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Well tonight is a RED Letter Date in James S Acura Legend G1 History!
After almost 6 months of trying to figure out an ailing ingnition problem which left the car running after the keys where turned off and taken out of the car, and no way of stopping it until the injector fuses and battery power was pulled.
It all started years ago before I got my 95 LS Coupe, and sold it to my brother.
The car would just come to life on its own, and the big giveaway was the radio blarring with no one in the car locked and keys in hand. This would mostly happen at night for some reason.
After spending bucks on a new Ignition harness, which seemed to fix the problem. It crept back again
Everyone else thought it was the ignition cable harness the mechanical keylock system or the Security system, since most mechanics traced a possible short in schematics to that location.
It all started to come together when I borrowed the car and before pulling fuses and the battery power to get it to shut off
I started playing with the shifter (automatic transmission)
I noticed after I turned off the ignitition and pulled the keys out the car was running as usual, but this time I put it from Park to low drive, and than back to Neutral while sitting in the driveway with the brakes on, when amazingly everything went dead as its supposed to when turned off.
To my dismay, I started the car back up and turned it off and did the same motions trying to replicate the problems fix.
sometimes the engine would stop running, but all the ignition lights remained on.
So tonight we attacked it again and removed the center console and pulled the center Consoles Shift Selector Switch, took it apart and noticed wear in the connectors brass or copper slider contacts.
After reinstalling just the harness connection and not mounting the switch to the shifter, we could manipulate the switch with gradual movent to and fro, and viola! we got the engine and all ignition lights to shut off as they are suppose to when the key ignition is shut off.
So we replicated the problem, determined the switch that was causing all the problems, and now is going to be replaced with a new one.
The car at a 170 must have worn out those contacts (some more than others for some reason in the switch itself.
Atleast I now have beaten another UNKNOWN in the Acura Legend world, and now would like to pass this info on to all the other G1 Legend owners with high milage.
If your car acts this way, I suggest you inspect your Gear Selector Switch, before replacing ignition switches and harnesses.
I had no Idea this switch controled all this and or made the car act so wierd this way. Only thought it would (if defective) allow the car to be started in Neutral.
So pass the word!
I am including a picture of my 1988 L Coupe Legend in Florence Blue which I had the pleasure of owning and driving for 11 years!
(this was the day I was getting a Stromung Cat-Back Exhaust put on by my local Mechanic 'Rudy' In Melbourne Florida
Best Regards, James S.
After almost 6 months of trying to figure out an ailing ingnition problem which left the car running after the keys where turned off and taken out of the car, and no way of stopping it until the injector fuses and battery power was pulled.
It all started years ago before I got my 95 LS Coupe, and sold it to my brother.
The car would just come to life on its own, and the big giveaway was the radio blarring with no one in the car locked and keys in hand. This would mostly happen at night for some reason.
After spending bucks on a new Ignition harness, which seemed to fix the problem. It crept back again
Everyone else thought it was the ignition cable harness the mechanical keylock system or the Security system, since most mechanics traced a possible short in schematics to that location.
It all started to come together when I borrowed the car and before pulling fuses and the battery power to get it to shut off
I started playing with the shifter (automatic transmission)
I noticed after I turned off the ignitition and pulled the keys out the car was running as usual, but this time I put it from Park to low drive, and than back to Neutral while sitting in the driveway with the brakes on, when amazingly everything went dead as its supposed to when turned off.
To my dismay, I started the car back up and turned it off and did the same motions trying to replicate the problems fix.
sometimes the engine would stop running, but all the ignition lights remained on.
So tonight we attacked it again and removed the center console and pulled the center Consoles Shift Selector Switch, took it apart and noticed wear in the connectors brass or copper slider contacts.
After reinstalling just the harness connection and not mounting the switch to the shifter, we could manipulate the switch with gradual movent to and fro, and viola! we got the engine and all ignition lights to shut off as they are suppose to when the key ignition is shut off.
So we replicated the problem, determined the switch that was causing all the problems, and now is going to be replaced with a new one.
The car at a 170 must have worn out those contacts (some more than others for some reason in the switch itself.
Atleast I now have beaten another UNKNOWN in the Acura Legend world, and now would like to pass this info on to all the other G1 Legend owners with high milage.
If your car acts this way, I suggest you inspect your Gear Selector Switch, before replacing ignition switches and harnesses.
I had no Idea this switch controled all this and or made the car act so wierd this way. Only thought it would (if defective) allow the car to be started in Neutral.
So pass the word!
I am including a picture of my 1988 L Coupe Legend in Florence Blue which I had the pleasure of owning and driving for 11 years!

(this was the day I was getting a Stromung Cat-Back Exhaust put on by my local Mechanic 'Rudy' In Melbourne Florida
Best Regards, James S.