Source: Drive Accord
VIA: Jalopnik
