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1995 Civic EX stays silent went starting

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Old Nov 18, 2013
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1995 Civic EX stays silent went starting

I bought a Civic from a seemingly honest person on Craigslist 3 days ago. Yesterday my Civic was working perfectly fine and I pulled into my driveway, got out, got back in and tried to start the car and the radio and interior lights flashed on for a second and then went dead. The motor didn't make any noises whatsoever. I had my Ipod charging and playing music at the same time, the headlights were on and the windshield wipers. I figured the battery had died so I got a friend to jump me off. Sat there for about 5 minutes and every time I tried to start it the same thing happened. I took the battery to AutoZone and they tested it, said it was fine. I came back to the car, reinstalled the battery and it started up just fine. Gonna go try to start it again today but I'm wondering what happened yesterday.
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Re: 1995 Civic EX stays silent went starting

Bad connection----- at the battery post, cable end, or cable.
Pos or neg, either one would do it.
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Re: 1995 Civic EX stays silent went starting

look for squirrels, they love chewing on wiring and cables. (in truth, no joke...)
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