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Electrical Issue Causing Car Not to Start

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    Electrical Issue Causing Car Not to Start

    Started the car to go to work one VERY cold morning. Not even a click was heard. Nothing at all.

    Jumped the car properly with another vehicle. Barely got it to start after 20 minutes of charging. Drove around for 15 minutes, came back, turned the car off, and tried to turn it back on. Nothing. Not even a click.

    Went to have the battery tested at Autozone. They said it looked fine.

    When we went outside to push the car around so that it would face outward so that I could do work on it, we had to have the key in the Ignition (II) position to bypass the steering wheel lock. We began pushing the vehicle in neutral. After about 1 minute, the accessory circuit came to life. Radio, cluster, clock.

    What would cause this delay in power supply? My thought is a bad ground. I haven't checked anything but the battery capability yet.

    I have looked at other posts, online CB7tuner.com Sticky'd resources, and wiring diagrams, but won't have a Multimeter until tomorrow after work. I just thought I'd put this out there now to see if everyone else is thinking like me that it sounds like a bad ground. When my car is out of commission like this, I don't do anything but think about it.
    Tags: battery, ground, wire harness
    #2
    Ignition switch?
    wat?

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      #3
      You are on the right track. Check the ground wire. Its mounted to the trans. Mine had a lot of copper wires broken at the end.

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        #4
        Originally posted by C91BLX7 View Post
        Ignition switch?
        Ignition Switch is an interesting idea. However, when I was jumping the battery, the Ignition Switch seemed to be working fine.

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          #5
          Originally posted by plee3 View Post
          You are on the right track. Check the ground wire. Its mounted to the trans. Mine had a lot of copper wires broken at the end.
          There are more ground connections, aren't there? There's one to the left of the battery, one on the engine valve cover lid, and more right?

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            #6
            I thought I'd never do this, but :bump:

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              #7
              man the only thing i can think of is the ground, and then i can't get out of my mind working on a car in that weather! sorry man brrr


              White Diamond

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                #8
                Resolution

                Well, folks, it was as simple as my battery posts having too much corrosion. I found out when I turned the key to ACC and left the cabin to go test some grounds and voltages. I went to test the battery voltage in such a way that the multimeter lead bridged the connection between the positive post and ring clamp (fucking crazy, right?).

                So anyway, when I clean up/jelly the ring/post, can I just use normal petroleum jelly?

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                  #9
                  Yep

                  1993 Honda Accord LX 2004-2009
                  1996 Honda Civic LX 2009-2012
                  2012 Kia Optima LX 2012-2013
                  2010 Honda Accord EX-L V6 2013-2018
                  2007 Honda Fit Sport 2017-2017
                  2018 Honda Accord EX-L 2.0T 2018-20XX





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                    #10
                    wow, is that really all it was?

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                      #11
                      Yeah. That's another reason why you should go through this checklist before you do anything else (I asked first because I wanted to get the question out there in advance while I worked on my car):
                      http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=42256

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