4th gen question for all(headlight switch related)

[RedRacerCivic]

This stumps me..I have noticed that on my friends 90 civic hatchback DX and 90-91 4 door LX....when you pull back the headlight switch(for brights) when the car is OFF(no key in ignition), they turn ON, just the brights. I was wondering why MY car doesnt do this..Mine is a 91 Si and I thought its somthing it should have. Or maybe Si's were not meant to have this option.

[Melt]

they broke the bank on the sunroof ... so they had to eliminate it

[RedRacerCivic]

umm what? the bank?..youre wierd melt TTT

[Melt]

Originally Posted by RedRacerCivic

umm what? the bank?..youre wierd melt TTT

what i was tryin to say is because of the sunroof and mpfi they emilinated the headlight option ... maybe ... i dont have any actual evidence to back up my theory

[EFStali]

uh i dont understand it..when i do my high beams with no key in..they dont turn on...

[Melt]

Originally Posted by EFStali

uh i dont understand it..when i do my high beams with no key in..they dont turn on...

your guyses cars all suck then!

[EFStali]

i have the same car as you dumb nut ha ha ha just playin

[Jetts]

rene you are a weired cat

but yea, not sure my friend doesnt even have bright on his 89 4 door

[Melt]

Originally Posted by EFStali

i have the same car as you dumb nut ha ha ha just playin

which is why im suprised it doesnt have it .

[GTA]

mine flash without the key in if i pull it.

[BullShifter]

The high beams can flash with the key off on my 91 Si

[sastanley]

There is something in your headlight stalk that is broken...Mine used to flash, and then one day it just stopped...it still turned the high beams off and on with the headlights on, but it didn't flash just the brights the rest of the time. I replaced my stalk with one from another car at the junkyard and solved the problem. I also had to replace my wiper stalk, because the spring that holds it up and pulls it back from the "mist" option bought the farm and it hung down and randomly fired the wipers off. - So I replaced that too...I found about 3 others in the junkyard with the same issue so I guess it is a common problem.

It takes about 10 minutes to pull them out and replace them.
1. Remove steering wheel and column trim
2. remove 3 or 4 or 5 phillips screws holding stalk in column
3. slide out stalk, remove wires.
reverse procedure to install..

I think I paid $10 for both stalks at my junkyard, so they are pretty cheap.

However, there is a difference between the 88-89 & 90-91 stalks (of course...every damn thing else is different ) - The ground wire tab is in a different spot and won't install correctly, so for true plug & play get the same year/trim if you can...I removed the ground tab from my 91 stalk, and got it in the 89 stalk to make mine fit..however, you have to disassemble the stalk itself (lotsa small parts and springs and shit flying around) so be careful not to lose anything

[RedRacerCivic]

Originally Posted by sastanley

There is something in your headlight stalk that is broken...Mine used to flash, and then one day it just stopped...it still turned the high beams off and on with the headlights on, but it didn't flash just the brights the rest of the time. I replaced my stalk with one from another car at the junkyard and solved the problem. I also had to replace my wiper stalk, because the spring that holds it up and pulls it back from the "mist" option bought the farm and it hung down and randomly fired the wipers off. - So I replaced that too...I found about 3 others in the junkyard with the same issue so I guess it is a common problem.

It takes about 10 minutes to pull them out and replace them.
1. Remove steering wheel and column trim
2. remove 3 or 4 or 5 phillips screws holding stalk in column
3. slide out stalk, remove wires.
reverse procedure to install..

I think I paid $10 for both stalks at my junkyard, so they are pretty cheap.

However, there is a difference between the 88-89 & 90-91 stalks (of course...every damn thing else is different ) - The ground wire tab is in a different spot and won't install correctly, so for true plug & play get the same year/trim if you can...I removed the ground tab from my 91 stalk, and got it in the 89 stalk to make mine fit..however, you have to disassemble the stalk itself (lotsa small parts and springs and shit flying around) so be careful not to lose anything

You are the MAN! I REALLY need to replace my headlight switch now cause now my high beams dont even turn on any more!! Thanks for the helpful information, i knew that somthing was wrong with the stalk...and by "stalk" you mean the lever right?

[EFStali]

i have to have my head lights turned on before i can turn on the high beams..but i cant just flash on the high beams.