1999 Honda Accord Lighting Problems

DRIVING 55MPH ON EXPRESSWAY AT 8:30 PM, NOT WELL LIT. DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME, PULLED OVER. FRONT OF CAR SMOOSHED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JS

MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL IN THE RAIN AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO KEEP FROM REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. OUR CAR SUSTAINED EXTREME FRONT END DAMAGE. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END IS CRUMPLED AND STILL THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I THOUGHT MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A SAFE CAR. *TR

ALL DASH LIGHTS GO OUT ON MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. A SAFETY RECALL WAS DONE FOR THIS PROBLEM CAUSED BY A DEFECTED MULTIPLEX CONTROL UNIT ON THE HONDA ACCORD YEARS 2000 TO 2004. WHY ARE OLDER ACCORDS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL SINCE THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART WAS INSTALLED ON THEM?*TR

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WAS BRIGHTER THAN THE LEFT HEADLIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC COVERING OVER THE HEADLIGHT WAS SHADED WITH A YELLOW FILM OVER IT, WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT HEADLIGHT TO APPEAR DIM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 80,000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT EXTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED TO WORK. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IN A PRIOR SERVICE BULLETIN BY HONDA THESE COMPONENTS ARE ALL LINKED TO A FAULTY MULTIPEXOR SWITCH ( SERVICE BULLETIN #00-07C). IN TALKING TO HONDA THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PERTAINING TO EXPORTS. THE CONSUMER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE TO BE DONE NOW THE LIGHTS STAY ON ALL THE TIME NOW. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TC

MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD'S LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING WITHOUT NOTICE. I WILL BE DRIVING AND THEN THEY WILL JUST TURN OFF. I HAVE CHECKED THE BULBS, AND THE BULBS ARE STILL NEW. I HAVE BOUGHT MANY SETS OF BULBS, AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I HAVE HEARD OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS JAPANEESE MADE ACCORDS, AND AMERICAN CIVICS. MY ACCORD WAS MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN.

BRAKE SWITCH INOP. THE BRAKE SWITCH GOES OUT REQUIRING THE MANUAL OVER-RIDE TO SWITCH THE CAR OUT OF PARK. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE SWITCH GOES OUT, ALL OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. WE HAVE OWNED OUR 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX SINCE IT WAS NEW AND WE ARE NOW GOING ON OUR FOURTH BRAKE SWITCH. THIS LAST OCCURENCE IT APPEARS TO BE INTERMITENT. SO I DO NOT KNOW FOR HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITH REAR BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING EVERY TIME WE USE OUR BRAKES. THE MILEAGE AND DATES OF REPLACEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: NOV 2001 34,000 MILES MAY 2002 40,000 MILES FEB 2003 53,865 MILES

LEFT TURN SIGNAL INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO CANCEL. VISUAL DISTORTION IN WINDSHIELD

TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO SELF CANCEL ON LEFT TURNS SOMETIMES, DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL: UNIBODY SO OUT OF ALIGNMENT THAT DOORS (4) DO NOT FIT PROPERLY, WIND AND ROAD NOISE PRESENT CONSTANTLY, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED TWICE, MORE DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE BY DEALER ATTEMPTING REPAIRS. *AK

I HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED AT STOP LIGHTS FIVE TIMES IN THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN AT A COMPLETE STOP FOR EACH ONE OF THESE. IN SEARCHING FOR A REASON FOR THIS I HAVE REALIZED THAT THE 1999 HONDA ACCORDS HAVE DIM BRAKE LIGHTS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THIS HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE INJURIES AND HEARTACHES. I HAVE NOT BEEN AT FAULT IN ANY OF THESE, AND HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT BEFORE OWNING THIS CAR. *AK