i have a 89 prelude si, everything was running fine came home from work shut the car off tried to start it a couple of hours later. and nothing! i checked the starter, and replaced the inhibiter switch on the cluth pedal and still no luck the brake light will light up when the key is turned all the way to the starting position. don't know if this has anything to do with it, but the car never gave any kind of signs of anything going wrong. any info on this will be greatly appreciated.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kenjo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have a 89 prelude si, everything was running fine came home from work shut the car off tried to start it a couple of hours later. and nothing! i checked the starter, and replaced the inhibiter switch on the cluth pedal and still no luck the brake light will light up when the key is turned all the way to the starting position. don't know if this has anything to do with it, but the car never gave any kind of signs of anything going wrong. any info on this will be greatly appreciated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

did it make any noises or just dead silence? have you tried to jump start it? anything else?

 

That's right - make sure your battery has juice and the contacts are clean, and try to jump start it. Look at the brake pedal, and check the switch for the brake lights. The little grommet may have fallen off or broke like on ours, causing the brake lights to stay on, and the battery to drain.

 

it did'nt make any noise at all the solenoid on the starter does'nt even click, tried to jump it off no luck there either battery is fully charged all dash lights and brake lights work. the brake switch is in good shape too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kenjo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it did'nt make any noise at all the solenoid on the starter does'nt even click, tried to jump it off no luck there either battery is fully charged all dash lights and brake lights work. the brake switch is in good shape too.</TD></TR></TABLE>

check to make sure that the plugs are getting spark.

possible things,

coil
dizzy
starter
ignition solenoid

 

If the starter didn't click when you jumped it check for power at the starter solenoin, if you have power, the starter is probably junk

 

ok i had the starter tested and it's pushing 125 amps and the recomended amps is 140 so the starter is good both starter signal fuses are good. still no luck on it starting at a loss now

 

When you turn the key on... only the brake light comes on? None of the others do, like the battery light, door ajar, stuff like that?

 

maybe we are looking at this wrong... i doubt it but still...

when you turn the key to on (not starting it though) can you hear the fuel pump prime?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jagan’92 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When you turn the key on... only the brake light comes on? None of the others do, like the battery light, door ajar, stuff like that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

if his answer is no, then what?