Clock slowing down

[satinGHOST|r!der]

Re: Clock slowing down

But wouldn't disconnecting the battery 'delete" all the settings on the radio, memory seats etc etc?

Would you rather pay more for a dead battery or take some time to key in all those settings? Its not as though you have all your gfs like Fann Wong in the address book right?

 

[MW]

Re: Clock slowing down

I have Miko's number

 

[satinGHOST|r!der]

Re: Clock slowing down

I have Miko's number

That should be in your head by now. Don't need idrive and all to save that number.

 

[Jason8822]

Re: Clock slowing down

MW,

Mine slows by 10mins each day and sometimes goes 00:00:00, my setting for speed limit warning is lost after leaving car overnight.

Did you just changed your car battery?

Sent my car back to PML yesterday and SA told me its because i changed to battery of different make and different spec without REGISTERING it with the car ECU.

Collecting my car this afternoon and will try to see if its really solved.

Jason

 

[R2D]

Re: Clock slowing down

The main battery is not responsible for the slowing clock. Inside your instrument cluster, there should be a small lithium battery to keep an internal clock alive despite the main battery going flat. When you disconnect the main battery, the car will lose most of its settings like seats and mirrors. But the radio should be fine cos the settings are stored in a different kind of memory chip.

As for your key memory, the seat / mirror positions and such are actually stored in the car's body computer. When you press your key, it sends out a code to the car and the body computer compares it to the registered keys and decides on the necessary actions like opening locks, adjusting the seat, mirrors, A/C settings and such.

Registering a battery only keeps track of the battery change dates. There are some experts that claim that the DME lowers its charging cycles for new batteries as they are more receptive to charge cycles. But this fact has not been proven.

So for a slow clock, it seems like the quartz crystal is starting to fail.

Jason, if your clock goes dead after parking for the night, chances are the primary memory fuse to the instrument cluster has gone kaput or there is some faulty wiring. I am guessing that the eooror happens when your car goes into hibernation (about 16mins of no activity when the car is off)

 

[MW]

Re: Clock slowing down

Tat is the only good response! The rest all homos!

 

[Terry]

Re: Clock slowing down

Currently as we speak I am leaving my car for almost 7 weeks.. With 4 more weeks to go..

I only ask my maid to start my car twice a week for 15mins to optimal temperature before offing it..

Is it okay?

I also overinflate the tires to prevent flatspot..

 

[Jason8822]

Re: Clock slowing down

So for a slow clock, it seems like the quartz crystal is starting to fail.

Jason, if your clock goes dead after parking for the night, chances are the primary memory fuse to the instrument cluster has gone kaput or there is some faulty wiring. I am guessing that the eooror happens when your car goes into hibernation (about 16mins of no activity when the car is off)

Tested the car and confirm the clock is ok after REGISTERING

The hibernation thing you mean is due to the NEGATIVE CABLE faulty?
Changed it at BOSS and it was ok for a while until one day when i open the door to vacuum the car without turning off interior lighting and the problem comes back again.

 

[Jason8822]

Re: Clock slowing down

Tat is the only good response! The rest all homos!

good response from me or r2d?

 

[MW]

Re: Clock slowing down

Nahbey, now my passenger side mirror setting goes haywire each time I start the car!

 

[satinGHOST|r!der]

Re: Clock slowing down

Nahbey, now my passenger side mirror setting goes haywire each time I start the car!

Maybe your love juice spill onto your control panel and hence making the car go haywire. Indeed you are the greater white!!!

 

[Jason8822]

Re: Clock slowing down

software problem la, send back pml to tidy it up

your car sad cos you selling it so now it give you problem here and there



his juice can travel so far ?

 

[ac323]

Re: Clock slowing down

I have this weird problem. My car clock seems to slow down 2-3 minutes every few days. I would reset it again and monitor it. It would be fine for a few days and the slow down again 2-3 mins and then probably 1-2mins every few days thereafter.

Could this be a symptom of dying (or weak) battery? My car battery is already 3.5yrs old, and sometimes I dun drive the car for up to a week.

Anyone have this problem or know why my clock is slowing down?

Hi MW,

mostly likely is the battery...........................




cheers

 

[Racebred]

Re: Clock slowing down

All of you are wrong. I suspect you've been driving too fast. According to theory of relativity, this is known as the time dilation effect. Just slow down and your clock will be fine.