2000 Honda Accord Lights Problems

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LIGHTS BLINKING OUT ON DASHBOARD WHILE DRIVING...WORKS PERIODICALLY

TAKATA RECALL I AM AFRAID TO DRIVBE MY CAR BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTING AND GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE OR PROVIDE ANY READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THE MULTIPLEX CONTROL UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V256000 (INTERIOR LIGHTING) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V256000 (INTERIOR LIGHTING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATION LIGHTING FAILED ON MY HONDA 2000 ACCORD EX V6 WHILE DRIVING DURING NIGHT TIME. THE DIMMER SWITCH HAD NO RESPONSE TO ITS CONTROL. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO LIGHTING IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD EX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE DURING THE NIGHT AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE AT WHAT SPEEDS HE WAS TRAVELING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V256000 (INTERIOR LIGHTING). THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 119,000.

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. *TR

MY NIGHTTIME DASHBOARD LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING ON MY HONDA ACCORD EX V6. I CAN NO LONGER SEE MY GAUGES AT NIGHT. DOING SOME SEARCHING IT APPEARS THAT THE MULTIPLEX CONTROL UNIT MAY HAVE FAILED. IT LOOKS LIKE HONDA HAS RECALLED THIS ON 2000 ACCORD LX V6 BUT NOT THE EX. *TR

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 NHTSA 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 NHTSA 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 NHTSA 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 *CN

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 NHTSA 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 *TR

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.*JB

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. *TR

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. *TR

MY HONDA ACCORD 2000 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RECALL "INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS NOT ON" OR NHTSA 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. *TR

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. *JB

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. *TR

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. *TR

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. *JB

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 NHTSA 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 NHTSA DATABASE IS 04V256000 AND HONDA RECALL NUMBER IS P36.*JB

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

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 DIMMER SWITCH AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V256000 DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING. *MR *SC *JB

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. *PH

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. *AK

CONSUMER STATES BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING WATER WOULD LEAK INTO THE OVERHEAD DOOM AND LEAKS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

ALL MAKES AND MODELS WITH HALOGEN OR HI INTENSITY HEADLIGHTS ARE UNSAFE FOR ON-OMING DRIVERS OVER 45. THEY HIDE FEATURES WITH A GREAT DEAL OF DANGEROUS DAZZLING FROM LIGHT HITTING "FLOATERS" AND CATARACTS THAT MAY BE FORMING, AND BOUNCING AROUND WITHIN NORMAL, BUT AGING, EYES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AGE-RELATED DANGER AND TAKE THEM OFF THE ROAD!*AK

INTERIOR INSTRUMENT LIGHTS FLICKER EVERYTIME CONSUMER GETS INTO VEHICLE.*AK