Honda CR-V 1999-2001 Clock Fix (2023)

Hey thanks for the info. I couldn’t sleep last tonight and was up reading trying to figure this clock problem out on my wife’s Honda. Was about to pay some guy on ebay five bucks for the info when I came across your blog. Went out and pulled it out and soldered the areas you specified and presto it works now. My wife will be pleased in the morning. I really appreciate the info!!
Regards,
Kevin

Jason,
Thanks for putting this together. I fixed my wife’s 1999 CRV’s clock in less than 1/2 hour. I went ahead and just touched up the solder joints on all 3 resisters to just make sure. The one that was under the readout was realy not to bad to get at on the. I used an 40 watt iron so the solder would melt fast.

Thanks for the info, haven’t had the clock working for years and just out of a whim decided to search for a solution. I used a ball point pen to jiggle the resistors and find the one with the broken connection and melted the original solder to get her going again. Voila! Working clock.

Jason,
Thank you very much for your simple but very efficient guide. I was able to fix in less than 30 minutes my 2001 CRV clock. It works great now, thanks to you!

Thank you so much. The pictures and directions are so helpful. I got my 1998 CR-v’s clock fixed.
Appreciate your efforts and willingness to put this doc very much !

Great illustration! After fixing my clock it has gone bad again so I will have to examine more solder joints. I originally had only one bad one so I thought. Additionally,
I have found that grasping the a/c vents with needle nose pliers and pulling straight out works very well without the risk of breaking anything. Just be sure to wrap the pliers with electrical tape to avoid marring the plastic vents.
Thanks for posting this!

Hey Jason,
thanks for posting this. I have just fixed mine, although it took me a while – starring at the clock trying to figure out what was cracked :). It works now. I would never be able to figure that by myslef, and all others on the web just want to send the clock and so they can fix it for 40 $.
So thanks again, you helped a guy in Slovakia as well.

Hello Jason
Thanks for the post, just saved my self a few good euros, took me about half an hour to get mine fixed,I found it easier by removing the car radio and just sticking my hand right up to the vent clips and just easing it out. Once agian tanx mate for the usefull post
Cheers from Portugal

You the man! Save me from buying a new clock or trying to send out for repair.

Thanks for the information. My clock broke this week and I said for what it cost I would do with out. I noticed this week that everytime I was in my car I was looking to see what time it was, It drove me crazy everytime I looked up and no clock. I will try this repair today and if it works I will be a happy guy. I’m so excited that my wife thinks I’m crazy.lol

Thanks for the information I just did the repair. I had no solder but I heated up the old solder and it resoldered itself.

Great illustration! After fixing my clock it has gone bad again so I will have to examine more solder joints. I originally had only one bad one so I thought. Additionally, I have found that grasping the a/c vents with needle nose pliers and pulling straight out works very well without the risk of breaking anything. Just be sure to wrap the pliers with electrical tape to avoid marring the plastic vents. Thanks for posting this!

Thanks for the illustrations and the posting. My clock is working now after a gap of 6 mos! Was a bit scared about the “pry the front panel open” part, but put in the faith and went ahead.

Brilliant! I still am in awe. Thank you so much..

Reporting success from Colombia! . I have a recently bought CR-V 98 and I was pretty annoyed to see that clock not working. Following your instructions I was able to fix it in less than 10 min. Thanks man, you are awesome!

THANK YOU! the soldering part I could handle (I found the fix on google) – it was the getting it out of the dash part that was kicking my butt!

also….in case anyone needs to know, Radio Shack sells this de-soldering stuff. Comes in a roll. About $3.50, but unless you have to de-solder alot of things, it pobably would out live your children. You simply place a section of it on top of the area you want to de-solder , apply heat from the soldering iron, and …bingo… the solder is gone. Really cool. Works very well.

hey Jason,
thanks a lot from Turkey. the Honda service was demanding about $400 for the clock. by using your information, it costed me just about $10. after years, I now have a working clock again. you’re great!!!

Hi Jason,
Thank you very much for the info. I’ve been reseaching a lot about this for a long time. Now after two years, my clock is finally working again, and saved me hundreds of dollars just to fix it. I’ve found out that two of those components (middle and left)are loose from under the display. So what i did is I desolder four pins from the display and lift it very carefully to avoid snaping off the top pins just enough for me to work and solder the top end on the said components. I hope this added info will help others with the same problem. And again, Thank You Very Much. You are absolutely awesome!

Excellent!! My clock stopped working yesterday evening
Looked on Google for a fix and your site was the first on the list.Just finished doing this and now my clock is fine again.
Thanks, your the man!!

