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Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

kivah — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:04:33 GMT

I just drove home (I have a Honda Accord, 1987) and into my garage. My front lights shut off --- but my back lights remain on. Any ideas about what the problem could be? Never happened before.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

ennui1 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:22:37 GMT

On 7/20/2014 kivah said:
I just drove home (I have a Honda Accord, 1987) and into my garage. My front lights shut off --- but my back lights remain on. Any ideas about what the problem could be? Never happened before.

Time for a check up. Sounds like a short.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

Mustang Shar — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:25:44 GMT

Try starting up the car, turn on the lights again, turn off, then turn off the car again and see if it at least shuts down for the night so you won't have a dead battery. Hope it works. Then get in for service.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

kivah — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:00:20 GMT

My neighbor Chet just came over. He's very handy. The little stopper for my brake light switch broke (nr the brake pedal). I've been driving my 1987 Honda Accord for 27-1/2 yrs. Now I can drive to Honda tomorrow. Thx

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

glb613 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:59:27 GMT

Hope you don't have a dead battery in the morning.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

ID2 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:14:22 GMT

On 7/20/2014 kivah said:
I just drove home (I have a Honda Accord, 1987) and into my garage. My front lights shut off --- but my back lights remain on. Any ideas about what the problem could be? Never happened before.

Forget the back lights your biggest problem is you are driving a Honda! Be an American, drive only an American made vehicle.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

drizzellla — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:17:08 GMT

Our neighbor had that happen. I used to walk by their house with the dog early in the morning and their rear lights would be on. I first thought someone was in the car. But morning after morning would be the same thing. I wondered what kind of battery they had in the car - I wanted to buy one. I could not believe their battery wasn't dead.

After a week or so they got it fixed.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

Krimpette — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:33:59 GMT

Hope you've gotten that fixed by now. I had that happen not too long ago in my older model Mercury. It was, I believe, the brake light switch. The dealer said that had it gone completely and had I had my emergency brake on, I'd have not been able to move the car. But beyond that, anyone driving behind me would think I was braking. And, of course, the drain on your battery. All in all, needs quick attention.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

Theoriginallacey — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:38:03 GMT

On 7/21/2014 ID2 said:
On 7/20/2014 kivah said:
I just drove home (I have a Honda Accord, 1987) and into my garage. My front lights shut off --- but my back lights remain on. Any ideas about what the problem could be? Never happened before.

Forget the back lights your biggest problem is you are driving a Honda! Be an American, drive only an American made vehicle.

Sure, why drive something that lasts 30 years when you could've had three or 4 American cars by now?

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

hckynut — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:54:47 GMT

On 7/21/2014 luvthatboxer said:
On 7/21/2014 ID2 said:
Forget the back lights your biggest problem is you are driving a Honda! Be an American, drive only an American made vehicle.

Sure, why drive something that lasts 30 years when you could've had three or 4 American cars by now?

To both above. The name on a motor vehicle does not mean it is American made. Any motor vehicle that has a "certain percentage" of its parts that are "Made in the USA" can state they are "Made in America", even if it put together elsewhere. It is Toyota/Honda and Kia, just to name a few that are built in the United States.

Argue what you will but what I said above are the facts.

This is for you luvthatboxer unless your "nic" is referring to a pugilist.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

ennui1 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:02:11 GMT

On 7/21/2014 luvthatboxer said: Sure, why drive something that lasts 30 years when you could've had three or 4 American cars by now?

Don't be an idiot. There are plenty of classic American cars still on the road.

I'll never understand the misplaced passion for foreign cars.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

kivah — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 02:56:08 GMT

Update on my car lights: I just came back from Honda. The brake light switch and Pedal Stopper were replaced - Cost $51. I go to Honda of Oxnard - where I live. They are very honest and do a great job plus they also wash ur car. I LUV my Honda.

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lovesrecess — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:01:02 GMT

On 7/21/2014 kivah said:
Update on my car lights: I just came back from Honda. The brake light switch and Pedal Stopper were replaced - Cost $51. I go to Honda of Oxnard - where I live. They are very honest and do a great job plus they also wash ur car. I LUV my Honda.

So happy it was not a super costly repair and they could fix it easily.

Re: Rear Car Lights Not Going Off

hckynut — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 04:50:44 GMT

On 7/21/2014 kivah said:
Update on my car lights: I just came back from Honda. The brake light switch and Pedal Stopper were replaced - Cost $51. I go to Honda of Oxnard - where I live. They are very honest and do a great job plus they also wash ur car. I LUV my Honda.

Glad to hear you made out fairly cheaply today, I wasn't as fortunate. My wife dropped off a rear tire from our lawnmower because it kept going flat. I looked around all the tread and could not find a nail or hole in it.

Went to pick it up and? Not dice, it could not be repaired. Any time there is a whole or trear below the tread on the tire? It is toast. Instead of $15 I had to shell out $50 for the tire and another $15 to the bad tire taken off the wheel and the new one put on. Now I gotta look at this tire and see what the heck may have caused this.

Had the same thing happen on our Toyota and the tire had only 600 miles on it. Even though I had a Road Hazard Warranty, it does not cover sidewall damage as it does not fall under "manufacturing defect".

Car manufacturers or dealers do not cover the warranty on tires, that is done by the tire manufacturer. I ended up paying about $90 to replace this tire and that was with a discount given by the tired shop because I do business with them all the time. The dealer told me the same thing except the cost would have been $115 instead of the $90.

Glad your problem worked out better than mine.