Recall: 2007-2008 Honda Fit—Headlight problem:

 

got my letter in the mail today too. bah, I don't like letting people touch my car.

 

It takes a little over an hour, fairly painless.

 

I got my notice today too and heres what im wondering: is it in the wiring up to the bulb or the bulb itself that is defective. I have HID's so if its in the wiring then I might still take it in if they'll still warranty it or maybe they will give me flack for having the HID kit?

 

It's neither, it's the wiring harness.

"The plating on the wiring harness connectors for the low-beam circuit may become worn from use. This could allow corrosion, resulting in the connector to overheat and causing the low-beam headlights to not function. No related accidents or injuries have been reported."

I didn't do the recall on the window and I may not do this one either. If my headlights stop working they'll replace it then.

 

yeah, i became aware of this issue via the honda owner link customer support

the operator let me know of that another recall... my question is: do i need the notice in order to do a recall?

or can i just schedule them to be done with any dealer?




according to owner link:

Your 2007 Honda Fit is included in the 2007-2008 Fit Driver's Power Window Switch Campaign.

Your 2007 Honda Fit is included in the 2007-2008 Fit Low beam headlight Campaign.

 

According to the Honda service technician it's just some wiring under the dash so whether you have HIDs or not should affect nothing. I didn't get the formal recall notice until I got home AFTER getting the recall issue fixed. They can tell by your VIN if you're effected. No need for the actual piece of paper. It was painless and I don't want my low beams going out randomly. I wondered if they'd give me crap about all the extra wiring I've got under the dash for my subwoofer, GPS, scanguage, radar detector and phone. It had to have made the steering column removal a little harder. They said not so much as a word about it.

 

This one was a ten minute affair. I don't get crazy and rush but if I'm going in for periodic maintenance then why not take care of it?

 

But the tech took pictures on his phone so he can mod his car the same way.

 

i had this done. I have HID projectors. Even though it has nothing to do with the those and is just a harness in the column, the dealership still got all butthurt. All that has to be done is replacing a connector.

 

did anyone have the independant fog mod done? and if so they probably will say something about that too. oh well I'll schedule it anyway see what happens.

 

It's a sensible mod. I hardwired everything to the fuse panel so I didn't have a clus@#$%ck of wires on top. Unfortunately it moves the cluster@#ck under the dash by the fuse panel. Sorry to the technician. They've been QUITE nice to me in general.

 

so we dont have to wait for the letter?

 

No! At least I didn't and the dealership complied with my wishes. They'll have to do it sooner or later. I pushed it because it was time for my 30K service and I wanted it all done at once.

 

I got my letter yesterday. So who's done it so far? How long did it take? Thanks

 

a little over an hour.

 

just got my letter today noprobs tho as of now

 

We received our recall today. Guess they will be able to do the drivers pwr window switch at the same too.

 

huum this is good info for a secound owener.

 

The recall notice may well go to the original owner. Any Honda dealership service dept. can look up your VIN and should provide the recall service free of charge.