I feel humbled that even though so many years have passed my humble video is still helping people. I only made this because I didn't want to see others struggle to be able to fix theirs as much as I did. St the time there wasn't a through and simple video or set of instructions that I could find. I never expected this to blow up like it did and for so many to find it useful. Thank you for all your support over the years and letting me know you found this video helpful. May your Honda carry you another 200k miles and beyond.

Out of all the car videos regarding the main relay for an early 90s accord this was the most helpful. Thank you

Of all the videos I searched for you were the only one to keep it simple and hit the nail on the head! Thanks you saved me a good bit of cash.

I'm a former mechanic and an engineer and you just really helped me out. Way to work the problem and find a solution. You rock.

KZfaq is very resourceful for small jobs like this. I love to see people working to figure out how to do it themselves.

Your video blew my mind! Thank you so much. I would never have attempted this repair without your step-by-step instructions and the contortions you had to assume to produce it. I'm a professional videographer and I recognize your effort. I had the tools I needed and the visuals of what I was looking for, all ahead of time thanks to you. Like others on this list I had put up with my Honda's quirks for three summers until I searched for a solution. I'm old and kinda long and lanky for getting under the dash, but aside from a bruise on my shoulder and 30-minutes of my time this problem is now solved thanks to you. You saved me quite a lot of money all thanks to your video. You rock, indeed! Thanks again.

Funny how us guys give women crap when they talk about cars, and yet after the hours of videos I've watched with men.. Amber is the only one who explained it thoroughly enough for me to easily understand the entire process. Because of this video, I now have a main relay on order from Amazon for my 90 Civic SI Hatch. Gracias! & subscribed!

You are awesome woman! I got to repair the main relay switch on my daughter's first car that I ended up having to drive for 2 months when my suburban broke. I was tired of waiting on my husband And just decided to do it myself and I couldn't have done it without you!

Love your video. I have a 92 accord and have read on a few sites that this might be the problem but have been putting off doing it myself. live in west Texas and getting caught in the heat waiting for my car to start is no fun at all. Thanks to you showing how easy it is I am going to go ahead and attempt it myself. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for posting this video & letting us know that you've never did it before. Probably gave lots of people the confidence to try it on their own! I'm going to put a main relay on my daughter's Honda Accord today!

Lady...you are precious. This is excellent!!! Wish engineers, parts stores, and mechanics were half as helpful.

Thanks, Amber, I was going nuts trying to find out where the thing was. I have to pull it to test it, but am not looking forward to the contortions (even though I'm a skinny guy the bad back hates getting up under the dash). I agree with your replacement versus fixing argument. When I bought my 91 Accord the daytime running light relay was shot - huge cost to replace. Tried re-soldering the nine connections recommended by KZfaqrs, and it would work for a few months and give out. After the third time I gave up and now just turn my headlights on whenever I drive (has the bonus of having my tail lights lit for better visibility from the rear). Don't know if you still have your Accord, but with help from people like you I'm determined to keep mine going for much more than the 370,000 km on the clock right now. And there should be a special circle of hell for automotive designers who require owners to be snakes to fix stuff on their cars.

I love this video and the fact that you were resourceful and took the initiative to replace the Main Fuel Relay yourself. I am also a woman and my car would crank but not start. I called out mechanics who did nothing but charge me for them to "guess" what the problem was. First they said it was the distributor. I went onto KZfaq and found out how to replace it myself. It wasn't the problem. Now they say its the fuel pump and want to charge me $150.00 for labor. I will do it myself.

Thank you so much for helping me find this part. I was getting no "fire" to my plugs. Two weeks of youtube videos and other "expert" advice and a (wasted) 200 dollar aftermarket distributor it turned out to be a faulty Main Relay (apparently, if this relay fails, then the "signal" to the distributor to "spark" wont happen. Didnt find this tidbit in any videos i watched. So...if no spark and no fuel...check main relay. Thanks for helping me find this!!!

