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Went on vacation for a week and came back to a car that won't start. My 2012 honda has under 10,000 miles on it and i did not leave any lights on. The battery is fine and the car tries to start but it won't turn on. It was fine and in good health last week but when i turn the key ALL of the service lights come on and the info says to check the brake, abs and vsa systems. Help! :/
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Disconnect the battery and wait about 15min. Then reconnect the battery and try to restart the vehicle. Sounds like the security system may have been tripped for some reason.
I would call the dealer and ask them that question before doing anything else!!!
first of all, i love your sn:) i have a 2015 EX-L that takes forever to start sometimes for me. i guess its happened to me like 6 or 7 times now and i hate it so much, it just sounds pitiful. Finally thought it was good, it's started like everytime the past month, but It just happened again to me tonight, driving my new BF home. i have keyless pushbutton start, so I pushed it to start and it just tried and tried and tried for 10 sec, then stopped. my freakin heart just literally sank! like, why me? It got really close at least once or twice each time i tried, but it took 4 different tries before it finally started. Why is mine such a pain in my@ss?
Try holding accelerator pedal to floor while engine us cranking - possible flooded condition ......... (KY) !
Thanks I've tried it all, and just had my starter replaced in Sept bc my mechanic had it happen with him after he thought I was crazy all summer long (finally!!!). I tried flooring it the whole 10s it tries, I tried feathering it (especially as it stutters), and even once had my BF hold down the cable under my hood when I tried starting it this summer. My problem seems better with my new starter, but I still have trouble once every 20 or 30 times I try to start my car. Here's what I've noticed since getting my new starter. It's been much better, and most times it sounds like it did when I first bought it. But 3 times this month, it didnt start the 1st time I tried it and sounded just terrible. Each time it didn't start, I could tell something was wrong away bc it stumbled and shook a lot of times in 10s of cranking. Normally it's kinda like jeet jeet jeet vroom for me if it starts right up the 1st try (no hiccups ever so as soon as it hiccups on me I know it just isn't going to start the 1st time no matter what). It does take 2-3x the jeet jeet jeet part occasionally, but no stuttering or shaking, that's only happened when it doesn't start initially, and only then. When it acts up for me, it sounds kinda like jeet jeet jeet, then stumbles/hiccup and shakes a ton, then it goes back to jeet jeet jeet jeet jeet before more stumbles an coughs until the 10s passes. 2 of the times it started the second time I pushed start, but again tons of chugging and vibrating in between normal cranking (rem normal is just the jeet jeet jeet, ya know lol). Last time took a 3rd try though, I was so pissed and my friend was in the car with me. my best friend from HS came to visit and of course it did it to us trying to leave the restaurant. She's always a joker so she said it felt like a Brookstone massager chair bc the dumb car was stuttering so hard. it shakes so freaking bad you can even see it from the outside (my work friend told me my exhaust pipe goes nuts and bounces all over the place when it's stuttering, and a few times even puffed a little smoke apparently. Dudes weird I can tell he always goes to the break room right as I walk out for the day, just to watch it). And inside, the whole car bounces and shudders each time it hiccups. So bad that my friend Jenn pointed out my water in the cup holder looked worse than the T-Rex scene in Jurassic Park, it def feels odd shaking so much since it's so smooth driving and riding in my car. But yeah, back to your suggestion, It seems like if I press my gas down, even a tiny bit, the cars acting like it's not getting gas at all, like it won't even stumble/stutter or get close to starting, just 10s of the jeet jeet jeet jeet... It's been better since my new starter, but 3x last month is still a lot, and I still dread it's going to happen to me/us like basically every time I get in my car now and reach for the button. I guess I look down on a newer car if I see or hear it having trouble like smoke or not starting. And people definitely always stare at me the same kinda way, like what a piece of junk! Some guy felt the need to tell me it sounds horrible and lecture me that I'm holding my key too long tryin to start it. It does sound terrible I know that, but my cars a push button start buddy, so blame my car for trying super hard and "way too long" to start itself. If I needed to turn my key to start my dumb car, I'd give up at like 5s of struggling like that, but it's not me lol! Anyway, I'm better off than summer when I had issues. Still embarrassing as heck sounding, but not like when your friends get out and walk after 5 or 6 long tries in 95 degree sun (only time I hated my leather seats haha). I'd rather have my batter keep dying on me like ya'll then this stupid thing