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2006 Honda Accord very sluggish to start if it starts at all.
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nwin
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Jul 4, 2011, 1:27 PM
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2006 Honda Accord very sluggish to start if it starts at all.
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2006 Honda Accord EX-L with a 1.6L engine and 65k miles.
I bought it about 6 months ago and when I bought it, it had a dead battery. The dealership put in a new battery and everything was fine.
I get underway for about 2 months at a time where I don't touch the car. During this time, my wife usually will take the car out every other week and drive it around for a week.
This last time I got underway, she let it sit for 2 weeks straight. When she went to start it, she would turn the key, lights would flicker on and off, and then it wouldn't start. She said the first time she tried, the engine was trying to crank over. After that, just the lights would flicker. So I was guessing the starter maybe?
Anyways, just got home today and went to get in and no lights come on, the seat doesn't adjust, the door chime doesn't even come on to let me know I left my keys in the ignition when I open the door, so dead battery obviously. I hook up some cables to me and my wife's car and it starts up right away. I let it idle for a few minutes, then disconnected the jumper cables, and let it idle a bit more before taking it for a 5 minute ride around the block.
I let it sit for about 30 minutes, go to start it up, and it is sluggish starting up, the lights on the dash are flickering a bit, but it starts up. I waited another 30, same thing happened. Now it's been about 2 hours, and it was sluggish...it was cranking over (probably cranked about 7-8 times) before it finally started up.
So what could be wrong? Is the battery just a dud that they replaced it with? Is there some short in the electrical system that is leaking juice out of the battery consistently (if that's the case, why did the battery last for 6 months and I've never experienced this problem when leaving the car sitting for a week)? Maybe the alternator not charging up the battery right?
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joesharp
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Jul 5, 2011, 9:24 AM
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Re: 2006 Honda Accord very sluggish to start if it starts at all.
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i would recheck the electrical system. there could be a draw somewhere that's taking the life out of the battery, rather than the battery being the problem. take it to your mechanic and explain the problem
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