Ms. Waite, thank you for the video. I'm swapping out the main relay today on a 98 Accord. Thank you so much

Thank you very much. I tried to change the relay on my 1990 accord this afternoon. I could not see it under there. So I found your video, watched it and went back in my garage and did exactly what you said and had the job done in 15 minutes( I left the old one there and just clicked the wiring in the new one) . Awesome what you have done to help people like myself. Two thumbs up!!

You are awesome ! Not many women will even try to do what you did, You guy is one lucky man to have a smart and pretty woman in his life :)

WAY TO GO! KZfaq and people like you make diagnosing, finding and fixing do-able and affordable for those of us on a budget and lacking the confidence to even try! THANK YOU!!! And even if I can't do it myself physically - I know what it is and how it is fixed so I won't be taken because of my lack of knowledge! THANKS!!

hi there I just want to thank you SO MUCH for this video. For so long me and my dad were trying to figure out how to fix my car cuz we had the same problem that you had. Thanks to this video its running great now! :) Me and my dad just want to thank you and that you are awesome for doing a lot of this on your own. Us woman are just as capable of fixing a car as a man is

Thanks! This happened to me this week, and I was stranded on the side of a major highway. After letting it sit for a couple of hours, it started right up and I drove it home, but it hasn't stared since. I was going to replace the fuel pump until I found out about this relay. Thanks again for showing me where it's located! Going to try that today.

You are awesome! Best diy KZfaq video I have ever seen! Very thorough and excellent video of under the dash and your explanation of how to do the job was very very good! You could probably show up a lot of men who call themselves mechanics!

THIS IS THE RICHEST AND MOST SPECIFIC AND MOST ELEGANT EXPLANATION OF THE LOCATION OF THE MAIN (FUEL PUMP) RELAY.. bravo and cheers and such.. the best part is that you take us through the threshold of outside to inside-upside-down, which is critical and MISSING in every video I have watched up to this point. teach!!

I'm a delivery driver and every so often i'd start my car, it'd fire up and quit instantly, and then it wouldnt start for a minute. Now it wouldnt start at all, fixed it thanks to your video! Cheers!

Yours is the best video yet on this problem. Motivated my sone to try, they were successful thanks to you.

Nice video, I used a 10mm deep socket with a 6" extension and a adapter to place on my cordless drill. The deep socket is needed for the nuts holding the bracket for the main relay. Everything came out smoothly.

The silver box is for the cruise control, - not for the power steering! Other than that I must salute you for being a innovative girl filming at an extremely difficult place. Well done my girl!

Amber you are awesome! I have the same problem with my car and seeing this very detailed video made by you, a woman, and I mean no disrespect, is really commendable. I intend to get mine replaced tomorrow. Thanks again and ignore the rude and ignorant posts of some empty heads here. Thank you and God bless!!

Greetings! First let me praise you for getting down and making the effort let alone making this very informative video. A few days ago, a hot day I might add, my Accord failed to start. My local garage whom I trust implicitly diagnosed this very same issue... the main power relay under the left dash. They charged me $170 C and the car starts like new again. It seems this is a common problem as the solder joints in this relay become 'cold' i.e they need to be resoldered to restore electrical continuity. Anyway, my only complaint is I didn't find your video in time to preemptively sort my relay out. Thank you again for being an intrepid car girl!

Excellent video; here I am 11 years later. Obligatory Liked and Sub’d! 👍▶️ 🔧

Well thanks hunn!!!! 9yrs old and it's still helpin folk!!!

This vid helped me so much. My son's 1992 honda accord is up & running again. The info on the tool size was helpful. Couldn't have done it w/out this vid. Thanx saved us lots of $

I have a honda accord and I also had a hard time finding it, mine was a bit easier after I saw your video. Thank you so much for uploading the video!

Professional tech. This video helped me locate and change a main relay on a customers car. Thanks. Thumbs up!

That was great Amber! I had to replace mine and I spent several hours trying to figure out where the relay was. I didn't realize it was hidden. You were right, once I found it, it wasn't that hard to replace. I wish I had seen your video before I did mine.

