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HELP!! Engine stalls when clutch depressed
My car is 98 Accord, 5-spd, 120K miles, 30mile/gallon
Sometimes when I slow down (approaching a stop sign, exiting highway or making a turn) and depress the clutch, the idle speed drops quickly and engine stalls. It happens very quietly that I can not notice it until I feel my steering wheel locked and see all lights come on. This issue used to happen once a year, then once a month, now once a day. It's really scary and dangerous! I wonder what problem this might be, and why it happens just occasionally? Thanks! |
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ABC wrote: > > My car is 98 Accord, 5-spd, 120K miles, 30mile/gallon > Sometimes when I slow down (approaching a stop sign, exiting highway or > making a turn) and depress the clutch, the idle speed drops quickly and > engine stalls. It happens very quietly that I can not notice it until I > feel my steering wheel locked and see all lights come on. This issue > used to happen once a year, then once a month, now once a day. It's > really scary and dangerous! > > I wonder what problem this might be, and why it happens just > occasionally? > > Thanks! The '98 Accord was subject to a recall of the ignition switch. Failure of the ignition switch can cause the engine to stall. Has you car had the ignition switch replaced? -- ================================================== ===== A very modest collection of Honda tech info can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/ng_randolph |
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It seems the recall doesn't include Manual transmision cars.
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I wonder if the clutch itself isn't releasing completely. It may be
slipping and resulting heat distorting the disc enough so that it doesn't release. |
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ABC wrote: > It seems the recall doesn't include Manual transmision cars. If the steering wheel is locking when the engine stalls, it would seem that the ignition switch is the first place you should be looking anyway. nate |
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I guess engine stalling always cause steering wheel locking. It's by
design, right? |
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I put shift into neutral at the same time. Also, I can feel it's
releasing completely. |
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Is your steering wheel actually locking or just turned into 'armstrong'
due to lack of power assist? If it is really locking, you for sure have a dead ignition switch although I sure can't see it 'fixing' itself enough to let you start it up again. Otherwise if you have an EGR valve you are giving the classic description of a carboned up one. They get sticky and slow to close so cause stalls after deceleration. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's ABC wrote: > > My car is 98 Accord, 5-spd, 120K miles, 30mile/gallon > Sometimes when I slow down (approaching a stop sign, exiting highway or > making a turn) and depress the clutch, the idle speed drops quickly and > engine stalls. It happens very quietly that I can not notice it until I > feel my steering wheel locked and see all lights come on. This issue > used to happen once a year, then once a month, now once a day. It's > really scary and dangerous! > > I wonder what problem this might be, and why it happens just > occasionally? > > Thanks! |
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Oh, also there is 1,000,000 1998 Honda Accords out there with bad
ignition switches that cause engine stalls. Maybe yours is one of those? http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...ls/results.cfm Mike Mike Romain wrote: > > Is your steering wheel actually locking or just turned into 'armstrong' > due to lack of power assist? > > If it is really locking, you for sure have a dead ignition switch > although I sure can't see it 'fixing' itself enough to let you start it > up again. > > Otherwise if you have an EGR valve you are giving the classic > description of a carboned up one. They get sticky and slow to close so > cause stalls after deceleration. > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > > ABC wrote: > > > > My car is 98 Accord, 5-spd, 120K miles, 30mile/gallon > > Sometimes when I slow down (approaching a stop sign, exiting highway or > > making a turn) and depress the clutch, the idle speed drops quickly and > > engine stalls. It happens very quietly that I can not notice it until I > > feel my steering wheel locked and see all lights come on. This issue > > used to happen once a year, then once a month, now once a day. It's > > really scary and dangerous! > > > > I wonder what problem this might be, and why it happens just > > occasionally? > > > > Thanks! |
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OK...that's good information.
The sensation of the steering wheel being locked should be from the power steering pump being off because the motor is stalled. You should be able to turn the wheel, if stiffly. The steering should only lock completely if the key is turned to off. Is the key in the off position by any chance? If it only happens when you depress the clutch pedal, it could be related to a switch on the clutch. Some manual shift transmission cars require that the clutch be depressed for starting. If there is an intermittent problem with that switch it could cause the engine to stall. |
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