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The factory tape deck on a 1996 Acura Integra can be taken off by removing the center console. Once the console is off remove the remaining mounting screws on the radio and pull it out.
In the 1999 Acura 3.5RL, you pull out the cigarette ash tray in the console, it is below it, covered by a rubber flap.
CHECK YOUR FUSE
How do you take out a radio in a 1996 Acura TL
On the passenger side of the center console behind the head unit for the stereo.
Take it out and put the new one in.
90,000 miles
It is possible the brake light switch is broken or out of adjustment and the lights you see in back are the brake lights stuck on.
Locate thermostat on 1996 Acura RL
You might have worked on the radio and forgot to replug in the 'lights' button on the center console.
You have a blown instrument lights fuse or it is just turned off. There is a rheostat that controls the brightness of the lights. Find it and adjust the brightness.
There is no such thing as a 1996 Acura Legend