Yo people,
I was driving my 92 RS home from work last night, just as I would normally. I had just rigged up a head unit to see if it would work, and it did. I tinkered with the head unit for 15 minutes after pulling into my driveway and shuttin off the car. Then today I go out to go to work and the car won't fire! The battery has good juice, it makes the starter turn as normal, the fuel pump whirrs so it works, all electronics and guages and whatnot work as normal, seems like theres no spark. All wires under the dash seem intact, all the fuses work and none are blown. The head unit is a sony cdx850 if that matters. I WANT MY CAR SO I GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME TOMORROW! Please reply so I can try to start my car! WHATS WRONG!

 

That happened to me once this summer. Ended up being my ICM. Just a guess though

 

Whats an ICM? How hard is it to replace? How much does it cost? Can I put it in myself?

 

ICM: Ignition Control Module. Take off your distributor cap, and its that little black thing with the wires plugged into it. Just a little more info, this happened to me once, and after spending a lot of money on things like a fuel filter, a new ICM, and a few other things, i found it to be the Distributor. Bring your ICM to pepboys or whoever can test electronic devices for cars, and have them test it. if ok, try to find a way to test your coil (put on someone elses 3rd gen with a tpi) and try to start. if those are all ok, then its prolly your distributor.

 

You sure you didn't blow a fuse or burn-up a fusible a link? does your check engine light come on when you initially turn the key to the "on" position?

 

I'm pretty sure that everything on the display works as it would when I WAS able to use my car. The check engine light does come on befroe attempting to start this piece of junk. what other 68000 mile car does crap like this, Im pissed and will move to an acura if it continues. Sorry to be so angry but I payed good solid money for a low mileage car that doesn't function properly.

 

if your fuel pump works, like you said you heard, then its most likely your ignition, but check the inj#1 and #2 fuses on your fuse block, it might be one of those. if not, go and do what i said, get the ICM tested and try to test the coil.

 

Yes it looks like the fuses are all in place, and functioning properly. I tested the wires on my starter coil, and the wires are hot when the ignition is on, but the wires to the distributor are not. I assume that this is normal and that the bad part of the system is the starting coil. I will go to my local auto parts store and swap in my new coil today and see if she fires up. Thank you guys.