Hey guys, I am extremely new here and need some help. I have average knowledge on cars but I'll be the first to say I am no expert. After replacing a distributor, ignition switch, Crank postioning sensor and fuel pump I finally fixed why my car had been stalling instantly and not starting. Whenever the fuse box under the dash is shaken just a little bit the car will stall, but if it's in another postion it will run till it is shaken again.

My dad says there might be a ground wire lose, but no matter where I look under there and look on the Internet I cannot find this sucker. Any help or pics of where this wire is or suggestions why this is happening?

Any help is more than appreciated!

Ex: I drive a 1999 civic si if that helps in any way.

Also I apologize if I post this in the wrong category or section or if this has already been answered, forgive my ignorance.

 

Is the dash fuse box loose? Post a video.

 

Could've bent a fuse socket, so the fuse isn't making contact. Other than that, it seems as if you're going to need to pull the panels under the steering wheel off and then unfasten the fuse box to fix it, if it's a ground problem you'l see the wire while you're in there.

 

Yes it wiggles a lot even though the nuts holding the box are screwed tightly, posting video

 

Here is the video, sorry for the sasquatch leg.

https://youtu.be/onPRmL-pPq4

You can hear the car wanting to stall whenever I mess with the fuse box. I've looked behind it for around 2 hours and haven't seen anything unplugged or loose. Probably just something loose.

 

Did you check the fuse sockets and see if they're lose? You need to pull the fuse out and see if the contacts are tight like they should be, or if they're lose. Poke at them with a pick or little flat head, if one of them doesn't spring into each other tightly then that's the problem.

Did you pull the box off and see if the wires behind it have bad connections? You're gonna need to start taking stuff out to begin fixing the problem.

Maybe someone who is familiar with the wiring could narrow down which circuit could do that? This could narrow down which wires/fuses you need to look at, but that's guess work at best and there's not hours worth of circuits anyway.

 

1) Hold the camera still so we can see how loose the fuse box is. Post new video.

2) Remove the fuse box and figure out why it's loose. It should not be.

 

Will do, thanks guys I'll post an update whenever I get home from school

 

Took off the fuse box

 

Back of it

 

Where would I find the ground wire? Also, everything seems intact, anymore sugesstions?

 

The fuse box sounds like there's a little piece of metal moving freely inside when shaken. Is this normal?

Worst case scenario I replace the fuse box?