reggie wrote:
>
> My son has a 1998 V6 Accord that has a strange starting problem.
> Sometimes he tries to start the car and it will not start while in
> park. Although, sometimes it will. He can turn the key to the on
> position and pull the shifter into park and sometimes it will start
> there. Sometimes it will not. When it rufuses to start he will move
> the shifter back and forth betwenn neutral and park several times and
> tries it again. Many times he will have to do this several times
> before he can get the car to start. This doesn't happen all the time.
> Sometimes the car will start with no problem at all.
>
> I am assuming there is some sort of interlock microswitch somewhere
> that is not being made all the time, and needs adjusting. I have a
> Haynes book on the car. It shows a wire going from the starter cut
> relay and the powertrain control module to the gear position switch
> (through the neutral and park positions only) then onto ground. If
> this is the problem, can someone tell me if this switch is? If not,
> does anyone have any other suggestions at to what my problem is.
>
> Thanks
> Reggie

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Though this is a Civic recall, read the 'adjustment' part . . . It may
apply to your situation. My CR-V needed this adjustment and now it's
better. Couldn't get it to come out of PARK if I shut it off in neutral,
then moved it to PARK. Had to use the 'shifter release' trick.

'Curly'

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/civic/x94-010e.pdf