2006 Honda Pilot Lighting Problems

While driving at night, with rain and fog, the low beam headlights became extremely dim which made it impossible to see the road. Surprisingly both low beam headlights went dim, not effective at all, I had to depend on my fog lights for a bit of visibility. Could it be the headlamp, turn signal switch on the column that has gone bad?? So dangerous, my wife was almost shaking as we slowly made our way home, and we live in the country so scary drive home.

BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. HIGH BEAMS WORKED FINE.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAVE FAILED - BULBS ARE GOOD, HAVE REPLACED WITH KNOWN GOOD BULB TO NO AVAIL. HAVE READ MULTIPLE REPORTS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THE HONDA PILOT FROM 2003-2008. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE EARLIER (PRE 2005) PILOTS BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED BY HONDA IN LATER MODELS. THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS THE VEHICLE IN ANY STATE, PARKED, MOTOR ON OR OFF, WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION OR STANDING STILL. HI-BEAM HEADLIGHTS STILL FUNCTION PROPERLY IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEM IN THE EARLIER RECALL. VEHICLE HAS ROUGHLY 180,000 MILES ON IT.

HEADLIGHT BLOWS BULBS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. YESTERDAY THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. TOOK INTO HONDA SERVICE CENTER AND THEY CANT FIND A PROBLEM

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT STOPPED WORKING BECAUSE THE CONNECTOR/SOCKET HAD MELTED. HAVE NOT FIXED YET BUT APPARENTLY THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RECALLED ON 2003 HONDA PILOTS, BUT NOT ON 2006

PASSENGER SIDE DIM LIGHTS AND PARKING LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. *TR

THE RIGHT LOW BEAM HEAD HEADLIGHT DOES NOT TURN ON. AFTER BUYING A NEW BULB AND CHECKING THE FUSE.THE FUSE IS FINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PUTTING THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE LOW BEAMS BUT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAMS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE BECAME AWARE OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V136000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HEADLIGHTS: SWITCH). THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED SINCE THE RECALL WAS NOT FOR HER MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT HAD THE BULB REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS NOT CERTAIN OF THE REPAIR THAT WAS PERFORMED BUT BELIEVED IT WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92292 UPDATED 04/18/12*BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER LIGHT FAILED AGAIN. UPDATED 05/31/12

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON 2006 HONDA PILOT DO NOT SHINE VERY FAR WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL. THERE IS A DIVIDER BAR BETWEEN LOWER (LOW BEAM) AND UPPER (HIGH BEAM) LIGHTS THAT LIMITS THE DISTANCE THE LOW BEAM SHINES WHEN AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL AND PROCEEDING UP ANOTHER HILL. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATE 50 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO VISIBILITY ABOVE 12 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE VEHICLE MEETS FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS AND NO REPAIRS ARE AVAILABLE. UPDATED 3/22/2006 - *NM