Hi everyone,

I have an 04 Accord that wont start. There have been two times the past month or so when it was like -20 degrees out and I had to jump it to start. The other day, its like 40 degrees, and it wont start. It'll crank a little bit but wont start up. I'm thinking, well it must be the battery. So I buy a new battery and that doesn't solve the issue either. I had the battery tested and its good. All my dash lights/radio work. The wipers work, albeit a bit slow. My next thought is the starter or starter relay. We put a battery in my dads corolla one time and it wouldn't start until the next day for some reason haha and havent had a single issue with it since. I'm hoping I have the same luck. What do you guys think?

 

Would you clear up what you mean by not starting?

When you turn the key to start the engine, does the starter motor spin the engine like a normal start-up? Or is the starter spinning the engine, and your engine won't run on its own? This is when you normally release the key, because the engine is running.

Sometimes people say crank/no-start, or a no-crank/no-start. The troubleshooting is different between these 2 conditions.

 

It will spin just slightly like a normal start up but then nothing. If I try it more than once or twice it will just click and nothing else. The dash lights and radio work the entire time

 

Cleaned the ground and replaced thee starter relay--still no luck. I'm thinking about taking the starter out and testing it next? Here is a video of what its doing: https://streamable.com/yh1nr

 

In the video, is the starter stopping on its own, or are you releasing the key? The starter is spinning the engine, because I can see the power steering pump pulley spinning.

 

Yeah that was just turning the key and holding for a couple of seconds and letting go.

 

The starter is under the intake manifold. I had to take off the upper part of my intake to remove.

This is either an issue with the starter motor or possible the red wire from battery + to the starter. You can try a voltage drop test where you connect a the volt meter to the + battery post and the + battery cable connection to the starter. When you try to start the car the voltage should read fairly close to zero.