Public Service Announcement

Your attention please.

Be advised that there is a potential problem with your Civics that may cause your car to fail to start or kill your battery. The culprit looks like this:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/59514button1.jpg

It is one of three pedal buttons and are located on your brake and clutch pedals and actuate critical switchs.

There are two on the clutch pedal arm. The first one acts as a rest/bumper for the clutch arm while not in use and is not critical. The second and critical button actuates the clutch interlock switch.


WARNING! IF YOU ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURE MAKE SURE THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE IS SET!!!
YOUR CAR WILL MOVE IF LEFT IN ANY IN GEAR!!!

In an emergency you can manually operate the switch at the top of the clutch pedal arm.

WARNING! IF YOU ATTEMPT THE PRECEDING EMERGENCY PROCEDURE MAKE SURE THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE IS SET!!!
YOUR CAR WILL MOVE IF LEFT IN ANY IN GEAR!!!


The brake pedal arm uses one button and it actuates your brake light switch. If this one fails your brake lights will stay on regardless of pedal position.

This concludes this public service announcement.

Thank you. :)

nice butt plug....haha

Thats what I was thinking. lol

Where the hell did you find that?

haha butt plug!

this doesnt qualify as a public service anoucement. Isnt very informative or usefull either. Sorry to be an ass, but who gives a fuck. This is like putting up a thread saying "if you run out of gas, put more in it to fix it."

Where the hell did you find that?


I got the replacement buttons at the dealer (a special order in my case).

As I later found out the clutch interlock button was the last to fail.
I heard the prevoius owner came home one night and the brake lights wouldn't turn off, this went un-noticed, and eventually killed her battery. That night her brake switch button broke.

I guess the plastic fatigues after a decade or so and falls apart.


Just trying to help my fellow 4th gen Civic owners.

:)

this doesnt qualify as a public service anoucement. Isnt very informative or usefull either. Sorry to be an ass, but who gives a fuck. This is like putting up a thread saying "if you run out of gas, put more in it to fix it."

If you feel that way don't reply to it at all. This post will eventually sink into the abyss....

If you feel that way don't reply to it at all. This post will eventually sink into the abyss....

Now thats funny LMFAO

I think silentchamber has that thing stuck up in his ass

I think silentchamber has that thing stuck up in his ass
Pedal button/butt plug?? :)

The butt plug! LoL ;)

Both?

The butt plug! LoL ;)
:lol:

Lol, now lets focus off peoples personal problems and get back to the topic........thanks for the announcement!

what sucks is when one of those pads pop out and you can't figure out why in the hell your car won't start, so you constantly jump it with a screwdriver on the starter, and then on the new years eve night you go through a check point and they make you shut off your car... yeah that was great...

^Thats gotta suck.

of corse I have it up my ass, what kind of transvestite do you take me for?

:greddy2: :icon16:

of corse I have it up my ass, what kind of transvestite do you take me for?

:grinno:

er.... will my auto be affected by this? :banghead:

er.... will my auto be affected by this? :banghead:

Well you do have one on the brake pedal arm. I'm sure it actuates your brake lights. Does your car have a shift interlock (ie you have to push the brake pedal to get it out of park)?

cheers for the heads up , never heard of this part going before :?

mine didn't go... it just popped out...

Your welcome. :)

I know this is an OLD F***in thread, but I gotta ask, If my car is in neutral, do I gotta press the clutch to turn it over?

I bought the car a couple weeks ago for $140, and it turned over when ther guy tryed it, but I try to start it, and I hear a click and nothing after. I am wondering if it's because I'm not pressing the clutch.

I know this is an OLD F***in thread, but I gotta ask, If my car is in neutral, do I gotta press the clutch to turn it over?

I bought the car a couple weeks ago for $140, and it turned over when ther guy tryed it, but I try to start it, and I hear a click and nothing after. I am wondering if it's because I'm not pressing the clutch.

Yes. The only honda that I know that you don't have to press in the clutch to start is the preludes. But definitely for the civics you have to.

Uhh.. yeah.. I had a bone stock Civic LX... had no clutch switch.. I used to start it all the time w/o pressing in the clutch.. so that's bunk... SOME have them... I think 90-91 only.

If your car has it, and you don't press the clutch in, you won't hear a click or anything, it just won't do anything. Usually, if you hear a click and no cranking, it's either weak battery, engine seized (if it's a harsh click), or starter solenoid is weak/bad.

EDIT: The civic I had was an '88.. also had an 88 CRX HF w/ no switch.

Uhh.. yeah.. I had a bone stock Civic LX... had no clutch switch.. I used to start it all the time w/o pressing in the clutch.. so that's bunk... SOME have them... I think 90-91 only.

If your car has it, and you don't press the clutch in, you won't hear a click or anything, it just won't do anything. Usually, if you hear a click and no cranking, it's either weak battery, engine seized (if it's a harsh click), or starter solenoid is weak/bad.

EDIT: The civic I had was an '88.. also had an 88 CRX HF w/ no switch.


That's sh!+ man...sorry. I went over to my car a couple hours ago and pushed in the clutch, it turned... kept turning it for about a minute. It roared on and stayed on for about 1:30mins. Not bad for a car that's been sitting for 3 years on grass without anyone even touching it! (appart from the occasionnal kids using it as a hotbox)

seriously, it shouldn't have even made a noise if you weren't engaging the clutch switch, b/c the switch cuts the connection from the key to the solenoid, which is what makes the clicking noise when you turn the key.

PM me and let me know what parts you need, i've got a bunch of stuff laying around, and about to get a bunch more the end of this month.

it only made 1 click, and it was coming
from inside the dash...

as i turned the key, it went click once, the nothing.

Yes, actually it will make a click, but not from the starter solenoid. From the main relay :)

oh... god... that's just stupid... usually, when you say "turn the key" it means to the start position... when you just turn it on, of course you'll hear a click from the main relay.. you should also hear the fuel pump priming... I mean, come on.. lets get real here.

No, when you turn the key to the start position you'll hear a click as all of the accessory relays turn off, then turn back on as you release the key.

Holy Old Thread! In before the Lock! Next time, start a new thread with your questions.. k? thanks

Indeed. New threads > resurrections. Thanks.