Headlight malfunctioning

[Ernie_imp]

Hi All
My light and low beam are not working, however the overtaking high beam flasher works and the low beam flickers on during engine starter engaged during starting. Anybody here experienced anything similar before I start quessing.
Thanks DT

This is a good clue. There is a switch that is supposed to cut out the headlight when the engine cranks. It's purpose is to reduce the load on the battery when starting. The fact that your low beam is flickering with the starter engaged would suggest that the switch or its connections are going bad.

I've never had a problem with this, but I know that the cutoff switch is located in the housing with the starter button.

Edit : It seems that this is a common Honda issue. Google "honda headlight cut off switch" and you'll see a lot of similar problems.

This is a good clue. There is a switch that is supposed to cut out the headlight when the engine cranks. It's purpose is to reduce the load on the battery when starting. The fact that your low beam is flickering with the starter engaged would suggest that the switch or its connections are going bad.

I've never had a problem with this, but I know that the cutoff switch is located in the housing with the starter button.

Edit : It seems that this is a common Honda issue. Google "honda headlight cut off switch" and you'll see a lot of similar problems.
Thanks all.
I will clean up contacts in the engine start and cutoff switch housing on the weekend and report back. I suspect this component is faulty as the engine cutoff switch did have an intermittent fault some years ago but it self repaired.
I have looked at the fuses and tried a new bulb...... no joy.

Thanks for the tips
Ernie