99 Honda Civic Ex. spinning

It sounds like it may be the fuel pump. When you turn the key to run you should here it prime, it would be a hum and it should shut off after a couple of seconds. If you don't here it check the fuses to see if the pump fuse is blown, and if your not sure if it's the fuel pump spray some starting fluid down the intake and try starting it. If it starts briefly and dies its probably the fuel pump. If it doesn't start its probably not the fuel pump.

Thank you so much for this advice!!!!that I'm going to go try this today. I have been worried to death &scared to log back in on here because I was afraid the first comment would be something next to IMPOSSIBLE for me. since my husband died its been two things after two things. Thank you again.

Welp it's not the fuel pump because I hear it come on and go off. What else can I try?

You can try checking for spark. Pull one of the plug wires off one of the spark plugs once you have done this get a screwdriver that fits in the end of the spark plug wire and put the screwdriver in the end of the wire as far as it will easily go, and set the screwdriver so there is about a one centimeter gap between the shaft of the driver and a metal surface on the engine, then get someone to crank the engine and watch for a spark if you don't see one try readjusting the screwdriver, it should be a bright spark. If you have an old spark plug for the car, or if you can take one out of the engine, plug it into the wire, and set the plug on a metal surface on the engine and see if you have spark it would be a bright spark. Hope this helps!

I know this is old but I just wanted to tell me and because I've had this exact same problem with my car, a 99 civic ex. it almost drove me crazy because after days of nothing, one day it just fired right up. Then it would mess up again. I seen a friend at the store and I told him what it was doing. he too was driving a car like mine and said well I just had the same problem. He pulled out the entire dash and over on the right side pulled out the main relay & replaced it with the one in his civic he'd just bought. We drove around for hours and it never done it again. So I went and bought one and I've never had that problem again.

I Literally have no answer as to what this problem was you guys❗️ it was so frustrating. I even went as far as to thinking that maybe possibly somehow my gas hand wasn't working now and maybe it was out of gas because that's what it sounded like. I went to the store and got gas and poured in it. Turned the car on for about 10 seconds a couple of times to make sure the fuel pump was getting it. still no results. I cried for two hours that night. I didn't touch my car from Friday evening until Sunday night. Sunday night I just sat in it & thought, "Try it Candi, just try, All it can do is still not crank" LOL. if I brought up and hasn't missed a lick since‍♀️ what the??