Hey everyone. I have a 95 Accord EX 4dr 5 Speed 2.2, and I've had a strange electrical problem for the past 5 months or so. I will list all of the details and symptoms that I can.

The battery light illuminates when the car is revved past 2.5-3k RPMS, and when this happens the lights dim and the subwoofer cuts out. If I drive underneath that rev range, everything is normal.

-Battery, connections, alternator all tested fine with my mechanic
-The alternator was replaced last fall (the only variable that was changed anywhere near the start of this issue)
-I have a stereo running off of the battery with an aftermarket brass connecting block. However, I have been running this stereo for almost 3 years with no problems.
-The problem only happens under load, not in neutral, and it is less pronounced when going downhill.
-It is intermittent...seems to go away when it rains (though not all the time)
-When I pull the stereo fuse, the problem still persists

This problem is driving me crazy, and I have a feeling the alternator I got (autozone refurb ) is bad. I'm wondering if any of you have any insight that I could be missing.

Thank you

 

Sounds like a bad alternator. Go back to autozone, and have them check it.

 

check your grounds first.

 

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details on how to go about this?

 

i have a 94 honda accord ex i recently installed a pioneer deh-p6600 after market stereo everything went in good and worked but then it started to cut out every now and then it like screetches and cuts out but well continu playing it does this every now and then not sure if its when i turn it up to loud or not im thinking it is but not sure it also somtime sounds like its laking power like it sounds good sometime then it sounds like its dull and quite i keep having to readjust it anyone no why this is i put a new wiring harness on the radio and in the car and also added a ground coming off the back of the stereo to the back stereo support brace screw yet it still happens why?

 

You know you're new when you bump seven year old thread... Please refine your statement/question because I can't (someone tell me if I'm the only one) read why you're asking.

 

well like it says in the post it cuts out and screechs and stuff so i was asking why it does that and if anyone can help me sorry im not a vetrin on how this message board works and what and how exactly im suppose to post stuff i just so happend to stumble uppon this site while reserching my problem and found it to be kinda usefull so i thought id ask on here but my post does ask if anyone knows why the im having the problem and if anyone could help thanks

 

Did you test whatever it was that you ran that ground to to see if it's a decent ground ? Run the ground wire straight to the negative terminal and see if that fixes it.