hey guys, need some help with my 96 accord. having a problem with the parking light and cluster lights comming on. the car has an aftermarket alarm system on it and the parking lights flash when locked/unlocked and the doors are ajar, but will not turn on via the switch. ive checked all fuses and they are all fine. please help.....

 

Dimmer switch pop it out and replace it

I bet you blew it when doing the alarm install.

 

its had the alarm system in it for more then 2 years now. the lights just stopped working all of a sudden....

 

Ok, so replace the dimmer switch...

 

well come to think of it, i was just outside and had to replace my aftermarket headlights back to stock for state inspection. upon taking out my other headlights it turns out the dude didnt know wtf he was doing and had wires going EVERYWHERE....what are the wires right by the corner lights for...looks like a positive and negitive for something. black wire(assuming that is the negitive) is cut and just hanging there....could this be the reason?!?!

 

If you have a 96/97 then you have the two main bulbs with 2 wires each (I believe both have silver dots on the wires though) and then you have two corner bulbs on each with 2 wires each. So you have 8 total wires going to the headlights. I'm going to guess you had the halo headlights with the cathode rings? Those require extra wiring for it.

Since the lights come on when you flash the alarm, I'm thinking the wiring to them is fine. If you unplug the dimmer switch/control the corners and the cluster lights will not work. Similar to how if you unplug the hazard switch the turn signals will not work. It also suggests the Small Lights Fuse under the hood is fine and not blown.

And just saying there's wires there doesn't help much. You should either take a picture and post it up or try to elaborate, there's a lot of wires that go through that area.

Plus if you have a friend with an Accord, just borrow his dimmer switch temporarily.

 

turns out that when i had circut city install my dvd/nav system they never hooked up the dimmer wires on the radio. took it out...looked around for 2 or so mins and boom...theres the problem...hooked it up and all works fine again.