Electrical problem with my ZRE152

[AUR15]

Hey guys been awhile,

Just been driving the old Auris around lately and the interior and remote locking dont work full stop, im guess fuse maybe.

But the real problem is the Speedo dash lights, the Back driving lights and front driving lights seem to turn off at random times and then turn on at random times.

Like last night I had no Speedo lights for 30 mins, i had to set up my iphone on torch mode and place it near the dails to see how fast i was going.

I was just wondering if anyone has had similar problems or knows how to fix it, because I no longer own the car as I sold it to my mother and I dont want her to drive and this happen, cheers Guys

[dyslexik]

hey mate,

Had a similar prob happen in my gf's civic. The speedo dash, cd headunit, headlights and parkers were flickering for several days. Also, it blew the fuse for the digital clock on the dash.

Since it was due for a service the week after, I had advised Honda of the electrical fault and filmed the problem on my iphone. As i filmed inside, the front headlights and then the rear last, i noticed only one of the brake lights was flickering on and off.

So had my gf turn off the engine, while I replaced the faulty brake bulb.

After that, she switched on the engine again and the electrical fault was rectified. All that stress caused from a dodgy batch of bulbs bought Supercheap Auto.

• Check if the electrical fault had been caused by a faulty bulb - brake lights, tail lights, headlights, parkers, etc.
• Check your fuses and replace the ones which are blown. - Honda uses PE fuses which are quite expensive, but lasts longer than aftermarket ones. Check if Toyota uses PE fuses too, if not just try and find a decent aftermarket fuse kit. If you can't, you can buy assorted Fuse kits (50, 80 ,100+ units) on eBay which are shipped from the USA.

Hopefully, your problem would be similar and hope it's nothing major.

[eviltwin]

Remove the fuse box cover and on the underside you will see the fusebox mapped out with labeling so you can identify what each fuse is protecting , from there find the closest to your issues and inspect them, not sure about the ZRE but my sportivo came with a little tool for removing fuses clipped into the underside of the lid.

[eviltwin]

What your describing doesn't sound like a fuse as i have just re-read it , id more so be thinking about having the alternator looked at , failing that it would be something like a faulty relay.

Edited January 31, 2011 by eviltwin