Got in, drove the car to mall, about a 2 min drive, went in, came out 10min later, and it wouldn't start. It cranked and cranked, nothing. tried it again, nothing. Tried a third time, fired right up...WTF? When I got home I shut it off, and started it a few times with no problem... Anyone ever have this problem? I'm going to do a full tune up this weekend... Any ideas greatly appreciated...

 

dying battery?

 

battery is fine, it turned over with out any trouble at all, just acted like it wasn't firing. This morning when I started it it was 30 out, and it fired right up. When this happend it was 50 ish out and the car was already warm. ???

 

+1

I am with ryangp. How can you be so sure that its not your battery?

 

Sounds like the same thing that happened when my battery crapped out on me. Bet it's an Acura battery under the hood, isn't it?

 

Check for bad ground.

 

also make sure the clamps are snug on the battery terminals

 

I'll check it out. It started fine this morning.... I'll have it tested after work. Thanks for the replys.

 

I've had this problem too. It happened to me last summer. I snugged up the terminals and cleaned them as well. It just started happening again last week. My battery is not from Honda.

 

bad fuel? bad relay? bad battery connection like everyone else said...

I mean I was cranking my lawn mower yesterday for about 20 min before it started... But it has been sitting since October and not run since... Haha

 

i've had two Acura brand batteries crap out on me and they both did the same thing the OP is describing. good luck maan

 

it happened to me a while back but never had a prob with it since.

 

dude, it happens to me on a regular, i dont know what it is, i know its not the battery cuz it cranks and cranks, but i just shut it off like 3 times and it fires???

 

yep, battery if fine, it hasn't happened since, I hate stupid shit....

 

DUDE, i've been having the same problem, i was guessing it was cuz of the cold weather...? My battery is fine, my friends told me it could be a starter going bad? my brother's civic SI used to do it and he found out it was his distributor box? i dunno... i crank it on my 3rd try and it fires up. its weird...