jdmztrane

My problem is that when I drive down the road my lights both inside and outside the car dim (flicker) a lot. I cant figure out why this is happening. I can even feel the effect of the electricity drain on my engine. It seems to strain it a little. What could this be? Ive heard that the headlight connectors themselves go bad and cause the headlights to dim but its not just the headlights.

Ive replaced the alternator, checked all fuses, and checked all relays in the
car. My next step is to re-do all the main grounds.


Any help please...... I really need to figure this out!!!!!

ekcivic9

are you running any sort of audio system?

jdmztrane

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekcivic9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you running any sort of audio system?</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope no audio system. oh yeah and i have a 6 month old optima yellow top...

dxhatch93

are your battery terminals in good shape? mines were corroded and it caused my instrument cluster to not even light up or start.

huntarrr

Any cel's? I had the same symptoms and i was throwing an ELD cel. Turned out that my secondary o2 sensor wires were being exposed and rubbing up on some metal. Taped them up and it was good to go

jdmztrane

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dxhatch93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are your battery terminals in good shape? mines were corroded and it caused my instrument cluster to not even light up or start.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yep. brand new battery. i make sure that everything looks good under the hood everytime i clean my car.

jdmztrane

[QUOTE=vsm98civic]Any cel's? I had the same symptoms and i was throwing an ELD cel. Turned out that my secondary o2 sensor wires were being exposed and rubbing up on some metal. Taped them up and it was good to go[/QUOTE

nope no CEL's. thats why im stumped. It starts fine and runs good until it starts to dim. havent noticed anything when the lights are off but then again i drive with them on all the time....


any more suggestions?????

alotawatts

Alternator diode(s) or faulty relay(s) ?

dsowers19

I would drive to the store you got the alternator from and ask them to test it. I just replaced my alternator a while back with a "new" one and it lasted about a month and went bad. So, just because its new doesnt mean its any good.

TSX 349

all you need is a grounding kit for your electrical system

something like $60 to $140

Good luck

BTW can anyone tell me how I can get out of this NOOb stuff

I had more than 2000 posts on VWVortex

teamvirus

altenator

JDM-EJ1

Sounds like a bad alternator to me..

Lee_Delso

bump cause I have the same problems but just lived with it but know it's getting annoying

jdmztrane

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM-EJ1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like a bad alternator to me..</TD></TR></TABLE>

checked the output of the alternator. eveything is fine. theres gotta be a drain of power somewhere. its been doing this for like the last year. even with the old alternator....


anyone else?

jdmztrane

bump for some more suggestions