Driving today and my friend who was behind me noticed that my reverse lights turn on when i put the car in 5th gear. Any idea why this might be happening?

 

looks like a grounding issue.



or sensor might be bad..

 

Maybe a short? I would suggest look under the center console by the shifter and see if your reverse light is shorting against the 5th gear light... I'm assuming you have a dashboard gear display? Do your reverse lights turn on when you put the car in reverse as well, or only in fifth? If it's only in fifth then maybe your wires are just crossed.

Philly

EDIT: This is my uneducated opinion... the one above probably makes more sense...

 

where is the reverse sensor for this??

there are no wires @ all undede the shiter boot... no gear indicator display.

reverse lights turn on in 5th and in reverse.. I hope it isnt a shirt.. that coudl lead to some pretty bad problems... Where am i best to look for the ground issue?

 

the sensor is in the tranny, 5th and reverse share the same shift fork maybe something inside is wrong

 

You either have a bad sensor, bad wiring or the inside of your tranny is fucked.

 

my friends usually drive behind me and this is the first ive heard of it... i dont think my tranny is fucked, its only got maybe 6000 km's on it. Also dont think its the wiring.

Do i have to pull the tranny and remove the case to get at the sensor?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by c0nspire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my friends usually drive behind me and this is the first ive heard of it... i dont think my tranny is fucked, its only got maybe 6000 km's on it. Also dont think its the wiring.

Do i have to pull the tranny and remove the case to get at the sensor?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, it's on the outside of your tranny. It's probably a problem in your trans. If you dont want to deal with it, I'd unplug the sensor so it doesn't light up in 5th. You wont have reverse lights, but you'll probably stay out of more trouble than if they were coming on during 5th. Then again, you might get rammed backing out of a parking spot

 

maybe the problem is your "shiter boot" lol

 

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lol oops


well its going to the mechanic bcuz i dont want to change the oil pan gasket, i can have him look sat it

whats the sensor on the top middle of the tranny? with the two wires.. that leads to it?

 

man, i was just cruising along, lettin my girl do her thing on down below, and i see this crx up in front of mine, soo, i catch up on the on ramp and follow for a bit, right about when we were at 65 mph THE DUDE SLAMS IT IN REVERSE!!! Im like OH ****, swervin and stuff, girl just about bit me off at the root! now i know who it is YOUR DEAD!! LOL....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SIred91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">man, i was just cruising along, lettin my girl do her thing on down below, and i see this crx up in front of mine, soo, i catch up on the on ramp and follow for a bit, right about when we were at 65 mph THE DUDE SLAMS IT IN REVERSE!!! Im like OH ****, swervin and stuff, girl just about bit me off at the root! now i know who it is YOUR DEAD!! LOL.... </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol sorry to hear that, but im in canada

 

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Man, your about to pay around $60 an hr. in labor for those bastards to do about the easiest thing in the world???
All you need to do the job is:
-gasket
-torque wrench
-oil n filter (unless your re-using)
-half hour
I'm sorry bro, but unless you REALLY don't know how to work on a car, this is just cake work and it'll save you money.

BTW are your sure it's the reverse lights, and only in 5th?

 

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Man, your about to pay around $60 an hr. in labor for those bastards to do about the easiest thing in the world???
All you need to do the job is:
-gasket
-torque wrench
-oil n filter (unless your re-using)
-half hour
I'm sorry bro, but unless you REALLY don't know how to work on a car, this is just cake work and it'll save you money.

BTW are your sure it's the reverse lights, and only in 5th?</TD></TR></TABLE>

family friend, labour is free, i only pay for parts, i just dont want to fiddle with it.. ie also got to get my M/C bled and a few other things,

yes, when we got back to my appartment i ran thru the gears, with a friend standing behind the car. The reverse lights come on in 5th and reverse. I even got out to look.

yes i know how to work on my car, lol me and my dad did the build

edit: pics for more hits..




Modified by c0nspire at 10:04 AM 4/15/2006

 

thanks to everybody who helped, it was the reverse sensor, pulled it out and replace it with one of my spares (got a few trannys sitting around the garage)

 

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glad to see you got that fixed!!
I had the same exact problem awhile back.

 

you didnt sense a bit of story telling sarcasm?

 

see I told it it was the reverse sensor.

u can call me dady from now on.

 

thanks daddy


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sarcasim, wha?

 

lol, good work

 

sarcasim, wha?[/QUOTE]


nevermind kiddo, you just didnt get it to begin with....nice rex tho, like the wing.