Honda Car Forum

HELP!!! Can anyone help identify/fix this problem? I put the key in and
turn it all the way to start engine, and nothing happens. By nothing I
mean, no sound, no lights.

To start the car, i put the key in the gear lock, push the gears back and
forth (auto car) a few times.

Then put back in ignition. Takes a few times, but then it works.

I don't know if the gear pushing has anything to do with it or not. In
fact, now when i'm driving i hear funny metallic sorta dragging noises, at
first I thought it was a loose muffler, but now I think it makes noise
whenever the gear changes.

Anyway, everything resets, clock, radio. Makes me think it's the battery,
but it's less than 6 months old. Just had a major tuneup 6 months ago too!

Guy at acura said the startup contacts were bad, and they said they fixed
them, but apparently not ...

Can anyone help?

"bandabee" <banXdabee@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:b6x9b.960472$ro6.19043562@news2.calgary.shaw. ca:

> HELP!!! Can anyone help identify/fix this problem? I put the key in
> and turn it all the way to start engine, and nothing happens. By
> nothing I mean, no sound, no lights.
>
> To start the car, i put the key in the gear lock, push the gears back
> and forth (auto car) a few times.
>
> Then put back in ignition. Takes a few times, but then it works.
>
> I don't know if the gear pushing has anything to do with it or not.
> In fact, now when i'm driving i hear funny metallic sorta dragging
> noises, at first I thought it was a loose muffler, but now I think it
> makes noise whenever the gear changes.
>
> Anyway, everything resets, clock, radio. Makes me think it's the
> battery, but it's less than 6 months old. Just had a major tuneup 6
> months ago too!
>
> Guy at acura said the startup contacts were bad, and they said they
> fixed them, but apparently not ...
>
> Can anyone help?
>
>
>

Perhaps the switch(gear position switch) that prevents starting while in
gear,only allowing starts in park or neutral,Yours may be bad.
The Haynes manual has info on this;page 7B-5 to 7B-8.



--
Jim Yanik,NRA member
jyanik@kua.net

In article <b6x9b.960472$ro6.19043562@news2.calgary.shaw.ca >, "bandabee"
<banXdabee@yahoo.com> wrote:

> HELP!!! Can anyone help identify/fix this problem? I put the key in and
> turn it all the way to start engine, and nothing happens. By nothing I
> mean, no sound, no lights.
>
> To start the car, i put the key in the gear lock, push the gears back and
> forth (auto car) a few times.
>
> Then put back in ignition. Takes a few times, but then it works.
>
> I don't know if the gear pushing has anything to do with it or not. In
> fact, now when i'm driving i hear funny metallic sorta dragging noises, at
> first I thought it was a loose muffler, but now I think it makes noise
> whenever the gear changes.
>
> Anyway, everything resets, clock, radio. Makes me think it's the battery,
> but it's less than 6 months old. Just had a major tuneup 6 months ago too!
>
> Guy at acura said the startup contacts were bad, and they said they fixed
> them, but apparently not ...
>
> Can anyone help?

Take it back to the acura dealership and tell them about the above
problems. It could be a number of things.

In article <b6x9b.960472$ro6.19043562@news2.calgary.shaw.ca >,
"bandabee" <banXdabee@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anyway, everything resets, clock, radio. Makes me think it's the battery,
> but it's less than 6 months old. Just had a major tuneup 6 months ago too!

Do Acuras have electronic-controlled transmissions? I think they do.
This sounds like a problem with the transmission computer, and since the
car is under warranty, find another Acura dealer and let them at it.