Asmar

The lights (headlights, interior lights, etc.) on my '00 Civic EX are flickering. The SRS light also comes on every now and then and stays on for a little bit and then goes off again. A lot of people that have had this problem have mentioned the SRS light coming on as well. I've taken it to a shop and they're very confused about the issue as well. The alternator seems to be in good working condition. All fuses are good. All grounds seem good. I've searched all over for solutions to this problem but can't find an answer anywhere. I found a video on YouTube of someone having the same problem as me, my car is doing the same thing as seen in this video:

grumblemarc

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What do you mean the alternator "seems" to be in working condition?

Asmar

With the car on the multimeter was reading 14.5+ volts when hooked to the battery and with the car turned off it was reading around 12.5+ volts.

CleanLs96

Thats fckd��

grumblemarc

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Check grounds?

Asmar

Tell me about it... It's super annoying! Can't figure out what's causing it!

Asmar

All grounds seem good. Checked all grounds accessible from the engine bay.

Asmar

I've put 10,000+ miles on the car since I bought it. Battery was replaced when I bought it. I don't think the alternator is bad because the car wouldn't have lasted this long with a bad alternator. Everything works as it should but the lights won't stop flickering. We noticed one odd thing when he had the multimeter hooked up... the voltage would drop from 14.5 to 8, 9 or even 10 for a second or two and go back to 14.5 when the lights were flickering. It mainly stayed around 14.5 though. It would only drop for a second or two every now and then.

grumblemarc

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As in removed and sanded? Possibly the regulator in the alternator is going bad.

Asmar

That's what my mechanic is thinking at this point but from what I've read online it's not the alternator. Everyone that has had this issue has replaced the alternator but the issue was still there (from what I've read on other forums). People have ruled out the alternator.

grumblemarc

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Then I got nothing else for you. Maybe the next man will.
ELD maybe? But those throw CELs.

Asmar

We swapped the ELD from another Civic because we thought that might be the problem but then we found out that it would throw a CEL as you mentioned and the CEL never came on for the ELD.

Asmar

No one on here knows the solution to this problem?

eghatch9295

iTrader: (1)

The solution is to do some actual work. Pull the alternator and have it properly tested.

Sparkyy00

I had this issue a few months ago. Steering column started smoking and I ended up OK the side of the road, having to individually rewrap every last wire behind my steering wheel. My issue has come back, and I think I may have to do it again.

Solution: take some stuff apart and find the wires that have melted together. The 00 is known for overheating wires eventually melting together. Fix it before it causes you to fork out some unnecessary money fixing collateral damage.