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Kevin Van Sant - 06 Sep 2006 14:53 GMT

I've been noticing what I'm guessing is the result of some kind of
voltage fluctuation. At first the only symptom of this was when I was
driving highway speeds at night the lights (headlight and dashboard)
would kind of flare up a little brighter intermittently. More
recently I noticed the AC fan doing the same thing. I only noticed
that while parked with the fan on high.

Anyone have experience with this before? Ideas?

the car is a 98 Civic LX AT with only 53,000 miles.

Thanks.

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'Curly Q. Links' - 06 Sep 2006 15:03 GMT

> I've been noticing what I'm guessing is the result of some kind of
> voltage fluctuation. At first the only symptom of this was when I was
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> Thanks.

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ELD is the term you need to search for. It has been discussed in the
last few days. Poke through these TSB's, just for kicks too:

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/civic/index.html

'Curly'

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John Horner - 06 Sep 2006 16:17 GMT

> I've been noticing what I'm guessing is the result of some kind of
> voltage fluctuation. At first the only symptom of this was when I was
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>
> Thanks.

I just had exactly the same symptoms on our 2003 Accord. In our case
the dealer replaced the fuse box to replace the embedded Electronic Load
Detector which had failed. I have no idea if the same thing applies
to your '98 Civic.

John

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Michael Pardee - 07 Sep 2006 01:44 GMT

>> I've been noticing what I'm guessing is the result of some kind of
>> voltage fluctuation. At first the only symptom of this was when I was
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> John

I must have missed the discussion. What in the world does the ELD do,
anyway?

Mike

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John Horner - 06 Sep 2006 16:27 GMT

There is a service bulletin which describes your symptoms and points to
the voltage regulator. I've sent you a copy by direct email.

John

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