my 98 Accord sometimes acts like the battery is unplugged even though it is and has great connections. She runs awesomly but will randumly not start or have any electric. Any thoughts?

 

Honda has had TSB's on older models (To the '97 model year) for faulty Ignition switches.
Do you loose everything, or just some systems?

I'll see if Honda has anything on the burner for your year Accord.
Be back soon

P

 

There is this:

MAY 16, 2002 | Recall ID# 38109 Hide Details

Recall Reason ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
Recall Date MAY 16, 2002
Model Affected ACCORD
Potential Units Affected 1000000

Recall Summary
ON CERTAIN SEDANS, COUPES, HATCHBACKS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAN DEGRADE DUE TO THE HIGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED.

Consequence
WORN CONTACTS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 14, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009 OR ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238.

Notes
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

It may not fit your failure discription exactly, but we could be speaking of the same perp.

P



Modified by P_Adams at 3:32 PM 11/15/2008

 

is that off of a aftermarket source ? like all data ?

 

It was one of those sites.
I subscribe to AllData, but I don't believe that was it.

I often find (with a LOT of swearing) this during a GOOGLE search.

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