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No, that would be dangerous: Image stalling at high speed and not being
able to coast to the emergency lane because your steering wheel is locked. When the engine stalls, you obviously lose power steering so it will be harder to turn the wheel, but it shouldn't lock. Are you sure it indeed locks or just becomes harder to steer? If your car randomly locks the wheel, I'm with the other guys: look at the ignition switch first as that is very dangerous. Since it happens at the same time as stalling, it is most likely related anway. Remco |
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I think it's indeed locks.
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No, the key is not in the off position.
Yes, my car requires the clutch be depressed for starting. |
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Mike, your link is invalid.
There're two recalls about Ignition switch: 03-088 and 02-031. But none of them covers manual transmission cars. I called my local dealer. They said it's hard to confirm if my problem is really an ignition switch problem since the problem is intermitent that they can not duplicate. Then I called Honda USA querying the possibilty of the recall issues being a risk to manual cars too. The guy asked me to bring my car to a dealership. I told him what the dealer just told me. The guy said he can only discuss facts but not spectaclations, then he hanged up the phone. |
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Sorry about that I forgot you have to drill down to the results
yourself. Use this link and drill down to the recall: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...lls//Index.cfm Here is a copy of it, it says nothing about automatic or standard tranny, the automatic has it's own recall for not staying in park. The dealer you talked to was a Jerk who really doesn't want to do the recall because he doesn't think he gets paid enough for the work. I would use the phone numbers provided below by NHTSA. ------------------------------------------------------------ Make : HONDA Model : ACCORD Year : 1998 Manufacturer : AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 02V120000 Recall Date : MAY 13, 2002 Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH Potential Number Of Units Affected : 1000000 Summary: ON CERTAIN SEDANS, COUPES, HATCHBACKS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAN DEGRADE DUE TO THE HIGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. Consequence: WORN CONTACTS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 14, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009 OR ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238. Notes: CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236). ---------------------------------------------------- Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's ABC wrote: > > Mike, your link is invalid. > > There're two recalls about Ignition switch: 03-088 and 02-031. But none > of them covers manual transmission cars. > > I called my local dealer. They said it's hard to confirm if my problem > is really an ignition switch problem since the problem is intermitent > that they can not duplicate. > > Then I called Honda USA querying the possibilty of the recall issues > being a risk to manual cars too. The guy asked me to bring my car to a > dealership. I told him what the dealer just told me. The guy said he > can only discuss facts but not spectaclations, then he hanged up the > phone. |
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Thanks, Mike!
Yes, I called that number already. The guy who hanged up the phone was from USA Honda. The dealer entered my VIN# in their system and didn't see the recall for my car. I logged in Honda owner's link and don't see the recall there either. |
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