{"id":34905,"date":"2024-10-27T07:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T14:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=34905"},"modified":"2024-10-27T07:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T14:30:42","slug":"2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working","title":{"rendered":"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When driving the gauges gyrate and the dash lights flicker. Under acceleration the headlights dim. After some driving distance, the engine will begin to stutter and electrical accessories will stop working. Have changed alternator and battery. What&#8217;s next?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This sounds like the alternator is unable to charge the battery. You will need to locate the reason the alternator is unable to charge the battery. Check the alternator fuse(fuse 15). Yeah, I was surprised to find out it had one. A first for me.\u00a0 Either bad wiring, cables or connection. First make certain the alternator is good on the vehicle.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/alternator.html\">Alternator Testing and Alternator Repair &#8211; FreeAutoMechanic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then check for the same voltage leaving the alternator and connected to the battery. Repair as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2000-honda-civic-charging-wiring-diagram.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2000-honda-civic-charging-wiring-diagram.jpg\" alt=\"2000-honda-civic-charging-wiring-diagram\" class=\"wp-image-82121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2000-honda-civic-charging-wiring-diagram.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2000-honda-civic-charging-wiring-diagram-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-replace-alternator\">Replace Alternator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Disconnect battery ground cable, then disconnect positive cable at battery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disconnect electrical connector from alternator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove terminal nut and WHT wire from B terminal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove adjusting bolt and through bolt nut, then remove alternator belt from pulley.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pull out alternator through bolt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove alternator from vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reverse procedure to install, noting the following:<br \/>a. Torque B terminal nut to 68 inch lbs.<br \/>b. Torque alternator adjusting bolt to 17 ft. lbs.<br \/>c. Torque alternator mounting bolts to 33 ft. lbs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When driving the gauges gyrate and the dash lights flicker. Under acceleration the headlights dim. After some driving distance, the engine will begin to stutter and electrical accessories will stop working. Have changed alternator and battery. What&#8217;s next? This sounds like the alternator is unable to charge the battery. You will need to locate the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13716,"featured_media":53905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When driving the gauges gyrate and the dash lights flicker. Under acceleration the headlights dim. After some driving distance, the engine will begin to stutter and electrical accessories will stop working. Have changed alternator and battery. What&#8217;s next? This sounds like the alternator is unable to charge the battery. You will need to locate the&hellip;&nbsp;Read More &raquo;2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FreeAutoMechanic Advice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freeautomechanic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-27T14:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-27T14:30:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2000-honda-civic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"314\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Les R Horn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Les R Horn\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working - FreeAutoMechanic Advice","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working","og_description":"When driving the gauges gyrate and the dash lights flicker. Under acceleration the headlights dim. After some driving distance, the engine will begin to stutter and electrical accessories will stop working. Have changed alternator and battery. What&#8217;s next? This sounds like the alternator is unable to charge the battery. You will need to locate the&hellip;&nbsp;Read More &raquo;2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working","og_url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working","og_site_name":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freeautomechanic","article_published_time":"2024-10-27T14:30:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-27T14:30:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":314,"url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2000-honda-civic.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Les R Horn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Les R Horn","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working"},"author":{"name":"Les R Horn","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/person\/6b6bcff7d54a6e9f0bc01ae22df31c05"},"headline":"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working","datePublished":"2024-10-27T14:30:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-27T14:30:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working"},"wordCount":213,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2000-honda-civic.jpg","articleSection":["Auto Repair Questions"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working","name":"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working - FreeAutoMechanic Advice","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2000-honda-civic.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-27T14:30:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-27T14:30:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2000-honda-civic.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2000-honda-civic.jpg","width":600,"height":314,"caption":"Honda Civic"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2024\/10\/2000-honda-civic-engine-shutters-and-electrical-accessories-will-stop-working#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2000 Honda Civic engine shutters and electrical accessories will stop working"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/","name":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice","description":"Ask a Car Mechanic Questions for Free","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#organization","name":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-auto_repair_questions.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-auto_repair_questions.jpg","width":250,"height":81,"caption":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freeautomechanic","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/freeautomechanic"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/person\/6b6bcff7d54a6e9f0bc01ae22df31c05","name":"Les R Horn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/b66e003ab5d84542ea5146dcf2a35c15.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/b66e003ab5d84542ea5146dcf2a35c15.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/b66e003ab5d84542ea5146dcf2a35c15.jpg","caption":"Les R Horn"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/app_scoped_user_id\/1065934310155939\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/author\/les-r-horn"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}