Ten problems related to headlights have been reported for the 2003 Honda Accord. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Honda Accord based on all problems reported for the 2003 Accord.
Headlight lenses fogging up and deminished lighting due to poor quality material of lens chosen by manuacturer and approvedby whomever. There are many brand autos effected by this condition and now there are kits and shops to polish out the lenses at owner expense. This is not a normal maintenence type item and should be benefitted a recall . Auto manufacturers should also be advised that their choise of a cheaper material has placed numerous autos on the road with a litetime safety hazard to driver visual impairment.
The low beam lamps of the headlights have failed 3 times - twice in the driver side, once on the passenger side. This appears to be a major problem for Honda as other Honda models have been recalled for the same type of failure. Additionally, due to the design of the car, it is extremely complicated to replace the bulb. As noted in the car instruction manual, the lining from the front wheel well must be removed to access the head lamp bulb! this makes it is very difficult for anyone other than a Honda dealer to replace the bulb. As a consequence, repairs to the head lamp cannot be easily and quickly made by an average owner, further adding to the safety hazard caused by the lamp failure. Honda should be required to recall this model, repair the head lamps, and replace with a new design to enable rapid, simple bulb replacement by the average owner. Replacing a major safety item on an auto should not be so difficult. How many injuries have been caused due to this problem?.
First, my cd player stops working out of nowhere, which I later come to find out that they had installed an internal defective cd player. A couple of weeks after the cd player broke, my drive side door would not lock with the keyless entry or power locks. Then, a couple of weeks ago my driver side headlight went out. I got someone to change both so that one wouldn't be bright than the other, but after they were both I changed, the drive side headlight still refused to work.
- the contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord with a failure mileage of 83,000. The contact stated that when she turned on the headlights the instrument panel became too dim to read. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, and was told that the audio unit had to be replaced. The dealer replaced the unit free of charge, but the failure recurred. The current mileage was 85,975.
This complaint applies to almost all currently sold vehicles from all manufacturers. The polycarbonite lenses on vehicle headlights deteriorate quickly and greatly reduce the effectiveness of the headlights. This cost of replacing these defective lenses is prohibitive for most owners and they simply drive with the defective and unsafe headlights. Manufacturers should be required to replace these degraded and unsafe lenses with glass or other non-hazing material at no charge. Polishing schemes rarely are effective and do not last long anyway. Ultraviolet radiation along with normal weathering is the suspected cause of this deterioration of the poorly designed and manufactured lenses.
- the contact stated that headlights failed while driving at night. The contact stated that the headlights flickered on and off. This happened all the time, the headlights would be functioning, and then the light flickered on and off automatically. The contact stated that the interior dome light flickered on and off as well. Honda had a recall for the same problem for 2003 Accords with campaign # 06e02300, for exterior lighting, headlights. The contact took the vehicle to the dealership, and was told that the electronic load detector needed to be replaced, which would cost $676. 38. The contact felt this vehicle should be part of the recall. Updated 02/27/07.
My 2003 Honda Accord has a manufactures defect in the main fuse box which causes a faulty connection and the headlights dim during driving. Honda has this listed as a service bulletin and not a recall. How is this possible since one can not safely drive their car at night if the headlights will not stay light?.
The contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the driver side headlight has been replaced twice by the manufacturer due to a low beam. The headlight continues to have a low beam and does not match the passenger side headlight. The passenger side headlight has water inside the cover. The engine size and purchase date were unknown. The current mileage is 50,000 and failure mileage was 29,500.
My 2003 Honda Accord has a problem with the headlights that "dim" to 40%-50% of their normal brightness about once every minute of operation. I took my car the Honda dealership to fix this problem; they showed me some information from Honda of America that said that this problem is normal and has no repair. I trust my that my local dealer has done everything within their means to fix the problem; if Honda of America has admitted that this problem exsists, why aren't they being forced to fix this safety hazard? who holds Honda of America accountable to fix known problems?.
I have problems with my headlights dimming as I drive along. The headlights seem to be flashing high to low. When they dim they lose 20 to 30 percent of their brightness. I can really see them flashing on dark roads were there are no street lights. Honda dealer cannot find the problem.