ok guys, I have an old alpine cd player in my 93 civic si hatch. I installed it myself about 4 months ago and it worked great until today. I took off the console and pulled the cd player out because my radio wasn't working too well. I checked the wires and everything seemed ok so I was in the process of putting the stereo back in the dash, but my friend wanted a smoke really badly. So without asking he pushes in the cigerrette lighter while the console is still out. The cigarette lighter starts smoking really bad..and im like wtf? I didn't think nothing of it, but when i tried to turn the stereo on, I get nothing. I can't turn it on..almost like its getting no power. I checked the fuse on the stereo..and its not blown. I just don't whats going on. Oh yea..another thing is that my clock on my car also wont turn on, unless I push on button, then it will turn on..but as soon as I take my finger off, then it turns off again. can anyone help me? I need music for my car

 

There are two other fuses that I would bet are your problem. Check the box under the hood, and check the panel under the dash, on the drivers side. That is what my money is on.

 

thanks for the help man, do you know what number fuses those other ones are? what do you think caused my problem? could it be him messing with the cig lighter at all?


Modified by WongFeihung at 3:49 PM 10/11/2003

 

THat was probably, it maybe an overdemand of current, a cig lighter takes alot of amps, and if anything else was shoreted or something it could have shorted out, and blown a fuse, I have a civic, but all of the fuses should be labeled, you can buy new ones at autozone.

 

thanks alot man, I appreciate your help