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05-23-2013
ok so for the last few days the car has been slow to crank over but would start, last night I got in it and it did nothing. I put the battery charger on it last night, tried again this morning, and still nothing. All lights and radio are working but it won't start. I need help
05-23-2013
how old is your battery? id think its dead. and wont take a charge any more.
05-23-2013
I'd check the battery connections..
Look at your battery.. do the sides look puffy? Puffy is a classic symptom that it's been heated etc a bunch and is likely near or at the end of it's life.
05-23-2013
how could the battery be dead if, all the lights are still working?
05-23-2013
not enough volts left in it. test it. also check all the cables like Bill said.
05-23-2013
I pulled the multimeter out and it said 12.6 volts, the cables look great, they are tight and no corrosion, I tried jumping it with the battery booster and it still doesn't even turn over, so im thinking starter, btw the battery is 2 and half year old
05-23-2013
Actually..it would be enough volts, not enough amps.
Volts are horsepower, amps are torque. A little Honda can drive on a flat surface w/o losing speed, give it a hill and it doesn't have any torque to maintain the speed uphill.
05-23-2013
hit the starter with a hammer, if it cranks after a few hits, the started is bad.
you getting a click when you turn the key to start?
05-23-2013
amps are good around 850, I get nothing when I try to start it, no click
05-23-2013
the dash cluster go black when you turn the key? like its supposed to?
did you hit the starter with a hammer yet?
you check the grounds on the trans bell housing? there should be 3 wires there, 1 fat black cable, (the bat neg), and 2 smaller wires with a loop each. make sure they are on there, and tight.
05-23-2013
Trans is reading as P or N on cluster, right?
05-23-2013
haha yea trans is in park and I have tried it in all position just to make sure it wasn't the linkage, hammer didn't help and all wires are tight
05-23-2013
Typically you don't get a slow crank from a dying starter. Usually that's a battery issue. However since you did the tests and say it's good, hmmm
Try using a screwdriver to jump power from the positive terminal to the soleniod wire. Let's rule out ign switch and all that crap. You get bonus points if you put the key in teh run position before going under. That way..you might have a started car.
05-23-2013
you can try to jump the starter also, take a screw driver, and bridge the large power cable on the starter to the the smaller terminal, this should make the engine crank, if it cranks, you got a ignition harness problem maybe.
turn the key to run, sparks will fly when you jump the starter, so dont freak out.
05-23-2013
its alive
05-23-2013
it still has a really slow crank, and it doesn't always want to start with the key
05-23-2013
now I have nothing again, I can't even get it to turn over shorting the starter
05-23-2013
what did you do to get it to crank? lest us with what you've done and checked.
05-23-2013
Yeah...
It's alive.. Yippeeeee was my feeling
Still slow.. hmm maybe pull it and test it.. my though
Nothing... darn dude!
If you get zippo..then I'm thinking power supply, which leads me to battery. You can test a battery as good the way we told you and it can still be bad. Maybe it's time to haul the starter and battery to the parts store for testing.
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