I drive a ’98 and just went and bought a cheap 30 watt soldering gun and finished the project in no time after reading your blog. Piece of cake; and 7 dollars is an excellent price to have my clock working again. Thank you so very much!!!

Works beautifully. Found this page on google and without any soldering experience, I did it perfectly. Lets hope it lasts.

Had 3 crvs over the past 6 years as work cars and not one of them have had a working clock!, just been and got a new one and the clock worked for 2 days then broke so googled the problem and hear im am. thank you so much for the blog! keep up the good work!!!!!!

You are awesome. I just fixed my dad’s clock that has been broken for several years. THANKS SO MUCH!

Works PERFECT. Thank you for the post. Fixed it tonight, plugged it in and jumped for joy.

Resoldering the larger resisitors only worked for about a minute for me, and then resorted to it’s dead state! Turned out to be the “dry” joint on the diode behind the 300ohm resistor on the LHS… Unsoldering the 4 legs to the gas discharge panel is the answer definately as it makes the job of re-soldering all the “offending ” components MUCH easier..

I used your wonderful picture to fix my Girl friends 1999 Honda C RV’s Clock. I only soldered one side(bottom) of each places that you showed in the picture as I could not get to the other sides. the Clock works real good now. I am happy that you took the time to show us how to fix the clock. Thanks a million. I am now a real hero to My girl friend. LOL

Thanks! I fixed it in 20 minutes! I have to clean dirt off it, and solder a few of the parts, but all is well, and I personally thank you! People are charging more than $40 to send it in and have them fix it. (eBay) Thanks man!

Hey buddy…thanks a lot for taking your to write such an useful blog…I was trying to find the information that you have presented in this post from long time, and I am really glad that I found this post…thanks…

Thank you for your generous and expert help!
(To think, I almost had the clock pried out the front of the vent panel!)

Thank you. Fantastic post. Great pictures. I now have a functional clock again…me happy :)

Thank you for your generous and expert help!it is now working again now to see if the Wife notices

Hey, thanks! Just bought a 2000 CRV and was bummed the clock was out… this fixed it perfectly! I’m a novice at soldering but, after watching some short videos on YouTube as a refresher, this was pretty simple – the whole thing took less than 30 min. Thanks for the info and the pictures especially, a big help to a “visual learner” like myself. Totally made my weekend!

I hadn’t soldered anything since my eighth-grade metal shop class in the 70s! Fixed my wife’s clock in like 20 mins. Walmart had soldering kit for less than 10 bucks and good to go! Thank you!

Hey Jason,
thanks a lot from Canada. By using your information, it costed me just about $00.00 borrowed solder from my friend and i am done, I now have a working clock again. you’re great!!!

Thanks!!!
I found the 510 resistor solder joint weak I connected the clock to my drill battery and pressed on the 510 reisitor and the clock came to life soldered all 3 resistors just because I was there.
Thanks again for the information oh by the way a new clock from Honda is $180.00

Great answer to question that was bothering me for a long time. It was just as you said my eyes are bad so I got a magnify glass and sure enough my joint on the left end was cracked so I went ahead and resolder each one and clock is working like new. Thanks

***1999 Honda CRV*** Thank you!!! Great illustration and the magnifying glass that I used, came in handy, too.

Thanks, Jason. Clock works great. I would give you a huge chest bump if I saw you.

Aloha Jason,
Mahalo (Thanks) from Honolulu, Hawaii. Thanks for being sooo Akamai (Smart), and for sharing with the rest of us guys.
Aloha Reggie

Just bought a 1999 CRV with the ubiquitous clock-not-working fault. The dealer even it pointed out and said he had never seen one working on hundreds of these cars he’d sold. A couple of dabs with the soldering iron and its now working perfectly… perhaps I should take it back and let him see how it should look ;-)

Greetings from Denmark Jason
Thanks for the great tip.
The clock in my CR-V stopped 6 months ago and I took it out to check for visible faults. (Visible to mee). Was searching for a new clock when I came by your blog. Heated the soldering iron immedeatly, and two minutes later the clock was working again.
Thanks so much!

This worked like a CHARM. I seen in some post this part cost $300 bucks. All I spent was 8 bucks. 5 for a tool to remove soldering and 3 for new tip on soldering iron. I just saved 292.00 bucks thanks again man!

Hey jason I have a question for my clock has worked sicne iI bought my 99 crv and I took it out and looked at it but wwhere the R150there is a black bar looking thing on yours like ojust like the 300 one but mine doesn’t will it still work if I soilder it?

