"toddbarker - drives a death car" (toddbarker)
05/26/2015 at 10:00 • Filed to: None
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"toddbarker - drives a death car" (toddbarker)
05/26/2015 at 10:00 • Filed to: None | 0
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I have the next couple days off which is rare for me so my plan is to pay a visit to my super cheap beater and see if I can’t do some mending.
Behold the 1996 Honda Accord - This nearly mint machine pictured here set me back a paltry $300 last summer while my Ion was out of commission and the utilitarian ride of the truck was getting old. It has just over 250,000 miles and runs like a top. Alas, a couple days before I got my Ion back, the taillights, park lights and interior panel lights decided to stop working. It’s as if the first click on the headlight switch does nothing - the second click (for the actual headlights) does indeed work, turning only the headlights on. Assuming it was the switch, I was off to Oriely’s for a new replacement.
Before storing the beast last fall I put in a bit of effort to figure out the issue with the aid of a wiring diagram found online but I remained stumped. I’ve checked all related fuses and relays, some searching lead me to checking the power and ground of the aftermarket stereo but to no avail.
If anyone has any insight or ideas, I would very much appreciate it.
BloodlessWeevil
> toddbarker - drives a death car
05/26/2015 at 12:51 |
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I’m assuming that the first “click” is the parking lights. It sounds like a switch. The reason nothing else comes on when the actual headlights do is because they are all turned on with the parking lights (that first “click.”) It is a latch type switch, so there is no need to turn them on again with the headlights (you cannot turn the headlights on without moving though the first position.) I don’t know my Hondas very well (no year or model?) but a little googling tells me that this is likely a column mounted switch. A little more difficult to replace than one on the dashboard, but totally doable in an afternoon if you take it slow, read the manual, and think things through properly.
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toddbarker - drives a death car
> BloodlessWeevil
05/26/2015 at 13:29 |
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Whoops.. Post is now edited to include the year and model - ‘96 Accord. And the fact that I already tried replacing the turn signal/headlight switch. I suppose those are important bits of info.
Thanks for the input though! I suppose I’ll have to dig out the wiring diagram and dig through it slowly.