1988 Honda Accord Electrical system Problems

“Daughter had driven car about 10 miles to get home. She parked in front of the house and came in. She said nothing unusual about driving the car. Some minutes later a neighbor knocked on the door and said there was smoke coming from under the car. We checked and there was smoke and sparks from under the engine compartment. Got so bad we called 911 and fire company forced the hood open and put out the fire. Entire engine compartment melted/damaged. Am expecting the insurance company to total the car after they look at it today march 13. The car has not been recently worked on.”

“The hide away headlight assembly keeps cutting the headlight wiring harness in two after the headlights open and shut several times. This looks like a manufacturing defect. I have personally fixed this problem twice in 76000 miles with the previous owner doing it twice.”

“Driver's side headlight 2 fuses failed. Wiring harness at las tstrap too short, and all three conductors had bare insulation and shorted out against each other. One conductor was negative.”