1990 Civic Sedan - Taillight problem

[steinkeD]

Hey folks! I'm new to the forum but it looks great!
I had my car in the shop because my new alternator was going, and the battery discharged so I bought a new battery. A week prior to this I noticed that my tail lights would sometimes not come on when i turned the lights on. I would leave the car running for 10 mins and when I came back outside they would be on. So when the new alternator died, I brought it in to the shop to have the alternator replaced and told them about the tail lights. They said the found a short and resoldered it and everything looked great. However, when I turn the lights on, the tail lights come on. When I turn the key to ON or start the car, the tail lights go out. When I turn the key back to off or INT, they come back on.

Any idea why this is happening? I'm not sure if it has to do with my acc or something, but at about the same time I think I noticed that my head unit (cd player) which normally turns off when I turn the car off (its connected via remote wire to the accessory wire on the car harness) that now my cd player stays on even when I turn the car off. Could this have something to do with? Should I take the deck out and recheck the wiring? Is there a way for me to trouble shoot it?

I know I can just take the car back in to the mechanic, but its friday and I have a road trip on sunday *cry*

Much thanks for any help that can be provided...

And again, great forum! Wish I found it sooner!

-Darren

[mpdiecast]

Hi,
I am a newbie and was searching for a fix for the same problem and came across this post. Did you get it fixed?? If so, what was it??
Greg

[rubix777]

do you have an alarm installed on this car?

[mpdiecast]

No alarm...nothing was changed...this problem just started.
Greg