Many thanks Jason.. my 510 chip was lose .. tough to get the soldering gun under the LCD clock display since it doesn’t come off so the soldering was not great .. but a drop of solder at the connection works as well .. no short circuit

Hi Jason
Just joining your legion of fans, very impressive of you to have the forethought to investigate & then publish this fix.
I seemed to have the level 3 fix where you have to lift the four legs of the LCD display.
I’m sure all of you did not have this problem but just in case there’s any other old duffers attempting this I found the use of a needle to re open the solder for the four legs very useful. For info I used a Blue-Point Gas solder because of the variability of heat.
Thanks from the UK
Bruce

Many thanks
Clock now works fine

Thank you, Jason!
I am very grateful. You explained it so well, even a woman could have done it! Lol.
Thanks again. No more annoying mornings starting with: Oh, crap, stupid clock again!
Very grateful!

Thanks Jason! We just bought this vehicle and that was one of the biggest complaints my wife had about it. Now she will be happy! Great information.

@Billy I can’t speak for other years, but I know for my 2001 CR-V the panel was orange. And the actually clock itself was actual amazingly very bright without the orange filter in front of it.

Jason, Thank you for the tip. Start to finish, about 15 minutes. Saved me a lot of time and aggravation. Great info and pictures.

Yes, Tick Tock goes my clock! My solder connections looked prefect but I did them anyways and now it works. Thank you so much. Your guide is better then my OEM honda manual. You rule they suck. Ron.

Hi,
Just repaired mine today and it took more than 1 hour because the wrong solder was on the resistor under the Led panel (along the diode). I has to wrap a 2.5 mm copper wire (5 cm long) around my soldering iron end to gain access to the end of the resistor.

Many thanks!! Your guide was fantastic and I now have a working clock.
:)

WOW. Just pulled the clock. Re-soldered all joints and works great!!

hey thanks for the help with the clock im goting to try and fix it in the am i just bought a crv and my d light is off all others work fine i dont have a manual i was wondering how do i preform a light test ? thanks misty

I did the suggested resoldering, had some real difficulty with the resisters falling off the circuit board (apparently that was part of the problem with poor soldering), but got every thing back on the board and installed the clock back in the car. Has anyone had this problem – a diode above the far left resister started smoking! Turned off the ignition and now I don’t know what to do. The clock display actually worked before the smoking started. Any ideas?

Hi everyone: i have Honda CR-V 1999 4WD on highway I try to speed up to 120km/h when keep and press the gas i hear the sound like engine wana explosion
any Idea please

@Jeff Is it possible that you got too much solder on the board? It seems like maybe something shorted? That would be my best guess without actually seeing it.

Hey Jason, big cheers mate, I took my car to a garage, the guy said I needed a new clock. so I rang Honda, they want $400.00 for it. So I did a good search and found your post and found the crack on the soldering. now I can see the time again while driving. all thanks to you.

Worked great! Have been driving without a clock for years and finally couldn’t take it anymore. The soldering kit was $7.95 at RadioShack. Had to unsolder the LED to lift it up to get to the resistor underneath, but it worked fine to lift that, solder, then put it back down and resolder it.

you the man! saved a lot of time and money. I own a 2001 (love my cr-v) cr-v same spot same solder again “you the man” bobby Z

Thanks Dude, never soldered in my life; $6 iron from walmart + $2 solder= fixed. Had to lift LED, it was the joint under it (510)

Most excellent, mine was the middle one & I only soldered the side I could reach easily. I used 4 putty knives to remove the (buggered in) vent housing & toothpicks help open backside of clock. Also, thanks for the heads up on the buttons!!! THANKS!!!!

It’s so nice to look up and see a working clock. Simple job that took a total of ten minutes to complete. Jason thanks for taking the time to lay out a very good tutorial…

J’ai une honda crv 2001 et l’horloge ne fonctionne pas il faut peser rn haut et elle fonctionne pour un certain temps depuis peu elle ne veut plus fonctionner du tout j’ai suivi tes instructions et elle fonctionne â nouveau comme une neuve bravo ROBERT ST-CONSTANT QUÉBEC

Hey, nothing like a cheap and successful fix – thank you for the info. Now working but not as bright as I remember, especially when you switch on the side lights and it dims automatically. I guess that is the gas leaking out. Whatever – it’s still working, thanks again GB

Thank you SOO much!!! I’ve been driving around for a few years like this!!!! It’s the only think wrong with the car lol. I love this CRV!

Thanks Jason, my clock is working again after nearly 5 years on the fritz! Used a few simple tools and hobby soldering iron, no problems! My wife held the flashlight.

