thinhthan

ok so i was driving my car yesterday to a concert and it seem like it was ok but sometimes the gauges just go crazy. so after i got out of the concert i tried to start my car and it wont start. like i have a 99 so its only 4 gears but when i tried to started the number on the gauge that shows you what gear your in will blink like 5 than 2 than 3 and stuff like that. some of the warning lights on the gauge in dim but the others are lit up like normal. i dont know what could be wrong with my car

SLushhYYY

iTrader: (8)

ignition switch. Do a search its a common problem for the 99s.

thinhthan

i dont think its the ignition switch because i just replaced that not so long ago. the car cranks but it just doesnt turn over. and why would my gauge flash 5 when i only have 4 gears

thinhthan

so i got my car looked at and the shop said its the crank angle sensor or something? does that sound right?

mlassek

from what you said about the gauges sounds like a bad battery and/or alternator.

thinhthan

my battery has 12. something volts

mlassek

ive never hear of a crank angle sensor go bad on one of these cars but i have experienced on my car and customers cars that after washing and engine bay water can find its way into the connector and throw this code and shut the engine down while driving but whenever its happened to me everything was fine after clearing the code and never came back.

totaledTL

That sensor would def. cause a no start condition. Any CEL codes? How did they arrive at that diagnosis?

thinhthan

well i did wash my car the day it stop working.

thinhthan

i did have engine codes but it didnt have anything to do with the crank angle sensor

fsttyms1

What were the codes.

Also its called a Crank Position Sensor.

When you are trying to start the car do you see the green key in the gauges flashing or lighting up?

thinhthan

the only engine code i got was a iac and something else but it didnt say anything about the crank position sensor. i think it was. but i think its kinda weird how when i try to start it, on the part where it shows wat gear your in when in the sport shifter mode it sometimes blink 5 when i have only 4 gears. that display isnt even suppose to show up unless your in sport shifter

totaledTL

What were the codes-

fsttyms1

And what about the last question i asked.

thinhthan

the code was a iac code and something else i forgot. and the green key light was on i think

totaledTL

Need code NUMBERS- rescan to get both #'s, recheck green key indicator.

fobstylez

iTrader: (3)

Its not the ignition, how are the lights before you crank it? Kinda odd that some lights are dim and some are not, so it kinda crosses out the alternator.

fsttyms1

Does teh Green key Flash or stay solid. Need to find that out. If its not solid while cranking it sounds like a immobilizer issue. If not it very well may be a CKP sensor.

thinhthan

yea ill get back to you on that wen i have the chance to go to my car its at a friend place right now

thinhthan

what do you mean light? the gauge lights or what? yea its kinda weird how some of the gauge warning lights are dim and the others are not

mlassek

could be a fuel main relay. that can cause a crank no start with out tripping any DTC's. try jumping the relay and starting it.

fobstylez

iTrader: (3)

when you put your key in the car and start, there is a light that looks like a key and it lights up green, that is the light he was talking about.

thinhthan

i dont think he ment the key light i think he ment the other warning lights

totaledTL

No, he meant the green key light- scroll back, he said it twice.

thinhthan

ok my car runs now it was the crank sensor. but with the gauges going crazy my mechanic said that there might be a short somewhere under the dash and he didnt want me to take the car like that. so i left the car with him for another day. for everything he only charged me 650 including timing belt, water pump, idler, tensioner, and the crank sensor. everything from honda

mlassek

i guarantee the gauges problem youre having is an alternator issue

fsttyms1

I would tend to agree.