My son, who is away at college, drives a 97 Integra. He drove the car several times yesterday and everything was just fine. Last night he started the car, the oil and battery light stayed on and when he put it in Drive nothing happened. The car did not rev up and the car did not move. Later when he tried it again, the car appeared to be okay - no oil or battery light and the car revved and could move back and forth in the parking spot.

The car has been regularly maintained.

Any ideas?


Modified by homwl1 at 5:38 AM 11/15/2008

 

Sounds like a electrical fault.

Had it been recently raining heavily?

If not then it will most likely be a earth.

People over look the earthing system but if it goes bad you can get almost any fault.

Im not sure of the specific locations on the 97 but should be one for the battery, one or two for the engine and a few small ones inside the car.
Engine bay ones are the most likely ones to go out due to being more exposed to weather.

So just check the wires arnt broken and check for corrosion on the connections.

 

Why would the car not be able to move when put into drive?

 

Because the auto controller needs to be able to read the senors before it will engage/disengage solinoids.

It cant do this in a poor electrical environment.