The SRS light has come on my 2000 accord. Now it is past the extended warranty of 10 years. I got suckered into paying $100 to honda for them to diagnose. They came back and said the opds needs to be replaced and the airbag won't deploy because of the SRS light on. They wanted another $300 to replace. I decided not to replace because I am not convinced it won't fail again but now I am driving around knowing my airbags won't deploy. There is an obvious faultiness with the SRS and opds and I can't believe that honda feel a warranty extension is sufficient. They should be recalling this serious safety problem.
2000 Honda Accord lights complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the contact noticed that the instrument panel lights failed and she was unable to see the gauge readings. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated there was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v256000 (interior lighting) that could possibly have been related to the failure and referred the contact to the dealer. The dealer was contacted and advised that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. The contact stated that none of the instrument panel gauges would illuminate. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who advised that the multiplex control unit failed and would need replacing. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was contacted. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v256000 (interior lighting) but did not confirm if the vehicle was included in the recall. The failure mileage was 160,000.
Http://www.aboutautomobile.com/complaint/2000/honda/accord/interior+lighting . I recently had this issue happen to my car while I was driving and I feared about not being able to get home that night. My dash lights went out and my tail lights and signal lights, but my headlights were still working. The recall includes only some 2000 honda accord models, and not all of them. Like the ones in the forum listed I myself was not included in this recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. The contact noticed that the lighting on the instrument panel failed and he was unable to see any of the gauges on the instrument similar to the failure in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v256000 (interior lighting). Both the dealer and manufacturer advised the contact that his vehicle was not included in the previous recall. The dealer made several attempts to duplicate the failure but to no avail. The current mileage was 160,000 and the failure mileage was 140,000. Updated 05/04/11 *bf updated 1/11/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. The contact stated that all the lights on the dashboard failed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the failure was consistent with the federal safety agency recall campaign number: 04v256000 (interior lighting) but the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 93,000.
I have a 2000 honda accord. The dashboard lights short out due to a systemic defect in the fuse system, wherein the fuse works itself loose and the bulbs short out. This is supposedly a systemic problem with honda accord models dating back to at least my year, according to honda representatives. They tell me that even though, accords were subjected to recall for this very problem, my VIN was "outside the parameters" of the recall. I never received a recall notice for the problem. This is a serious safety defect and creates a dangerous night driving condition. Our vehicle has approximately 135,000 miles on it but the shorting out problem has been evident for over two years. In the past, if I tapped on the dashboard, the lights would come back on. No longer. This systemic defect, of which honda is well aware, is dangerous. My wife refuses to drive the vehicle at night and even I feel uncomfortable because I cannot detect the speed, gasoline meter, whether the car is over-heating, etc, all required safety features under probably both federal and california state law. I have attempted to have the problem fixed twice, paid for the repairs, without success. I am asking for you agency to open an investigation into this dangerous safety defect and order honda to recall all accords that may be impacted, which could very well be the entire line since 2000. I find honda's adamant failure to fairly resolve the issue to be shocking. Why should a consumer be force to pay over $500.00 for a defect that the manufacturer knows exists and will not correct? Updated ivoq 12/17/10
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. He noticed a burning smell, and then all of the interior lights failed. A local mechanic stated that the multiplex control unit for the instrument panel lights needed to replaced. He added that the dimmer control for the instrument panel lights failed because of heat buildup. No repairs were made. He contacted the dealer and the manufacturer in reference to recall number 04v256000 (interior lighting) .he was advised that he was ineligible for a free remedy because his vehicle identification number was excluded from the recall. The current and failure mileages were approximately 138,000. Updated 03/08/10 *bf the entire lighting panel shorted out and made nighttime driving situation very unsafe. The failed components are under recall for 2000 honda accords. Updated 05/17/10.
My 2000 honda accord ex multiplex control unit malfunctioned causing my dash lights to go out and I can't see my dash panel at night ie. Speedometer. This is a safety issue and I am a single mom with 2 young kids and haven't owned the car for even a year and less than 10 years old and less than 100,000 miles and nothing I did caused the multiplex control unit to malfunction and there is a recall on this already for 2000 honda accord but american honda has given my several excuses as well as the salesperson at the dealership called and was told a different answer one was with the plant car came from.one was if it was a v6 then one was having an lx model one was with saying the mileage issue or they would fix it. Basically just a bunch of bs over and over. They need to honor their recall. Honda is supposed to be a safe dependable car and now I have a safety issue with driving and I am nurse and have to use my car for work and oncall but a night can't see the dash lights. I also have my SRS light on which is another issue which my total airbag system needs to be replaced with a warranty on it as well but not with my exactly problem which there is another manufacturer malfunction but won't fix as well when nothing I did with either safety issues caused these to malfunction and american honda is aware and has recalls on these but won't honor the recalls with my 2000 honda accord.
Dash light on instrument panel comes and goes darkening the entire dashboard while driving at night. Vehicle was stopped at night by police on dark highway along coastline road due to driving too slow creating a traffic hazard for others. Driver could not see panel to gauge speed.
Consumer is inquiring about warranty issues for his 2000 honda accord. *nj the consumer stated the egr valve was replaced due to the check engine light illuminating. Also, the panel lights needed to be replaced.
