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Anonymous Posted on Sep 30, 2012

2000 honda accord 4cyl, last night with can running noticed the radio quicky flash when turning on headlights. When applying brakes, headlights would flicker 1 time very quickly. today went to start and sounded like a pop and car will not turn over. Dome light, radio not working but headlights work fine. Is there a fuse/relay that could be blown?

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2012

    tested again...open door and dome light was on, stepped on brake and brake lights came on (all while car off) turn on ignition, and everything went off. Closed door /open again and dome light was back on, but stepped on brakes everything shut off. Went to turn headlights on and heard a faint clicking (keys were not in the ignition) Could a relay be bad, if so any ideas what one?

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This would tell me there is a short in the wiring harness. If it was a relay it would affect only the electronics on that relay.

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  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2012

    Ok, Not to sound like an *****, but it will... I'm not exactly sure where the wiring harness is located, and is there a logical way to start trouble shooting to isolate the issue?

  • Trevor Goble
    Trevor Goble Sep 30, 2012

    Well if you think 1 relay controls everything then why ask. There are about 6 relays in a car

  • Trevor Goble
    Trevor Goble Sep 30, 2012

    about 6 relays in the car. The wiring harness threads from the ignition, radio, headlights ect..

  • Trevor Goble
    Trevor Goble Sep 30, 2012

    it is under the dash then leads to your fuse panel inside the car and engine compartment where the relays and other fuses are located.

  • Trevor Goble
    Trevor Goble Sep 30, 2012

    It is my belief the problem lies either in your radio as a short or the section between the radio to main junction under the dash

  • Trevor Goble
    Trevor Goble Sep 30, 2012

    Isoloation (remove the fuse for the radio)

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2012

    Sounds good, I will try that tomorrow morning. I took apart the throttle body and intake alst weekend to clean carbon deposits in-order to pass CA smog. It is possible that I knocked something around. I will start with radio fuse and also look for anything else that seems loose under there. I will give an update in the morning...Thank you for the info!

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First, let me advise you that a blown fuse is never the cause of an electrical problem. They are allways the result of the problem. A blown fuse is allways the result of an electrical overload that could potentially burn your vehicle to the ground. Replacing a fuse without finding out and correcting WHY the fuse was blown is a total waste of time and effort and will only result in another fuse having to give up its life to keep your car from toasting itself.


The problem you are describing sounds a lot like a mutifunction switch shorting out. It needs to be checked for this as well as the connector to the multifunction switch because the connectors usually get burned. This could also be a simple flasher module problem.

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