Thanks for the video. This seems to be the only video that shows exactly where the relay is. The guys in the other vids just point to the dash and say "it's right there" and then cut to them holding the relay in their hand.

thank you very much your video is the best, my husband spent hours trying to find the main relay and only with your video could find the exact location you are the best

I wish my wife did her homework like you. This video will convince her of what i suspect is wrong with her honda accord. Keep making videos like this.

Great work Amber! Thanks for going to the effort of shooting and sharing this very instructional, helpful and cost-saving clip. I am going to try to manage the same fix on my 96 Acura....

GREAT JOB I'D SAY. AFTER LISTENING TO EVERYONE ELSE I JUST REPLACED IT AND FORGET ABOUT REPAIRING IT. FANTASTIC AND THANK YOU.

You are great, I have a Honda Shop manual that shows were the relay is but I could never see it. The power steering unit that she calls out is the cruise control. That you so much for saving me time for finding the relay.

I found out a company took mine out. I replace all fuel related parts n same sound u made......Im going to get one this morning and taking ur video with me to show the guy there at autozone....Funny thing is I saw the lil brown fuse thing hangin down and they said extra fuse or somethong but i got in my car same way as u....WOW UR A BLESSING.

Thank you so much for sharing this! It was pretty easy to fix and kinda fun and you saved me a BUNCH of money. way awesome! it was such a pain trying to find a shady part to park and now it starts up anywhere, yay. :)

This was the most useful video I've found so far regarding the issue , thanks a lot !

Great job Amber! I was wondering how to best get it! Thanks for the video!

Good job amber I have a 90 j code cb7 as well had it for over 11 years and not letting go. Thanks for the tutorial

Nice work! I just did a 1998 Accord LX. I had to unbolt the seat and move it rearward. $40 on Amazon; delivered next day.

Hats off to you for ventiring into the unknown!

Thank you for this video! i could have never done this without it..u showed everything that needed showing, i prolly couldnt have NOT been able to do it after watching this..thanks again!

Appreciate you taking the time to help other people.

Good for you Amber. A mechanic would have taken your car for an entire day so they make it seem like they did a lot of work to your car and charge you $200.00 for the work you did. Keep your money in your pocket.

Thanks a bunch! You just saved me over eighty dollars. My 2000 Accord runs like a champ. Thanks again!

Thank you very much - I did see a lot of articles on this but finding the piece is the hard part. This was a very good explanation!

Very nice video. saves so much time when you know exactly what to go for under the dash. thank you very much.

Awesome walkthrough, now I feel very confident in knowing what I need to do in checking my relay for solder cracks (hard to start when hot). Thanks from sunny SoCal.

@Amberdawnn76 - Thanks a ton. I had the exact problem with my 93 Honda Accord. It used have starting problems intermittently. About a year back, a mechanic diagnosed it and told that the fuel pump was bad and I replaced it. But the problem never went away - it was getting bad by the day and finally about a week ago, the car would not start at all. Found your video very very helpful. Followed it step by step and it worked. Again, thank you very much and God bless...

i have a 98 honda civc and since my dad works nights, its hard to get him up to help me with my car. so guess whos going to try to change the main relay by herself? lol, your video helped me and gave me confidence that i can do it! thanks!

Thanks to you I found it. I caught hell looking for it 💪

Thank you so much for your video, I was able to replace the main relay on my 1993 Honda Accord. I had the same issue, car won’t start when it’s hot. It was the same process except that the location of the relay was in a tighter spot, electrical wiring was in the way, btw, my car has a manual transmission. Now able to start the car even when hot. 👍

just wanted to say thank you we were going to change the fuel pump and the fuel filter and after watching your video I went underneath there and tapped on that relay and lo and behold it started so we replace the solenoid and we're good to go thank you very much saved us a bunch of money

Great how- to video- was very helpful !Thanks for taking the time... many thanks!

This is the most basic and straightforward video I've seen about this! Thank you! Maybe you should make more car vids!

