CEL after hardwiring radar detector - Honda Prelude Forum

jmd471 · 03-06-2009, 06:37 AM

So I hardwired my V1 last night. I did a fuse tap on the passenger side window fuse, and grounded it to a bolt on the firewall. I had the car on accessory while I routed the wire in front of the headliner/a pillar/down to the fuse box, and also while I ran around the house for tools....This morning I had a CEL, didn't have time to pull the code and just took my other car.

My question. Does this sound like it could be a relation? The car started up fine, didn't seem like the battery was that drained, and I did very minimal wiring. Was just surprised to see a CEL right after doing that work.

Kronn 98SH · 03-06-2009, 02:32 PM

I'd say there's a 90% chance that it's related to your wiring, but without a code we can't be sure.

Solid · 03-06-2009, 05:25 PM

There are empty slots you can use for power on the fuse box. No need to tap into another source.

Go have the CEL read at autozone or any other place that does it for free.

jmd471 · 03-09-2009, 10:56 AM

Update: I did the fuse pull to reset the CEL, and it didn't come back. I think it was related to my battery being low.

Are there spare slots in the interior fuse box? I thought they were just to hold the spare fuses.

Solid · 03-09-2009, 11:08 AM

Yes, my laser jammers are tapped into the spare slots.