Thanks mate saved my Dad £300 it was as easy as you said nice one

Many thanks!
I soldered my clock as described and all worked very well.
The first attempt after soldering failed however because I did not turn my starting key far enough.Only my radio was switched on, not the ignition. ;-)

Thanksssssssssssssssssss sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much for your help. I saw the crack and double checked with 8 power magnifier. You saved me soooooooo much money. I never would have found it without you great magnified pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! J

Wow, i just follow the step,and now the clock in my crv 00 tick again..
Thanks a lot.. amazing , two thumbs up
Regards from indonesia

Jason it looks as the clips are on the bottom in your photo. Do I pry from the bottom and the clips simply come undone or do I need to unclip them by pushing on them and then pry up from the bottom. Thanks for any minute info you can give me on the removal of the panel.

Great fix Jason, yes the clips were on the bottom and the area I had to solder was the one under the clock face soldered it and it works like a charm. Thanks again Jason.

FOR MOST OF YOU WHO HAVE LITTLE MECHANICAL EXP. I SUGGEST YOU GET A DIAGRAM HOW TO REMOVE THE WHOLE CENTER CONSOLE THIS IS THE PROPER WAY TO REMOVE THE CLOCK WITHOUT LOSING THE CLIPS!
PLUS YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR INTERIOR AIR FILTER KILL 2 BIRD WITH ONE STONE I WOULD ALSO TAKE THE ASHTRAY BULB OUT AND FIND A REPLACEMENT ONE SAVES TIME IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO NOT NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE LCD SCREEN AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A SOMEWHAT THIN SOLDER TIP JUST RE-SOLDER THE 3 PARTS HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE AND PLUG IT IN BEFORE PUTTING ANYTHING BACK YOU SHOULD SEE GREEN LIGHTING OR THE AMBER CR-V CAME WITH BOTH COLORS.GOOD LUCK
P.S. THERE IS ABOUT 20 SCREWS AND 8MM BOLTS TO REMOVE TO SALVAGE ANY CLIPS/AS A HONDA TECH. I HAVE LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY PLUS CUSTOMERS DON’T LIKE TO PAY FOR CLIPS YOU LOST AND COULD POTENTIALLY RATTLE AROUND IN THE HEAT VENT OR BEHIND THE CONSOLE.

Thanks for fix and great step-by-step details and pics! My repair was a breeze once I knew how to get access to the clock. I truly appreciate it!

you are the man! Your photo’s couldn’t have been better! I missed having a clock now it works! Thanks a million! Chris

thank you for this!

Tried it this morning – and it worked!
My wife’s proud of me.
Thank you Jason.
Indianapolis, IN

Now, I’m so happy to know this site and Jason. I just followed the procedure that he wrote in this web site. what a miracle it is!! Suddenly, my clock worked. thank you jason for providing this sort of precious information with us.I’ll never forget this site and you.

Jason
Thank you! My wife’s CRV clock is now working!!! It has been 2 years without! Did not want to pay the 250.00 for a new one!!!

Thanks Jason. My clock went out a month or two ago. I found your instructions and went out to buy a soldering iron. It took me about 10 minutes to fix my clock and I am so happy its back to working again and that I didn’t take it to a Honda dealership to fix it (as my husband suggested). Thanks for your posting. It’s appreciated.

AWESOME!!!! My clock in my Honda CRV works!!!!! Excellent directions and photos. Had it going in 20 minutes. Thanks so much. I now need a new excuse as to why I’m late everywhere I go. Guess I can’t blame it on the clock.

hi.jason
thank you for the help clock is working but is not bright how can i do it what is the problem…
thank you.

necesito saber cual es la medida exacta de la resistenacia marcada como 6.8b la que esta en medio de los dos botones de hora y minuto.
Realmente te lo agradecere Gracias

Yes, you absolutely rock. That worked!!!!!!

Rafael: Acabo de medir la resistencia, y mide 30 ohms. Espero te sirva. Saludos.

what does it mean to solder?

You are the man Jason! Once I figured out the art of solder it worked great.

very helpfull mine is the same crack , i need to get a fine soldering tip to reach repair area . droped 1 retaining clip butt found it .

Jason, You are truely a money saver. Sodered two cracks and back in business! Thank you so much for your blog posting.

THANK YOU!!! 510 resistor.

Thanks! Not my car, but when it breaks, it is. The joys of a multi-car household. My car was a Subaru Forester, with exactly the same problem, and with exactly the same solution, except that clock removal was easier.

Thanks Jason, this is good info that keeps on giving, you are my hero for today!

