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    weird ignition switch issue

    I'ts been a month now that i own this cb7 and i'm starting to know it better and fixing things as the days go by.

    I discovered today that if i leave the light on when i shut the motor,the motor keep running.The dashlight just dims a little bit when i shut the light but the motor keeps going.

    Is this a electrical problem or a way to save the battery?( it works fine i guess )

    I know about the shime,even my 85 lx had it and my cd5 have it too.Any toughts?
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    Anyone?

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      #3
      Weird...

      It's definitely not supposed to do that. There must be a short somewhere allowing the ignition system to find feral power from the headlights.
      Regards from Oz,
      John.

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        #4
        Does the car have an alarm? Or can you find any evidence that it once did?

        Many alarms will flash the headlights when they activate, and they also can come with an ignition cutoff.
        I'm wondering if a botched install, or possibly a botched removal, could be the reason.






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          #5
          Thanks for your reply.Yesterday,i did a cruise control removal so i went under the dash to unhook the wire and take the CC relay out.I discovered that it was held by two tie-raps(probably someone removed it to reach the main relay).

          Once that out of the way, i found out that the yellow wire (the one that goes from the main relay harness to somewhere towards the ignition switch) had been cut and wire back with another wire.Maybe that has to do with that issue.

          Deevergote,the car has no alarm,but i found a hole(about the size of a light) in the plastic cover beside the rear window defog switch...maybe someone removed it and did a quick job.

          Thanks for your help!
          Last edited by nighthawk57; 09-20-2009, 06:22 PM.

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            #6
            Yeah, someone DEFINITELY removed an alarm from your car. It seems that they did a hack-job of putting it back together.

            It's going to be a total pain, but your only option is to look at the wiring diagram for your year (there were minor wiring changes in all years, not sure how extensive) and see what you can do.






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              #7
              thanks for the suggestion,i will take a look at the wiring diagram.Since it's not a major issue,i will try to fix it myself.If i can't ,i will ask my mechanic to take a look at it next time i take my car in.

              Imagine,they diden't put tape on the wire they hook up togheter,it was just hanging there,by the CC relay box.....
              I guess they where in a hurry

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                #8
                Yeah, that's a clear indication that they took no care in putting it back together. The car started... job done. Probably yanked it last minute to sell the car, and put the alarm in something new.






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                  #9
                  Yeah that is probably what they done!"the car started,job done"

                  I'm happy i went down there and caught it,before it made contact and short something.

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