Car: 1999 Honda Civic Si

Problem: I was driving home from work the other night and as I was signalling to change lanes, I noticed my headlights flicker. As I went further down the freeway, I changed lanes again - this time changing lanes in the opposite direction to see if they would flicker again...sure enough they did. When I got home I was sitting in my car with it parked and with the parking lights on and I pushed the power window button and my gauges flickered with the same reaction as the headlights did on the freeway. I dont know what this could be. Any ideas?

Side note: The car has a remote start installed on it. It is currently disabled, (or I just dont know how to use it correctly) but Im thinking for some reason its possible that there could be some electrical interference with the flickering problem. I got my battery and alternator checked, and they both checked out fine. This isnt a major problem, but I would like to figure it out and fix it so that its doesnt evolve into anything else.

 

I would take the car back to the person who installed the remote start. Tell them what's going on, and that the alternator and battery tested fine. (In L.A. Autozone is the place to go) No matter how long ago you had it installed, they should have enough integrity to take a look. Sounds like a connection isn't intact.

If they fix it, bring them a 12-pack of whatever they drink. They're remember you if something else goes down.

 

Yea Im gonna go to an AutoZone sometime today and see what I can get accomplished. Thanks for the advice, we'll see about the brewskies though...Im lightweight broke right now.

 

mine does the same thing and i cant seem to figure it out

 

I also noticed that when my wiperblades are on (the intermediate setting) which wipes every 5-6 seconds, when the blades go up from their horizontal position I hear a clicking noise. The noise sounds exactly like when you use the turn signal, (the clicking noise it makes inside the cabin you can hear) and it clicks only once every time the blades go up, nothing when they come down and pause. Weird.

 

It sounds like you have a bad ground connection somewhere. If this problem started after the remote start install, have it checked out. If not, check out the rest of the vehicles ground connections.

 

Yea I never thought about the grounds...I'll check it out and see what turns up. Thanks.