I'm new to the forum but I'm having a huge issue with my 1998 honda accord. I've read some of the more previous threads and there seem to be a lot of similar posts some with more work than others is all. Here is the issue I'm having:

I'm losing all power and my car is shutting off at random. Either accelerating or braking, high or low rpm, sometimes when putting the car into gear from park into reverse or drive. This is really unsafe because the other day it cut off when I had pulled out of a parking lot, luckily I rolled into the middle lane quick enough or I would of gotten t boned.

In the past day I've cleaned the battery terminals and connectors, also made sure they were tight and secure when I reattached them. All ground wires look good some are a little bit more exposed than the other may try and wrap those with electrical tape.

Side note: ****When I reconnected the battery, the power door locks and right side windows from master control switch stopped working. I read in another forum to run my windshield wipers and all speeds even change the intermittent speed and everything started working again. **** The car still shuts off while driving though


This car has had no other work done to it.

Thanks!

 

Could be caused by a faulty ignition switch. The contacts can become worn or contaminated causing a voltage drop and killing the car.

Try wiggling the key in the ignition with the car on and see if there is a reaction from the vehicle.

Check for the car to die when rotating the key toward the off position. You should feel the detent as you rotate the key in the cylinder. The key should be able to rotate slightly after the detent, toward the off position, before the car dies. If the car dies when you slightly rotate the key but can feel the switch is still in the detent for the ON position, the switch is probably bad.