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Old 15 May 2007, 11:52 am
Jim Yanik
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Default Re: 1996 accord lx wont start!

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns9931674F4806Dtegger@207.14.116.130:

> "Dave L" <davelieuREMOVEME@yahoo.com> wrote in
> newsJedncUaiZ-UmdTbnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>>
>> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9930BB489D69Dtegger@207.14.116.130...
>>> barbadomusic@gmail.com wrote in news:1179176510.379288.87390
>>> @q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
>>>
>>>> hello, everyone!
>>>> my accord wont start! it wont turn over.
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you get a click, or nothing at all when you turn the key?
>>>
>>> Check both ends of both battery cables.Check ECU ground at thermostat
>>> housing, check engine ground from valve cover to rad support.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> the stereo and lights all
>>>> work. thought it was the battery at first so i replaced it this
>>>> weekend. tried to start it and got nothing. CHECK ENGINE light was
>>>> on for a while
>>>
>>>
>>> Get the code read. AutoZone or PartSource will do it for free.
>>>

>> Wait a sec - if it can be driven to AutoZone, would he still need to
>> get the code read? lol
>>
>> -Dave
>> ....sorry - couldn't resist!
>>

>
>
>
> D'oh!
>
> In that case, if the OP can't get the beast running, he'll have to buy
> or borrow an OBD-II tester. You can get those fairly inexpensively these
> days.
>
>


If no CRANK,it's probably a worn starter solenoid.

Can it be push-started?
Does it CRANK,and then not RUN,or you turn the key and nothing happens,no
clicks?

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