I have a 2000 Civic (37 K miles) starts strong (original no-maintenance
((ugh)) battery) but we don't get much cold weather wonder how long the 12
volt battery will last ? By very weak to start do you mean in cranks cold ?

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"oct2100" <oct2100@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:PuEpb.12290$y%6.1679@newssvr27.news.prodigy.c om...
: I have a 2000 Honda Civic DX (4 door). It only has 40K miles on it but
I've
: noticed that the car is very weak to start when I turn the ignition in the
: morning. It starts but normally the starter sounds much stronger when I
try
: to start the car. Its almost like it hesitating. I did notice that it
: started doing this once the weather here got very cold and it gets hit
with
: occasional rain. I'm almost positive there is a relation. Does anyone
know
: if this is a common problem with 2000 model year Civics?
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