Just did the repair. Had to lift up the LCD to get at the 510 module which had a broken connection. I used the desoldering braid from The Source/Radio Shack (worked well). Of course one of the vent clips fell inside the dashboard when I tried to remove it. Luckily I could see it and used an extendable pencil magnet to get it. Even though my soldering was terrible the clock is now working. Thanks for the guidance and the nice pics; they certainly helped.

Thank you from Edmonton Canada. I resoldered my father’s 2000 crv. I too didn’t need extra solder, just remelted what was there already. Kudos to you Jason.

What a great fuxxn solution I went to purchase a clock at honda n acura palace its located in la,,,alameda and 55 st….. That guy sammy was thinking I was an idiot I got the first one didnt work second didnt work but I put a xmark before returning and wen I went back the third time the idiot gave me another one with a mark I had done already …… I said r we playing marry go round or what I want my monny back….now thanks for the info I made mines work on my one for free….

It took us novices more than 10 minutes, but not much more! What a great fix! Thank You!!!

Just fixed the clock in my new (used) 1999 Honda CR-V! Your step by step instructions are perfect. Thsnks for sharing the information. Took 10 minutes!!!!

Thanks for the well-done instructions for CR-V clock repair. Soldering wouldn’t fix it, but I found a replacement at a nearby salvage yard for $10!

I soldiered these 3 resistors, and my clock still was blank. To solve it, I had to soldier a different part down. Next to the left hand ’300′ resistor in the picture, there’s a small dual resistor marked ’203′. It’s located near the upper right corner of the 300 resistor. You can’t get to it unless you unsoldier the 4 lower tabs on the display and bend the display up, out of the way. In order to bend it, you also have to remove the capacitor and the crystal. Note that the capacitor is polarized – it has it’s ‘-’ lead marked, and the PC board marks the other lead with a ‘+’. The crystal isn’t polarized, but if you’re OC, then mark it and put it back the same way it came out.

success from South Africa, thanks a lot…. removed and resoldered in under 30min. life saver…cheers

Thanks! Worked like a charm even with my shoddy soldering skills

Daaammmmm!!!! Your method actually worked. The first time I soldered all three connections. It was a no go. I decided to try soldering 1 more time. Success!!! I was not looking forward to paying $300 for a new clock. Who charges that much. With so many people having the same problem, the clocks are obviously defective. Honda should’ve done a recall or at least replace them for no charge. Anyway, Thanks. Any advice for Audi’s?

Thank you for sharing !!! it worked great !!!

Many thanks. I looked at mine and couldn’t see any solder breaks but when I plugged the clock in and pressed the left resistor with a screwdriver it worked. So soldered the left connections front and back and it is now working. You are a star!

Thanks a lot, finally my clock works again. Top!!!!

Thank you it is worked and the time was just 15 Min.

Many thanks Jason! One dashboard clock duly fixed!

it stop after a bit have to redo it again and again

Thanks for the instructions took 15 minutes and the clock had came back to life…. Thanks

So Jason, I had already taken out the clock and found that the 510 was completly fallen out. Came and found your site, so do you think I can just solder one end and it will work or do I have to solder both ends? Reason I ask is I cant get to the other end to solder it.

THIS WORKS GREAT!!!!! Even in the year 2012 I was able to fix my 1999 CRV clock Finally!! Jason Thanks so much!!!!

Yup…it worked. just had trouble getting the center air vent out. should have read it beeter when you said to “pull down” stupid me I tried to pull it down from the top. what a breeze when my I showed your pictures to my hubby and he saw right away that I should be working from the “bottom” of the vent. now we’ll see how long it lasts for. thanks

Thanks a lot mate my 97crv clock is back to life.
Great help.

Thanks bud I fixed my clock in 15 min I also had the resistor under the display come Loose but I did not lift the display instead I cut a small piece of solder layed it close to the resistor then cafully touch it with the tip of my iron and it melted the solder perfectly

I certainly have to say THANK YOU! for posting this and with such good directions, pictures, everything. I couldn’t see any cracks with my naked eye and then I put the board and LED display under a magnifying light and the crack was easy to spot. I touched up all three just for good measure – hooked it back up and it works just fine! I did drop one clip down the abyss….but it is what it is and in spite of it all, I’m glad I have the clock working again.

Greetings from Bulgaria :) Another running clock CR-V

Well that was super easy, even at 10 o’clock at night after a couple of beers i had it out and back in working within 20mins, my soldering might be a bit questionable but hey clocks working… thanks a million

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Another vote of thanks to Jason, I did mine today, no problems at all, many thanks to one very generous man!!!

