ok so my freind just bought a crx from this girl across the street for 800$
and ive been doing all the work to it, to get it ready for inspection.so far ive done
spark plugs wires headlights oil change..

and then today i installed a stereo and replaced all the speakers with new pioneers.. well after i did all that the gauge cluster light didnt work anymore for some reason... also i went around the block and got pulled over luckily it was just the tail lights, and the cop was cool

question is anyone know what could be causing the gauge lights, and brake lights to not work? oh and the brake lights work when i hit the brake but when im just driving they dont. oh and the control panel with the ac and all that, lights dont work either.

any help is much appreciated.

 

Fuse, check them.

 

i checked them all and found one 10 that was blown replaced it and still nothin..

 

Check it again, also check the fuses under your hood.

 

check your ignition switch.

 

?? ignition switch?

 

I have had this problem before and if I recall correctly it was a fuse under the hood... check them out.

 

I had the same problem in my accord. I blew the fuse under the dash and the one under the hood. If its your brake lights and guague lights then probably your horn does not work either. Its a under the hood fuse.

 

ok so i just went outside and checked the fuses under the hood and nothin... they all are fine.. does anyone know what fuses i should check under the dash, like the black ones that you cant tell if there blown or not?????

 

is there fuses under the hood i dont know about???
i checked in the spot my hatch has them, in that plastic case.

 

not sure its cold as hell out side right now. should be radio one/brake light/horn ect... just pull them all out one at a time and check. ones that a black take a flash light to or replace them with ones you can see. I got some sweet neon ones they are kinda lame but its so easy to see if they are blown. good luck.

 

yes its under the hood in the black plastic case the one that the main fuses are in to.

 

i checked all the ones in the car sept for the black plastic ones cause i dont know how to check em..

 

Just like other fuses pull them out and look at them. It should be one of the small ones if you blew a main one then you would have other issues i'm pretty sure. If not then some how you cut a wire when you were installing the stereo. Good luck.

 

wait your talking about the ones that are box's? Those are relays you can't really just check them and thats not your problem.

 

nah i didnt cut any wires i did it really clean... and i guess tommorow ill just check over the fuses again... but i swear i checked them all.. is there no other possible thing that could be causing this>??

 

bump.

 

Sounds to me like you have a wire connected wrong in the stereo, you may have possibly hooked the old dimmer light for the stock stereo up to a power connection on the deck, you may want to pull the stereo and disconnect any power wires completely and see if this solves your issue.

 

My heater and radio had a mind of their own. They would work and not work, go on and off for no reason. Someone here told me to take apart the ignition switch and clean the contacts. When I pulled it apart it was so gummed up with like a grease substance I couldn't believe it. I cleaned it off, put it all back together, and everything in the dash has worked fine since.

I believe there is a main power wire that leads from the ignition to the dash area there for power, and it was getting a random interruption from the bad connection. Maybe someone more knowledgeable about the electrical could chime in here.

 

Did the lights work before you put the radio in?
Did you cut wires to put the radio in or use an adapter harness?

 

i found out what was wrong. i didnt look at the fuse map on the cover too see that there was supposed to be a 10 in slot 12, after i put that in it all worked gravy...

ok but another question his car idles realllllllly low sometimes for no reason, could this be the distribiutor?

 

IACV and FITV, CLEAN them and REPLACE ALL o-ring/gaskets - that should take care of it.

 

ok thanks