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Old Jan 16, 2004
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Exclamation help..car wont start

just finishin up everything and the car wont start
i know i had my trunk open for a couple days and i think the battery is part of it.
the radio wont ocme on either

i couldn't have trigger the immoblizer thou
right???
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there can be many probs, 1.start with a new battery
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Mabey try jumpstarting the car first....
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now everytime i try to start the car the alream goes off?
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unplug the battery for 5 minutes.... Then try
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do you have a disable button for your alarm? i know when the keys in the ignition and you hit your alarm disable it wont go off. you can try that? but there could be many reasons, good luck
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did u jump start it or get a new battery in that 6 minutes between posts
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if the battery died, it will easily be recharged, he doesnt need a brand new one...
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yeh i was jump it form another batteryinthe garge
i just diconnected the battery and goona hook bak in a couple minute
and yes i have a dis arm button
i have to keep hittin it everytimei try to start the car
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If you had another battery why didnt u just hook the other battery up?
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doesn't fit in my car
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Lol yea that could be a prob
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again...a battery that new will not be totally dead. He is getting power from the one in the car anyways there is no need to change it
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Originally posted by trashguy
Lol yea that could be a prob
Excuse me, but do you know anything about cars? lease:
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Originally posted by keepin_it_clean
Excuse me, but do you know anything about cars? lease:
Well besides building race cars, working in a machine shop that build airplane parts, and rebuilding engines from time to time... Id have to say ... NO I don't know anything. lease:
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By your last post, it just seemed to me that u didnt know much...he said his alarm was going off. do you think that his alarm was just magically powered by something other than THE BATTERY THAT IS IN HIS CAR?

its not the battery.
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Originally posted by keepin_it_clean
By your last post, it just seemed to me that u didnt know much...he said his alarm was going off. do you think that his alarm was just magically powered by something other than THE BATTERY THAT IS IN HIS CAR?

its not the battery.

Wow amazingly he though he had battery problems and he also said he had a battery lying around and was curious why he didn't install th other battery if he though he had battery problems...

Basic logic to me, but might be hard to comprehend with noobish thoughts admist.
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well the radio is workin
but the alarm keeps goin off
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You can alway try ganking the alarm module... its underneath the plast panel on the left side of the steering colum. If it is a Honda alarm.


Get the car running etc...

Turn the car off and plug it back in..


(Just an idea)
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the only thing that can go wrong with a battery is it dying. Nothing can break on it, so after hearing that it was giving power that ends the batt prob theory right there. Thats all i was saying.

it could be your alarm or immobilizer, but its hard to diagnose electrical problems without seeing the car in person
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dude the battery is dead.. the reason WHY the alarm keeps going on and off is THAT the battery keeps dying out and reseting the car when u try to start it... GET A NEW BATTERY .

this doesnt belong in this forum!
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then why would the radio work and the alarm not? didnt you try to jump it ?
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the alarm only goes off when you turn the car? like as soon as you turn on the car the alarm goes off? Something is fubar with your alarm.

If you open the door does the alarm go off? It sounds like its re-arming itself.

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iLL TELL YOU WHY. cause the radio doesnt suck juice.. the car does. when u go to 'kick the car over' the starter sucks mad juice and if there isnt enough the car goes dead for a second. everything resets and turns back on , radio, lights,etc. alarm goes OFF cause its an alarm feature.. if POWER IS CUT and u reconnect it .. the alarm goes off incase of theft.

replace the battery i bet ull solve every problem hands down.
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he connected anothe bateery though...
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is your radio reseting, if not osoboosted theroy is out the window.
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osoboosted tho, if what your saying is right, he should be able to jump the car, leave it connected, and the car should run...and i think he already tried to jump it
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no
i tried to jump it froma bettery in the garage.
i found where my alrm modle is
if i take the fuse out will this disable it??
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and yes the radio is reseting

i didn't mess wit anything elsectircla when installiing the turbo.
i haven't installed the injectors yet and dwont til later

i thnk ima try what oso said and get a new battery
i need a ride thou
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Dood, just get jumper cables and pull another car next to yours.



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