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ok im new to civics and this is my first one. i have my 97 sitting in the garage. i go to start there car but the batteries dead, so i jump it. i go to start the car but it doesnt crank. the radio comes on the lights come on the alarm comes on, but the engine doesnt come on. i let idle for a couple minutes and still nothing. any ideas? thanks in advance

 
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First, replace or charge the battery. Was the engine recently worked on?

Next check the starter switch located at the top of the clutch pedal. If that's fine, check whether the starter gets battery voltage on both of its terminals. if so, the starter may be bad.

 
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do you have corroded connection? what does it do when you crank it?

 
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There is a good chance you have a bad battery, interesting that you could not jump it? If you can get it jumped, I would use a volt meter and test to see if you have 12.1 volts or so with the key on, and about about 14.1 volts running.

 
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If you can do a load test on it that would be the way to go. Load test, then if battery is good test alt.

 
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when i crank it nothing happens at all. the terminals arnt corroded and i brought the battery to autozone they said it was good. so i guess i should try a load test. thanks guys for the advice

 
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Are you the owner? Does it have a starter kill on it? have you turned off the alarm?

If you try to crank and no noise nothing, might be an alarm issue.

 
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yeah its my cousins car.he's storing it in a garage and im lookin after it. we'll when i jumped the car it didnt crank, the alarm came on but it wouldnt respond to the alarm remote. so i dunno mangs. thanks

 
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battery in remote good?

 
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yeah it works. like when it went off i went to turn it off, it shows that im trying to turn it off. but nothing happens. theres prolly something wrong with the alarm, but i dunno.

 
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Does it have a honda alarm or aftermarket alarm?

 
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compustar aftermarket

 
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hmmm... is the factory alarm system unpluged? I think its the grren harness behind the cup holders.