draco

I have noticed that my car's clock always gets ahead of itself. Today it was 13 minutes faster than it should have been. It seems to be something that accumulates over a period of time and the last time I reset was a few months ago. Anybody come across this and know if this is just a bug or something I will just have to keep on doing every so often?

Carver

Wonky clock can be the first sign of a dying battery, how old is it?

draco

Just over a year old.

lexus114

True on the first generation RX. They would reset to 12:00 or something.

cmichael

I would think a battery issue would cause the clock to lose, not gain time. At least that's what happens when the computer MB battery starts to go. Sounds more like a clock problem.

draco

That's always been my experience that a battery problem would reset it not make my clock go forward in time. It might be a clock problem. I will monitor how long it takes to get out of sync again and if I need to adjust accordingly (no mood to take out my Nav unit to then replace the clock unless of course it totally starts to be silly).

Haunches

Are you habitually late? Maybe your spouse/significant other is being passive aggressive and keeps setting the clock that way............My wife would.

MC5Wes

The clock should reset to 12. When you start the car with a weak battery.

draco

Mate I feel for you. My wife isn't that vindictive....................yet I'm never late to much, given that I don't use the car clock to make a determination as to when to leave somewhere. That's what mobiles and / or wrist watches are for

Yes I would have also expected a problem battery to reset the clock not make it increase time. Maybe my battery is just awesome and supercharges my clock.

lexus114

Honestly, it sounds like the clock is malfunctioning to me.

shoebopper

My wife had a 2001 Toyota RAV4 and the clock in it would always be 5 - 6 minutes ahead. If you reset it, within three days it would be 5 - 6 minutes ahead and then stay that way. Didn't seem to matter what the battery condition was. Never did figure out why. Her 2010 RAV keeps time better than her watch.