2008 Honda Accord Lighting Problems

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ANY SPEED THE HEADLIGHTS DIM EVERY 10 TO 15 SECONDS. HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED BY A PROFESSIONAL AND BOTH WAS GOOD. SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE EXACT SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE.

'TAKEDA RECALL' I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HONDA BUENA PARK IN BUENA PARK, CA FOR THIS RECALL, AND I'M JUST FINDING OUT THAT THE RECALL IS STILL ACTIVE.

PERSON PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I STRUCK HER WITH FRONT AND EDGE OF BUMPER. THE SIDE CURTAIN DEPLOYED, BUT NOT THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG. I WENT FORWARD AND WAS HIT IN THE CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS WAS ON A 4 LANE STREET LEADING OUT OF TOWN THE SPEED WAS 35 MPH

WHILE DRIVING, HEADLIGHTS IN NORMAL POSITION DIM TO POINT OF NOT BEING SAFE TO SEE AND THEN THEY FLICKER TO BEING NORMAL LOW BEAMS AGAIN. THIS PROCESS OCCURS AT SPEEDS FROM 0-70 AND OCCURS 2-3 TIMES A MINUTE. THIS ALSO OCCURS WHEN BRIGHT LIGHTS ARE ON. PLEASE PRESSURE HONDA TO FIX THIS VERY WELL KNOWN AND IGNORED PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. WHAT DOES IT TAKE? FORUMS ALL OVER INTERNET WITH SAME COMPLAINS. NOT ISOLATED EVENTS !!! *TR

HEAD LAMPS DIM AND FLICKER EVERY FEW MINUTES WHILE DRIVING. I AM AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECH AND L! TECH SO I UNDER STAND THE CAUSE. HONDA USES A VOLTAGE SENSING DEVISE TO TURN OFF THE CHARGING SYSTEM TO LOWER THE ENGINE LOAD SOMETIMES AND INCREASE GAS MILEAGE. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE HEAD LAMPS ON THE ALTERNATOR CAN ONLY BE TURNED OFF BRIEFLY BEFORE THE VOLTAGE FALLS TOO LOW AND THE CHARGING SYSTEM MUST TURN BACK ON. THIS LEADS TO A CONSTANT FLICKERING OF ALL THE LAMPS AND SOMETIMES CONFUSION TO OTHER DRIVERS WHO THINK YOU FLASHED YOUR LIGHTS AT THEM SO THEY CAN TURN LEFT IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN REALLY YOU DID NOT. I THINK ALL THESE CARS NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO KEEP THE ALTERNATOR TURNED ON WHEN THE HEAD LAMPS ARE ON, A SIMPLE FIX THAT WOULD MAKE THEM MUCH SAFER.

2008 HONDA ACCORD HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN AC IS ON WHEN FAN CYCLES, OCCURS EVERY 15-20 SECONDS. THIS IS A MAJOR DISTRACTION. DRIVERS IN FRONT OF ME THINK I AM FLASHING MY LIGHTS AT THEM. TOOK MY CAR TO HONDA AND THEY STATED THIS IS "NORMAL". THIS IS NOT NORMAL. I HAVE OWNED NUMEROUS VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM. HONDA NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN FAN SWITCH IS ON. FLICKER HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 20 SECONDS WITH A/C ON AND LESS WITH HEAT. DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. *TR

WE LEASED A NEW 2008 HONDA ACCORD AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED. THIS WAS VERY ANNOYING AND WHEN WE ASKED THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER ABOUT IT THEY GAVE US A DOCUMENT THAT STATES THAT IT'S NORMAL. WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT ANSWER BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO. 2 YEARS LATER AND STILL CONSTANTLY HAVING THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AT NIGHT MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR AT NIGHT AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND SAID THEY DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE NORMAL FLICKER. NOW MY WIFE WON'T DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT THINKING THIS IS GONG TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE DEALER WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

