[amy@af]

the fact that it gets worst when it's colder...i say look to the spring. the stupid little ittie bittie spring is causing choas in your happy honda world.

let me add we tried all sorts of things. he resoildered the connections, it was no help. we noticed that when the console was apart and we applied pressure to the slider housing that the light would pop right on. jer tried putting a tiny screw in the corner of the slider housing to cinch it up. that made it worse as when the light was not on we could no longer apply pressure to make it work. at this point jer assumed it was the spring. he didn't have another spring that small. he put a little piece of wire under the spring. that solved the problem for 1 maybe 2 mos and then it started acting up again. we had the 97 parts teg the next time it was taken apart. put the new spring in and the car has been good to go for the past 4 months, including starting on 8 degree mornings when we have to take victorian to school.

try taking the console apart and leaving the rest together. the next morning when it's cold try pressing on the slider housing in different spots starting by park.

it seems like an odd problem but i guess it would make sense that if it's getting poor contact that the problem is worse in the cold.