My crx died today when i was driving it. i was in 4th gear when it all of a sudden it just died. i pulled off the road and tried to start it up again. all it did was crank for about 10 seconds, then started for a second, and then died right away. it is not throwing any codes and doesn't have a check engine light. my engine is a dohc zc w/an integra ecu. i had this problem in the past where my zc just died. i ended up have to put a new distributor assembly in it to solve the problem. has anyone heard of a zc starting up and then dieing right away? can anyone give me any leads on to what could be wrong? thanks.


by the way, about an hour before it died i was driving pretty fast in the mountains. also, i live in colorado and lately the weather has been going from 0 degress F to 50 degress. could this cause my coil or ignitor to go bad?

 

Check your grounds, specifically your ECU ground. I just had this EXACT problem today (I admit it could be caused by a lot of things) at an autocross and it turns out that my ground wire to my ECU basically fell apart at one of the solder joints where I wired in my VAFC.

Good luck man.

 

would my check engine light come on if my coil or ignitor went bad?

 

the screw that holds the rotor onto the shaft fell out. all it least it was just a small problem and didn't cost any cash.