Analog Clock Resetting

[kavisic]

My analog clock seems to stop after the car is turned off. All of a sudden, after a year of service, the clock is resetting to the GPS (digital) time whenever I start the car. Anyone else having this problem? I hope this isn't an indication that the car battery is starting to fail?

 

[Seejay]

My analog clock seems to stop after the car is turned off. All of a sudden, after a year of service, the clock is resetting to the GPS (digital) time whenever I start the car. Anyone else having this problem? I hope this isn't an indication that the car battery is starting to fail?

I can't imagine it's a battery issue.

AFAIK, mine has always done that. I mean I assume, that is by design (?) A friend of mine pointed it out to me when the car was a couple of weeks old, and I always assumed it to be true. But really, how impressive is that? "Excuse me, folks, I have to start my car so the classy analog clock reads the correct time."

But you got me curious. The analog clock is something I so rarely look at. I am going to sneak up on it in the garage without the fob to see. Shows you how much I've got to do. I need a life.

OK, I think my friend may have been wrong or saw it doing it when there is no telematic or GPS signal. I seem to recall seeing it occur in the parking garage at work once (which kills GPS but not cellular). More experimentation is warranted, like a cheesy 8th grade science class experiment.

So far it's keeping time in the garage.

 

[MikeyTG]

I never thought to look at it, I will check next time I fire it up. I do know that if you toggle the DLS setting the analog clock will move to the new time, which is interesting to watch.

 

[PMCErnie]

You have to pity the poor analog clock. Nobody ever named it "analog" until digital came along.

 

[JimB47]

My analog clock seems to stop after the car is turned off. All of a sudden, after a year of service, the clock is resetting to the GPS (digital) time whenever I start the car. Anyone else having this problem? I hope this isn't an indication that the car battery is starting to fail?

My clock keeps accurate time when the car is turned off. The only time it resets is when DST changes twice a year.

 

[balfor]

Mine has done this twice, somehow the time stops or something when the car is off then upon restart the clock resets. I just noticed it the other day when I got in the car it was about 90 minutes slow then the clock advanced to the correct time when I started the engine.

I assume it is just a bug and not much can be done about it at the dealer unless it were to happen all the time.

 

[wasnt]

My analog clock seems to stop after the car is turned off. All of a sudden, after a year of service, the clock is resetting to the GPS (digital) time whenever I start the car. Anyone else having this problem? I hope this isn't an indication that the car battery is starting to fail?

Mine does this every single time I start the car. It has since I bought it. My kid pointed it out. When I start the car, it speeds around then slowly lands on the correct time. Now you have me curious, but my thoughts would be that this is the correct action. I had a buddy with a Lexus a few years back that did the same thing.

 

[fasteddie2]

Took me about a week to notice after I bought my car. I never look at the analog clock but after parking for a few hours it had to adjust to catchup. Looks kinda cool when it's adjusting but what's the point of an analog clock that doesn't keep the time when the rest of the car is off.

 

[Alwaysforward]

This is SOP for this clock. I can't remember where I read it but I remember reading it somewhere Tough getting old.

 

[jgs1564]

I noticed the analog clock in my Genesis did the same thing upon startup for the first time in my Genesis last week.

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[trespinosranch]

I've had my Genesis for just over 3 months and the analog clock just started acting up. It used to keep time when the engine was off.

Now, it sometimes keeps time when the engine is off and other times it doesn't.

Something is messed up.

 

[Alwaysforward]

When you start the car does it reset to the correct time?

 

[trespinosranch]

When you start the car does it reset to the correct time?

Yes, both the analog and digital clocks reset to the correct time several seconds after starting the engine.

 

[Alwaysforward]

I do believe that this is normal then. It is saving wear on the battery. I am at work so I cannot check the DIS manual to confirm.

 

[balfor]

I don't think it is normal as my clock stays the same most of the time when the engine off. It has reset only a couple of times in the last year.

 

[trespinosranch]

I do believe that this is normal then. It is saving wear on the battery. I am at work so I cannot check the DIS manual to confirm.

If it is normal, it would do the same thing consistently. Mine just started stopping the clocks "on occasion". No rhyme or reason as to why.

 

[Alwaysforward]

I wonder if there is a sensor that when is notices a low battery it shuts off.

 

[kavisic]

If it is normal, it would do the same thing consistently. Mine just started stopping the clocks "on occasion". No rhyme or reason as to why.

Mine is just doing it on occasion. No real "rhyme of reason". I'm OK as long as it keeps re-setting to the regular time, when it stops re-setting I'll take it in.

 

[JimB47]

I have owned my Genesis for 20 months and yesterday is the first time the clock stopped when I turned off the ignition. It set to the correct time when I restarted the engine. Something is failing intermittently which is usually the first sign that a complete failure may be on the way.

 

[Genesis HNL]

Has anyone experienced the problem of the date and time failing to display at all? I can't find a way to manually (re)set date and time. I noticed the center screen on my 2015 Genesis displaying the wrong date and time earlier today, and then the screen stopped displaying any date or time entirely. The analog clock runs but is displaying an incorrect time. Wondering if this all likely requires a service call.