Thursday, September 22, 2011

How do you change the driver's side headlight on a 1994 Honda Accord?

I removed the headlight's power clip, all I have to do is take out the old bulb and put the new one in. However when I try to twist the old headlight's black handle toward %26quot;open%26quot;, it won't budge. Am I doing it wrong? Should I use a tool to get it to budge? Am I supposed to be twisting something else?How do you change the driver's side headlight on a 1994 Honda Accord?Those twist-in bulb holders can get stuck. Try to avoid using pliers because you could too easily break the plastic. Instead, put on a glove (rubber glove or winter glove or whatever), and twist it harder (being certain to twist in the right direction) than you could with your bare hand.

Try the other headlight's bulb. Does it move enough to give you an idea of how it works?

Sometimes, on many car parts there's a little plastic tab you need to bend in or down or out or up in order to allow the larger piece to slide out or turn. I'm not sure headlight bulbs have this. Yours might, or not.

If it's still not budging, it's probably sticking to the headlight housing. Be careful--it's not worth snapping the plastic within that housing, which is more expensive. Try twisting a little in the opposite direction, and back and forth to get it to loosen up a bit.

I don't know if the manual recommends it, but you could try dripping only two or three drops of a lubricant that does not dissolve or deform plastic. Lithium grease is often used for this. White lithium grease is sold in a can at car parts and hardware stores. If you have a can of it with a sprayer, only spray into the cap a tiny bit, and then use a stick or screw or screwdriver or whatever to drip a couple droplets onto where the bulb is seated in its housing.

You can do it. If worst comes to worst, go to a friendly auto parts store (where you bought the bulb?) when they're not busy, and ask the person at the counter if they'd take a very quick look in the parking lot.

Good luck.How do you change the driver's side headlight on a 1994 Honda Accord?You need to try pushing it in towards the headlight short how you open some bottles where they say push down then turn Good LuckHow do you change the driver's side headlight on a 1994 Honda Accord?if there is a bolt around the base of the bulb? if so you may have to take a hand wrench and loosen it