Help, 2003 TL not starting!
06-09-2018, 01:38 PM
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Help, 2003 TL not starting!
I appreciate any help anyone can be. I have a 2003 Acura TL. Intermittently it won't start, turn the key and nothing. Dashlights come on and everything but doesn't start. Thought it was battery, got brand new battery, started...but then occasionally won't start or move out of gear.
After research, I found that if I removed the little plate on the gear console and pressed down the shift lock button it would crank.
Now, if it doesn't crank, I push down shift lock release....still won't crank. If I move it in and out of park, several gears then back to park....cranks. Sometimes.
Battery is good, brake depressed everytime I try to crank.
Any suggestions?
After research, I found that if I removed the little plate on the gear console and pressed down the shift lock button it would crank.
Now, if it doesn't crank, I push down shift lock release....still won't crank. If I move it in and out of park, several gears then back to park....cranks. Sometimes.
Battery is good, brake depressed everytime I try to crank.
Any suggestions?
06-09-2018, 06:18 PM
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Sounds like your starter is dying.
Hit the starter with a breaker bar the next time it doesn't crank. If it cranks then, it's the starter.
BTW, there is a subforum here specifically for the 2nd gen TL, too.
Hit the starter with a breaker bar the next time it doesn't crank. If it cranks then, it's the starter.
BTW, there is a subforum here specifically for the 2nd gen TL, too.
06-09-2018, 08:45 PM
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MODERATOR NOTE: Thread moved to model-specific forum.
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