i posted this a couple days ago but i need some clarity. the point at which the connector connects to the bulb. there is two wires a red and black. my headlight kept going out and i looked at the wires and the black one looks to have some of the covering off and the wires are exposed and green. when i wiggle this wire it turns the headlight off and on. what do i need to do to fix this? i am not going to just wrap it with electrical tape cause i wanna actually fix it. how would i repair this. it doesnt look like i can just cut the wire down and re-insert. its too snug 4 that. also i dont see replacing the entire harness since i cant seem to find the end of its. (its all loomed up). any help would be great.

 

You could go to Home Depot or something like that and find a copper de-oxidizer solution for faucets. That black wire is the 'ground' wire for the headlight...its completing the circuit back to the chassis+battery (-). Try that stuff, get it clean then wrap tightly with electrical tape.

What you could also do is cut the whole connector off and splice in a connector from another accord from a junkyard or something. Maybe even another car from even another year as long as its the same size. Those connectors are pretty standardized.

Edit: I'm surprised that a 2001 accord is showing this kind of problem. Take it in for warranty work? I think the body had a 100k mile corrosion warranty....?


[Modified by RotaryBzzz, 12:15 PM 10/20/2002]

 

thanks for the tips. i had a feeling that this was caused by me runing those crappy blue higher wattage bulbs when i first got my car. then i switched to HID.s and i was having problems with that side with the HIDs....the ballast i thought but i guess my harness was fried. took it to honda today and they had to replace a couple of things. only 45 bucs for the three parts and they wanted another 45 for labor......bwahaha...installed the new plug and connectors myself. seems the whole **** had melted. to me for paying so much for easy to findshit but oh well.

-chris B

 

discount auto parts sells a replacemtent. under 5 dollars i think.

 

I got a similiar problem with my lighting...I tried to wire my bumber lights to second as foglights by connecting a new line to the turnsignals and disconnecting the bumber lights...it worked for a day and then stopped.....I defaulted the setup and now my turn signals dont work and the bumbers do.....I still can't figure out whats the matter

 

well my one side goes off and on
those crappy blue lights i used to have where too high wattage and burn the little plastic housing.