Sounds to me like your number 15 fuse is blown.

sam krosney wrote:
>
> 1993 Civic EX, automatic.
>
> Please forgive the odd troubleshooting...I'm a computer guy, not so much a
> car guy...
>
> It seems like whatever part/circuit for the car that handles "letting the
> electrical system know that the car has started" has fried itself.
>
> The car starts fine but...
>
> (1) The dashboard is completely dead...no lights and the spedometer does
> nothing. The digital clock does light up if I push the display button.
>
> (2) The turn signal is dead as well...no indicator lights/noise and the
> blinkers do not come on.
>
> (3) The "release button" on the stick (automatic, remember) can not be
> pushed in. To have a functional car, I need to insert the key into the slot
> beside the stick...press and hold the button...and then pull the key out to
> start the car. As long as I keep it out of park, everything drives fine.
> And finally...
>
> ...and this one is all kinds of fun...
>
> (4) The "key indicator" noise starts bleeping the moment I start the car and
> doesn't stop until I pull the key out.
>
> So...it seems like the electrical system "thinks" the engine isn't running.
> Tomarrow morning I'll look at the fuses, but I'm not sure where else to go.
>
> Any ideas? (aside from learning how to diagnose my own problems, I mean)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam Krosney
> samkrosney@hotmail.com