brake light fuse [now my car won't start], New JDM tails beginning to sound like bad news! read update Options

[Lovo]

I just installed some JDM tails that I purchased on the B/S forum... I went to check my brakes and they wouldn't come on, so I checked the bulbs first... they're fine. I switched whatever harness it came with to my own to see if it was the wiring on the harnesses from the lights... Still no brakes, so I look for a burned fuse with the old harnesses still plugged up. Fuse 15a for "Stop" under the dimmer was burned. So I put in a fresh one and stepped on the brakes with the old harnesses plugged up. No brake lights...

I'm almost starting to think I've been driving without brake lights for a few days and I probably just haven't noticed.

What do you guys think? I don't really want to drive around without a brake light... so I want to get this fixed in the morning... ahhh the sweet smell of urgency... can you smell it?

This post has been edited by Lovo: Oct 5, 2007 - 6:24 PM

[Lovo]

its starting to smell sour, help anyone?

[Valo666]

maybe the fuse that was in there isnt a high enough amperage fuse. I plugged my JDM harness in and it works perfectly fine. No issues what so ever.

[Sinyk]

maybe the fuse that was in there isnt a high enough amperage fuse. I plugged my JDM harness in and it works perfectly fine. No issues what so ever.

Yep, I bought mine off ebay and it came with the JDM harness. I haven't had any problems at all. Maybe check the switch down by the pedal to see if it's not stuck or anything?

[Lovo]

Maybe there was something slowly killing my car because now the battery drains, and the car won't turn on... I think the kill switch on my alarm activated... and I really can't control my alarm, because the remote is, simply put, absolutely retarded; it doesn't really pick up the signal on the alarm for whatever reason. So now I have a car that won't turn on because the kill switch is activated... or maybe it is something else. When I turn the key the car makes absolutely no sound, but the power is fine. everything turns on fine... EXCEPT the car won't crank... or even try to crank.

I disconnected the brain of the alarm to see if it was the alarm... still no help... this really sucks.

This post has been edited by Lovo: Oct 5, 2007 - 6:41 PM

[illneversellmyce...]

bump come on guys he needs help, i know jdm tails didint kill the car so wipe that out

if he clicks and no clicky clicky but everything electrical powers on i think its the starter

but he mentioned he has an alarm which could be the culprit but i dont know **** about alarms

so anyone?....

[6strngs]

if it clicks a bunch of times it's the battery. if it clicks once then stops, it's the starter.

My alarm did that to me too, what I do is disconnect the battery, put the key in the ignition and turn to the on position then reconnect the battery and it starts fine for me until I disconnect the battery again.

[Valo666]

how old is your battery?...you probably have some paracidic draw on the top...aka you got excess battery acid *even a tiny bit* going across the top of your battery and causing a connection between the posts.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Oct 5, 2007 - 9:31 PM

[Lovo]

So I went ahead and tried to see if it was the kill switch on the alarm, and I'm guessing its not, it still did not start with the battery trick.

I tried switching batteries, no luck.

I pulled out the starter and got it checked at Autozone... running great.

I finally decided to try some things, to see if there is a problem in my wiring... So I took a wire to the positive part on the starter and a wire to the positive part of my battery, went in my car put the key on "on" in the ignition and then I pushed the clutch in and gave the starter some juice... voila!; the car started!

I made a little switch and mounted it in my interior through the holes in the firewall for the hvac control. Now I can take it to the dealer to have them find where the faulty wiring is and let them fix it!

woooo

[6strngs]

could've been a loose or corroded connection between the starter and the battery, or the starter and ground, or battery and ground.

[Lovo]

my ignition switch went on the car, thats what was wrong.

now my alarm brain had an oopsies and something melted inside, so it sent a bad signal to my ignition switch and my brake light somehow.

now i need to re-wire another alarm in order to get things functioning good. i'm going to an alarm dealer tomorrow, i used to work there, so it should go pretty smoothly.