heidilll

I have a 01 Honda Civic that runs great. Last week my maintenance light came on and the code reader says P1298. My car ran perfectly fine for about a week. Yesterday I was driving and it died out of nowhere, and now it will start but shuts right off. Not battery or oil problem. Any idea what this could be??? Doesn't seem related to the code based on research but it didn't seem to have any other problems. Help?

fcm

What do you lose when the engine stalls, fuel or spark. 94

heidilll

there is fuel and spark when it stalls. My mechanic thinks the anti theft switch went out because everything else on the car looks good? But nobody in the area knows how to fix it. Anyone know anything about that?

fcm

The antitheft, [transponder key] system disables the fuel system, either the fuel pump or injectors, so if you still have fuel then it can't be a problem with the immobilizer, it also prevents starting and should not stall an already running engine.

What is happening with the immobilizer light on the cluster when starting and when engine stalls?

This sounds more like a problem with the PGM-FI Main Relay, a common problem on Honda/Acura... Main Relay Fix and Troubleshooting (Honda, Acura) or the fuel pump, coil or ICM all susceptible to intermittent failure.

If you google how to beat the 01 Civic transponder immobilizer system, there are more then a few vids of how-to. 94

heidilll

Thank you! Sounds like it is not the anti theft then. I will research it a bit more. I know the fuel pump and fuel filter are fine but I do not know much about cars. Just that I need mine fixed ASAP lol.

fcm

Just because the fuel pump is "fine" does not mean you are getting fuel, fuel to the cylinders is controlled by the ECU, supplying a ground pulse to each injector, P1298 is ELD "high currant".
Reset the ECU, disconnect batt. neg., wait 15min. then reconnect and see if code is still there.94

heidilll

thanks for the help lol but finally found out what it was and got it fixed. It was the timing belt. Just not often you find a car that still starts when the timing belt is broke or whatever haha.

3642Integra

Belt snapped while driving then? Hope the internals are alright.

fcm

It did not break it skipped a tooth or so, with a broken belt it would not start at all. 94