kthai417

i recently notice a "spark" noise when i start my car. it only does once in a while (usually in the morning when i start the car).

anyone know what this noise is all about? my car has 105k miles on it, could it be the starter?

99accordguy

are you up to date with maintanence \ timing belt- water pump \ sparking plugs? mine has 89 and i hear it once in a while. more a "bump" in regards to a vibration than spark...

kthai417

no, havnt done timing belt, water pump, or plugs yet. im planning to do seafoam this week than change out the spark plugs next week.

the spark noise just bothers me, so im just curious whats causing that noise.

Silva95teg

Are you sure it isn't a noise like a relay? I hear something too, i think it is a relay though.

Marmbo

My understanding is once you have your ignition turned all the way ON, the only the turning further to start your car does is power the relay that sends the power to your starter solenoid.

Relays are usually easy and cheap to replace but I've never had one fail, changed them a few times when I picked up 2nd hand relays from the wrecker and changed the resistors to slow down blinkers when going from regular lights to LED.

tommystyle86

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i know with toyota starters youll get a clicking noise when the starter begins to go bad, could be

I hate cars

Is this sound coming from the interior somwhere in the dash? I've noticed that if I turn the key to "start" too slowly it makes this sound. Sounds a lot like a relay buzzing.

Silva95teg

Thats the one i hear as well. It is also only when the key is turned slowly.

skippyTL

Ditto...

hp1kw

I hear the exact same noise if I go too slow on the start-up.

phampau

I have this sound also, definatley some kind of relay clicking/going bad in the steering column/dash. Anybody know where the relay is to trigger the starter?

dreman12345

I have the same problem with my 04 spd tl... Just a click noise when trying to start.. I would have to slowly turn the key and hold it in semi start position until car starts after about 20 sec or so... and ideas?

BukvaMan

try starting the car with everything off. such as radio ac and so on...

akertulis

yea ive started hearing that recently and i just put in a new starter timing belt water pump cerp belt and spark plugs and it would be nice to know whats doing it.

akertulis

tried mine this morning with everything off didnt help. anyone know which relay it could be and where is it located

revtek 2

I've had a similar issue to this and it ended up being that my battery was going bad...

akertulis

any idea on which relay it mite be?

Q_ShipTL

I see this is an old thread, but with no answers yet. I have an 05 TL base, and when I am slowly turning the key from Pos I to Pos II it makes an electric buzz sound (like an electrical short). I took it to the Acura dealership (My car came with an extended warranty) but they told me that all TLs make that sound.
However, I have two buddies at work, one with an 05 and the other an 06 and neither one makes the noise mine makes at start up.
It is def coming from the under dash fuse box on the drivers side, but I have replaced several fuses and relays and still makes the noise.

I wonder if this is related in any way to Acura TSB 05-013 - Saftey Recall on Fuse Box.
Any ideas???

doggydog

Just realized my car has been doing this since 120,500. I am 166,000. It does it once in awhile .Anyone ever find a solution or is it normal?