The brake lights were failing intermittently without my knowledge. The only indication was that the automatic console shifter would not unlock sometimes. Both conditions were caused be a defective switch under the brake pedal.
My honda accord 2000 had the same problem with the recall "instrument panel lights not on" or the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v256000 but when I call the honda motor they said may exactly is the same year 2000 but the VIN number not include in the recall.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. The contact noticed that the tail lights were not illuminating on the vehicle. The lighting on the license plate had also blown out and the instrument panel lights would not illuminate. He replaced the lighting on the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were less than 142,000. Updated 11/12/08. *lj updated 11/14/08.
Brake light failure on exterior of vehicle. High brake light in rear window will light up, but other brake lights do not light up when brake is depressed. Took to honda of seattle. They took electrical wiring apart and put it back together, and it worked temporarily, but they did know why it was fixed. One week later, my brake lights are out again.
I & my inlaw bought the 2000 honda accord ex in the same week (9/1999), after 7 years, the SRS light came on at the same time with no incidents occurred. Also in the last couple days, the brake light came on. I called honda manufacturer, they rejected the problem because only certain vehicle they cover up to 10 years on the opds (occupant position detection system) unit, which failed and caused the SRS light came on.
Tl* - the contact owns 2000 honda accord se. The contact stated that there was safety recall 04v256000 concerning instrument panel that stated the dimmer control for the instrument panel lights could fail due to heat buildup. The contact stated that the instrument lights did not work. She had no warning, they just stopped working. The contact believed that they stopped working due to the heat build up as mentioned in the recall. The contact was told by the dealer that the safety recall did not apply to this vehicle. The contact would like to have the vehicle repaired under the safety recall. *ak updated 02/27/07.
Dash board lights went off without any warning signs. The entire instrument panel was invisible in night. It is a safety issue as I could not read any of the instrument panels. The car was taken to honda dealership for failure analysis and repairs. They found that the multiplex unit on the driver side of the car had failed and needs replacement. Honda has already issued recall for the same component for the same problem for the same model year (2000) car as mine, but since my VIN# was not part of recall, they refused to honor the recall. At this point I had to pay $428.00 to get the car fixed. I would like the federal safety agency to take this up honda to get this taken care as part of recall as this has been one of the common problem in this model year. The recall campaign number for this problem in the federal safety agency database is 04v256000 and honda recall number is p36.
The dimmer control for the instrument panel light failed and can not see the instruments at night. There is already a report for this failure (#04v256000), for my same model year. Honda will not honor recall because my VIN does not apply.
I recently purchased a set of 2000 honda accord 1 piece projector headlights from 4caroption.com. Few days after I installed the headlights I got pulled over by a police officer and was asked to put back my original headlights because I am required by law to have an amber reflector on my headlights. 4caroption.com never advised me about the headlights' design is against the law. I called 4caroption to ask for a full refund, but they told me they would only give me half of the payment back since I installed the headlights already. Nm
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 25 MPH the vehicle was hit by another vehicle on the driver's side, this caused the contact to hit another vehicle with the front passenger side. The air bags did not deploy, seat belts were in use and no injuries were sustained. The police were on the scene however no report was filed. The interior lights work intermittently. There are several indicator lights that do not work at all, and the lights that do work dim without warning. There is a the federal safety agency recall # 02v08000, regarding the fontal air bags and a the federal safety agency recall # 04v256000, regarding the interior lighting. The VIN was not included in the recall.
Stop lights do not work. No indicator light to warn driver that lights are not working.(bulbs are not burned out,stop light switch is working)
The SRS airbag light came on at approximately 69,000 mi.the car was taken to dealer and no fault codes were found on the computer. I had the delphi alternator load tested and determined that could be the culprit. During this time, I also had both of my headlamps burned out within weeks of each other. I replaced the alternator with an aftermarket one and have not had any problems since.
The dimmer switch and instrument panel light go off while driving. Manufacturer stated this vehicle was not included in recall 04v256000 due to VIN. *ak
Request for reimbursement regarding the instrument panel lighting. *mr *sc
When the vehicle was first started, the brake light illuminated and stayed on until the pads warmed up a little. The problem has occurred more than ten times with this vehicle. *jb failure only occurred when it was cold outside. Consumer was informed that the failure was do to a sensor that didn't sit right and it caused the light to illuminate.
While driving at night with headlights on they will cut off without prior warning, leaving consumer without a vision of the road. Dealer was contacted.
The alternator went out on the car with approximately 55,000 miles which is way too soon. The check engine light came on a couple of weeks later and had to replace the egr valve (covered under warranty). The right headlamp has been replaced at least 5 times since owning the car. It has been checked for an electrical short and nothing could be found. The factory-installed cd player failed at approximately 37,000 miles. I have always heard good things about the honda, but I have not been too pleased with all the little nitpicking stuff. The original tires were replaced at the approximately 50000 mile mark. The new tires were dunlaps which failed within 8 months. Hopefully the new ones will make it.
Consumer states brake lights failed. Dealer notified.
Consumer stated that while driving and without warning water would leak into the overhead doom and leaks inside the vehicle. Dealer notified ts
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