Jason,
Thanks I hope to return the favor one day. Tucson

Thank you so much! I have been living w/o a clock for almost a year now and hated it. Came across your blog tonight and forwarded it to my husband. He worked on it this morning–and whola! I was tempted to even ask my Honda dealer to look into it–but I am unemployed right now and so is my husband. This info you provided was great! Thank you so much and Happy Holidays to you!

Thanks a Million!!! Great and simple fix.

Thx ,,,it works!!!!!

Thanks! You are a great guy! The broken connection was under the display. I had to desolder the two legs, and then bend up the display a bit carefully. It can not be lifted completly, because of the metal housing of the quartz cristal, but there is enough space to resolder with a thin tip soldering iron. Thanks again!

Jason.
You are the best! Thank you.

Thank you for your kindness.
2001 Honda CRV clock is working now.
You are one in a million.
I wish you good life.

I think every single CR-V clock ever has this problem. Thanks Jason A++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Jason, One more joining to the long list of grateful people. I did it! Thank you very much.
Only one thing, After everything is fixed I think it’s running a little too fast. Does anybody know how to fix that?

Jason – just wanted to say thank you for the excellent information and instructions. My brother-in-law was able to fix without any trouble. You saved me a bunch of money. And it’s so nice to have a working clock again.

Many thanks for the info/tips. Only took 20 mins even with my rubbish soldering skills! Clock now in working order!

Thanks- worked great!

Greetings from France. So nice to see the internet being used in the spirit in which it was created: The exchange of information, not for financial gain but just to help your fellow human beings. Did the fix in 45mins and it worked like a charm. You have removed a major irritation in my life. Thank you. You are a gentleman. Tip for anyone about to attempt this: read the comments first. They contain lots useful information as well as unending praise for Jason.

Thanks for the help pinpointed it to a tee.
I missed the clock terribly.

After a year of being annoyed by not having a working clock in my CRV, I finally decided to fix it. I first went online and found these instructions. I could clearly see failed solder points from the factory on my clock. You took all the guess work out of this repair my friend. Many thanks for taking the time to put this info up on the web.

Jason, greetings from England, UK. Thank you now clock works! Great to have generous person like you, thank you again.

Followed your instructions, I now have a working clock again in my 2000 CRV. I could see the crack on the R 300 resistor on the left edge of the board. Just a bit of solder fixed ‘er right up. I used a big putty knife to pop out the vent module.

Thank very much. Now my clock is working again.
Great job!

Worked like a charm !!
Many thanks for this easy fix !!

What an awesome write up! Thank you so much!!

hi jason thanks a million for the help.just bought a honda crv 2001 and been doing bits n bobs to get nice n neat again.had already tried fixing the clock but with no results.when i came across your blog .bam there you go next day did as you said ,working clock again.thanks again mate nice one

Thank you! I was able to fix my clock. Fist pounding on the dash wasn’t working anymore! I did manage to loose one clip that dropped behind the vent panel but it seems to be staying put okay. Thanks again Jason!

Hello,
Mine is required more work than anybody else,when I tried to re solder 03 resistors as Mr: Jason suggest still didn’t help.Also did tried 03 diodes still no luck.Finally I decided remove the whole LED chip out( Oh man this is a big job! to do this first I need remove a crystal out of the way
so the LED chip could remove next.)After that I use my tiny solder tip to touch up every single joint solders also all micro chip legs and put the LED chip back. Result? My clock now came back to life.What a task!anyway Thank for your help
Mr: Jason

Soldered the terminals as stated and wa la, it worked.

I took the clock out and now the radio doesn’t work. It seems to have no power. I haven’t even finnished with the clock yet… I Pluged the items back in just to see if that was it, but the radio is still dead??? any ideas>>>>

Excellent, saved me $20. The ebay clock fixers have a good racket going. This fix was easy and took 5 mins. Both mine had cracked solder joints. Thanks!

Jason, I took the clock out and it looks like the S154 diode is bad. Looking to find them — haven’t found a source. Does this sound right to you? The top of the diode says, 14/95 on it. Would you know of a source? Appreciate your help.

Thanks a million. Got our 99 CRV two days ago, and the dead clock was already driving us nuts. Look at this list and all the people you’ve helped out!

2001 CR-V. I didn’t know about your blog or it didn’t exist 3 years ago. I had a flickering numbers – GRRRR. I couldn’t fix the surface mount resistors with solder so I replaced two of them with regular small 20,000 ohm resistors and wire. One of the resistors cuts the brightness in half when the headlights are on. You need a steady hand and a good iron. These damn readout tubes also weaken with age.

