Hi everyone, I have a 97 Honda civic EX that intermittently won't start and has gotten worse. It started around October of last year, the car wouldn't start until I disconnected the remote start wires and jumped the starter with my battery power. The car was running fine until last week when it didn't want to start again, so i jumped the starter again drove home and the next day had to jump it again, but later in the day the car started with the key. The next day I made sure all fuses were good, power was getting to the starter, the starter was grounded properly, the battery was good and the ignition switch wiring was tested good.

Then today it decided not to work again, i wiggled the key in the ignition and moved the automatic shifter and the car wouldn't start. I'm not sure what else to test and i don't want to fry anything by jumping the starter too much, any help will be appreciated thank you.

 

Might take a peek at this thread:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-...ition-3298455/

It has the FSM regarding some of the circuitry that will prevent starting.

Another thing to try is when you go to start, push in on the key. My wife's ignition is like that, push in, it starts, don't push in when turning to crank and it just sits there.

 

Thanks Tomcat I have the FSM just have that 23-128 pg on 23-144pg. not sure why maybe because it's digital. I will definitely be doing those test tomorrow.