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mixxamike · 06-16-2005, 05:19 PM

So my s14 will not start...I started reading my FSM and worked my way back from the starter to the cluth interlock relay, still no power. I removed the clutch interlock relay and heard a click, put the relay back in and the car started right up. Here is teh kicker...before I did this, the accessories would not work either. This leads me to believe that its the ignition switch? After driving the car around for a bit after i managed to start it up, it died on my once again but I started the car right back up by removing and reinserting the clutch interlock relay...the car is now dead AGAIN in my garage.

any ideas?

skiboard06 · 06-16-2005, 08:20 PM

maybe try replacing the relay i have a push button start for my sr i just got frustrated enough to do it

mixxamike · 06-16-2005, 11:23 PM

nevermind, i think its a short in my fuse box...not even with the aformentioned relay. its acutally the hi/lo radiator fan relay thats causing the problem...how??? i dunno, but if i move that relay all is fine.

theicecreamdan · 06-17-2005, 02:49 PM

I was gonna say,,, it doesn't sound like an ignition switch at all if you move a relay and then it starts fine.

Al_S14 · 06-17-2005, 08:30 PM

sounds to me like a faulty relay. i see a lot of Legends that have Fuel Pump relay start to go and car will shut off by itself when you hit a bump and banging on the relay can make it start again.

06-16-2005, 05:19 PM	#1
mixxamike Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Litchfield, IL Posts: 440 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	tricky electrical problem So my s14 will not start...I started reading my FSM and worked my way back from the starter to the cluth interlock relay, still no power. I removed the clutch interlock relay and heard a click, put the relay back in and the car started right up. Here is teh kicker...before I did this, the accessories would not work either. This leads me to believe that its the ignition switch? After driving the car around for a bit after i managed to start it up, it died on my once again but I started the car right back up by removing and reinserting the clutch interlock relay...the car is now dead AGAIN in my garage. any ideas?

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06-16-2005, 08:20 PM	#2
skiboard06 Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 115 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	maybe try replacing the relay i have a push button start for my sr i just got frustrated enough to do it

06-16-2005, 11:23 PM	#3
mixxamike Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Litchfield, IL Posts: 440 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nevermind, i think its a short in my fuse box...not even with the aformentioned relay. its acutally the hi/lo radiator fan relay thats causing the problem...how??? i dunno, but if i move that relay all is fine.

06-17-2005, 08:30 PM	#5
Al_S14 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chesapeake VA Age: 40 Posts: 405 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sounds to me like a faulty relay. i see a lot of Legends that have Fuel Pump relay start to go and car will shut off by itself when you hit a bump and banging on the relay can make it start again.