Electrical issue 1990 130k
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Electrical issue 1990 130k
Hi forum
Back with another question. Trying to keep this 1990 with 130k on the road.
Its an electrical issue: the seat belt chime won't turn off (even when belt is buckled) once the car is started and the radio sometimes doesn't work (it will come on however if you turn on the headlights). I've looked through the forum and don't see a past post on anything similar. Anyone have an idea what it might be or a first step to troubleshoot?
Thanks as always.
Back with another question. Trying to keep this 1990 with 130k on the road.
Its an electrical issue: the seat belt chime won't turn off (even when belt is buckled) once the car is started and the radio sometimes doesn't work (it will come on however if you turn on the headlights). I've looked through the forum and don't see a past post on anything similar. Anyone have an idea what it might be or a first step to troubleshoot?
Thanks as always.
#2
Unrelated electrical problems happening together often come from grounds being loose or corroded. It might even be something chewing through the wiring harness?
For the seatbelt chime, check the wiring plug at the buckle. Wires coming loose? Corrosion?
You might want to get a shop manual for the wiring diagrams to troubleshoot this stuff.
For the seatbelt chime, check the wiring plug at the buckle. Wires coming loose? Corrosion?
You might want to get a shop manual for the wiring diagrams to troubleshoot this stuff.
#4
Unrelated electrical problems happening together often come from grounds being loose or corroded. It might even be something chewing through the wiring harness?
For the seatbelt chime, check the wiring plug at the buckle. Wires coming loose? Corrosion?
You might want to get a shop manual for the wiring diagrams to troubleshoot this stuff.
For the seatbelt chime, check the wiring plug at the buckle. Wires coming loose? Corrosion?
You might want to get a shop manual for the wiring diagrams to troubleshoot this stuff.
I'm pretty sure its a ground somewhere. The seat belt apparatus looks fine. I see the one ground coming off the battery to the frame but I can't find the other in the engine bay. Is it coming off the transmission compartment somewhere? Any idea where to look?
#5
Seems more likely to be a ground for the wiring harness through the car. I never had a 1990 so I don't have a shop manual. Look at the sticky-threads at the top to see if you can find a shop manual for your generation of Accord.
Typically 1 or 2 places around the dash or around the interior fuse box, there's a cluster of wires all bolted down to the metal structure somewhere. Actually there's quite a few of these around the whole car, & you want the shop manual to tell you which ground points are used by the systems that are flaky.
How is the corrosion in the car? Frequently those ground points get rusty and you have to take them apart & clean them up to bare metal so they make a good connection again.
Typically 1 or 2 places around the dash or around the interior fuse box, there's a cluster of wires all bolted down to the metal structure somewhere. Actually there's quite a few of these around the whole car, & you want the shop manual to tell you which ground points are used by the systems that are flaky.
How is the corrosion in the car? Frequently those ground points get rusty and you have to take them apart & clean them up to bare metal so they make a good connection again.
#6
Here you go. Some of this is pretty old, but not long ago someone posted that it worked for whatever manual he was looking for.
https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...-manuals-4597/
https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...-manuals-4597/
#7
Here you go. Some of this is pretty old, but not long ago someone posted that it worked for whatever manual he was looking for.
https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...-manuals-4597/
https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...-manuals-4597/
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