Hello everyone, I have a 1996 Honda Civic EX V-tech and hit a mean dip the other day. Deployed airbags, cracked windshield AND cracked my oil pan. I replaced my oil pan BUT now I have no spark and have no communication with my computer, I tried hooking up my scanner but it kept saying, "communicating with computer." Any ideas anyone? This is my first time deploying airbags and what not. Im thinking after the airbags deploy, the computer needs to be reset or something, maybe even a fuse? I havent had a chance to REALLY check it out but im pretty lost. I hope one of u dudes can help me out.

 

Damn hit a dip..and deployed airbags, no goooood.

 

tell me about it man, I let my friend drive it. It is slammed to the ground and home dude chipped a piece of the street off.

 

Maybe try disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it? Have you checked all your engine grounds? Do you have a friend with an ecu you could try?

 

Do you currently have power to ANYTHING? When you put the key in the ignition, does it ding? Does the dome light come on? Do the head/tail lights work?

 

Another reason not to lower your car more than 1.5 inches. The car is most likely done anyway. The frame is probably bent in more than one place and is unsafe to drive even if you do get it started.

 

Hit a dip? You had a collision. With that much damage I'd have to agree with the poster above. Start looking everything over. That's about all I can suggest. I wouldn't know personally where to start on something like this.

 

The legitimate and sensible place to start would be calling the insurance company, totaling out the car, part it, and getting a new chassis, but some people can't do that.

 

I have power, but seems like no spark. I think Its my computer or a computer fuse, barely gonna check it out good today. No bent chassis, and no insurance. Just got it not too long ago.

 

You guys are actually suggesting he part/junk the car, instead of helping him fix it? What the **** is this place coming to!?

Op, I have ask, what the f*ck kind of "dip" dude you hit??

Anyways, what have you already checked?

 

I have never heard of the airbags deploying when someone hit a `dip`...maybe post some pics so we can see what kind of damage was done and maybe we can start from there....

But as per 98civdx, what have you checked already? Other than trying to scan for codes..

 

Do you hear the fuel pump priming? Have you tested the spark plugs? Have you pulled and bench tested the starter? Have you verified that you're getting fuel pressure?

Car hit something, air bags are deployed, OP was driving without insurance, car won't start, and the OP hasn't actually tested a single thing before coming here asking for us to tell him what to check. Without any kind of actual information, the only thing we can tell him is to junk the car.

In order for it to run and pass most state inspections, He'll have to fix the problem, then replace the full SRS system. The cost of the SRS system alone is enough to total out most older cars. Yeah, we're calling it totaled right now.

 

if the dip was realy bad, in a legitamate area to be driving, i would be contacting a lawyer and not the insurance. make the town, city, state, whoever is responsible for that road pay for it. one of my ex friends had a 06 mustang GT with 20" saleen wheels, hit a pothole bent 2 rims and destroyed those tires. guess who paid for it? the town did!

 

OP hasn't checked back in. No care no more.

 

Considering the OP evidently doesn't have insurance, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that either A) he can't afford a lawyer, or B) he wouldn't follow through with it. Also, those two wheels probably have a higher sticker price than the OP's car, making it actually worth while. It would probably be a break-even in this case.

 

Too many low mang.....

 

You call that low?

 

LOL, damn, thats LOWWWWW

I think a lowered car looks great until it looks as if the body is resting on the wheels. Reducing/eliminating the wheel gap is a far as it should go.

 

Slammed cars look great. In a show room. They are functionally worthless, unless you have your own personal chiropractor on call.

 

This vehicle will never be the same again.

 

In for damage pics!!!!

 

same thing happened in my crx, ran a stop sign running from the ****ing police(young and ****ing stupid!) the road was clearly repaved but the intersecting road wasnt so it dipped down then back up at the other side and i fuvking hammered it and my car shut off went from 70-0 like nothing lol all said and done i ended up not getting arrested and i had to mess with the grounds for an hour to get it running again so i could leave moral of the story is it didnt bend anything the car was perfectly fine just messed up the bottom of the bumper alittle and knocked the ground loose..

 

A reputable body/frame shop might tell you otherwise.

 

Seems like it has spark? Does it have it or not? Something you could check out is to see if its getting fuel. I had a friend hit a huge pothole last year and the car ran for about 30 seconds and cut off. Checked spark and fuel and it wasn't getting fuel. Opened up the top where the pump is behind the back seat and found the filter sock that sucks up the fuel fell off in the tank and wasn't able to send fuel to the rail. Placed the sock back on and it cranked right up. Its something easy to check if you aren't getting fuel.

 

yea idk i sold it a few months later to pay off the fines