Car intermittently won’t start

[ghowell6]

Hey, I have a ’91 Accord, all stock. I was at the store last night, parked it for about 5 minutes, and when I went out and put the key in, and turned it to the II position, the dash lights wouldn’t come on. When I crank the car, the dash lights all come on, but the engine wouldn’t stay running. I cranked it again, and the car ran fine. This morning my sister had a tough time starting it, same symptoms but it got her to school. Later this morning I took the car and was driving, and it completely died. No dash lights or anything, but the electric seat belts and stereo still work. If I hold the key a little past the II point, the car will stay running. It kinda sucked, a friend and I went off campus and was worried we would be stuck but I managed to drive it back to school and home again. Besides a sore wrist, I definitely think it is something with the ignition but don’t have much of an idea beyond that. Has anyone heard of similar symptoms?

[oyajicool]

It is likely the ignition switch is going bad on you.
I had to keep the key in between II and start position in order to keep engine running when it happened on my LX. Right hand on the key. Left hand on steering wheel and shift change. Round trip to Auto Zone for replacement switch.

[ghowell6]

Yup, that’s what I did, back to school then down to my buddy’s shop. I was worried I was going to walk back to school but I thought it through. Fortunately I didn’t have to shift, mine’s an automatic. I’d fix it myself but he was able to get the part today and get it fixed. I’d fix it myself but I need the car running more than I needed the $50 or so it was for labor. Nothing like a friend discount.