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Honda Fit Exterior Lighting Safety Report | Oct 21, 2010
Reported on Oct 21, 2010
| DRIVING HOME IN THE EVENING, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 HONDA FIT SPORT SUDDENLY FAILED FOR NO APPARENT REASON GIVING ME NO FORWARD VISION ON A VERY DARK HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. IN ORDER TO GET MY CAR HOME I FOUND I HAD HIGH BEAMS ONLY THEREFORE NO CHOICE BUT TO USE THEM TO GET HOME WHICH WAS BLINDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS THEY CONTINUOUSLY FLASHED ME. I HAD RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON ISSUE ON MY MODEL AND YEAR AND THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS PUT IN MOTION. I BROUGHT THIS INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF PRINTOUTS TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR TO BE REPAIRED. MY HONDA DEALER CHARGED ME AN $80 DIAGNOSTIC FEE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME THAT THE WIRING IN A HARNESS TO THE LOW BEAM SWITCH HAD FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND MELTING WIRE FROM OVERHEATING THEY RESPONDED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO REWIRE THE HARNESS CONNECTOR AND REPLACE THE SWITCH TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AN ALMOST $300 DOLLAR REPAIR. WHEN I CONFRONTED THEM ABOUT THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM OR DESIGN FLAW IN THE VEHICLE THEY RESPONDED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT AND REQUIRED THE FULL PRICE OF THE WORK. AT THE TIME OF BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, A THURSDAY, THEIR WIRING TECH WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE THAT DAY AND TO BRING THE CAR BACK ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY FORCING ME TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PRACTICE OF USING MY HIGH BEAMS ONLY AS I HAVE NO OTHER CAR AND MY JOB REQUIRES ME TO DRIVE HOME AT NIGHT OFTEN. *TR | |
| Make: | Honda |
| Model: | Fit |
| Manufactured by: | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | ORLANDO FL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | JHMGD38687S |
| Mileage: | 50100 miles. |
| Speed: | 60 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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