2005 Honda Accord lights problems

Filed Feb 9, 2017 · Electrical, Lights · 169,000 miles · TN

The cluster lights and the dome light will get dim. The dome light does when you open the doors. The cluster lights will while the head lights are on. The lights on the radio do the same. The radio will make a loud noise and stop playing until you turn off and turn back on.the wiring to back speakers is put in wrong dont work at all. The seat belts will lock when trying to pull them and it dont matter if its in motion or stationary.

Filed May 5, 2016 · Lights · 118,000 miles · IL

Headlights have top layer coming off the finish. The headlight then turns yellow and the clear lens becomes cloudy. This greatly reduces the amount of light on the road when driving at night. This causes increased danger of a car hitting an animal or pedestrian when driving at night. Aftermarket lens cleaning kits only offer a temporary fix. The only true fix is to replace the headlights, at a cost of almost $1000. The headlights are a safety devise that should last the life of the car, just like a seat belt or air bag. This headlight problem can be found on every car manufacture, not just honda. Cloudy headlights should be replaced at no cost.

Filed Apr 26, 2016 · Lights · OR

My headlights appear to not illuminate very far in the night on the low beam. Additionally as a contributing the outer casing of the headlights are dull and the plastic appears to have deteriorated. While the dealership I saw 3 other hondas with the same clouded outer casings. On the hwy at night I notice nights are noticeably providing less light on the road - and I am not comparing to the new style type lights - just regular lights on other cars shine way further out. The dealership suggested at nearly $100 each I could have a body shop work on them. This appears to be safety hazard from poorly designed materials used for the headlights and it feel honda should remedy this as it is making my headlight not perform as intended or expected. The dealers attitude ( beaverton honda) was not to do anything but they did acknowledge the damage visibility due to this and said it was from being used outside in weather? It's a car not an indoor house cat!

Filed Jan 15, 2016 · Lights · 120,000 miles · OR

The head unit failed making the entire control panel dark. The only way to repair this is to have to purchase an entire audio unit which did not fail. Parts were the front panel for $243.44 and the head unit for 900.65 plus installation costs. As this was a safety issue we had no choice but to replace. The lights should not fail and the cost is excessive requiring replacement of working parts.

Filed Jun 16, 2015 · Acceleration, Body · 115,683 miles · FL · crash

This is the second time that this vehicle causes an accident due to involuntary acceleration defect. I was coming to a complete stop to park the car when all of a sudden it accelerated on its own and sped into a building. First it hit an iron bench pushing it into the wall. The car missed hitting a young mother and her four little kids by mere seconds. My insurance company sent one of their own adjusters to inspect the damages, and determined that the car should be repaired. In the meantime the people at the body shop where the car was towed to kept telling me that the car was not safe to be put on the road again. I pleaded with my insurer to have it totaled as I was too afraid to drive it again after two accidents, and my conscience did not allow me to sell the car after the repairs putting somebody else in same kind of danger. I also called honda, but their reply was that honda was not going to do anything about it. Honda folks were even annoyed that I called them saying that my insurer was the one to contact them through the proper channels. Finally my insurance agreed to total the car. However, I saw that the car was sold to an auction dealer listing it as "salvage title/rebuildable." the car is for sale again stating that it will cost $4,872.00 to fix it. My insurance company increased my premiums considerably considering me the party at fault. I ask the federal safety agency to act quickly to stop this unsafe and unfair practice.....updated 08/20/15 *bf updated 9/30/2015

Filed May 13, 2015 · Body, Lights · 9,119 miles · FL · crash

As I was coming to a complete stop, parking, the car sped up involuntarily. I kept pressing on the brakes, but it did not make any difference until the car was stopped by hitting a building. I was told that the dealer inspected the brakes while the car was at the body shop, and did not find anything wrong with them. The car was repaired, and I continued driving it. The involuntary acceleration occurred several times again, but I did not think anything of it because I was not coming to a complete stop, and it adjusted its speed again. Until...I had another accident eight years later due to none other than involuntary acceleration. See a separate complaint.

Filed Jan 13, 2015 · Lights · TX

Front lights get dim inconsistently and cannot see at night.

Filed Oct 24, 2014 · Lights · 100,000 miles · FL · crash

It crashed into a suddenly stopped car. Nothing changed.

Filed May 18, 2014 · Lights · NY

A few years ago I noticed the headlights on my car were developing an opaqueness that reduced the amount of light thrown onto the roadway, certain dangerous in the darkness of night and exacerbated when driving on an unlit road. Recently I have noticed more and more older cars of various makes and models with the same problem and I wonder if all these manufacturers have bought the same high impact [lexan?] lenses from the same supplier. Yeasrs ago glass headlamps did not suffer this aging process as does these newer plastic/polycarbon replacements. According to a report I read in consumers' report there really is no satisfactory way to restore clarity to these older lights. This problem begs the question "what to do?" should there be a recall or not...this is the auto companies' doing, not mine or any one else's driving a vehicle with reduced light from their headlamps. In case of a low visibilty caused accident whoo will bear the responsibility? Isn't this as serious as other safety issues confronting consumers, e.g., gm's ignition switch, various airbag problems, brake pedal issues, et al>? Updated 11/24/2014

Filed Jan 27, 2014 · Airbags, Lights · 116,000 miles · VA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. The contact stated while driving approximately 3 MPH. The air bag deployed on low impact when she hit a lamp base pole on the driver's side bumper. The contact injured her right forearm which required surgery. The vehicle was not taken to an dealer or an independent mechanic to be repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 116,000...updated 04-10-14 *bf updated 06/30/2017