This all started when I went to the dentist one morning and came out and tried to start the car. It wouldn't start. I had it towed to a mechanic who said there was likely a problem with the cam sensor or crankshaft sensor so he replaced both of those items and gave it back to me. The car started fine so I thought the issue was fixed. I ended up going home and getting my son and took him to Nascar. When leaving Nascar, it wouldn't start again.
Knowing it was likely an electrical issue, I opened the hood and wiggled all the connections, tapped on the ECU, and tapped on a bunch of relays. This miraculously fixed the problem for the time being. I was able to get home and look into this some more. Turns out my ECU had a broken solder joint inside the thing so I removed it myself (not that hard) and sent it in to a Honda ECU rebuilding company for repair (about $180 for the service).
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This all started when I went to the dentist one morning and came out and tried to start the car. It wouldn't start. I had it towed to a mechanic who said there was likely a problem with the cam sensor or crankshaft sensor so he replaced both of those items and gave it back to me. The car started fine so I thought the issue was fixed. I ended up going home and getting my son and took him to Nascar. When leaving Nascar, it wouldn't start again.
Knowing it was likely an electrical issue, I opened the hood and wiggled all the connections, tapped on the ECU, and tapped on a bunch of relays. This miraculously fixed the problem for the time being. I was able to get home and look into this some more. Turns out my ECU had a broken solder joint inside the thing so I removed it myself (not that hard) and sent it in to a Honda ECU rebuilding company for repair (about $180 for the service).
- John C., Mesa, AZ, US