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anf1tch21
12-12-2005, 10:17 AM
sio yeah i have this really small problem which im sure anyone could solve but i am helpless as to how to solve this..i have tried just about everything....so when i turn on my headlights, my tailight goes out...sometimes it will turn on, but then it will go out again..a fuse keeps blowing...i have a breaker in the fuse to keep it from blowing so i keep resetting it instead of changing fuses after fuses....and i have tried to locate the problem for the talight blowing out. the brake light works fine in the daytime and all but the problem arises when i turn on the headlight....any ideas?
speedminded
12-12-2005, 11:27 AM
...so it blows when you touch the brakes but only when the taillights are on?
anf1tch21
12-12-2005, 11:34 AM
no it blows even when i don't press on the brake...
speedminded
12-12-2005, 11:37 AM
no it blows even when i don't press on the brake...Most electrical problems trace back to a faulty ground...it's check there.
anf1tch21
12-12-2005, 11:38 AM
where would this faulty ground perhaps be? any ideas where for me to look and check?
speedminded
12-12-2005, 11:43 AM
where would this faulty ground perhaps be? any ideas where for me to look and check?i think a couple of the wires that plug into the back of the bulbs may go to a screw or two somewhere in the chassis...i'd have to see a manual to know for sure though...sometimes the screw needs to be removed, lightly sand the area and the screw, wipe on some dielectric compound, and screw back in...it's a pain if you don't have the interior out though.
anf1tch21
12-12-2005, 11:47 AM
thanks, and yea the interior is already out and i can see all the wires..i'll take a look-see after i finish eating my cinnamon toast crunch cereal :)
anf1tch21
12-12-2005, 10:32 PM
i looked...no screw to be found anywhere?? couldnt find crap..
anf1tch21
12-14-2005, 03:58 PM
any ideas /suggestions anyone?
anf1tch21
12-14-2005, 08:32 PM
PROBLEM FIXED!! THANKS FOR NOTHING LOL
SDBCIVIC
12-15-2005, 08:49 PM
wtf was it???? so anyone else with this prob will know when they read this.
anf1tch21
12-15-2005, 09:03 PM
well i had put a breaker in the fuse, the one that kept blowing so i kept pulling out the bulbs one by one in the tailights, and all the tailights were fine..and i noticed that one light was missing, and that was the corner light and i saw that the bulb wasn't in there and the wires were torn up and it was bare wires, so it was hitting each other, causing a short. problem solved..i just taped it up. word. bump