Greetings all!! my first post and glad to be with all you Honda junkies... My problem is the trunk light will not burn at all. I have a 1990 Accord LX. I have changed the bulb and checked the fuses all good.... I removed the socket from the trunk and noticed a small diode or resistor (Black with silver writing) in the socket not sure why they need that on a trunk light. Anyway, I measured the voltage on the wires coming out of the trunk to the socket and get 12 volts but when I hook the bulb across the hot wire to ground all I hear is a clicking inside the driver side rear panel somewhere. (Like a relay is tripping) ALso can anyone tell me where the trunk light on and off actuater switch is located in the lid?
I appreciate any help.. It always seems like the little things that annoy us...... I'm about ready to go buy a light and switch and run a hot wire back there anyway... [&o][]

 

Not sure where switch is on a '90 but on my '87 LX the switch is in the trunk latch, (when you shut the trunk lid - the latch catches on the U shaped bar that holds the trunk lid shut).

Did you install a new bulb into the socket or touch the hot wire to one end of the bulb and a grd wire to the other side?

If in the socket - some sockets have insulators for the wires and if one is defective it could short when the bulb is plugged in?

 

sounds like a short
im not to sure about the bulb part the clicking noise could be coming from the antenna? i know my antenna made a cliking noise on the driver side rear panel....