I was accelerating while driving and my car suddenly shut off. I only had power to my radio and headlights. I had to switch on my hazards, put my car in park. I turned it off and back on and it started right back up- but had I of been on the freeway I would have been hit. I had my 2 year old son in the car with me. I immediately turned around to go home and it happened once again on the way back (luckily I took side streets home) turned out to be the ignition switch, but the shop is telling me the whole thing needs to be replaced.
1995 Honda Civic: headlights failing or too dim
5 of the 199 complaints about the 1995 Honda Civic describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Headlights failing or too dim by model year
What owners say
I noticed that my low-beam headlights were not working. However, the high beams and parking lights worked. I attempted to replace a bulb and noticed that the plastic electrical connection to both headlights had melted.
While driving this 95 honda civic si, on 4 different occasions when significant impact was made with my car; the airbags (front drivers and passengers) did not deploy! One occasion was when we hit a deer head on. The hood of the car was crumpled in, the poor deer died, one headlight was knocked out. The airbags didn't deploy. On a second occasion, driving on freeway at 65 MPH, my son swerved and hit the siderail, then swerved onto the median of the road. The entire back/side of passengers side was destroyed to the point that repair would be more than value of car...metal was literally ripped out and part of the bumper torn off; yet no airbag deployed!! Car was still drivable, my son took it out and had an accident where he ran into a building adding more damage to the deer damage at the front end of the car...no airbag deployment!!!!! Again!!! And the last occasion the poor car was parked near the campus of a university, someone ran into the back end of the car, at a speed of 45ish. The back was smashed in, and crumpled. Bumper ,back door etc completely torn up. The car not safe to drive, gas tank only able to hold 1 gallon of gas and fumes now coming into car because of damage...yet still no airbags deployed!!! This last incident(thank god) was the only time that no one was in the car when it occurred! What is wrong with hondas airbags?? Is this prevalent with the acura's too? I have one of them where the lights come on for no apparent reason. Incidents from 03 to 06, one incident with police involvement.
While the air conditioner was on, water leaked through the dashboard. This caused an electrical malfunction and damaged the radio shorting out the head lamps and other parts to the vehicle. Dealership replaced so many parts within a 5 year period. Consumer will send invoices showing the components replaced.
Headlights fail to operate during normal operation of vehicle, consumer determined headlight harness was causing a switch to burn out/melt, resulting in failure of the headlights. Dealership has not examined vehicle to determine a cause for this problem. *ak
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1995 Honda Civic headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 1995 Honda Civic?
5 of 199 owner complaints about the 1995 Honda Civic (3%) mention headlights failing or too dim. The model year with the most reports is 2001.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1995 Honda Civic?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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