2000 Honda Civic Exterior lighting Problems

“During the day the inside of my car had a burning plastic smell. Later that night, my headlight low beams would not work. I had to drive home with the passing beams wedged on. Today I took the headlight/turn signal switch off of the steering column. The assembly had started to melt and the harness connector that was attached to it is singed! Apparently I am not the first to have this problem in a Honda vehicle. Please let me know what can be done.”

“The passenger side low beams on the car do not work even though the high beams will work. It seems somewhat similar to what happens to the 2001 & 2002 Honda civics. The fueses in the car seem to work fine and even when a new bulb is installed the low beams only work for a couple of days before the low beams stop working.”

“While driving the car on the evening of feb 11, 2005, we (wife and I) smelled a burning smell, we thought it was coming from outside the vehicle,so we started closing the sunroof and windows when I noticed smoke coming from the steering column. I looked in the hole where the stick for the headlights/turn signal was and saw flames. We quickly pulled into a convienence store and while I tried blowing it out (I had nothing else available to do and it was still small enough I thought it was possible), my wife ran in and got a fire extinguisher which put out the fire. …”

“The cars safety belts have had trouble retracting for about 5 years. I was unaware of being able to report safety issues, or would have much sooner. Most recently the low beams went out. The srs light is also on. The cars horn is wired into the srs system. So you loose two major safety features at once. Very bad design. The drivers seat had been loose for years. The skid plate/floorboard cracked and allowed the bolts or hardware to corrode. I ran the VIN and was surprised no recalls are available, as the problems my family is experiencing have been recalled on similar Honda's.”

“Consumer received NHTSA recall 04v086000 concerning low beam lighting. Consumer contacted the dealer to schedule an appointment for a saturdaybut the dealer informed the consumer that recall repairs were not performed on saturdays. The consumer finally had the repair made on that saturday.”