My car turns off while driving without warning.

"Phillip Takahashi



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"i had a 1998 honda crv...there was a recall on these the civic, and the accord all the wy back to 1996 till about 2002. i was climbing a mountain pass and the enigine stopped. luckily i was able to drift off the road to the right. i was in the slow lane.

it was the ignition switch, whic was not beefy enough for all the electircal. it was 35.00

i bought the car in 2004 with only 58,000 miles it. the pervious owners had replaced the switch per the recall in the 90's. but still that switch wasnt strong enough.

bought the switch from honda. they finally beefed itup to handle all it needed to,never had a problem after that which was in the fall of 2004.

i always think about what if i was in the fast lane of a crazy freeway. it would have been a scary situation.

hope this helps. these older hondas run forever. and without the internet i probably wouldnt have found out what was wrong with my honda, ignition switch.

diana

Update (06/06/2016)

i had the same problem back in 2004..i bought a 1998 honda crv with 58,000miles. got it home and it did the same thing going thru the mountain roads to get home. the engine shut off. had it towed home. my brother inlaw said go online to see if there is any posts..well i found one a woman from canada posted in 2000.

i turned out to be the igntion switch... i looked at my paper work from buying the car from a private party..sure enough..they kept excellent records..there was a recall from honda going all the way back to 1996..for replacing the ignition switch...a simple little $35.00 part purchased from honda...lucky for me when it happened to me in 2004 honda had discovered that the switch just wasnt stout enough to handle all the electronics..such as putting your key into the ignition switch to start the car.with that turning on the lights, heater. wipers anything like that.. the switch was not beefy enough..my brother in law said the new switch purchase in 2004 had been made to solve the problem..he came to my house after work. took the dash board cover off...replaced it started the car and it has never happened again and it it now 2016....thanks to the interent and an old post and the people i bought my car from keeping great records of service on the car..i solved the problem. is i found ifixit website and looking for something else. and found all of these people with the same problem..i will answer this question to anyone who post it.. it is worth if becasue the hondas will run past 300,000 miles if we take good care of them...still driving my crv...

you have to get the part from the honda dealer...also after disconnectioning battery ect to fix it. rememember to make sure you have the code for resetting your radio...mine was on the radio itself and had to take the dash apart again to get the code ..it was on the side of the glove box where it was suppose to be..

i hope this helps and you havent spent to much money with all the other suggetions you have tired..

my brother inlaw is excellent at what he does and installs smog. and does repairs..he new enough about a problem to suggest the internet..and there it was. on woman in canada from 2000..."

If your car dies and hesitates check your fuel system fuel filter first then look at the fuel lines, look for fuel leaks then are any lines damaged restricting fuel flow, pressure test the fuel system . If you have a engine stethoscope listen to the injectors they should sound like bells ringing, if they sound quiet or dead (thump sound) there's a problem ,nice clean ring is good. Listen for the fuel pump is it running properly. Hope this helps