anyway, before the "topic title" happened, my cd player appeared to be going out electrically as it would flash on and off from time to time.

Anyone have any ideas on what it might be? It clearly has to be electrical, maybe the grounding wires?

 

Once on my crx the starter wire came loose and I had the same problem. Check all electrical wires and connectors, to like the starter, battery.

 

check fuse 13 (i might be wrong on this number but it's the 10A fuse for clock/radio) in the underhood fuse relay box - I remember something about it being connected to the clock, radio, and hmm the ECU (it's how you reset the ecu)... so yea if you burnt that one out (symptoms of your flashy radio) it may be causing your probs.

altho more info on "how" it would not start up might also help. did the starter crank atleast?

best of luck.

 

yea my bad it's actually fuse 43. not 13.