Start Up Problems
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Originally Posted by DeeDubya,Sep 25 2007, 05:13 AM
Could be defective battery. The engine is harder to crank when it's hot. I would have the dealer check the battery for sure.
If it barely cranks it might be the battery
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Originally Posted by pyrocpu,Sep 24 2007, 01:09 PM
Hold the throttle down a bit (say 25%) on a hot start. ECU sees the throttle position and automatically leans out the air/fuel mix condition under hot start. It should light up easier. If this doesn't work, try 50% throttle next time, and so forth. The second the motor catches and turns on its own, foot off gas & finger off start button!
Fascinating advice
Just to make sure you know and as a friendly heads up, this car is not equipped with a carburator.
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I tried this on my 07 and couldn't reproduce this problem--how many degrees are the places where you live and this is happening? It was about 60 degrees outside when I tried it and my car was previously running for about an hour before turning it off.
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Originally Posted by DeeDubya,Sep 25 2007, 06:13 AM
Could be defective battery. The engine is harder to crank when it's hot. I would have the dealer check the battery for sure.
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Originally Posted by Mystiqueskillz,Sep 26 2007, 10:51 PM
When I take my car in for warranty services, can I take it to any Honda dealership or do I have to take it to the one I bought the car from because the dealership I bought the car from is a good 40 minute drive.
With a battery, like tires, they might make an adjustment. Example, if the battery warranty is 36 months and you have owned the car for 12 months then they would adjust the cost and you would have to pay 1/3 the cost of a new battery.
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Originally Posted by Siepel,Sep 25 2007, 12:24 PM
Fascinating advice
Just to make sure you know and as a friendly heads up, this car is not equipped with a carburator.
Take care,
Siepel
You're not serious are you? Have you driven, owned, or operated a carb-equipped vehicle? Friendly heads-up: applying throttle to a carb-equipped car upon startup RICHENS the A/F, not the other way around. On modern FI vehicles, applying throttle LEANS the A/F. Hot-start conditions require less fuel than cold-start. The more throttle applied when cranking, the ECU backs off fuel.
Try and educate yourself before spawning spurious apathy.
