94 Accord EX - Won't Start

[mjfritzley]

Hopefully one of you has seen this before and can give me a hand here. I just got a 94 accord EX. I left work this evening and drove home without incident. Later tonight I went to start my car and got nothing. All the lights come on, everything works except when I turn the key you can hear it draw power but nothing happens. No clicks from the starter, no turns no nothing. It's not a dead battery...I'm lost. Any help would be great. Also, my Speedometer works intermittantly, it'll be fine and then fall to 0, then back to where ever. What should I check to fix this?

Thanks

[jeffcoslacker]

Could be loosely related. Check you battery connections, any primary wiring at the battery and the ground for damage or corrosion.

[mpumas]

Gear shifter position switch needs to indicate P or N for the starter to operate. If manual, clutch has to be in or maybe bad clutch switch. Check as applicable and get back to us.

[mjfritzley]

Thanks for the reply. It turns out it was a small amount of corrosion in the neg battery terminal that was causing to not turn over. I've been told that first thing on a cars electrical system is to check all the redundant grounds. I guess I got lucky! Thanks again.