coolrace05

there seems to be a monkey rench in my plans.. i was hot swapping my dads radio with my old radio while i was driving, so i plug in the 20 pin conector and bam! radio wont come on, not even my dads newer radio works so i must have blown something hot swaping. i checked the radio 7.5 fuse but it was fine. so now when i plug in a radio al i hear is a clicking sound coming from behind the spedomitor. i dont know but that must be it. all the lights and every thing work on my car but not the radio at all. please help guys, i just blew $345 on a new sound system, now i cant even use it! the cigarette light doesnt work either

Chiovnidca

check your fuses

P_Adams

What car? Please

coolrace05

1990 honda accord EX 4dr, the fuses seem to be fine. i hear a clicking nosie behind the spedometor when i go to plug any radio into the 20 plug connector.

RiceRocketDave

Triple check your fuses (all of them). I would also check all the connections that you made on the radio harness to be sure that there are no bare wires showing that would possibly be making a bad connection.

Are you only installing the radio, or are you installing an amp as well?

coolrace05

im installing just a radio (headunit), but the wierd thing is that both the radios that i have wont work when i try to plug them in including the stock radio, and when i take out the 7.5A radio fuse (which is not burned out) and plug in the radio nothing happens, but when i put back in the 7.5A radio fuse and than plug in the radio all i hear is clicking behind my spedometer like something is trying to turn on, but the radio still wont work, so i know the fuse works..

RiceRocketDave

Like I said before check ALL of your fuses. I have had electrical problems before and checked the fuses for the item that was having the problem and it was fine, it ended up being a different fuse.
Also check your speaker wires on the main Honda harness and be sure that they are not grounding on any of the sheet metal behind your dashboard.
You may want to pull the instrument cluster out to see if all is well behind there too, the clicking sound that you said you hear...does it sound like your flashers?

accrd18

its a fuse . now all u g2 do is find it. pull out each one and check them individually. you can also get a fuse tester at any car parts store like autozone or something

coolrace05

yea got pepboys not to far away. but you think theres more fuese behind the dash? cause the fuses on this car are actually under the hood. and i checked the fuese and they all seem fine. the ones i didnt check yet are those big 80A fuese that are screwed down but i dont think those have anything to do with the radio.

the 7.5A radio fuse is actually called Radio backup, so im wondering is there a regular radio fuse?? since theres a radio backup there has to be a radio primary right?

also the cigarette lighter doesnt work either. but whats bothering me is everything else works, even some of the wires that seem to be coming from the same location, like the ash tray light. what if i blew a wire or something.

honda4674

cheak the fuses under the dash on the drives side bye your left foot and also cheak your ecu fuse or the computer one cant think right now to tired hope that helps

coolrace05

hey thanks! i checked near the brake pedal and i found the culprit it was a blown 10A fuse. and honda actually had extra fuses on standby, so there it was, right next to the fried one, a 10A fuse ready for battle! i love this car!

Chiovnidca

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Imagine that.