Water inside euro headlight

*update*

honda specialist mechanic 'honmaz' serviced my car but informed me that only honda dealers were authorised to fit the headlight clips.

they suggested i just get the local dealer to do it (might have to stand there and watch them, dont trust them not to ding my car) and if the clips dont work, they suggest i push for a replacement headlight.. all of which should be free.

in other news, the trip home from perth i did 396kms between filling up and used 27L... not bad economy! (love the 25c/L cheaper fuel in perth)

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Was it misaligned before the dealer put on the clips? I bet you didn't notice it then. Putting on those clips doesn't involve the removal of your headlights. Just the top plastic shield.

On my car after having it for 2 years, the gap between the bumper and the headlights increased to 4mm.

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Aaronng (or anyone else) is this gap between the bumper and the headlights normal? I have a gap of about 4mm on the passenger side but a normal snug fit on the driver's side. I have never had the water in the headlights issue but is this gap a problem or could it get worse?
Thanks.

which reminds me...

reluctantly booked my car in to the local honda dealer (midwest auto group, aka dodgy brother's) and the mrs took it in her lunch break..

when the apprentice told her it was ready to go she asked about the moisture still inside the headlight and why it hadnt been dried out before the clips were fitted .. he tried to fob her off, but her pushing the issue alerted a senior mechanic to come have a look and he assessed the headlight as being too far gone for the clips to effective and instructed the apprentice to order a new headlight.

happy days!

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Originally Posted by unity

Aaronng (or anyone else) is this gap between the bumper and the headlights normal? I have a gap of about 4mm on the passenger side but a normal snug fit on the driver's side. I have never had the water in the headlights issue but is this gap a problem or could it get worse?
Thanks.

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i have a slight gap on the lefthand sid eof my euro bumper/headlight... but my euro was in a small accident lol so not sure whether thats the cause...

having said that, the bumper being lower than the light will have nothing to do with the headlight getting moisture, theyre two completly different parts :thumbsup: the bumper acutally hangs off/clips onto a metal bracket bolted under the light, maybe if u bend that up a abit itll sit perfect! :D

Dammit Dammit Dammit! I got mist on my passenger lights. I'm past warrenty and have installed HID's!

Not as bad as the pics that have been posted. I'll give it a few days and hope for the best. Strip out HIDs and borrow dust caps and take it back to dealership even after warrenty? Anyone who's been in the same position successfully got them replaced AFTER warranty??

Sorry to revive this thread again :p

i had mine replaced after warranty, only just recently.

mines a lux with factory hids though, so not exactly same position as you

yeah same i had mine replaced out of warrantee for 3 years!! and they still covered me just 300 labour brand new lights

I've recently had both my front headlamps replaced about 3 months ago due to moisture, and now there both fogging up.. AGAIN, (2006 standard)

I'm not too sure what to do, i don't want to go back and forth to the dealer every few months to get the headlights replaced.

Is there anything else i can do to stop them from fogging up again, and does anybody know what the culprit part of the headlight that is actually letting the water in?

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by tknova

I've recently had both my front headlamps replaced about 3 months ago due to moisture, and now there both fogging up.. AGAIN, (2006 standard)

I'm not too sure what to do, i don't want to go back and forth to the dealer every few months to get the headlights replaced.

Is there anything else i can do to stop them from fogging up again, and does anybody know what the culprit part of the headlight that is actually letting the water in?

Cheers.

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I don't think you have much choice but to go back to the dealer.It's not your fault that they fogged up again.

sorry to bring this thread up again..
but i brought my euro into burswood honda today and tried to get a replacement unit.

i bought this car over from a business and over the last few weeks when it rains ive realised it has had condensation collect in the headlight unit. Burswood honda was pretty good about it, however they had to confirm with honda australia if they will replace it. They confirmed with me that the campaign to fix up the unit has been doen 2 years ago, however it obviously hasnt worked (as per many of you fellow ozhonda members). Burswood Honda then told me that Honda Australia wouldnt fix it as its been 2 years and nothing was mentinoed since the campaign and its travelled many kms since then. I called the Honda Australia line to try and see if i could get anything out of this, however they refused. As it was a business car, i doubt anyone ever bothered to inspect the car properly, and it had a full service history with Burswood.

Anyone have any ideas on what I could do regarding this?
The guy at Honda Australia advised that I cant assume that it wasnt fixed as I didnt own the car previously as there was no complaints after the campaign. I advised many people has had the campaign with no fix. He advised thats entirely my own assumptions and opinions etc.

Anyone have any ideas on what I could do?

Thanks

I have a 2003 Euro, about 12 months ago they had the car one day to do the brake pads, which was when I got told about the headlight clips. It was classed as a warranty job (how it hadn't been picked up beforehand I don't know) which they did for free. But I had never had an issue with condensation in the headlights until the particular dealership changed the clips. Your dealer should be able to put it through to Honda as a warranty job. The 'campaign' claim is a load of crap, I know for a fact that Ford service centres still call warranty jobs on older models such as AU's ( I used to work for them) even if they were called years ago.
If the dealer won't/can't replace the clips at least, try and take it to another service centre if there is one nearby.

..it wasn't the dealer..the dealer agreed condensation was getting in. it was honda australia!