Honda Accord — Headlight Or Bulb Replacement Cost

Based on real repair records · last updated September 4, 2026
$64
typical range $37 – $119 (parts + labor)
typical labor time 0.7 hrs · parts $8 · labor $35 · the rest is shop fees & tax (medians)
Median and middle-half range computed from real Honda Accord headlight or bulb replacement repairs.

What owners actually paid

$37
1 in 4 paid less
$64
half paid less, half paid more
$119
3 in 4 paid less

The shaded middle is where half of all these repairs landed: $37 – $119. A quote inside that band is normal. Cheaper or pricier isn't automatically wrong — but it's worth asking why.

Real repair reports

These reports are a recent sample of real, paid Honda Accord headlight or bulb replacement visits — quoted the way the owner and the technician actually said it.

Car owners said

“Install replacement light bulbs”
2014 Honda Accord · 119,367 mi · $58 · 0.1 hrs labor · Jul 2026
“BULB - INSTALLED at RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL”
1999 Honda Accord · 235,413 mi · $105 · 1.4 hrs labor · Jul 2026
“Install license plate bulbs”
2015 Honda Accord · 218,178 mi · $97 · 1.4 hrs labor · Jan 2026
“both brake lights out”
2005 Honda Accord · 40,307 mi · $32 · 0.2 hrs labor · Sep 2025

What the technician found

“Customer requested to have the front right headlight bulb replaced”
2002 Honda Accord · 118,589 mi · $74 · Mar 2026
“CUSTOMER STATES : Replace both headlight bulbs. Left headlamp is out, the right one is old”
2007 Honda Accord · 224,634 mi · $138 · Feb 2026
“Found passenger side low beam bulb filament burned.”
2013 Honda Accord · 178,849 mi · $57 · Jan 2026
“Replaced both bulbs, center brake light still worked.”
2005 Honda Accord · 40,307 mi · $32 · Sep 2025
“Headlight out changed bulb still not working”
2016 Honda Accord · 93,656 mi · $144 · Apr 2025
“Replace driver side low beam bulb . check all other lights/bulbs”
2013 Honda Accord · 190,295 mi · $195 · Nov 2024

What this repair is

Burned-out bulbs are the most common lighting fix — headlight, brake light, or turn signal. The part is cheap; on some vehicles the labor isn't, because reaching the bulb means removing the bumper or inner fender. That, not the bulb, is what varies the price.

Is your quote fair?

If your quote lands between $37 and $119, it's inside the range where half of all real Honda Accord repairs of this kind land — and the typical job takes about 0.7 hours of labor. Quotes well below aren't automatically good news (economy parts, or related work skipped) and quotes above aren't automatically gouging (trim variants, premium parts, seized hardware) — but both ends deserve questions.

The symptom behind this repair

This fix most often shows up when owners report Brake Light Not Working or Headlight Not Working — those pages show how often each complaint actually ends here, and what the alternatives cost.

Take this to the shop

The FixDozer Fair Price Report puts this page on one printable sheet — the fair range, parts and labor split out, and what moves the price — so you can compare a written quote line by line.

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Where these numbers come from. FixDozer computes statistics from a large, continuously updated body of real-world US automotive repair records.