I was replacing my corner bulbs (no, not with euro ones ) and in the process of pulling one of them out, i ended up pulling the little plugs (2 copper colered "l" shaped things) from the bulb on the outside. Doing this must have made them hit something and blow the fuse because now when I turn my headlights on, the corner lights, gauge lights, and tail lights dont go on. The headlights work, and the break lights work, but not the others. I was wondering if anybody knew what circuit all of these run on so I know what fuse to replace. I checked out the obvious ones from under the hood and dash and none of them look busted. Any Help?

 

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i thought that gauge lights and tail lights had the same fuse but not corner lights. same thing happened to me (blown fuse), but my corner lights still worked. ???

 

open up ur hood and in that fuse box on the passanger side firewall the fuse says "back lights" or "brake lamps" or something like that.. i believe its a 15 fuse or whatever the dark blue is...

 

Okay, i just checked every single fuse that is under the hood on the passenger side by the firewall, and under the dashboard on the driver side. None of them are blown. Is there any other place where fuses are? If its not a fuse, what could it possibly be? Any suggestions would be great because driving at night is a roll of the dice whether I'm going to get a ticket or get in an accident. Thanks

 

top, im totally lost and not feeling like getting raped at Honda

 

double check the fuses, sometimes its just a slight hairline crack, if not get a electrical tester, and poke away and wait for the pretty red light

 

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What year and model?

 

Its a 96 Accord LX. What should I look for to have hairline cracks on? The little wire that goes through the plastic or the plastic or something else? Would it work if I used the fuses labeled "Spare Fuse" to substitute a fuse then check to see if the parking lights work then if not check the next fuse and so on? Its not easy for me to get a voltmeter (have to steal from physics class lol) so if i could do it this way that would help. Thanks

 

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Check the #32 fuse in the under hood fuse box. It should be a 15amp listed as "small light".

 

yeah you could do this...fuses are relatively cheap as far as car parts go. if there is a short, then it will keep blowing every time you turn your lights on. makes an awful popping sound. just make sure you replace it with a 15amp fuse

 

Okay, thanks alot, especially for the fuse number. I'm heading out to do it right now.

 

good thing. post and tell it if it was just a fuse, i am interested because when this happened to me my corner lights still worked. keep us posted

 

ok i went out to the car to see which one it was...

check the fuse that says "small light" 3rd from the left on the second row its a 15a fuse...

 

YES!!! lol, "small light" was it. I didn't know what a blown fuse looked like(I was told "you could tell for sure" so I wasnt looking for subtle things). When I looked at it closely there was a small separation. Thanks alot for the help on the problem.

 

awesome...it was my problem too. lol doesnt it feel great when you find out what has been driving you crazy for so long!? did it fix the corner lights too?

 

Yeah, it fixed all of them (corners, gauge backlights, and tail lights) Its funny to think that it was something that simple

 

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Fuses are almost always a good place to start with electrical problems. I still keep forgeting that though.

 

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yep, sometimes the cracks so damn thin you cant even see that its cracked. Those are the tricky ones. but you saved yourself a fortune bringing it to honda to fix.