Originally Posted by richard233

Hi,
I'm a bit new, so I hope you will forgive my lack of knowledge here.
I have a 96 Honda Accord DX. 175K miles on it

I had a bit of a scare on the freeway today. I'm driving, relatively slow,
on the freeway (traffic) and all of the sudden my radio dies, my abs light goes
on and the gages die (at least the RPM, I'm watching the road).

So after a panicy moment, the stuff all comes back. It repeats a few seconds
later and then a couple minutes or so later while I'm going down the off ramp.
I still have control of the car brakes, gas, steering.

I get onto the regular roads and the process does not repeat itself.
So, what I'm looking for is a bit of advice of what process of elimination I should
go through to make sure the problem does not occur again.
Unfortunately my driving/commute time does not allow me see my mechanic right
after work. But, if it's serious enough, I'll take tomorrow off to get it looked at.

Thank you in advance for your time, efforts, and hopefully sage advice.

Richard

Originally Posted by concretegirl

I am also having an issue. 94 Accord EX F22b1 engine. Doesnt always happen but when it does I lose power to the radio, also I can hear a relay clicking. Every once and a while the speedometer will drop to zero. It's intermittent so it happens fast and it's over. I've been thinking it was a ground issue but now its acting like it could be a wheel speed sensor. It usually happens when I hit the brakes. I also noticed that at 42 mph the abs light stays on as long as I maintain that speed.

If this were an ignition switch issue I would have this problem at a stop which is not the case. Only happens while driving.
Alt issue would imply the same. Should happen at all times but is not the case. (Alt tested @ 14.xx volts)
Batt light does not come on.

This is surely something strange and has me worried. Anyone else see issues like this?

Originally Posted by pyatterson

Hello everyone, First post!

I am having issues with my 2003 Civic. While I am driving, the radio dies, and the gauges all drop. With that being said, if I push in my clutch, or shift to neutral, everything comes back up.

I am not the most mechanically inclined, but I have cleaned the battery terminals, and that did not seem to help at all.

Also, if I leave the car runnung in neutral, the battery seems to charge back up, and it takes a while for the problems to start back up.

If anyone could give me some advice, I would be very thankful!!

Hope everyone out there is well!

Pat