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i have been driving my Maxima beater for a good 2 weeks now and my civic has just been sitting there in my driveway untouched for 2 weeks.

today i went out to start it up just to let it run a little and it staretd liek complete ****.

first it struggled to start a little bit... like gaa gaa gaa.... and it started up. the idle was rough after wards and jumped up and down a little bit causing the car to jerk.

can someone tell me what happened here? is it because its been sitting in one spot for a couple weeks?

 
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Battery gets low after 2 weeks. Mine did the same when I let it sit up too long. I just plug a trickle charger in the battery now. No more problems. The electronics in the civic will drain the battery after a while. Then the ecu may loose it's idle setting when you first start it. It re-learns quickly, though. I have been driving my Nissan truck beater too.

So, yeah... it's just from sitting up. It won't hurt it, but keep a charger on the battery from time to time.

 
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yea specially in the cold weather now, the battery will lose its charge quicker in the cold, best thing to do it start her up every couple of days and let her run.