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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / March 2007

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Honda Civic - ignition failure?

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Spike - 27 Mar 2007 08:39 GMT
Honda civic 1.5 sli Auto. 1990.
Generally brilliant car - 100,000 miles and regularly serviced.

A week after las service I was travelling on a motorway at around 70
mph on a clear day.
Flicked the indicator switch to turn left and heard a pop sound -
seemed to be infront of me but am not sure if  it was in the car or
under the bonnet.
Anyway, then effectively the ignition totally failed - all dials wnet
to 'zero' and all power stopped, althogh I was able to put on hazard
lights.
Managed to pull over an dcall breakdown people. However after about 10
minutes it started OK and was fine.
The Breakdown people could not find a fault. It went into the garage
next day and they could not find a fault. All fuses and wiring appears
100% ok.

Anyone have any ideas?

Is there any switch to turn everything off in an accident (to prevent
fire) or something similar.

Car has been beuatifully OK ever since but I would like to trak down
the fault as it presented a dangerous situation for me and others.

Thanks
Tegger - 27 Mar 2007 13:06 GMT
"Spike" <keith.roberts1@lycos.co.uk> wrote in news:1174981140.682756.293050
@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

> Honda civic 1.5 sli Auto. 1990.
> Generally brilliant car - 100,000 miles and regularly serviced.
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>
> Thanks

Most likely the igniter or the ignition switch.
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clifto - 27 Mar 2007 18:20 GMT
> A week after las service I was travelling on a motorway at around 70
> mph on a clear day.
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> next day and they could not find a fault. All fuses and wiring appears
> 100% ok.

Sounds like something shorted 12V to ground when you moved the indicator
switch, and a loud auto-reset circuit breaker popped. I'd get under the
dash and wiggle all the wires that go up the steering column, bang on
the column a little, etc. figuring on an intermittent short.

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dlowrie@nc.rr.com - 29 Mar 2007 02:54 GMT
A VERY VERY common problem on older hondas is the main relay, do a
google search for honda main relay and you will find tons of
information.
z24ridin' - 29 Mar 2007 03:12 GMT
Like they said its most likely in your ignition wiring, but I don't
think it grounded out somewhere because the fact that it would of most
definetly popped the fuse.  I think it's not as simple as they say.

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