ok so my winter beater a 94 accord wont hold a charge.... I put a new battery in worked great for about a day. then the car wont start again unless its jumped. once jumped it runs well. so i thought maybe the alt was bad. pulled it and had it tested they said it was ok and should be working great. so why isn't my car holding a charge? it did sit for about 4 months this summer while i drove the s. and the ignition (where u put the key in) has a hard time turning one friend said maybe the car isn't turning off but i drove it for about half hour enough to charge the battery, then turned it off, and tried to turn it right back on, but nothing... any help would be appreciated thanks

 

I had a similar issue with my integra... my alt was fine and so was my battery... I found that the fuse underneath my steering wheel was blown. I ran over water with my itr and i guess it blew a fuse that way because it happened on the drive home from school. I'd check the fuses first and then try to do something else... i hope its just the fuse like it was for me... haha

 

Ty will try that tomorrow

 

How did it go?? Was the fuse the problem??

 

easy way to find the problem...
take your multimeter.
Disconnect your battery positive.
Set multimeter to read amps.
take one lead and connect to positive on battery and other lead positive cable.
It should read something.
Then the tedious part, disconnect fuses under hood one at a time and put it back in its place if it doesn't change the amps drastically (make sure all doors are shut and key is not in ignition.)
Eventually u will pull one fuse that drastically lowers ur amps. Find out what that fuse is powering and then go from there.
I find most of the time is something to with radio, or amp, or cd changer.

 

Must have been a fuse cause the panel is down next to the clutch and it has no cover

 

I was going to suggest that but he said if he turns it off and tries to restart it immediatly it wont go. It should be holding some type of charge at least for a short while.