Replace Push button start switch?
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From: Texas
Here is a video showing the official way to do it by removing lots of parts. It really isn't that bad, but I can see the zip tie idea should work just fine.
He also shows how to clean the contacts inside the switch, so don't buy a new switch!
He also shows how to clean the contacts inside the switch, so don't buy a new switch!
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Joined: May 2021
Posts: 49
From: Seattle
I had to sign a document for $150 bucks to get it inspected but the technician said it would be covered if they found the start/stop button to be defective.
I was a little anxious because I didn't get an error code on my obd2 reader.
the smart key light has been only intermittently coming up in the past 3 months, but the fit failed to start 3 times in the past month.
Thank goodness they said it was the button and it will be covered.
Thanks for pulling through for me Honda!
I was a little anxious because I didn't get an error code on my obd2 reader.
the smart key light has been only intermittently coming up in the past 3 months, but the fit failed to start 3 times in the past month.
Thank goodness they said it was the button and it will be covered.
Thanks for pulling through for me Honda!
Last edited by kittenbutt; Aug 5, 2021 at 02:00 AM.
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Joined: May 2015
Posts: 5
From: Austin, TX
If you take the trim panel that goes around and under the steering off, you'll see an opening next to the switch.
Get a zip tie, and bend it so it has a curved shape. Feed that zip tie around the switch and tighten it when it's over the tabs. Push the tab you can see, with your finger while tightening the zip tie (it'll press the other tab).
At that point you can work the switch out of the dash. along the way you pull the cable out the back.
Install by sliding the switch partly in, plugging in the cable, and then pushing the switch in the rest of the way.
Get a zip tie, and bend it so it has a curved shape. Feed that zip tie around the switch and tighten it when it's over the tabs. Push the tab you can see, with your finger while tightening the zip tie (it'll press the other tab).
At that point you can work the switch out of the dash. along the way you pull the cable out the back.
Install by sliding the switch partly in, plugging in the cable, and then pushing the switch in the rest of the way.
Do you or others have any info/advice about how to remove the trim panel that goes around and under the steering column? Chilton manuals were mentioned but if there's info available elsewhere I'd like to try that first.
Thanks!
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