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[FIXED] 1997 honda civic DX 5 speed manual 1.6 no crank no start issue
Good afternoon fellow mechanics, my situation today is I have a no crank/no start issue. let me tell you what I have done:
1. checked battery, good condition.
2. checked headlights, nice and bright.
3. checked all fuses, under the hood, good
4. checked starter signal fuse under the dash, it checked good.
5. I checked the hot wire going to the starter solenoid, and is showing the wire is hot. haven't checked it for voltage yet.
I need some direction fellows, can anyone throw some steps to follow to properly diagnose this problem.
by the way, it didn't do that before. all I did to the car is a belt, water, and oil pump change.
thanks for your help.
i have a quick update. I was able to go to the solenoid and start the vehicle at the terminal with my power probe. the wire going to the solenoid is black with a white tracer. also, i can't seem to find the starter relay no where.
another update. i found some crumbled pieces of clutch pedal stop pads on the floor. can anyone shed some light with pictures as to their exact location for this vehicle. I believe this might be the problem of the clutch not engaging the starter.
Last edit: 6 years 2 months ago by Mechanic 350. Reason: downloading pictures
If you're looking under the dash, I'd say find the switch at the clutch pedal with black/white and blue/black wires. Short across the connector, or manually close the switch yourself, and see if the engine cranks. Transmission in neural, of course.
Maybe have a good look at the brake pedal stop pad while you're there, as they like to fall apart at about the same rate.
Tyler the stop pads crumbled all the way to the floor that was the problem after I was going crazy trying to figure out why the court did not want to start
In addition I was able to jumpstart the car through the starter solenoid and I started that’s how come I know that there was nothing wrong with the wiring and when I saw those pads on the floor that was my telltale sign but I thank you again buddy for all your assistance
(1) There is a little rubber bumper on the clutch pedal arm. They go bad a lot & fall into the floor. When this happens there is nothing to push on the clutch switch when you push it to the floor. Part #20 on the following picture:
There are 2 of them on the clutch pedal, I think you want to look at the upper one. Same one on the brake pedal switch.
(2) Another thing to check is the floor mat. Sometimes they can get bunched up & not allow the clutch pedal to push down far enough to activate the clutch switch. Seems like a simple thing, but I've seen it dozens of times.
MOROSO321 wrote: Tyler the stop pads crumbled all the way to the floor that was the problem after I was going crazy trying to figure out why the court did not want to start
In addition I was able to jumpstart the car through the starter solenoid and I started that’s how come I know that there was nothing wrong with the wiring and when I saw those pads on the floor that was my telltale sign but I thank you again buddy for all your assistance
I had to do something & came back to finish my response & you all figured it out in the meantime. Good job. Glad it was something easy.
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