Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior car turned off, key in hand... how is this possible?

just got in from work. turned the car off. took the key out of the ignition. my cd player is still playing music, i turn it off and it still is lit up. the clock is also lit up, as well as the readouts in the dash, and my amp light in the back. this is going to run my battery down. there's no way to turn it all off besides disconnecting the battery. how did this happen?

anyone?

does it still do it when you open the door?

yes always

check the light switch... you know what i mean... the knob...

yeh i know what you mean but that shouldn't be on regardless. i just took the face off of the cd player but the clock is still it up as well as the amp.

did you just install an aftermarket radio into your car? if you or someone did, i think that they jus wired it wrong and the system is basically wired to the constant power wire. Only my opinion, try to check with someone to verify it.

hmm.. you should prolly get that checked. you'll definatley kill ur battery

You blew a fuse. I had this problem for a while as well. The yellow wire on your wiring harness shuts off your radio when the car is off. Follow that wire and find the fuse that it runs off of. When that fuse is blown, you have to shut off the radio manually. The reason why your amp is on is because the radio is on. Check it out.

Either that, or someone tapped into the wrong 12v source for your stereo.

probably wired on to a live wire instead of ground...goodluck!

but after i turned off the deck and even detached the face of the cd player the amp was still on.

after about 3 hours i went down there last night right before i went to bed and all the stuff had turned off. the car started back up too.

ok i went to subway, turned the car off and it didn't do it. from there i went to the bank... same results. then i get home. i turn the car off, get out of the car, start walking up the steps of the garage... and the subs start hitting, the radar detector beeps 3x all of the stuff comes back on. it has happened in my garage 3x but never anyhere else.

i don't think it has anything to do with the cd player because that has been in there for a quite a while now and this just started happening last night.

my alarm hasn't worked right since i got the car. the only time it goes off is about half the time you start the car. it hasn't been doing that lately.

I think it's possessed

yea i think soooo too hahaha

get that checked out

Could be

I know on sunfires its a feature...it wont turn off till you open the door...

do you believe in ghosts?

the battery stays engaged, but his stays on even when he opens the door

i believe in spirits...

thats also a feature on new fords

weird

well, did you just have an alarm installed? or an amp installed? if you had an amp installed make sure that the blue remote wire is hooked up to the blue and white wire.

ill get back to this later i gtg to work bye!

Thats no good. Celicas shouldn't keep the stereo on when the car is off. Whoever installed your stuff did a bad job and you should get it fixed asap.

someone gunna rob ur car. better get that fixed

i have both an amp and an alarm installed. the amp has been in for a long time and has been fine. i know everything is wired right.

the car had an alarm when i got it, and it has never worked right from the start. like i said before, it goes off half the time when you start the car.

hmmm thats weird... i think you have little gremlins living in your car and thye just do annoying things to you to piss you off...its an option toyota installs on cars

Check ignition switch...

was at work for 9 hours today and it held a charge even though everything was on all night, so thats good.

I think there's a bad relay in your system. I guess the relay contacts stay closed even while you switch off the power to this relay.

I am positive it si your ignition switch(in steering column), at one time I had a Toyo that I could remove the key with the engine running.

^^same here but mine was a 88nissan Maxima 5spd..all i need the key for is ignition and turn off..that's all..pretty funny acutally.. lol

you mean a constant instead of a switched

if all ur dash is lit and the alarm never worked its the ignition.

^ you just have more shit hooked up now so you notice it more.

way off topic, but the silver celi in your sig looks like the twin of my celica.

that's TRdRida's car