Thursday, September 15, 2011

I change the starter and still the car dosen't start!? PLEASE HELP (honda)?

HONDA CIVIC EX 1997 manual!

It was a cold night in miami, so when i started it took a little bit more than usual , we got home and we left it there for the night, and the next day didn't start, no sound, nothing, the battery is good because everything works, no clicking sound no RRRR sound nothing it was like it we never turned the key, we pushed and yeah it started so it was the starter motor , we changed it and now we are in the same dilemma no sound no nothing, what else could be? ( we check the new starter in auto-zone and is working good) what we could do .....
I change the starter and still the car dosen't start!? PLEASE HELP (honda)?
Hi

it could be the neutral switch on the clutch.. are the cables clean between the battery post and the cable. those have to be shiny clean.

good luck

tim
I change the starter and still the car dosen't start!? PLEASE HELP (honda)?
Battery is bad.



ADDED:

Your radio = 4 amps

Lights = 12 amps

wipers = 9 amps



Starter 300 amps.



Your battery doesn't have enough power to turn the starter. but enough to do all the little things.
have your battery tested to make sure. Otherwise you have either a bad wire/cable to the starter, starter relay, ignition switch or a wiring problem.
Check your fuses in the engine compartment. That were the problem is.
pretty sure,the ignition switch.
Well if the motor itself works then somehow there isn't enough power getting to it.



This could be that the battery is dieing. You could try jump starting the car to see - if your starter goes then its the battery at fault



Or there could be a fault on the wiring to the motor. Get a friend who know a bit about electrical things to measure the voltage over the starter motor terminals while you turn the key - it should be 12 volts. If it isn't (it will be 12V or very low) then you have a problem with the circuit to the starter. If it is 12V then the fault is with the starter or somewhere around there.