Hi Guys

I need small help..I just got a 08 Accord LX-P and so far everything is great.

Just need small advice...on Headlights Auto On....

How to switch off that feature...as even on the sunny day...the headlights are on..which I feel is not correct..and also i have noticed several expensive cars..and I see them fine...

So need some advice here....appreciate any help..

 

If you are referring the the daytime running lights (drl), they stay on until the headlights are on. The 8th gen Accords use the high beam bulbs at a lower power as the daytime running light. Once the low beam headlights come on, those go off.

 

Here's a more technical explanation regarding the DRLs for the 8th gen Accords:

The North American Accords uses the halogen high beams on a low brightness setting for DRL.

The DRL system includes the driver’s multiplex integrated control unit (MICU), the passenger MICU, the left and right high beam headlights, and the DRL indicator. The DRL operates with the ignition switch ON (II), the headlights off (headlight switch OFF or in the parking position), and the parking brake released.

When the DRL are on, the MICU turns the high beam headlight control circuit on and off (duty cycle), which provides a reduced voltage (approximately 6-8 volts) to the high beam headlights (via the No. 1 and No. 28 fuses in the driver’s under-dash fuse/relay box and the No.1 fuse in the passenger’s under-dash ruse/relay box); the high beam headlights come on with reduced brightness.

 

The Accord LX-P didn't have the auto on/off lighting feature like the EX-L and EX-L V6. So, you must be referring to the DRL, which is normal for it to be on in daytime or if the car's low beam headlights are off.

 

My 2005 also has that light sensor under the windshield, but it has no daytime running light. I wonder what purpose that sensor serves.

 

Your car is a 7th gen Accord, his is an 8th gen Accord; so, let's not start comparing apples to oranges and confuse the OP regarding his question.

The light sensor was for cars with the auto on/off lighting feature, not necessarily related to daytime running lights. If a car was not equipped with the auto on/off feature, there is just a plastic cover on top of the area where the light sensor would have been.

 

As far as I know, none of the 2003-2005 models is equipped with DRL. Maybe the Canadian model does. So Honda put the sensor in the 05 model as a "plan ahead"? That's a bit of a tease... though it makes sense since they need to order the factory mold for the dashboard way ahead of the "7.5th" generation (06-07).

 

Thanks everyone for your help and advise...and now it looks like...there is no solution to this...as to me it looks funny..that your lights are always on..even on a bright sunny day

 

lift ur e-brake up one notch, they should go off. one notch will not engage the brakes

 

The newer Hondas have far more electronics and sensors built in than previously. If the e-brake is one notch up and the car is driven, it starts beeping like crazy and a warning light will come on.