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My 2005 Honda CRV driverside headlight keeps burning out every 2-3 weeks. All fuses are ok and othe lights have no issues. Help? Suggestions?

Hey, did you ever figure out what was going on with your headlight? I have had the same problem about 5 times since I bought my CRV three years ago brand new. My passenger side headlight just went out again. Fortunately, I'm still under warranty, but the dealer keeps saying that there's not an electrical problem. Have you found out differently? Please let me know...thank you!

The problem was water was getting into the connection to my bulb. I taped it up with electrical tape a couple months ago and its been fine. Honda wanted $85 just to look at it.

This has been an ongoing problem for me since I bought my 2005 Honda CRV. I've been pulled over twice by the cops for driving without a headlight because I didn't know it was out. A relative's niece has the same problem with hers - two headlight blowouts in about three weeks. I think this is a design issue. When I talk to Honda dealers about it, they swear they've never heard of such a thing. I have always loved my Hondas because of their reliability - now I'm not so sure. My 1998 CRV lasted 177,000 miles and I never changed a headlight lamp. I'd like to know how widespread the problem is.

More to the point, this connection you're talking about. Where do I find it? Do I open the headlight up and use electrical tape on whatever wire I see going to the headlight?

Thanks.

I'm so glad to have found this. I have a 2005 CRV, also and Honda keeps telling me there is no problem with the electrical system and my lights are fine. I've replaced my headlights at least 5 times (passenger and driverside). Driver side just went out on Sunday during a freezing rain storm. I remember when it happened over the summer I wondered if it was connected to water b/c it was always when it was a major rain storm... now I'm pretty sure that is the problem. I'm so glad to have found this reply!

Thanks - Michele

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Our 2002 Honda CR-V had same low beam headlight issues…
Both low beams went out at the same time this time. 4 bulbs so far in 1 year. Wife was driving, heard a small pop, when both low beam lights went out.
New bulbs were no help. All other lights work fine, fuses okay.
This seems to be a consistent problem for many Gen 2 CR-V owners.

My Solution!!

Tested relays by swapping out the headlight relays with a couple others that are in the fuse/relay box under the hood. Five relays inside are the same type, so easy to do. Still No low beams…

Took the dimmer switch out to check for problems. Quite easy to do, but as soon as I pulled the block connector out of the dimmer switch, I could see a small burn mark on the block connector!!

Took the dimmer switch apart, looking for a short or issue. None found. Dimmer switch is a simple unit, nothing inside was damaged.

And…the male pins that connect into the block connector were slightly corroded and had some burnt plastic between the pins. Could have been a slight short between the pins that caused the block connector to burn, along with the corrosion. Pins are copper; block connector female connectors are aluminum.

Decided to clean the pins and housing and also the block connector female connector. Scraped off most of the corrosion with a very small flat screwdriver, used acetone to cleaned out the plastic debris.

Re-assembled dimmer switch, plugged in block connector, tried lights and everything working normally!

If you are having some low beam light issues, and are uncomfortable with these repairs, let your mechanic know to examine the block connector-to-dimmer switch connections for corrosion if all fuses and relays check out.

Unfortunately, the switch may not be the problem but the connection sure was! It pays to noodle around sometimes.

This also may be the root cause of excessive bulb failures. Our CR-V did not start blowing bulbs till this year, after 4 years of ownership. The dimmer switch is a low current switch that really just turns on the relays for the headlights. Increased resistance in the block connector and pins may have been the root cause all along.

TK

check the headlight wiring and bulb voltage.

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Took my friend's 2003 CRV for annual safety inspection and, low and behold, the low beams weren't working. Replaced 1 bulb, still nothing, checked fuses, checked relays--nothing. High beams worked fine, but the high beam indicator on the dash was not lighting up. With the help of Google searched the problem and found that premature headlamp failures are a common CRV issue and non-working low beams are common too. However, only Sam2000pres had any useful information concerning the Multifunction turn signal, headlamp switch on the column. After taking it apart, I found corrosion. Cleaning it up restored the low beams and the high beam indicator lamp.

Thanks Sam2000pres for your efforts--saved me time and my friend mucho $$$ at the stealership.

sajmy3,

Glad to hear about your success and that my info could help.

I too searched high and low for some pertinent information regarding the low beam light issue. Found many complaints but no real solutions...one fellow mentioned that if not fuses or relays, it had to be in the switch. As soon as I pulled the connector off, I got my answer to the problem.

Hope others out there in Honda land find this message. This CRV has been a great vehicle despite some A/C compressor failures, 130 k and runs like new...

I bet I will not be going thru headlight bulbs so quickly anymore...

TK