[Insightful Trekker]

AFAIK your right Dustin. There have been no posts on this topic.

So to help prevent looking too foolish the first thing to check is that the bulbs aren't burned out. Nothing "exotic" about them. Like the old standard 1157's used for years they are a newer "greener" design, #7443 and are widely available. Twin filament one for tail the other for brake. So its possible that both tail filaments are burned out, but both brake are OK.

If you accidentally shorted something and blew a fuse during the radio installation then on this circuit the _front_ parking lights will also be out as should be all the little button back lights on the dash. The fuses to check are #15, 10A in the under dash box. And less likely its main branch fuse #16, 30A in the under hood box. If one or both of these fuses are blown then also make sure that there is no damage to the Red/Blk wire on the radio pigtail connector (short to ground). And that it is connected to the radio correctly. Also occasionally there can be an internal radio failure on this circuit branch so disconnecting this one wire may be a needed diagnostic step.

Like most other Hondas the radio illumination is fused on the taillight circuit. And since the dash is digital its looped through the dimming controller in the gauge assembly. Fuse #6, & #15 in the under dash fuse box. Because of this use _extreme_ caution when hooking up any aftermarket radio. Incorrectly connecting this lead or adding too much load could fry some expensive parts in the gauge cluster assembly (not available separately) :!:

The wires to watch out for in this situation on the radio harness are the Red & Red/Blk.

HTH!

 

[Insightful Trekker]

Re: Fixed: Rear Taillights Have gone out, HELP????

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Question for yall - I suspected the panel lights to be blown as I
noticed the backlight to the a/c buttons were not illuminated (yet all
the guages still worked), but when I went to look up in the owners
manual what the panel lights fuse # was I couldn't find it -as #15 fuse
is labeled as "small light". So where do I get a manual worth while
that will tell me detailed information about this car? Sorry if this is
already posted somewhere I am just being lazy I guess ;-).

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Two sources for the factory Service Manual and the Electrical
Troubleshooting Manual (ETM): eBay and
http://helminc.com/helm/homepage.asp?r= . There are a couple on eBay
right now :!: Search eBay for "Honda Insight".

As good as your description for the problem was in your earlier post we
*might* be able to figure out whey the dash lights aren't working, but
then you'd not have any motivation to get the manuals for yourself. And
you'll really need them sooner or later :!: In this case #1, the problem was rather straightforward and simple. #2 you accurately and clearly described it.

If / once you've got the manuals it's somewhat easier to simply quote a page number for the rest of the story. As problems get more obscure it can become almost impossible to repair "blindfolded" and by remote control. So I think I'll go out on top of my form on this one. I hope you understand.

Hint: (I'm worried now about the dimming control internal to the gauge cluster, but check the remaining fuses first :!: ).

HTH!

 

[Insightful Trekker]

Re: Fixed: Rear Taillights Have gone out, HELP????

Sorry I miscomunicated earlier -

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Hope I don't have to bother you again, except for gas mileage tips and how to break 70mpg on average.

-Dustin

See what I mean :?:
(commumication of complex problems)


Many hyper MPG tips have been answered in past posts. Try the forum search feature (Hint: limit the search to the MPG forum) :!:

And your very welcome :!:

HTH!