I own a 2001 CR-V. I had flickering numbers – GRRRR. I could not fix the surface mount resistors with solder so I replaced two of them with tiny 20,000 ohm resistors. One of the resistors cuts the brightness in half when the headlights are on. You need a steady hand-that’s for sure. These damn readout tubes also weaken with age.

Thanks! followed instructions and fixed clock in my 2001 CRV. I actually didn’t solder, just rubbed gently on joints with small screwdriver! Dealer wanted $207 for a new clock unit!! Scandalous!!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!
I waited too long to look for this site.

Great job! Only mistake I made was I tried following the advise of the commenter to use the needle-nose pliers, which was great advise, but I neglected to loosen the 4 clips! They all broke… but at least the unit snaps back in, albeit it isn’t as sturdy as it should be. But hey, my clock works!
(Took a while to figure out which resistor thingie was cracked.. ended up being the back of the far left one.)

Henry from 4/28/13: There’s a second radio fuse (7.5 Amp) under the hood; just below the passenger wiper. Check the manual.

Followed the directions and the clock was fixed in no time. One of the diodes slide towards the inside as it wasn’t connected. Finished product works great..

WOW Big thanks clock now working Honda UK Gloucester dealer wanted £90+VAT for something that probably cost a fiver to make.

Sorry forgot to say it was the 300 one

Thank for your manual! It worked as you said. Thanks for saving us money.

Awesome! Yes this actually worked, mine was a loose 510 resistor under the display, so I had to loosen the 4 pins on the bottom of the display and bend it up a bit to get at it. My clock was dead for a while, though if I pushed on it sometimes it would light up, maybe the PCB was flexing enough for the solder to make contact… This is great!!!

Whoa, it worked! Note: none of my 6 connection points looked cracked, but I soldered 5 of them anyway. (Couldn’t get under the LED panel to solder the top of the 510 chip.) Did the trick, apparently. Also, it was my first attempt at soldering, and I probably did it all wrong, but it worked! Thanks for these straight-forward directions.

Excellent instructions and pictures. Put a little solder on the 510 chip, and the clock works great!

Great tutorial, Jason. The clock in my Honda CRV is finally back. Thanks a million!

Excelente tu aporte bien explicado me funciono a la perfeccion

I’m good at soldering but my CR-V (2001) clock keeps acting up. New one cost 300 bucks! I’m ready to take a hammer too it.

Honda need to replace them for free. They put sub-standard clocks in their cars that were meant to go bad.

You’re awesome. I thank you and my wife thanks you.

Thank you !

You’re awesome. I thank you

I’m stoked to have fixed the clock in my 2000 CR-V. Thanks for the post. I hope your new CR-V is even better than the last one was. Looks like the combined money we all saved by your post could be the near value of a new one.

Thanks for the instructions, tried this today and it worked great.

Thanks so much for posting such detailed instructions. I did find that one of the resisters was loose. After soldering it, the clock worked well, for a while. Now, something odd has been happening. When I turn the ignition to the on-position, the clock will come on immediately, and stays on for about 2 minutes. It than goes off for about 4 minutes, and once again comes back on. It then stays on continuously until the ignition is turned off again. This cycle is completely repeatable. I can’t find any other loose connections, and can’t figure out what could cause this behavior.

My clock has been out for 3 years. I decided to see if I could find a clock when I found your blog. Thanks.

Hi Jason…..I just found your article after searching for how to fix a broken a 2000 CRV clock. Haven’t tried your instruction as it’s already late here. Our clock stopped working since 2009 when my Dad accidentally tried to boost the CRV battery improperly. He had the two booster cables in the wrong position causing the radio and the clock to malfunction…We brought it to a shop to change the battery and they’re able to make the radio back up again but they forgot to fix the clock which we had also forgotten to check as we were so busy during that time…Anyway, it was just today that we thought that it should be fixed, and we’re thinking that because of my Dad’s mistake when he tried to boost the battery improperly, it might have killed the clock fuse? Not really sure….But I will read your article to him tomorrow. Thank you so much…….

Hey Thanks Jason, my 1997 crv clock has not worker for years tried the stick on clocks but cold weather stopped them working, a use crv clock hear in England are about £50 I saw your blog and ! wow !few minutes and my old clock was up and running Many Thanks,Dave

Thanks! This was an optimal solution, the Clock works perfect!

Thanks for posting this! My clock that wasn’t working for 3 years works again!

Cheers from Toronto. Your tip worked as well as you said-thanks so much! Had a similar problem with my Daytime running lights module – soldering did the trick! What is it with these poor joints!!!!!
Keep up the good work.

