Mysterious Radio/Brake Light/Fuse and possibly Main Relay??? HELP!!
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Mysterious Radio/Brake Light/Fuse and possibly Main Relay??? HELP!!
Do not know what is going on with my 1997 Acura RL...
Here is how I troubleshot symptoms:
Brake lights remained on even when car off..
Checked little nipple under brake... that is in tact and perfect..
so............
I went under hood and checked fuses one by one... i found that when all fuses were fine, but when I removed the fuse called "interior lights", then the brake lights turned off.... So i thought that was strange... I pressed the brake pedal and brakes worked as normal.... (with above fuse mentioned removed)...
Here is where it gets craaazy to me,,,
So now everything seems fine, but radio doesnt seem to turn on...oh but hold on... wait.... when I hit the brakes, the radio turns on,.... but when I release brake pedal, then radio turns off....
So, I basically have working brake lights and can listen to music only at stop signs, redlights, tailgaiting, or deliberately riding my brakes...lol.... just kidding about the last one,,
Now, as soon as I reinsert that above mentioned fuse, then radio works fine and all of the time, but brake lights stay ON all of the time and will kill the battery!!..
One again, the stopper thingy works fine, because it works without fuse....So I am thinking, is it perhaps the Main Relay Box that is faulty?
I do not have any starting or studdering problems either..
Can anyone help??
Thanks... Sorry this is soo long..I wanted to be clear and concise.
Here is how I troubleshot symptoms:
Brake lights remained on even when car off..
Checked little nipple under brake... that is in tact and perfect..
so............
I went under hood and checked fuses one by one... i found that when all fuses were fine, but when I removed the fuse called "interior lights", then the brake lights turned off.... So i thought that was strange... I pressed the brake pedal and brakes worked as normal.... (with above fuse mentioned removed)...
Here is where it gets craaazy to me,,,
So now everything seems fine, but radio doesnt seem to turn on...oh but hold on... wait.... when I hit the brakes, the radio turns on,.... but when I release brake pedal, then radio turns off....
So, I basically have working brake lights and can listen to music only at stop signs, redlights, tailgaiting, or deliberately riding my brakes...lol.... just kidding about the last one,,
Now, as soon as I reinsert that above mentioned fuse, then radio works fine and all of the time, but brake lights stay ON all of the time and will kill the battery!!..
One again, the stopper thingy works fine, because it works without fuse....So I am thinking, is it perhaps the Main Relay Box that is faulty?
I do not have any starting or studdering problems either..
Can anyone help??
Thanks... Sorry this is soo long..I wanted to be clear and concise.
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