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Honda Electrical Quandry

Multipart question, but first, the obligatory: 1997 Honda Accord LX, two Door, 115k miles. Driver side window lift motor and regulator tore themselves apart when a cable decided to twist up. After replacing I noticed a number of electrical items that worked previously had stopped. The dome lights, the little chime that goes off if I leave my keys in the ignition and the chime that goes off if I leave the headlights on. Also, the wipers' intermittent feature no longer works (wipers don't move at all) but other wiper settings do work. And that little lighted ring around the ignition. Question, part one: is there anywhere I can get ahold of wiring schematics for my car aside from the factory manuals? Part two: any guesses as to what I screwed up? Another detail: the lights at the base of the door, or rather, the plug to them, got kinda slammed in the door when the interior panel was off. I swear, I didn't do it! Could I (err, they) have shorted that light out and popped a fuse? Does Honda really put that much shit on a single circuit? No, I haven't checked the fuses yet because it's raining outside, but I intend to before I dig around too deeply.

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B.B.
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I'm not familiar with Hondas, but it strikes me that everything you have mentioned has some sort of input from the driver's side dome light switch. Even the wipers might have some logic that allows them to return to the parked position if the ignition switch is off and that sort of logic is sometimes canceled when the drivers door is opened.

Inspect and repair all the connections between that light and the door switch. Something might be shorting to ground. Also, look around the window motor and regulator. The repair might have damaged some nearby wiring.

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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

Outside of the intermittent wipers most of those things so "light" related and probably on the same fuse. Thats the place to start... hopefully the wiper function is tied to that fuse as well.

If you want an accurate wiring diagram the factory manual is the only way to go. They come up on e-bay fairly often and are more affordable than new ones.

Steve B.

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Steve B.

Yup, all one fuse. I finally got the chance to pick up some new ones today and that one fuse controlled all of those accessories.

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B.B.

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