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  1. 12-12-2005, 09:17 AM #1
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    Question Lighting problems....1993 civic.

    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?
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  2. 12-12-2005, 10:27 AM #2
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    ...so it blows when you touch the brakes but only when the taillights are on?
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    no it blows even when i don't press on the brake...
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  4. 12-12-2005, 10:37 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by anf1tch21
    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.
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    where would this faulty ground perhaps be? any ideas where for me to look and check?
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    Quote Originally Posted by anf1tch21
    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.
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    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
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    i looked...no screw to be found anywhere?? couldnt find crap..
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    any ideas /suggestions anyone?
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    PROBLEM FIXED!! THANKS FOR NOTHING LOL
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    wtf was it???? so anyone else with this prob will know when they read this.
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    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
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