I posted this topic already in different place and did not really get any answers, but since this area knows alot about wiring, Im hoping someone knows what these are.
I have a 1994 acura integra ls and have had the car for about two years. Right now my car is not starting because i am not getting any spark, but i checked a crap load of things and was wondering what these were.
This little red light right by my shifter is always on and i want to know what it is for. And i would also like to know what this little red button switch is for, like if it is a kill switch of some sort that is preventing my car from starting or something.




any info on these would be great.. thanx

 

Top pic is the valet switch for your alarm...

Bottom pic is the LED for your alarm. If it's always on, then it's probably in valet mode.

Before anyone is able to give you any information you can use, you're going to have to crawl up under your dash and trace the switch wires back to the alarm brain and tell us exactly what make & model is in there. Pics would help if you can't make out a make or model number...

 

I just took out my alarm, here is the pics of it.
Could this have any reason for my car not starting? (getting no spark)

 

When you pulled the alarm, did you happen to check the ignition harness for a ignition kill relay? Since you say that you're getting no spark, I'm assuming that it's cranking over, so there's probably no starter kill.

 

The thick black/yellow wire at the ignition harness is your ignition wire. Make sure it's not cut or shorted out. The start kill relay is almost always installed on the black/white wire. Cut the relay off and crimp the starter wire back together.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C_EJ8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When you pulled the alarm, did you happen to check the ignition harness for a ignition kill relay? Since you say that you're getting no spark, I'm assuming that it's cranking over, so there's probably no starter kill. </TD></TR></TABLE>

That is correct, it is cranking over, it sounds like it wants to soo bad but no spark is the problem.
So where is the ignition harness located exactly??
HOw big and what does it look like?? If u have a pic that wud help out alot.

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How can i check/test the wire to see if its shorted w/o having to splice and crimp??

 

The ignition harness goes from the key switch to the fuse box. It's kindof hard to miss...

 

pull a sparkplug and set it on or near some metal and c if u can see a spark. If u don't check ur ing. coil inside the dist.

 

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I think you kinda missed the part where i said that I AM NOT GETTING ANY SPARK.lol Just letting you know.
That was the first thing i did and that is how i knew i was not getting any spark.

 

I love people that read....

Have you found the ignition harness yet?

 

I meant just physically look at the harness and see if there is a wire tapped into it for the alarm that may be resting against metal in your dash etc. If you have a voltmeter, you could probe the wire and see if it has power when you put the key on.

 

Maybe this will work....
When you unplugged the alarm one of the plugs was a 10 pin, [main plug], pin 5 orange is ground out when armed, follow the orange wire to where it is connected to a relay, if there is a relay at the end of the orange wire it is what you are having a problem with, either the relay has gone bad or the heavy gauge wires that are connected to it have a poor connection.
Do as suggested, remove relay and reconnect the heavy gauge wires together.

If the orange wire is not connected to a relay, the alarm is not the problem.

You will need a multimeter or good test light, check for power on the blue/yellow lead going to the distributor assembly, [with ign. key in the run position] if you have power at the blue/yellow lead you have a defective coil or ICM, [ignition control module].

Just finished with a guy at G2IC that traced his problem to a loose connection on the the ICM, also called ICU, [ignition control unit]. 94