hesitation in ignition

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Topic: hesitation in ignition

Posted By: dwarren
Subject: hesitation in ignition
Date Posted: February 27, 2005 at 4:12 AM

I have a 94 accord dx manual. On occasion when I go to start my car, it seems to hesitate before it catches. They key will be all the way forward and it hesitates, for maybe a second, no more. When it does catch it starts fine, its not slow to turn over. any ideas as to why this may be happening?

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Posted By: overworked
Date Posted: February 27, 2005 at 4:42 AM

when yousay hesitate do you mean that it you turn the key all the way and nothing happens?

or you turn the key and it turns over for a few seconds before firing up?

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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: February 27, 2005 at 1:15 PM

when I turn the key all the way I get nothing for about a second then it catches fine, but nothing happens for that one second, it doesn't struggle it just doesn't turn over like it use to.

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Posted By: Francious70
Date Posted: February 27, 2005 at 4:10 PM

Could be a bad solonoid. Take it to autozone and have someone check it out. Never hurts for a free opinion.

Paul

Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: February 27, 2005 at 7:27 PM

or your key switch is going bad.

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Big Dave

Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: February 27, 2005 at 7:34 PM

Alright, if the solenoid checks out, what involves replacing the key switch? Sounds pretty complicated.

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Posted By: Francious70
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 10:06 AM

To replace the key cylender you have to take you stering console apart. Not to terribly difficult. I replaced the cylender in my friend's truck in about 30 minutes.

Paul

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