wils92sedan

I recently bought a 92 civic sedan and found that the floor section of the wiring harness has been on fire at some point (tailights were acting funny is how i found this out). So i found another harness that was plug and play, but noticed that the taillights took about a minute to turn on after the switch was turned on kinda like they are on a delay or something. The dash lights are on this same system and they dont work as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Former User

Is there also a delay in the headlights coming on?

Check the rear ground wire for the taillights, and also pry the dimmer switch out of the dash to see whether the wires/connector have been tampered with.

wils92sedan

no the headlights, brakelights, turnsignals all work as they are supposed too. thanks for the heads up ill check out the instrument illumination switch and grounds, then get back. ive had several hondas but never this issue before.

TwoFaced

Yeah if you had a burn on it there is a good possibillity some jank work was done somewhere. Best of luck.

wils92sedan

yea im not sure wat kinda stuff the wiring issue could have caused, the colder it gets outside the longer they take to turn on. the grounds are good and im not sure about the dimmer because the wires were untampered with. thanks.

wils92sedan

well im still not sure about the running light coming on with a delay but the dashlight finally work correctly. it was gauge illumination roll switch. loose ground pin. thanks for all the assistance, anymore knowlegde on the running light situation would be cool. thanks again, Wil