Well, like the subject says, I had condensation so bad that it looked like someone took a hose and sprayed into the inside of my passenger headlight housing. It's been raining quite a bit here in WA recently, but on the day that I noticed this, it wasn't even raining, just VERY windy. Passenger side is okay. I've never opened these housings, had the bulbs replaced once...about a year ago.

I called the dealer and they want me to come in so they can look at it. What have been your experiences with getting the dealer to replace the housing? Is it worth it for me to check the bulbs / bulb sockets for correct installation, let it dry out, and then see if it comes back again? My main concern is waterspots:

For people that have had this happen, do you get waterspots inside the headlight housing after it dries out? Please let me know.

 

I had condensation in both of my Celica's headlights. They replace both under warranty. I would imagine Honda would do the same.

 

either replace , or maybe open the headlights ,and reseal them?
good luck!!
i had those on my accord coupe, and they just suck , you cant stop staring at the condensation !!!

 

I have this and it hasn't really worried me that much. It only really appears when its cold and isnt something that makes me cringe. One other thing that I notice was that the black plastic inside the housing has blitered very slightly. I was thinking that the condenation could have caused it with all the heat in there. Unfortunately mine is out of warranty so no fix for me

 

Just a couple days ago, I experienced a similar situation with my passenger headlight. The inside had fogged up pretty bad. The driver side headlight is fine. Both headlights are completely stock and have not been opened to my knowledge. I called my local Honda dealership and since I'm out of my factory warranty on my MY00 and the Honda Care warranty does not cover headlights or tail lights, they couldn't do anything to help me.

My biggest concern was that the condensation could damage the HID, so here's what I tried:

1. I removed the turn signal bulb and using a heat gun, warmed up the headlight lens until the condensation evaporated. When the condensation evaporated, no water marks were left behind. I imagine that water marks would only appear if there was a water leak or if there was dust inside the headlight assembly. As a side note, be careful when using a heat gun or hair dryer. I held it a little too long on the top left corner of the headlight assembly, causing light ripples to appear in the plastic. Luckily, the damage is only noticable if you run your fingers across the headlight lens.

2. I also attached a rubber hose to the heat gun and fed it inside the headlight assembly through the turn signal socket to blow hot air inside the headlight assembly. My hope with this is that the hot dry air would displace any moisture still inside the assembly.

3. I put silicone grease around the gaskets where the turn signal and parking light bulbs plug into the sockets. I also removed the rubber high beam cover and put silicone grease on the inside of that as well.

A few hours later, some condensation came back, but it was much less than before. Two days ago, condensation covered about 90 percent of the headlight lens, and now condensation only exists on about 20% of the lens.

 

it happened to me, and honda replaced it without me asking..i just took it in to have them check the seal...

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm taking the car in today. My 11 year old Civic doesn't even get condensation in its head light housings. I won't be able to stand having my ~$30K car with a head light that allows water to get in there.

I'm going in...

 

Do you use a high pressure hose to wash your car?

 

When I bought my S used the drivers side headlight was full or condensation. I went to the local Honda dealer with 30 days left on the original 3yr warrantee and they replaced it at no charge. The seal is bad, even if you dry it out it will reappear. There are many threads on clearing the corner lights which can explain how to reseal if they won't warrantee it. Good luck

 

No, no pressure wash, just a regular hose.

Well, I took the car in (I should have at least attempted to fix it) because all it was...was a loose turn signal bulb socket. The guy fixed it right on the spot, when I got home, I inspected his work. The bulb socket was still not seated correctly! So I took a stab at getting the socket in correctly, now it's tight. Getting into this area to change a turn signal bulb is a pretty tight fit on our cars.

I thought that whatever was letting condensation get in was a pretty big hole because today was really dry, and the water inside was drying out very quickly. The next time I clean the car, I will polish the front lens and check for any waterspots on the inside. If I see some, they told me to come back and I can get a replacement.