car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
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car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
okay..i posted this here probably a year ago but i dont think i got too many responses and cant remember what people thought was the problem...because it still goes on every single day...
my sister has a 2002 civic ex coupe.
randomly while shes driving it shuts itself off and u can hear a click by the shifter(her car is automatic) the rpms drop down to zero then the car turns itself right back on if the car is driving/rolling. if the car is at a stop when the car decides to shut itself off then the car completely turns off and we have to take the car out of drive and put it in neutral or park to turn it back on....
anyone have a clue as what it could be?
anyone else had this problem??
thanks for the help.
my sister has a 2002 civic ex coupe.
randomly while shes driving it shuts itself off and u can hear a click by the shifter(her car is automatic) the rpms drop down to zero then the car turns itself right back on if the car is driving/rolling. if the car is at a stop when the car decides to shut itself off then the car completely turns off and we have to take the car out of drive and put it in neutral or park to turn it back on....
anyone have a clue as what it could be?
anyone else had this problem??
thanks for the help.
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
no check engine light.
the car runs PERFECT...other than the fact it just shuts off really fast and turns itself back on like 5-10 times a day. it happens so fast but it feels like a stutter...but at a stop it completely dies out.
any other thoughts?
the car runs PERFECT...other than the fact it just shuts off really fast and turns itself back on like 5-10 times a day. it happens so fast but it feels like a stutter...but at a stop it completely dies out.
any other thoughts?
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
someone suggested to me it could be her fuel filter??? i really doubted that? but idk
what u guys think?
what u guys think?
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
Maybe a bad electrical conection somewhere. Check ur battery cables for tightness. Check all wiring/plugs to the ignition switch or ecm. If your ignition switch is losing connection it could have the effect of cycling the key on and off.
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Here's a thread you might look at,
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/main-relay-clicks-engine-hiccups-2082474/
Although my symptoms are the same it wasn't the fix for my 2002 civic and still working on the problem. I'll post if I find a cure for my cutting off.
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/main-relay-clicks-engine-hiccups-2082474/
Although my symptoms are the same it wasn't the fix for my 2002 civic and still working on the problem. I'll post if I find a cure for my cutting off.
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
The next time it dies I would look further into the electrical system. I agree that the problem is somewhere within. Its strange that you don't have a check engine light. Maybe try plugging the car into an obd reader anyway.
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are you sure the car shuts off? or do the gauges just drop? if you have an electrical short or bad alternator the tach may randomly cut out
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
yea it definately shuts off cause the car jerks and everything...and when its at a stop it shuts off and we have to turn it back on
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
as the guy above said check your battery, terminals make sure they are tight and clean. I had similar issues about a month ago The car would suddenly serge at times drop to 0 rpms but turn right back on I changed battery and it ended up being the alternator the whole time but check your electricals indeed.
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I would look into the main relay it powers fuel and ecm. Another problem is a crank sensor going bad it will sometimes not throw a could
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Hello.
My husband’s car is giving us some problems. He has a 2001 Honda Civic, manual transmission and somehow "pimped out"; I know there was some stuff done to the engine and some obviously to the body. He bought it about 2 years ago. Ok, about 3 to 4 months ago the car started to shut off by itself WHILE driving. He told me he was on the freeway driving to his job when suddenly the car shut off, he kept driving and trying to start the car until it finally did. He got to his job and shut off the car. After a while he started the car again and it would start but it made some kind of sound and the lights and everything would go out and on, like if it was to shut off again. Another time I followed him in my car in the freeway and I saw that 2 of the back lights (not sure if it was the brakes or stop or which ones) were coming on and off, really fast, I thought that the car had shutt off, but when we stopped and I told him he said that the car didn’t shut off at all....He kept driving the car like that until he almost was rear ended and crashed.
The car has been at the parking lot since then, we don’t really know what is wrong with it, we suspect is something electrical, because of the lights and stuff. We changed the battery thinking that was the problem, but it wasn’t. This started after he took the car to Pep Boys to have a tune up. I remember the clerk told him that “the air sensor and the catalytic sensor” were disconnected, that is because the car has an exhaust muffler/silencer or whatever the name of that thing is... but before that the car never gave us any problems and no lights were on in the dash either, after Pep Boys, the lights were on (I'm not sure of this, though...engine light, I think) and the car started to give him trouble. Can someone help, please???? Does anybody know what could be the problem? Or how can we fix it??? We honestly don’t trust Pep Boys (and I used to work there at California) Thanks, anyway
My husband’s car is giving us some problems. He has a 2001 Honda Civic, manual transmission and somehow "pimped out"; I know there was some stuff done to the engine and some obviously to the body. He bought it about 2 years ago. Ok, about 3 to 4 months ago the car started to shut off by itself WHILE driving. He told me he was on the freeway driving to his job when suddenly the car shut off, he kept driving and trying to start the car until it finally did. He got to his job and shut off the car. After a while he started the car again and it would start but it made some kind of sound and the lights and everything would go out and on, like if it was to shut off again. Another time I followed him in my car in the freeway and I saw that 2 of the back lights (not sure if it was the brakes or stop or which ones) were coming on and off, really fast, I thought that the car had shutt off, but when we stopped and I told him he said that the car didn’t shut off at all....He kept driving the car like that until he almost was rear ended and crashed.
The car has been at the parking lot since then, we don’t really know what is wrong with it, we suspect is something electrical, because of the lights and stuff. We changed the battery thinking that was the problem, but it wasn’t. This started after he took the car to Pep Boys to have a tune up. I remember the clerk told him that “the air sensor and the catalytic sensor” were disconnected, that is because the car has an exhaust muffler/silencer or whatever the name of that thing is... but before that the car never gave us any problems and no lights were on in the dash either, after Pep Boys, the lights were on (I'm not sure of this, though...engine light, I think) and the car started to give him trouble. Can someone help, please???? Does anybody know what could be the problem? Or how can we fix it??? We honestly don’t trust Pep Boys (and I used to work there at California) Thanks, anyway
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Re: car keeps shutting itself off then right back on
^ took it there already...ended up paying like 500$ for something with the ignition ......
didnt fix a thing...wayy too expensive for us.
didnt fix a thing...wayy too expensive for us.
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Hello.... ToyoMatt84...
Thanks for the tip...we actually want to take it but we are trying to maybe get and idea of what could be wrong, so they won't just give us a whole list of problems.....
And that way we'll know what it could be "for sure" and how much the damage to our wallet is going to be...
It sucks having 2 cars and not being able to use them both....especially now in summer break and with our kids getting bored out of their mind...I really need my car....('03 Ody)...
Thank you very much for the reply though....^j^
Thanks for the tip...we actually want to take it but we are trying to maybe get and idea of what could be wrong, so they won't just give us a whole list of problems.....
And that way we'll know what it could be "for sure" and how much the damage to our wallet is going to be...
It sucks having 2 cars and not being able to use them both....especially now in summer break and with our kids getting bored out of their mind...I really need my car....('03 Ody)...
Thank you very much for the reply though....^j^
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