1998 Honda Accord Ignition Problems

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Ignition
Entire vehicle shut down, engine, radio, power steering, power brakes, as if key turned off . At a 4 way stop, moving into intersection, halfway through a right turn. When failure occurred, the car shut down with sudden loss of power, could not steer or brake properly, car crossed oncomming traffic lane ending up on wrong side of road. Restarted okay, ran for 2 seconds then failed again. Restarted again after 10…
ODI 755264
Ignition
Engine quits periodically (at least once a week) when coasting with the clutch in. Dealers who have serviced car have been told, have looked for problem, could not find cause. Has done this since purchased new.*ak
ODI 746098
Control Module · Gasoline · Ignition
REAR MAIN SEAL FAILED. MJS
ODI 608146
Ignition · Module
Ignition coil and ecu failed causing vehicle to stall intermittently. Nlm
ODI 606443
Ignition
CHIP IN IGNITION KEY FAILED. NLM
ODI 606294