WOW more electrical problems

Ok so iono what happened but i all of a sudden have no instrument lights ie) guages, climate control etc. and i have no running lights anymore like no tail lights or anything so my car cannot be driven at night, i checked all the fuses and theyre all tip top, any other ideas

D3v? wondering if you know anything you redid like all your wiring?

Someone pleasee help i cant drive my car till i get this fixed

x2... none of my instrument lights are working and neither are the backlights to my gauges

Fd3S wrote:

x2... none of my instrument lights are working and neither are the backlights to my gauges

in your civic?

i had this problem twice. Once in my 240sx. No dash lights or tail lights. Turned out to be a small resistor behind the Heads Up Display. Had fun replacing that in -30 weather. Ill never forget the frost burn.

Second time was in my brothers dodge colt. Putting in a cd player and hooked up the ground to what i thought was a ground. Deck worked fine (the wire acted like a ground) but dash lights and tail lights did not work. Had to make a ground from scratch and that solved my problem. I didnt even know where to start looking because i didnt even suspect the cd player. A few guys on 306 said it was pretty common.

Soo.... what im getting at is that it could be a million different things. Find a wiring diagram for your vehicle and start highlighting things that dont work and more then likely they will all be connected somewhere. I hate electrical, its a bitch.

Yeah well ive read many people have installed pioneer decks in theyre civic and the extra wires must be capped etc, etc, and i just recently installed one so im gonna check that, what kind of wiring diagram are you referring to i got diagrams for the fuse box and such

*EDIT* i have a second problem some how my reverse light and tail light have gotten revsered so that the socket for the reverse light is the tail light and the socket for the tail light is the reverse light, anyone have any idea how to right this wrong?

CamJohns122 wrote:

*EDIT* i have a second problem some how my reverse light and tail light have gotten revsered so that the socket for the reverse light is the tail light and the socket for the tail light is the reverse light, anyone have any idea how to right this wrong?

lol wait so when you step on the brake your reverse lights go on??? hahahah wow that would screw up people behind you!

no lol not that its just that the socket for my tail light and reverse light are some how mixed but function the same like the sockets only fit in certain slots so when i go reverse my one reverse light lights up but its not my brake light its my driving tail lights

CamJohns122 wrote:

no lol not that its just that the socket for my tail light and reverse light are some how mixed but function the same like the sockets only fit in certain slots so when i go reverse my one reverse light lights up but its not my brake light its my driving tail lights

lol okay, damn why can't it be what i suggested, that would be funny

cause thatd be worse and i already cant drive my car at night anymore

CamJohns122 wrote:

Fd3S wrote:

x2... none of my instrument lights are working and neither are the backlights to my gauges

in your civic?

yeah... i installed my deck last friday and now none of the backlights. i double checked and everything is hooked up correctly and the illumination wire isnt hooked to anything (nothing to hook it to). I dunno if its a fuse or what but i need it fixed sooooon

Yeah well i bought a new fuse box so i hope thatll fix it im gonna pull the stereo to and make sure everything is capped off nicely

If anyone can help me pull my fuse box and install the new one thatd be great, also anyone have a multimeter?

CamJohns122 wrote:

If anyone can help me pull my fuse box and install the new one thatd be great, also anyone have a multimeter?

interior fuse box or the engine bay one.

It is the interior fuse box

well i skipped school and went to CWS and bought a new fuse box cause i believe thats my problem, i also couldnt help myself and picked up a mint set of Si door panels cause theyre becoming rare now i can get rid of mine that have big holes in em

I then proceeded to start my dismantle of the fuse box and prob gonna clear out some of the other wires under there to.

Also if anyone could help me once i change out the fuse boxes id like someone who knows abotu this stuff to take a look around just to make sure its not gonna blow again

Ok well i know i need a new fuse box cause mine short circuited but i believe i have a short somewhere, how easy are they to find? also does anyone have a multimeter i could borrow to locate this short

i might have a multimeter just give me a call tomorrow after 3

CamJohns122 wrote:

Ok well i know i need a new fuse box cause mine short circuited but i believe i have a short somewhere, how easy are they to find? also does anyone have a multimeter i could borrow to locate this short

yea, gotta find the short before the new fuse box goes in..otherwise ...another fuse box..eek

i've yet to hear of a faulty fusebox.. lol

rkin wrote:

i've yet to hear of a faulty fusebox.. lol

thats what i thought till i somehow short circuited mine wait till you see what its been doing to my fuses cause i put a new fuse in and nothing so cam from CWS took a look and said i short circuited my fuse box

CamJohns122 wrote:

rkin wrote:

i've yet to hear of a faulty fusebox.. lol

thats what i thought till i somehow short circuited mine wait till you see what its been doing to my fuses cause i put a new fuse in and nothing so cam from CWS took a look and said i short circuited my fuse box

maybe there's no main power to the fusebox?

No no cuase its just those two that dont work

PLEASSSSSSEEE HELP replaced the fuse box and everything worked nicely cept no reverse lights, went to drive it and no signal lights or clock either, all the fuses are brand new and all the connectors are in properly

only thing i can think of is a wire pulled outta a connector when removing them maybe

piece of shit hondas.

FUck if someone buys it ill pay to have it fixed i want the thing outta my site jesus, if anyone has ideas as to what i could check into please let me know.

guess otmorrow ill be going through all the circuits with a multimeter