94 Accord electric problems..

Hi!

I have some strange problems with electric system.

When you turn lights on dash will come up immediately, but lights will come
on in about 2 seconds.

When you turn wipers on it could be like 5 seconds until they actually start
working.

I understand it's most likely relay but want to hear from people who had
same problem.
Also, it seems problem with wipers delay gets worse (longer wait) with time.

?

Thanks

 

Hi,
Do you have a good battery holding a good charge?
Wonder if you have a weak battery or charging system.
Tony

 

Tony,

I thought same thing before. But no, my battery is brand new (replaced week
ago)
It didn't change a thing...

 

Hi,
Check poor ground connection on affected circuits.
Tony

 

Why was your battery replaced? Because charging system is
not working properly? The only way to answer Tony Hwang's
question is to measure vehicle system voltage. New battery
would not solve the problem. Defective battery would be
another symptom of that same problem.

 

Problem existed for a while (about a year)
I don't think battery would work for that long with bad charging system...

Battery was 4.5 years old and it just died last week. I replaced it with new
one.
So, I don't think its related....

 

Granted we are speculating without sufficient information.
But a few facts. Delay of lights and delay of wipers would
involve separate electrical systems or relays. The only
common factor would be the system voltage.

BTW, my Honda batteries never lasted less than 7 years even
when always parked outside. Last battery went something over
nine years. It may just be me. But still, until system
voltage reading are taken with a digital multimeter (with
engine off, with engine on, and with engine on and every
peripheral on), then we cannot eliminate system voltage
(charging system) from a list of possibilities. System
voltage is the one common factor to 'strange' symptoms.

 

Thanks.

Will check voltage first to make sure.

BTW, you probably use good batteries. Any battery I bought (and I buy
cheaper batteeries) never lasted more then 5-6 years...

 

In every case, the battery was original from Honda. One was
even a Delco battery.

Do be sure to report back. Your's is an interesting
problem.