1989 Honda Civic won't start, it just clicks

Aldajean · Sep 30, 2007, 02:57 PM

I have a 1989 Honda Civic that won't start, it just clicks when you turn it on. The lights go on, and everything else seems to work, but it won't start. I happened to be on the phone with my pastor, as I was supposed to be taking him something at the time, and he said it was the cylinoid, where the key goes in. I took the plastic off the steering column and saw where the ignition is and where the key goes in and all that

and if it is that, I see no reason I couldn't change it.... Does this sound like something that would be? It has done this before several time. On those occasions I thought it was the battery, since someone had taken the battery out and so I got out and beat on the battery, but this in effect meant that I took the key out and put it back in and started it. I just learned my mom has had it happen and she said that she would have to take the key out and put it back in to make it work. Well it isn't working now, not by taking the key out, putting it in, wiggling it around, no trick I try is getting it to start for anything. The battery seems to work, the car was broke into recently so the radio is gone

, but the lights come on, so all I can say is that it clicks.

I hope that this is detailed enough to help you.

Thanks!

Aldajean · Oct 2, 2007, 03:55 PM

As far as I know, it is a plain Civic, nothing special. As you can see, I am dumb when it comes to cars...

I think they sold me the wrong one because it didn't fit when I went to put it on.

Like I said, I had to make it fit... so either it is the wrong one, or it is defective. One or the other. I just got back from the doctor's. I have to take some pain meds, then wait a bit, then will take it apart and take it down there and tell them what happened as they owe me for over charging to begin with, and owe me for either selling the wrong one or a defective one. Something is wrong, since it doesn't work and I did everything right. I believe the only thing I did wrong was I turned it to the II posistion to MAKE it fit... in doing that, I think that proves it is wrong or defective as it doesn't fit in the factory set 0 posistion as all the links say you should have it set at to have it installed at....

Thanks. I will try these things. I hope this works. As it is, I have another doc's app. I have to cancel tomorrow as this one I can't take a bus to. Now if only I can find her phone number....

l8nite · Oct 15, 2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aldajean

I have a 1989 Honda Civic that won't start, it just clicks when you turn it on. The lights go on, and everything else seems to work, but it won't start. I happened to be on the phone with my pastor, as I was supposed to be taking him something at the time, and he said it was the cylinoid, where the key goes in. I took the plastic off the steering column and saw where the ignition is and where the key goes in and all that

and if it is that, I see no reason I couldn't change it.... Does this sound like something that would be? It has done this before several time. On those occasions I thought it was the battery, since someone had taken the battery out and so I got out and beat on the battery, but this in effect meant that I took the key out and put it back in and started it. I just learned my mom has had it happen and she said that she would have to take the key out and put it back in to make it work. Well it isn't working now, not by taking the key out, putting it in, wiggling it around, no trick I try is getting it to start for anything. The battery seems to work, the car was broke into recently so the radio is gone

, but the lights come on, so all I can say is that it clicks.

I hope that this is detailed enough to help you.

Thanks!

Verify good connections to the battery first , but ...the clicking sounds like the starter solenoid.
hopefully it is not part of the starter. have someone try to start the car while you listen to try to locate the clicking ...



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