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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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when I'm at a stop lite, my cluster and dome lite flicker a lil bit....why? bad ground?
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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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It could possibly be a bad ground, belt slipping, bad connections, or the alternator is going out or you're pulling too much of a load for your alternator to keep up with.
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Old May 4, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cuong-nutz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It could possibly be a bad ground, belt slipping, bad connections, or the alternator is going out or you're pulling too much of a load for your alternator to keep up with.</TD></TR></TABLE>

got a system or aftermarket headunit?
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Old May 4, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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Default Re: lights flicking (CoupeVtec2k)

alternator regulator
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Old May 5, 2005 | 05:49 AM
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no system, just a aftermarket CD player,, drives fine tho!!
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Old May 5, 2005 | 06:50 AM
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any CEL's?

More than likely your alternator is going bad.
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Old May 5, 2005 | 04:13 PM
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Default Re: lights flicking (BLUE EH3)

I have an EH3 as well and I've found two different things that cause this and I'm suprised no one else has brought them up yet... A) The dimmer switch B) The headlight/turn signal switch. Mine was doing this and I first found that if I played with the dimmer switch it would work fine, I replaced that eventually with a junkyard one and it was all good and then the headlight/turn signal switch started acting funny. Now if I play with the headlight switch (kind of rock the switch between headlight and running light setting) it starts working again. Give it a shot, it's a more simple solution than some of the other alternatives for a starting point.
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Old May 5, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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Check your alternator relay fuse in the fuse box under the dash.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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cant i go to auto and they can check it rite?
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Old May 6, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BLUE EH3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cant i go to auto and they can check it rite?</TD></TR></TABLE> Just pull um all one by one and see if there all good. there is only like 15 or sometin
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Old May 7, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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Default Re: lights flicking (TurboTagTeam)

but is the fuse is bad, why would it still work?
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Old May 7, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboTagTeam &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Check your alternator relay fuse in the fuse box under the dash. </TD></TR></TABLE> the black one?
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Old May 7, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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Default Re: lights flicking (BLUE EH3)

no its brown, I think is a 7 amp. look at the cover that filps down and it tells you the names of all the fuses.
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Old May 8, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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i checked! it looked fine
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Old May 13, 2005 | 03:34 PM
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i goit my alternator tested yesterday!! its was fine!
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