Looks like my 2000 Honda CR-V needs a backup (reverse) light switch. I changed the fuse and both bulbs are not working so it’s unlikely the bulbs, right?) So, after that check the reverse lights are still out, so I’m assuming — hopefully — it’s the switch which I can kinda of see is on the bottom of the engine somewhere (see diagram - unfortunately I couldn’t figure out how to attach the drawing). I’m just not sure exactly where and there are no youtube videos on this R&R/ Any help would be appreciated.
Did you solve your turn signal and starting problems on your Nissan ? Asking for a friend.
Did you at least use a 12v test light to confirm power at the reverse bulb socket when the transmission is in reverse . . . ?
what about ground . . . did you verify the ground is good?
I did not try that with the bulbs. I’ll do that. Not sure what you mean about the ground being good?
Yes i did. it was just the bulb. This response was related to my 2008 Altima not my current problem with the 2000 Honda reverse lights.
Being a Honda, IIRC it is a 2 wire switch screwed into the transmission, you can unplug the switch and with the key in the run position but not running, insert a paper clip in both terminals on the plug opposite the switch (jumper wire works too) and if the back up light turn on then replace the switch, if not keep digging…
Just be careful not to let the paper clip touch any metal or you WILL be replacing the fuse… lol
Lol. Ok,got it. Thanks Dave. Now, I just have to find the switch as that’s my original problem
Thanks Dave. I’d seen the diagram in my manuel, but the photo is terrific. Make it a lot easier to find. Hey, thanks for taking your time to help.
You’re welcome sir…
Let us know the outcome please…
12 volt power coming IN needs a place to go to complete a circuit. On most cars that is the metal structure of the car. You check ground connections by using an Ohm-meter to measure the resistance from the non-12 volt terminal on the light socket to a bare metal screw bolt or nut nearby. The resistance should be very close to zero Ohms. If it is infinite, there is a broken wire somewhere between the bulb and the ground.
You might want to study up a bit on basic electrical theory if you are going to try and troubleshoot problems like this not to mention the proper tools.
Well just saying, unless you take engineering classes or learned as a kid, you are unlikely to have much electrical background. I bought my ohm meter in army basic training where I was exposed to electronics. Nothing in college and sixth grade was the last of it. The kids and adults around me were mechanical but otherwise I was never exposed to this stuff. So I have some sympathy for someone who has never been exposed..
Do I believe in a universal draft? Yes, until the basics at least are taught in school.
When I was on active duty we were never taught electronics. Draftees only served two years.
We had a semester of electrical shop in junior high, but use of ohm meters was not taught. Electrical schematics were, basic soldering, and we made a lamp.
Ditto… more or less. When I was in 7th and 8th grades, the boys took a Wood Shop course, and the teacher supplemented the curriculum with basic electrical theory.
What we were taught was sufficient for making lamps and understanding how to do some home electrical maintenance, and I continue to do a lot of my home electrical work to this day. I haven’t electrocuted myself or burned the house down, so I guess that Mr. Keegan taught us pretty well.
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When the backup light switch in my '74 Volvo went bad, my mechanic said that he could save me a lot of money if I simply had him install a manual toggle switch, rather than replacing the bad switch. I don’t recall where the failed switch was located, but he said that it would be far cheaper to simply install a toggle switch, so that’s what we did.
In addition to the backup lights coming in handy when I was loading/unloading the trunk at night, that manual switch was also useful if someone was tailgating me.
I hope you’re joking. I was driving home from work one day and someone was tailgating me. I tapped my brakes just to turn the lights on and get him to back off. He was so close that he veered left onto the shoulder. Had he driven onto toe median strip, he may have driven down the hill between the north and south bridges on either side of the median. That was the last time I pulled that stunt.
My brother did the same woth an 86 Jetta, one of many budget fixes. The 73 Volvo from our engineer grandpa had a full typed page of little fixes to make it work. Including the wedge holding the trip odo reset button in for the odo to work.
Dad was sweating the state patrol inspection but they only verified the serial numbers and paperwork. Gifted to us in1986. Our dealer in Tacoma 30mi away had been shipping parts to grandpa in hawaii because the dealer there was tiny and on another island. Easier to get parts from the mainland.
I’ve never found them much help in backing at night. Maybe I just dont realize it. The best use is in a parking lot so smart people don’t walk or drive behind you when the backup lights are on. Not everyone is smart though or they don’t know what the lights mean.