My gf has a 96 civic and it has randomly been dieing when she gets stopped in traffic or at a red light. She is just about to shift it back into gear when it dies. She said it feels like the car is stalling but she isn't in gear so she knows it isn't. But she is pressing on the break and clutch about to shift when it just shuts off. It starts right back up for now so I want to fix this issue before it decides to stop starting on her and leaves her stranded. I thought maybe the fuel filter or something but I'm not a Honda guy. I used to have a Jeep but switched to Toyota. So any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-Ryan

 

how many miles and how many miles since the last tune-up ?
is the cel (check engine light) on ?
throttle body or port fuel injection ?

 

blow out the throttlebody with compressed air.

 

just to add to what kg3 posted:

http://techauto.tripod.com/mainrelay.htm

best write up i found.
i did mine - but i broke some of the rules and just went on and added additional solder.

 

I don't think she has ever gotten a tune up. I'm going to switch out the fuel filter today.

 

Still dies. I'm going to check the distributor and such today when she gets off work. I don't know what else to check. The check engine light is on if that makes a difference. I don't know.

 

chk engine lite on could be the source of the problem,, you need to read the code and post it here,,it will give us a better idea of what is going on..

also what is the idle speed at ??