Car doesn't start unless...

[Qmx323]

I turn the interior dome light on. I know, right? The victim is a 1991 Prelude Si(not an accord but it's still a 3G...Prelude, that is.)

When I turn the key, I hear one little 'click' sound from the pedal/under dash area, but nothing else happens. When I do turn on the dome light, the car starts and runs fine. Alternator? Fuses? Messed up part is that it didn't do this a few weeks ago. From then to now I've changed:

- Battery
- Spark Plugs
- Air/Oil Filter/Engine Oil
- Fuel Filter

Help me out here lol.

[A18A]

i dunno what's wrong, but that sounds quite funny lol. i would start checking random fuses, grounds, loose connections etc

[Oldblueaccord]

The click you hear I would guess is your Main Relay sealing in. Not sure where it is in your car but it not sealing in would be your "no start" condition.


wp

[POS carb]

that's weird.......
if your car has an alarm that lights up the interior when disarmed maybe it has a bad ground on the brain and it's finding one through the dome light... that's the only thing I can think of

[w261w261]

Once the car is started, can you turn the dome light off?