Hondalink Now Officially Useless--Perhaps Discontinued

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I guess Honda was tired of people who enjoyed the free Hondalink service complaining when it had problems.

I just received the following email message from Honda. It doesn't mention what Hondalink is still good for. Will it still start the Climate Control?

LOL: "Vehicle Mileage and Fuel Level may be accessible via your vehicle’s instrument panel."


We're reaching out to inform you of upcoming changes to HondaLink services for your Honda vehicle. Starting March‌ 5‌, ‌2026, certain HondaLink features will no longer be available for the 2018-2021 Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

What's Changing?
The following HondaLink features will no longer be accessible through the HondaLink app:
  • Vehicle Notifications – Warning Lamps and Maintenance Minders
  • Vehicle Mileage
  • Fuel Level
  • Send Destination

What You Need to Know:
  • These features were provided at no cost and do not require a paid subscription.
  • Other services such as SiriusXM® Satellite Radio, myQ Connected Garage, and emergency features (where equipped) will continue to function.
  • Vehicle Mileage and Fuel Level may be accessible via your vehicle’s instrument panel (please refer to your owner's manual).
Have Questions?
We've prepared a detailed FAQ to help you understand what's changing and what remains available. You can view it here.

If you need additional support, reach out through our Contact Us page or use the Contact Us feature in the HondaLink mobile app.

Thank you for being a valued Honda customer.
 
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insightman said:
I guess Honda was tired of people who enjoyed the free Hondalink service complaining when is had problems.

I just received this email message from Honda. It doesn't mention what Hondalink is still good for. Will it still start the Climate Control:


We're reaching out to inform you of upcoming changes to HondaLink services for your Honda vehicle. Starting March‌ 5‌, ‌2026, certain HondaLink features will no longer be available for the 2018-2021 Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

What's Changing?
The following HondaLink features will no longer be accessible through the HondaLink app:

  • Vehicle Notifications – Warning Lamps and Maintenance Minders
  • Vehicle Mileage
  • Fuel Level
  • Send Destination

What You Need to Know:
  • These features were provided at no cost and do not require a paid subscription.
  • Other services such as SiriusXM® Satellite Radio, myQ Connected Garage, and emergency features (where equipped) will continue to function.
  • Vehicle Mileage and Fuel Level may be accessible via your vehicle’s instrument panel (please refer to your owner's manual).
Have Questions?
We've prepared a detailed FAQ to help you understand what's changing and what remains available. You can view it here.

If you need additional support, reach out through our Contact Us page or use the Contact Us feature in the HondaLink mobile app.

Thank you for being a valued Honda customer.
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Honestly they should have killed it sooner, they haven't bothered maintaining it for years.
 
I'm sure someone here has reported this previously, but does this FAQ imply that the above discontinued services come across via communication between the car and the app directly when your phone is connected and so, app functionality that relies upon the HL server is unaffected?

Will my in-vehicle Center Display be affected?

  • For select vehicles, the following functionality is affected:
    • HondaLink Connect - Phone Connection Status will display “Disconnected” regardless if your smartphone is connected to your vehicle.
 
It's surprising they didn't continue to offer these "free" functions as paid subscriptions.
That is the way everything seems to go any more.
Companies try and rope people into more and more subscriptions in order to try and establish perpetual revenue streams.
 
I'm one of those that use the climate control every few days in the winter time (now-ish). So hope that stays. Just the same I used the contact us link to let them know how I feel about it. The HondaLink has been super-useful to me, and I considered it a function of the car. I also did research enough to know the car's modem is ATT LTE (LTE isn't going away for many years). Anyway, if this had been a deal where the car say had 3G modem, and ATT cut 3G support (which did happen), I would understand that.

So yeah, I'm a huge fan of HondaLink, it has worked very well for me, and I use it often. I basically look at it daily to see fuel/ev range, and to see if I remembered to plug it in. i.e. you see the lightening bolt icon when its charging.

But yes, if they preserve some function (i.e. climate, charge schedules) that would be much better than nothing.
 
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