rtea2008

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I have an '06 TSX MT and out of nowhere last night i noticed the lights on the radio, a/c control, and blue led up top aren't lit. My friends were driving behind me and called me to tell me my tailights aren't on, not even the license plates. I also tried unlocking and locking the car while its off with the remote and the corner lights aren't flashing with the car locks. I checked the fuses and tried replacing the coil fuse for the fogs... none of it resolves the problem.

Weird thing is that my spedometer, interior lights, door lights, and lowbeam lights still work. I guess I can't drive at night! Should I take it to acura to figure it out because i can't figure it out myself. It was working fine before.. i'm confused with this problem. is there another fuse that i'm missing?

rtea2008

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i also used the hazard button to make sure my corner bulbs aren't blown out and they do work. FML

rtea2008

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........ so i rechecked the fuse box this morning. turns out that it was just a 15 amp fuse blown in the "small/lo" slot or something like that -__-

oh well.. problem solved!!! =)

miner

So, was that you I saw on the BW8 without lights?

nbtx

For now - trust me, it will happen again. Fuses don't fail, they blow for a reason.

rtea2008

iTrader: (2)

i don't think i was traveling around the beltway with my car haha

yeah, no doubt. i'm thinkin it's because i rewired my fogs to those corner lights, but i had them rewired for a very long time.. like three to four months without any problem. i don't know why it would just start to blow out now. should i up the fuse amp to 20? or would that risk blowing something else?

litesout

Upping the fuse sizes isn't recommended. You lose the protection that the fuse affords and risk melting other wiring by running more current through it than its designed to carry.

rtea2008

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alright, thanks for the input! i'll keep this fuse slot in mind in case something like this happens again.

nbtx

You have a self-inflicted wound - you added another load to a well-engineered circuit and put the current draw at the limit of the fuse. And, as temperatures drop, resistance of wires and lamps drops and current increases - it's Ohm's Law. Don't use a higher current rating fuse; you'll cause even more problems with melted wiring.