Looking for a little guidance. My teenage daughter drives a 2009 Honda Accord EX coupe 2.4L automatic with roughly 103,000 miles. Been a great car for the 2 years she's owned it. In early October she called me with the my car won't start story. So I figured battery. Go check it out and battery is good. Car is completely dead with key in ignition. No dash lights, no a/c fan, no bells, no radio ect. After several hours I figure out that the 50amp fusible link on the multi fuse under the hood is blown. I bypassed it by adding a 50amp reset (temporarily) to drive it home. Found the multi fuse to be on backorder so I sourced one at a local salvage yard for ten bucks. Installed it and all was well. However car has ran perfect until Dec 25th. Had an exact replay. The problem is whatever pops the fuse clears when you replace it. Car runs fine. She parks it and it's dead when she tries to start it. It's been over 2 months since it last did it. I do know it on the ignition circuit but beyond that I'm stumped! Hoping someone in here may have some insight.

Thanks all
Crafty75

 

The 50A fusible link that is part of the Under-hood Fuse No. 3 multi-fuse principally protects and provides power to the ignition switch circuit like you mentioned. Are there any aftermarket electronic accessories on the car?

You may want to remove the steering column cover to see if there are any shorts and/or spliced made into the ignition switch wiring.

 

The ignition switch wires also run to Connector F at the driver's side under-dash fuse box; so, take a look at the wiring there first.

 

Thanks for the info! Looks like I should have a fun filled Saturday chasing this issue.