What did you do to your Clarity today?

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Nothing new for many of you but I charged for free for the first time today. Went to a movie in a nearby city and after the movie was over as I went to my car I noticed four EV spots in the theater parking lot, actually part of a shopping malls parking. All four were empty. I decided to let it charge while I went in the mall for a while. I was in the mall for an hour which took it from 58% SOC to 96%. At my nighttime rate of 0.05 per kWh including taxes I figure it saved me only about thirty cents off of this month's electric bill. But that didn't dampen the thrill of free charging!

When I came back after an hour there were a couple of other cars now charging. In the photo you can see my black Clarity in front of the white Volt which is in front of the red Leaf. Oddly in spite of being right next to the movie theater the sign said maximum 2 hours, which implies that it's for mall shoppers not moviegoers. I doubt if it is enforced that tightly, but if I go again I will resist the temptation to park there while watching a movie.

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Fun! I've done similar, taking a walk around the campus of a University on Sunday (free L2, only one or no other cars on Sunday).

These 2 hour limits make no sense to me. I you have a BEV (e.g. BOLT or LEAF), you might need more time to continue on your way. Since BOLT, I rarely charge on the road, almost as if celebrating the freedom of PHEV. I know it's backwards (the whole PHEV transition thing), all I can say is it was a great relief coming back to Clarity.
 
fotomoto said:
Installed Honda Hack. Haven't messed around with it much yet but did use it to remove the "warning/OK" start up screen on the center display which was worth the price alone. :cool:
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Hey, curious how that's going for you? Their screenshot shows Spotify & Waze? Does it really allow you to install these apps?
 
Mike J said:
Hey, curious how that's going for you? Their screenshot shows Spotify & Waze? Does it really allow you to install these apps?
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Spotify and Waze can be run using Android Auto and Apple CarPlay you don't need Honda Hack. I think Honda Hack has them on there for cars that don't support Android Auto or Apple CarPlay.
 
Mike J said:
Their screenshot shows Spotify & Waze? Does it really allow you to install these apps?
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Sorry Mike, I don't know as I haven't tried installing them. Like I said, getting rid of the Honda liability warning screen at every startup was worth the purchase price alone. :confused:
 
Rattles from a two month old car. I removed the front side A pillar cover (touching the windshield) and added some padding material to remove rattles coming from that area. Much easier to work with than a 2015 Mini Hardtop or Mazda CX-5. I even pre-routed my dash cam wires while at it.

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Hoon said:
Rattles from a two month old car. I removed the front side A pillar cover (touching the windshield) and added some padding material to remove rattles coming from that area. Much easier to work with than a 2015 Mini Hardtop or Mazda CX-5. I even pre-routed my dash cam wires while at it.

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do you have a video of how to do this? I have the same issue and my local honda dealer cant figure it out. they even replaced the entire A pillar cover but still rattles on rough road.

i am concerned about damaging airbag or speaker wiring if I do not do this correctly.
 
SoapOpera said:
do you have a video of how to do this? I have the same issue and my local honda dealer cant figure it out. they even replaced the entire A pillar cover but still rattles on rough road.

i am concerned about damaging airbag or speaker wiring if I do not do this correctly.
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If you can, check to see if the rattle is the round tweeter moving around in its plastic socket at the bottom of the pillar. If you have someone riding along with you, have them put their fingers or palm on it when you expect a rattle sound and see if it stops.

If it is just you, one possible way to check for tweeter rattle when parked, is just to gently try moving the tweeter up and down and/or side to side by its small round metal grill in the plastic A pillar socket (it just snaps in from behind) and see if there is any play. If the tweeter is the problem, it should be easy to move it by pushing sideways or up/dn on the metal grill.

Mine was so bad, once I understood the source of the rattle sound, I could literally see it moving in a rattle by watching the little round grill move when hitting a bump.

If it is the tweeter, consider just taking it back and show the dealer what the problem is.

Otherwise, there are threads that describe the A pillar removal (but, no videos yet), just pop the rectangular cover at the top (does not come out all the way) with a plastic trim tool, I found pulling out (pull down) a section of the weather stripping helped, then just gently pull / pry the cover off from the top and mid sections first (preferably with plastic trim tools). There is a small locating tab at the bottom of the A pillar which seats in a small mating slot in the plastic parts below. It can take a fair amount of force to pull out the fasteners. If in doubt, just get the dealer to do their job correctly (but, nothing wrong with showing them the exact cause of the rattle, if you know it).

If you search on tweeter, there are a number of threads on the A pillar tweeter rattle, as well as posts that list all the known common sources of Clarity rattles by @KentuckyKen .
 
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sniwallof said:
It you can, check to see if the rattle is the round tweeter moving around in its plastic socket at the bottom of the pillar. If you have someone riding along with you, have them put their fingers or palm on it when you expect a rattle sound and see if it stops.

If it is just you, one possible way to check for tweeter rattle when parked, is just to gently try moving it up and down and/or side to side and see if there is any play.

Mine was so bad, once I understood the source of the rattle sound, I could literally see it moving in a rattle by watching the little round grill move when hitting a bump.

If it is the tweeter, consider just taking it back and show the dealer what the problem is.

Otherwise, there are threads that describe the removal, just pop the rectangular cover at the top (does not come out all the way) with a plastic trim tool, I found pulling out (pull down) a section of the weather stripping helped, then just gently pull / pry the cover off. It can take a fair amount of force to pull out the fasteners. If in doubt, just get the dealer to do their job correctly (but, nothing wrong with showing them the exact cause of the rattle, if you know it).
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I suspect my rattle is coming out of tweeter. have an appointment at the dealership tomorrow so i guess i will go to them and see what they can do.
 
Added a finger print resistive screen protector to the center screen.

Previous low rated reviews (maybe folks here?) reported poor sizing but I found the sample I received was a near perfect fit. Maybe there's a new template being used after those complaints (?). It is much more finger print resistive than the OEM surface (YES!), no reduction in sensitivity and installation was easy with no bubbles (TIP: install with doors closed to reduce dust).

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I got my HOV lane stickers and applied them, then I drove through the carpool lane at the toll plaza and got my first 50% toll discount. Without the stickers I paid about $1500 per year in bridge tolls, now it'll be about $750.

Oh! I paid my gas credit card bill. It used to be about $200 a month. It was $20 last month. I should switch my chargepoint account to that CC to be consistent, I bet I spent at least $6 with chargepoint last month.

I put on one of those tempered glass covers over my screen a few weeks back. I didn't take the factory plastic off until I was ready to put the glass on, so it was pretty easy to clean. It took a few tries to get it done with no bubbles, but I got it and it's good. I don't think the cover glass has anti-glare coating and it isn't fingerprint resistant. Oh well.
 
Wiped down both my electric and gas ports after a car wash. Lots of nooks and crannies but overall the plastic is easy to wipe down quickly and the j1772 receptacle part is well protected/sealed by the built in cover. Good to stay ahead of the game.

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Also added a cheap sticky phone pad that works much better than expected. Large phone never budges when mounted horizontally like this. Vertically? Nah, I wouldn't trust it.

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