I've had my Phillips kit from visualdynamics in my car since December, and over time the adapter harnesses that run from the OEM harness to the ballast has become more and more flaky. Now pretty much every time I turn on my headlights, one of them does not come on. I have to pop my hood and touch or wiggle the adapter harness to make it come on. The other night NEITHER of the headlights came on, I had to mess with both harnesses.

Is there such a thing as a female 9006 connector (similar to the socket on a 9006 bulb)? Upon inspection it appears that these adapter harnesses were made by chopping up a 9006 bulb and attaching wires to the socket, and I'm thinking the connections are deteriorating.

Unfortunately Trevor tells me these are not covered under warranty and they are like $25 apiece or something. Looks like I'll be making my own harnesses and rewiring my headlights w/ relays and running them straight off the battery (the way Honda should have done it in the first place).

 

Had the same problem, what you need to do is cut the heatshrink wrap stuff off, and just re-solder the connections. Works fine now.

 

Yeah, one of mine flickered when I hit decent sized potholes. It turned out that the harness connector was a bit loose. I just electrical taped the harness connector so it wouldn't flex too much. After that, I never experienced any flickering.

 

Mine have been fine for over 2 years now.

 

I had the same problem.. But somehow it doesn't do it anymore.

Sometimes it would flicker off when I hit a pothole, and wouldn't come on for quite some time, really annoying.

 

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I have tried electrical tape, I've tried zip-tieing it to a nearby harness, etc. but the problem keeps coming back.

 

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I have tried electrical tape, I've tried zip-tieing it to a nearby harness, etc. but the problem keeps coming back. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Try what other has suggested. Resolder the connection. Or, I would just pay $25 to get a new harness. That's not that much $ for a pre-made one, IMO.

 

Well I think I'm just going to go ahead and make new harnesses using relays and fuses so that the OEM headlight harness only switches the relays, and the power comes straight from the battery. IMHO it should have been done this way from the factory, and is safer (vs. stock where all the headlight current goes thru the switch on the steering column ). Toyotas and other cars are wired this way, but not Hondas.

I just have to figure out how to run all the wires to make it look as factory as possible, and spend extra time making sure I make good soldered connections.

 

Seems like this is a common problem. This was also my problem, guess I will try the procedure above