2004 acura tl base manual approx 92xxx miles

symptoms the last time i drove my car before someone cracked my windows it was running fine. today i was taking it home. and my car died out on me it just shut off. so what i found out later was battery terminal was loose. then an hour later i drove the car again. at idle once i rev the car the car would dip to 500 rpm then drop all the way down and die out.when im driving and coming to a stop and i step on the clutch the whole way and rpm dips all the way down and dies out. lights flashing on and off everything flashes. then i would crank the car while rolling. and it would die out the second i hold the clutch. the last thing i have done was remove my cai filter washed it in water then blew it out with an air compressor. so im pretty sure it wasnt wet even if it was its not wet enough to be doing this i hope? then i called thisaznboi adn he said maybe a ecu wire is unplugged? but they didnt touch my ecu when they cracked into my car. maybe a blown fuse? please help... so sad i jsut got my car back and i cant drive it.. please someone!!!

 

so pretty much its dying out at idle when i hold the clutch. dies out when i rev the car (rpm would fluctuate from 1.5k run down to 500 then all the way down once i rev it and die out car would die out coming to a full stop. car would die out on the FREEWAY if i were to step on the clutch fully letting the rpm drop

 

Try to unplug the battery for a few mins and rehook it up, the car needs to relearn idle after the ECU is reset from the battery being disconnected. These cars are very sensitive to battery issues and I have heard of strange things happening to people with bad battery's.

 

will try that tomorrow morning.. what they did was charge my yellow top because the car didnt crank due to too much leaving the door open... are there any contributing factors that can make my car die out like this ?

 

The only other thing I can think of is something got messed with in cleaning up from the vandalism or repair of the car, but the battery / ECU reset is a good place to start.

 

well i was tehre the whole time of the repair . so nothing there. vandalism doesnt seem like they touched or broke anythign besides the radio...

 

man it can be so so many things as i been reading... fuel injectors/filters/ecu/fuel pump spark plugs....

 

First make certain the battery is fully charged, but with all the reading on the Forum have not seen any indication of needing a relearn after a dead battery, but this is what I would be looking into. Some cars need to run almost a week before the learning process is correct and others have even needed to go to the dealer for a relearn program because the car was running so badly.

You might want to try the idle learn procedure:
All electrical items are off, A/C, radio, rear defroster, lights, etc.
Reset the ECM/PCM with the HDS dealer equipment, but I'd disconnect the battery for a period.
Turn the ignition ON (II), and wait 2 seconds.
Start the engine and hold the engine speed at 3,000 without load, in Park or Neutral until the radiator fan comes on, or until the engine coolant temp reaches 194 F.
Let the engine idle for about 5 minutes with the throttle fully closed. If the radiator fan comes on, do not include this in the 5 minutes.

 

well the battery isnt the case i changed the battery and let the car idle for about 5 minutes until warmup then revved the car and it just died out again. alternator?

 

I think is you APP sensor
do a quick search in this forum and it might help.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...&highlight=app
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-problems-fixes-114/diy-app-sensor-730958/
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...&highlight=app
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...&highlight=app
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...&highlight=app

 

Did you read the instructions for the relearn???????
It's more than letting the engine idle for 5 minutes.

 

guys thank you all. have gotten the problem fixed. thank you swoosh,innacurate,thisaznboi888,Turbonut . what seemed to be the problem was that the battery has been dead so long and i jump started it, it seemed to have forgotten how to idle like swoosh and innac said. so what i did. i removed the maf sensor while my car was idling stupid me i forgot the car was running . but after that i removed battery maf sensor,idle control sensor looked inside clean. let the battery stay removed for around 10 mintues. then i started the car back up. once i started i held the rpm to about 2k for 3-5 minutes. after that the car almost died and choked but stayed alive. then i restarted the car revved the car and it didnt die. rpm still a little low. but i drove the car for around 30 minutes and nothign happened so far..