hello everyone, i drive a 2008 tls and only has 13.5k miles on it. just happened today, car will not start unless i jump start it. i remember reading some where on this forum about this problem and how the acura batteries arent that great. anyone experience this problem? i will probably take the car to the dealership tomorrow, but if they replace it with the same kind of battery, will i run into this problem again 13.5k miles later down the road? any input would help. thanks

 

never had a problem with my battery before

 

Check this out from the 3G garage:

http://www.in.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/SB/B08-057.pdf

 

I have a 2008 TL-S too. I had a similar problem with starting the car but I didn't hafta jump the car at all. I would go to start the car and it would just click. I figured out somehow that when I took the key out of the ignition opened and closed the door, put my foot on the clutch and try to restart it, it would turn over and run fine after a few tries. It was annoying as shit because i'd hafta enter in my radio code and navi code everytime (now i know them both by heart). My dealership fixed the issue and it hasn't happened since (which is only a month). Turns out that the battery was fine, supposedly my fuse box was loose and jiggling around! I have no clue how that happened or why me opening the door and unlocking the car again had anything to do with the car starting. As long as this doesn't happen again, i'm a happy camper.

 

acura had bad batteries at one point... go to acura n have them install a new one. its free if u have warranty

 

A. dont jump your car unless you are stranded B. Its free so i would accept it C. i have killed better batteries costing much more and the dealership could not find a reason for this.

 

lol how r u not going to jump ur car if it doesnt turn on? and if u have a short or abad ground it eats up the battery.....thats u u get that crud (parasitic resistance) around the terminals. when you clear up all those issues your good to go...if there are any