civicplaya

Okay (long story short) while in torrential downpours, we decided to put in a new cigarette lighter, that worked for a minute but then -somehow- ended up not working... Fuse number 17, the one for all the climate controls ended up blown, i fixed that. The cigarette lighter still won't work, but now the freeking cluster doesn't work! Lights work for it, Fuel Gauge works, but the spedo, tach, temp, do not work. Idk if there's a fuse for the cluster or not.. i don't have my fuse box diagram. -I have a '97 Civic Ex. I guess the 1st windshield wiper setting won't work either, but the other two do. This is a mess...some of the fuses might have got switched around too, not sure about that though.

Please, please help me!

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gearbox

iTrader: (95)

check "small light" fuse?

civicplaya

would small light fuse be why the spedo, tach, and temp gauge don't work?

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gearbox

iTrader: (95)

its possible yes. anything else not working?

civicplaya

Everything that i've noticed so far that do not work are the spedo, tach, temp gauge, cigarette lighter, and the 1st setting of the wiper speed. but the other two settings on the wipers work.

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civicplaya

Okay after replacing a blown fuse everything works except the cigarrette lighter.

What is the "small light" fuse? Like the fuse name?

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gearbox

iTrader: (95)

i think thats the name. not sure where it is lemme check the owner manual if i can find it. 12v socket plug has its own fuse i believe.

jdwoo87

I had a problem awhile back where my fuse kept blowing on the 12v socket and later found a penny in it. Haha!!

I like to use the cigarette lighter circuit for aftermarket electronics, have you or anyone else wired anything to that circuit? If so, definitely check all of it for possible shorts.

civicplaya

^No, only use it for GPS.

But everything seems to be working now... the positive terminal that goes to cigarette lighter wasn't plugged in the right place on fuse box. Used multimeter and found the one i had it plugged into, didn't give any charge. So i must have plugged it into the wrong one yesterday.

Thanks for the help though guys! Oh I also noticed there were 9 fuses that weren't there. :S
Guess I'm going to get some now.


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civicplaya

Oh yeah, spedo, tach weren't working because of blown fuse also...

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

dont put fuses everywhere lol. alot of fuse are missing cause your civic doesnt have the extra options like heated seat, etc. its not supposed to be full.