Just purchased a used 2001 CRV and the clock wasn’t working. Was looking for a replacement clock when I found your site and decided to give it a try. After getting the clock module out, it was clear that resistor R510 had a bad solder joint. Gave it a quick touch with my iron and now it’s working great! Thanks for the information!

Another ‘happy camper’! Ok, I ‘lost’ 3 of the 4 clips but that’s a small price to pay to get the clock ‘up and running’ in the wife’s 99 CRV!
BTW, that display is a VFD(Vacuum Flourescent Display) NOT and LCD( Liquid Crystal Display).Has a little heater in it to make electrons,like a CRT, but low voltage.They draw a lot more power than LCD but are great over a wide range of temperatures and a pretty blue/green. Honda put an orange filter in front.
Now….if I could figure out where those clips disappeared too!
cheers
Jay

Hello
we have a 2000 CRV that is spattering in the drive gear only..dose not present in reverse or neutral. Starts fine. Problem only presents while in drive – kindly advise.
Thank you, April L.

thank you very much. I am French and I wanted to replace my clock down for four years when I discovered your blog.
I had to unsolder the display, it was not easy. but really now it works and I am very happy. a big thank you

GREAT!!!! I bought a 2000 CRV Clock not working… THIS POST IS AWESOME after 3 years the post is still useful!!! THANKS A LOt 2000CRV clock WORKING AGAIN!! (almost 2014)

First comment of 2014.. just pulled my clock in my 1999 CRV, had been pounding the dash for months and it worked then didn’t work then stopped all together so.. I pulled, soldered, those are tiny little parts and I had a BIG solder gun, but.. it works.Thanks from Snowy Calgary AB Canada

Hi fron New Zealand. Thanks for this great info, just fixed 2x Honda Accord (95 & 96) clocks in minutes! Cheers :-)

Thank you very much. I repaired my clock on my 1999 CRV. You’re a genius, it was the only wrong thing on my car. almost it cost 360€; GOOD CONTINUATION

Aloha:
Wow, what great advice. Took me about 30 minutes from start to finish and the clock on my beach buggy works great.
Mahalo for sharing your experience and expertise.

DY

You rock. Worked on my wife’s 1999 CRV and just like you mentioned soldered all the 3 joints and worked like a charm. Instead of using a screw driver to pry the vent open, I used a pair long nose pliers wrapped in duct tape to pull the vent out. Lot easier and less damaging. Was tired of looking at the broken clock all the time was driving me nuts. Almost ordered a new one. Thank you very much for sharing the fix…

When my clock broke or was not working I called up Honda and ask what the price would be for a new one when they said about $225.00 I said ok next question, I thought the wiring but then that would not be possible, I thought maybe the fuse but the fuse works with the radio and that was working, then I came across the internet on how to repair the clock, I could not believe it, I took a magnified glass and took a closs look at the connections of the resisters and the solider was not really touching then took out my soldering iron and repaired it, better then buying a new one….thanks a million we all have to stick together as these companies are just digging in our wallets and hoping to find money.

The first diget on the 2002 accord clock (number 1) does not light up. At 10:30 the clock shows 0:30…I think the clock needs to be replaced. Any Ideas where I can get one?

THANX a lot!!!
I found this blog and I fixed it!
It was very nerved after years of driving around with a broken clock on my 2001 CR-V, but bevore paying 260€uros
for a new one i let it be,
WOW, IT WORKS!!!! YUHUU!!!
THANK YOU JASON!!! :-) Greetings from Germany

Thanks! Took less than 10 minutes to re-solder the three accessible joints and the clock is now working! For the cost of a soldering iron and solder ($8.00) I now have a working clock.

Thanks for the instructions! I just fixed my new(ly acquired) 99 CR-V!

LOL, WHAT AN EASY FIX

Jason,
Thank you so much for sharing your info as it worked like a charm. YOUR a man of great integrity to pass on to others.
John

Fantastic! girlfriend’s CR V clock was not working and SHAZAM! identical problem. Fixed it right up. Thanks good observation and write up.

I was driving around without a clock for about a year before I decided to Google for a fix, which thankfully led me to your blog. Your instructions were perfect and easy to follow. It took less than 20 minutes to remove, solder and install! Thanks for posting the info!

Thank you;I had my square broken which i fixed it in 20 minutes

I have resoldered all connection as indicated but clock intermittently goes out and needs a wrap on the dashboard to bring it alive. What else can I try. Please advise. Thanks

I have 98 CRV Honda, and my clock is dead for along time, however reading your post, you made it easy to fix. Thank you.