Had a no-start no-crank condition in my 2009 Honda Fit Automatic yesterday. Key would not come out of ignition. All signs were pointing to the neutral safety switch (transmission range switch) or the shift linkage. I removed the air filter/air intake and battery to see if I could see anything going on, and, after removing a lot of leaves and twigs, found what looks like a rodent gnawed through two cables; one in the middle, and one at the connector.

I'm competent with a soldering iron, and figure I can probably splice these back together, but it would be really helpful to be able to remove the connector and work on it on a bench, and/or find a replacement to splice in. Can anyone here help me identify this and/or give tips on removing it? I've been exploring the service manual, particularly page 22-20, and think that it may be C105 or C106 (Shift Solenoid wire harness connector, or Transmission Range switch subharness). It would make a lot of sense for it to be C106, given the symptoms.

Once the connector is identified, can anyone give me a heads up on where I might be able to get a replacement? Ideally without having to buy an entire wiring harness...

Thanks,
Eric


Trying to identify the connector with detached wires

 

Heard other people say the critters love chewing under the battery. Might want to search for their posts here, not that it would help you much for a particular chewed wire. I would say go to hondapartsnow, so you can enter the VIN and see what the wiring harnesses part numbers are and how long they are. Beyond that it may be a pain replacing them, so it may be a lot easier trying to repair them as is. A usb battery powered soldering iron like the pinecil might help here.

 

Thanks, yeah, I actually already ordered a pinecil to arrive today.
As far as I can tell, Honda only sells the complete wiring harness as one part, but I'm increasingly certain that the connector that has been gnawed away is where the transmission range/neutral safety switch sub-harness connects, as it's the only 10 wire connector anywhere nearby. I've ordered the sub-harness from ebay (used, again, afakt it doesn't have its own part number), as I'm pretty sure it has the male and female versions of the same connector, meaning I could cut it in half and replace the gnawed connector by splicing the wires. Otherwise, I think I have to take the connector out, solder new wires to its pins (or sockets), and then splice those wires with those in the car.

 

For reference, I'm pretty sure I've found the connector: Sumitomo 6189-6906, which can be found on amazon or aliexpress.

 

Much better than the $1000 Honda wiring harness!

 

Reading down the thread, I was about to chime in that Honda uses a lot of Sumitomo connectors. There's a quite a few parts from Yazaki, JAE, etc on recent cars, but it gets to be almost exclusively Sumitomo the further you go back. The WeatherPack/MetriPack combination crimp tools like the 1424B have worked well for me.