Thank you! With your help I actually solved both problems without
involving the dealership. It turns out I had been checking the wrong
fuse; I misinterpretted the diagram in the manual. Fuse 15 was
labelled something like ACC and I didn't realize it was the front power
supply.

Also, I jiggled the switch for the light, and got the physical setting
adjusted so that the light switches off.

Problems solved. Thanks!!


E Meyer wrote:
> I actually hadn't noticed that my '06 CR-V had a glove box light until I
> went out and looked just now...
>
> If you look above and to the right of the latch in the glove box hole in the
> dash, you will find a button that should turn off the light when you press
> it. If it doesn't, then the wire to it might not be fully connected or the
> switch might just be bad. If the button works, then check that it is
> positioned so that the glove box actually pushes it when you close it.
>
> Are you aware that the front accessory outlet is switched? It is only
> powered when the ignition key is turned to accessory or "on" (a little piece
> of Honda weirdness that has irritated me with every Honda I have owned). If
> it actually is dead and you want to chase it down yourself, it is powered
> through fuse 15 in the under dash fuse box which is to the right of the
> steering column between the steering column and the center console. It is
> grounded through 2 separate connections - one at the left corner of the
> dash, which is also used by all the dash lights and instruments, and the
> other, which the glove box light also uses, is in the center of the dash
> just below the AC ducts & behind the coin box/CD drawer.
>
> Unless you cut wires or somehow damaged the circuits when installing your
> Sirius radio, there should be no warranty issue. The dealer has to be able
> to prove that something you did damaged these circuits to disallow the
> warranty. Neither of these two circuits have anything to do with the radio
> (per the wiring diagrams in the FSM).
>
> If you do end up needing to take it in, just to be on the safe side, take
> the Sirius out before you let the dealer look at the other problems and
> don't tell them about it.
>
>
> On 10/6/06 1:20 PM, in article
> 1160158847.235239.43360@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.c om, "birndorf@gmail.com"
> <birndorf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm hoping someone can give me some practical advice before I take my
> > car to the dealership...
> >
> > I just got a new 2006 CR-V. There are two annoying problems.
> >
> > 1) The front power supply doesn't work (the thing you plug a cell phone
> > charger into). I've looked for any bad fuses, but they all seem to be
> > intact.
> >
> > 2) The light in the glove box is always on. So, at night, I can see
> > the light glowing at the edges of the box.
> >
> > These problems existed right from the start, but I've waited to take
> > the car to the dealership--I didn't feel like heading back to see the
> > "nice people" there. Since then, I installed a Sirius radio directly
> > to the stereo and power supply. Now, I learn that because I've taken
> > the stereo out, that the warranty "might not cover" the problems.
> >
> > Any practical advice on how to fix these nuisances without involving
> > the
> > dealership is appreciated.
> >