# 89 Honda Civic-Random stalling

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 28, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796 "2011-06-28T12:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Cremo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Cremo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cremo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796/1 "2011-06-28T12:59:46Z")

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1.5L with automatic and 90K miles. In December going 60 mph on the highway at steady speed the car stalled, would not restart, towed home, tried new fuel pump relay, made no difference, put old relay in and it started, ran great for 6 months and now after filling up the tank, I hit a bump and went around a corner and it stalled again, same scenario, towed home and it started the next day. Been running fine since. Any thoughts? Ground on fuel pump/ bad gas? another relay in the fuel pump circuit?

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796/2 "2011-06-28T13:27:04Z")

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Ignition switch problems can do this. Honda has been known to have these.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796/3 "2011-06-29T01:28:06Z")

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Could be ground, could be ignition switch, could be fuel pump wiring, and it could be injectors if your car is DPFI and not MPFI. Easy to tell, even if the stickers have worn off with age. Open the hood and look at the back side of the engine. You’ll see a large rubber tube going from a box on the left to the back middle of the engine. If the tube goes into a long tubular silver piece, you have MPFI. If instead it goes into a round black piece that looks kind of like a cast iron pan with a lid, you have DPFI, which means that a single injector failure impacts all cylinders and can cause the problem you’re having.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796/4 "2011-06-29T11:25:32Z")

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I’m with shadowfax on this one.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-honda-civic-random-stalling/65796/5 "2011-06-29T14:46:55Z")

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I take that as a high compliment, coming from you sir.