Need Help!! Electrical problem!!!, radio/clock doesnt work!!! Options

[trdproven]

Just a thought, make sure under your hood, fuse box, in the center there is a fuse thats labeled as X make sure this fuse is good. I removed this before because I thought it was a spare, and the things your mentioned did not work.

[torhne]

ugh no luck on it. i mean i could drive the car without cd player or ac or heat, but its december and my window HAS to be up to drive. its like 10 degrees out right now. i just checked the fuse box beside the battery and the jumper is fine, so i dont know what to do. if anyone has any other ideas.

trdproven. where about is that X in relation to teh jumper fuse in the picture above? or is it that fuse?

[torhne]

bumpage!

[torhne]

ok just got done working on it. and i was using a multimeter to test the wires that plug into the bottom of the fuse block, there are 2 that are getting power, a black one with a red stripe and a black with pink stripe. and in the other group of cables that plug into the bottom of the fuse block, one of the pure white cables are getting power, but none of the other 5-6 are. i also pulled out all the BIG fuses in the block, and none of them are getting power to either side of the contact, and the 2 black fuses are in the same boat, no power to either side. and as an reminder, none of the small fuses are working either, no power to either side. someone pleassssseeeee help me

[stephen_lee]

i THINK all the white wires should be getting +12v, but im not sure.
if so something could be disconnected/broken at somepoint between there and the battery

[trdproven]

ugh no luck on it. i mean i could drive the car without cd player or ac or heat, but its december and my window HAS to be up to drive. its like 10 degrees out right now. i just checked the fuse box beside the battery and the jumper is fine, so i dont know what to do. if anyone has any other ideas.

trdproven. where about is that X in relation to teh jumper fuse in the picture above? or is it that fuse?

If you look at the diagram on the fuse panel cover, it tells you where the X is. Its somewhere in the center of all the small fuses.

[torhne]

i got it fixed! it was the 100 amp fuse underneath the hood. but now im having a problem with headlights causing the cd player to shut off i made another thread about it. but yeah, anyone that looks att his thead that would have an idea, the help would be appreciated

[BloodyStupidDave...]

i got it fixed! it was the 100 amp fuse underneath the hood. but now im having a problem with headlights causing the cd player to shut off i made another thread about it. but yeah, anyone that looks att his thead that would have an idea, the help would be appreciated

Have you up-rated your headlights or are they standard wattage? Have you tried putting a voltmeter over the battery when the car is not running, when it is running, and when all your lights are on?

My guess is that your battery is nearing the end of its life. The Celica (all modern cars actually) are pretty demanding on batteries. They tend to last around 3 years on average. If you have accessories such as neon or el-glow lighting; powerful car audio; or up-rated headlights, that can make the problem worse. I tend to notice that my battery is coming to the end of its life when I flash my high-beams and my mp3 player reboots.