Car wont start when i turn the key. Lights, radio, and everything work so I dont think its the battery. No clicking or anything when i turn the key. What could be the problem?

 

someone help please! need this fixed.

 

check your ground wires for your motor.

 

Same thing happened to me last night, turned out to be the ground on the starter came loose. Check the rest of your grounds. Also is the fuel pump priming?

 

yes, can hear the fuel, dont think that is it.

 

Well then your main relay should be good. There is a switch under your feet. When you press the clutch it lets the switch out and lets the car start. That switch sometimes goes bad. I think its the Neutral saftey switch. Go look at all of your grounds. Make sure there is no corrosin around them.

 

this just happened to me last week. I would check your grounds, clean/tighten your battery terminals. Then, kick start your car and see what happens. If it runs, cool. I would then switch batteries and see if it starts up. if it does, then your starter is obviously fine.

After that, get a new battery and get a multimeter and test your alternator. when running it should be about 14.0v (dc).

Have fun!

I lucked out and only had to change my battery which was under warranty.

good luck.

 

where is that switch for the clutch, and what is it called? Also, you think it could be my battery even if my radio and lights and alarm even work still?

 

I wish I knew that name of it. Get under the console and look up you should see a little button little thing move out when you press on the clutch. If that button doesnt come out then its bad. Even if it does come out, unplug it and see if the car will start. If it does replace it. To test your battery hook up a tester and see if your at 12V. If you have a charger hook it up, and set it to start and try and start it.

 

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yeah, it still could be the battery, it may have enough juice to run the small stuff, but it needs a lot of power to start the car...

 

just tried a newer battery, still same results. Checked all ground wires and sanded them down, nothing. Still curious about that clutch switch thing...anyone know anything about it? My uncle also said that when you use a screwdriver or somethin to touch the starter positive, sparks are suppose to fly out or something, but I tried it and there wasnt anything.


Modified by rodvang at 10:26 PM 11/4/2005

 

can you kick start it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 808_si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can you kick start it?</TD></TR></TABLE> Do you mean push start it? PM me if you havent seen this switch yet, ill go take a pic for ya.

 

Sorry I didnt read the whole thread but maybe following some of these steps might help.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1320931

 

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yeah, sorry that's what we call it in these parts.

 

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yeah, sorry that's what we call it in these parts. </TD></TR></TABLE> O

 

i would check out the alternator. my reason being, since there is no clicking that probably means that the alternator isnt providing enough volts to your starter. and my last guess off the top of my head would be that your alternator isnt getting enough amperage from your battery.

 

can i check the amps to the alternator with a multimeter? what are the amps suppose to be?

 

Holy **** its cold out lol. Here is the switch im refering to. I belive its the one that is prone to going out. You can see the smaller circle is the little button. Bump anyways so someone can tell him if I have the wrong part.

 

i think that blue stopped fell out or something if that affects anything...because I dont have it when i was checkin it out...hrmm, wonder what that would do.

 

Well if the blue thing was out, then it should start with the clutch out. There is nothing pressing it down. Did you try dissconecting the switch?

 

well, thanks for all the help guys, i think this guys said it best in a thread i found.

"have you ever found little bits of blue plastic on the floor near the pedals?

if so, it would be the old rubber stopper that crumbled and fell. without, the clutch sensor is always open, not allowing you to start your car.

even if you dont see the bits, look under and check it out. its been happening a lot lately. it happened to me a few months ago on my brake light switch, which has the same stopper. "

I'll be checkin that out tomorrow, and probably just making a starter kill switch out of it...thanks again guys!

 

Well I dont want to beat a dead horse, but the clutch sensor needs to be open in order for the car to start. Am I right or no?

 

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