Thanks: I had a problem with my Honda it would not start. I saw your video and did exactly as you showed on the video, and the car started right away. Thanks again.

Thanks for your help! Wasn't comfortable or fun in the dark, but with your video it was just a matter of time. Super appreciated!

This was exactly what I was looking for. My daughter has an Accord. I actually repaired the main relay in my CRX by re-soldering the connections. A note to anyone who chooses the re-solder route. Use a solder sucker to remove the old solder, then use flux and new solder. I

Good job and great way of explaining.

Good! I admire both your tenacity and your camera work...thanks for the video...

Great video!!! 100% helped. Am going to go try and replace it now, thank you!

the repair was flawless. lol. i had nothing to unscrew on my 2000 accord. only one plug. now i did have to twist and turn a bit. Thanks once again.

Ahh That’s so awesome !! Good job girl

Before I was looking for the main relay on the wall by the left foot step pad. Great video.

Thx Amber, nice work!

You suprised me with a nice video presentation. I will apply your lesson to my daughter's car tomorrow if the main relay is the problem. Thanks.

It's great to see that you were successful here, nice work all around. You demonstrate that anyone can do what you've done. Thank you.

Thanks you saved me from buying a new fuel pump. It really helped!!!!! I had the exact same problem and you helped me solve it!!!!!

You're awesome, thank you for sharing. Just got my new relay today 😁

Awesome! thanks for the clear info and useful tips.

thanks your video saved my life ... I was with mechanical looking the part and could not find it until I saw the video. thanks your video helped me a lot ...

Thanks to your video I was able to change this part on a used car that I had just purchased as my son's first car. You are truly a gift... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you... I felt bad being that while returning home the car stopped and wouldn't restart after only a few hours.

Good explanation, good work.

Excellent Video. You even took the time to get under the dash, Outstanding. More details about the car would have been helpful as year of car, make, model, engine size, etc. Again Outstanding.

Thank you for your video! It saved me time and money by doing it myself instead of taking it into the mechanic. You are Awesome! Thank you again! :)

Thank you Amber i just had to change one. This vid was the biggest help.

Fixed it! Thank you for help diagnosing and providing instruction! I re soldered all joints on the circuit board, placed it back into the housing and no more crank no starts. I have explained more detail below.

The BEST vid on here for this. Good job girl! Your a life saver, and one sharp cookie!!! ♥

Very informative. Fuel pump issue with mine, but this is definitely where ill start. Thank you

Got the very same problem. Haven't changed it out yet but will be very shortly. Thanks for making this video. I will let you know how it goes!

Great, great, great, great video. Thanks so much for posting this. My neighbor's daughter has been having this problem and a "mechanic" told her she needed a new distributor and main relay and he'd do it for a whopping $500!!! That told me he was fishing for an answer. Your video narrowed it down. Thanks for helping me save this young lady $450.

Thanks for your video, really helpful!

Thankyou much!! Extremely helpful. Clear precise video.

Thank you for.doing this video . I'm having problems with my car not turning on and been doing research so I can do it myself

god bless you lady... after some visits with a lot of mechanics guys i found the solution to my accord problem.. and it was on youtube.. tomorrow i'll try to change the main relay.

I LOVE YOU!!! This is the best help I have ever gotten on my car.

Thanks Amber I have a 91 accord that's been giving me the blues lately. After watching several videos on the relay issue and where it actually is located I wasn't getting that info. Now, I don't know what I'm doing but I know something needs to be done and your video was straight forward and to the point. I will be buying a new main relay and not a patch job. Thanks chica!

two thumbs up! it was well said. you helped me out more then that Honda manual.

Thanks for sharing that info. I have a little 91 accord also and it was starting at first, but when you turn it off it won't restart, we've changed the fuel screen and the fuel pump. Will try and replace that relay next.

Very well explained - THANK YOU!

You are awesome. Love a woman who knows how to make it happen. Great job.

Great Job doing the repair!!!!

Thanks, mamacita! I have been looking for this durn thing for a while!

Thank you for sharing this video. it was really helpful.