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How to Check Error History (Navigation DTCs)

NOTE: The navigation DTCs cannot be retrieved with the HDS.

The Error History feature is to record intermittent navigation issues that occur while using the system. Sometimes the customer complaint cannot be duplicated. The error history may record the information needed to diagnose the problem. To check the error history:

  1. Start the engine.
  2. Press and hold the MAP/GUIDE, DEST, and CANCEL buttons for 3 seconds.
  3. When the Select Diagnosis Items menu is displayed, select Self-Diagnosis Mode.
    Fig 1: Navigation Display - Select Diagnosis Items
    G08095052Courtesy of AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.
  4. When the audio-navigation unit has hard error codes, the Error History icon appears yellow when the Self-Diagnosis mode (System links) screen is displayed. When no hard errors are stored, the icon appears gray. To view the errors with their DTC codes, select the error history icon.
    Fig 2: Navigation Display - Self-Diagnosis Mode
    G08095053Courtesy of AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.
  5. Select Hard Error
    NOTE: Soft errors are for factory use only.
    Fig 3: Navigation Display - Error History
    G08095054Courtesy of AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

    Hardware Error History 

  6. The Hard Error screen displays the following information for each error:
    • The navigation DTC for the error
    • A brief description of the navigation DTC code
    • The date and time when the error occurred.
    NOTE: The Save feature is for factory use only.
    Fig 4: Navigation Display - Hard Error
    G08095055Courtesy of AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.
  7. Use the DTC Symptom Troubleshooting table to troubleshoot the error.
  8. Clear the navigation DTCs.
  9. Select Return to exit the error history.

    Software Error (Soft Error) History 

    Software errors are not available. They are for factory use only.