honda is dumb, and I have made a thing

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/05/2019 at 21:15 • Filed to: RuqSaq

Did you know, that for the 5th generation of civic the buzzer to alert you your headlights are on WAS AN OPTIONAL EXTRA!!!?

I f lattened my battery on several occasions so I looked into the issue finally, having assumed it’d be a right pain in the arse I hadnt bothered before.

well, as I found out, it was on the option list, so there are slots on the fuse box for it. While the OEM version beeps and is fancy, any ol’ buzzer in the slots works.

Literally 5 minutes of effort and job done

which goes here (shown with alligator clips during testing)

DISCUSSION (19)

boredalways > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 21:28

See, now I wanna hear what it sounds like.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 21:32

My base model 2003 Odyssey goes “bing bong” when I leave the lights on. Glad to see they found a way to make more money.

7:07 > ttyymmnn
03/05/2019 at 21:41

;-(

Kinja'd!!!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 21:41

Neat! My Accent automatically shuts the lights off when you open the door even if they are still switched on, as did my old Subie. :)

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 21:46

NA miatas didn’t come with a buzzer, either.

ttyymmnn > 7:07
03/05/2019 at 21:51

Yeah, I thought of that. That movie totally nuked my feels.

MonkeePuzzle > boredalways
03/05/2019 at 21:55

MonkeePuzzle > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
03/05/2019 at 21:56

subue does it best, just off when the car is off. done. turn lights on once and never touch em again. And they will be on during the day which is good (stupid DRLs)

MonkeePuzzle > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/05/2019 at 21:56

for the weight savings because racecar

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 21:59

That’s how they work on my Accent, albeit a slight bit different - lights on, turn car off - lights STAY on, but the second you open the driver’s door after you shut the car off THEN the lights go off until you get back in and put the key back in the ignition . :)

You can also open the door, then turn the lights off and back on again to the parking light switch to leave the parking lights on despite the car being off...this only works for the parking lights though, not the headlights!

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 22:09

Wait...my CR-V doesn't make a noise when the lights are on and I often leave them on. Mind you this is a 2013 car in EX-L trim

Dogsatemypants > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 22:49

12v piezoelectric buzzer ftw.

AestheticsInMotion > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/05/2019 at 23:19

That door chime was pretty annoying though. Good thing it was an easy fix

boredalways > MonkeePuzzle
03/05/2019 at 23:25

It's like being buzzed into an apartment building in the 70's

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2019 at 00:09

If you’re not looking back at it and noticing you left your lights on, clearly you have the wrong car.

Honda is smart not making it mandatory. I certainly wouldn’t want to pay for it. First thing I do when getting a driver is disable that damn buzz/chime/bell/obnoxiosity.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2019 at 00:34

Damn that must be why my NB weighs more!

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2019 at 00:48

My 93 civic needed one of those too. It had a very similar fuse box, I wonder if I could have done the same mod. I did use one of those terminals to run a smallish sub because why not, it worked fine.

MonkeePuzzle > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
03/06/2019 at 09:13

I should put a switch on it

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MonkeePuzzle
03/07/2019 at 19:54

I have one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M35VHY5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

loaded up with this MP3 :

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

It was all ready to go into the 2003 Tacoma as the door chime, until we replaced the Taco with a 2018 F150 2.7tt.... I am still looking for a place to install it, or if you promise to make a youtube video of it, I’ll send it to you for the cost of shipping...