2008 HONDA ACCORD PURCHASED NEW AT GARY FORCE HONDA BOWLING GREEN KY. FIRST ISSUE: COLD START RATTLE, DEALER REPLACED ATC ACTUATOR, PROBLEM CORRECTED. HAVE REPLACED BRAKES ON THE CAR 4 TIMES. MOST RECENTLY REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO AND NOW WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WORSE THAN A ROAD WAGON. AT 70,000 MILES OIL LIGHT CAME ON, CHECKED OIL AND NONE WAS ON THE STICK. ADDED OIL, TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED VTC ACTUATOR BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. COMPLAINED AGAIN AND THEY PERFORMED OIL CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS ONLY TO TELL ME IT WAS USING LESS THAN ONE QUART PER ONE THOUSAND MILES AND THAT WAS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD. A FEW MONTHS LATER I BECAME MORE IRRITATED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND COMPLAINED AGAIN. THEY PERFORMED ANOTHER OIL CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS TO TELL ME IT WAS USING MORE THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY BUT LESS THAN ONE QUART PER 1000 MILES AND WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. CURRENTLY THE CAR HAS 100000 MILES ON IT AND YES, THE WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED AND IT'S USING ONE QUART PER 1200 MILES. I WROTE HONDA OF AMERICA A LETTER AND COMPLAINED. THEY CALLED BUT OTHER THAN KIND WORDS, THEY DID NOTHING. OH AND HAVE I MENTIONED THE HEAD LIGHTS.... THEY BLINK WHEN THE HEAT OR AIR IS ON. I MUST NOT FORGET THAT THE LEATHER ON BOTH THE ARM REST AND CONSOLE HAS BUBBLED UP BUT NO SIGNS OF WEAR OR DAMAGE AROUND THE BUBBLES. AND LET ME NOT FORGET THE MOST RECENT ISSUE: NOW OFTEN TIMES WHILE SETTING COMPLETELY STILL AT A STOP LIGHT AND/OR GOING DOWN THE ROAD I HEAR A CLICKING SOUND IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I AM NOT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN I HEAR THIS NOISE. IT JUST STARTS CLICKING, KIND OF LIKE AN ELECTRONIC CLICK COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. OH WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK HONDA MADE WHEN IT BUILT THE 2008 ACCORD. PAID 30,000 FOR IT AND I'M SADLY DISAPPOINTED. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. ITS HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND ARE VERY DIM. THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. I CANNOT SEE VERY FAR AHEAD OF MY CAR AND IT LOOKS AS IF I AM FLASHING MY LIGHTS AT OTHERS. ALSO MY TAIL LIGHTS FLICKERS WHICH GIVE THE IMPRESSION I AM BRAKING. *TW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS BEING USED, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER FROM HIGH TO A LOWER LEVEL INTENSITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WAS DESIGNED IN THAT WAY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.

1. NO EVENTS LED UP TO THE ISSUE. 2. HEADLIGHTS DIM/FLICKER WHEN THE A/C CYCLES ON/OFF. THE DIMMING OCCURS ON AVERAGE EVERY 20-30 SECONDS. 3. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO FIX THE ISSUE. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NO FIX. *TR

WHEN I DRIVE MY 2008 HONDA ACCORD EX-L I4 AT NIGHT, WITH THE A/C ON, THE HEADLAMPS FLICKER. *TR

I'VE NOTICED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THAT MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED A PATTERN OR FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE, BUT IT HAPPENS ENOUGH TO NOTICE. ONCOMING CARS THINK I'M FLICKERING MY HEADLIGHTS AT THEM. I DRIVE A 2008 HONDA ACCORD EX-L. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 ACCORD EX-L WITH THE 4 CYLINDER ENGINE ON 5/30/08. THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE FLICKER OR DIM AT NIGHT AS AC OR OTHER FANS CYCLE ON & OFF. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING FOR ME & MUST BE FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS THAT MEET ME ON THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL LOAD DETECTOR (ELD) SYSTEM. THEY ARE NOT ABLE OR NOT WILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFELY HAZARD. I WONDER WHETHER IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE A CAR THAT DIMS ITS HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CANNOT BE RESOLVED, AND WHY HONDA DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS A MAJOR PROBLEM. SHOULD HONDA BE ALLOWED TO DECIDE THE DIMMING PROBLEM IS NORMAL? *TR

NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED. HOWEVER, MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHENEVER I HAVE MY HEADLIGHTS ON, ABOUT EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. THIS HAPPENS EACH TIME I DRIVE MY CAR WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2008 HONDA ACCORD EX. EVERY TIME THE HEADLIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING, THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FLICKER AND DIM. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND HE SAID IT WAS NORMAL. I'VE DISCUSSED WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE A 2008 ACCORD AND THEY NOTICE THE SAME THING. IT IS A VERY ANNOYING FEATURE THAT SUPPOSEDLY IS PART OF AN ELD-ELECTRONIC LOAD DETECTOR ON THIS MODEL. I'VE HAD PRIOR ACCORDS WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM. HOPING THAT HONDA WOULD DO FIX IT. THANKS. *TR

TODAY I ALMOST WRECK BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE THE TURN SIGNAL ON A 2008 OR2009 HONDA ACCORD BECAUSE OF THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS ARE NEXT TO THE TURN SIGNAL AND ARE SO BRIGHT THEY BLOCK THE TURN SIGNAL FLASH. *TR

THE HEAD LIGHTS DIM AT 15-30 SECOND INTERVALS. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE HAD PEDESTRIANS WALK OUT IN FRONT OF ME IN PARKING LOTS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS SIGNALING THEM TO CROSS. *TR

2008 HONDA ACCORD LX 4 CYLINDER L&R TAIL LIGHTS REAR FENDER HAD TO BE REPAINTED TAIL LIGHTS DIDN'T FIT PROPERLY INTO THE BODY. DEALER STATED THIS IS A PROBLEM FROM THE FACTORY . TAIL LIGHTS FOG UP AFTER A CAR WASH OR RAIN STORM . BROUGHT TO CURY HONDA 4X . *TR