# 1988 Honda Accord

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 15, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612 "2007-09-15T03:13:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![leggcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@leggcl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leggcl)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612/1 "2007-09-15T03:13:56Z")

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Our 1988 Honda Accord with 60,000 miles on it will not restart on a hot summer day. The engine will turn over but will not restart until allowed sit for a while. On a cool winter day, this is not a problem. Is this a typical problem for this year of Honda? What are some possible reasons?

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612/2 "2007-09-15T04:53:07Z")

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This is a known problem on Honda. It’s usually caused by a defective pgm-fi relay under the dash.

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**Author:** ![Skypilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/skypilot/32/237_2.png) [@Skypilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Skypilot)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612/3 "2007-09-15T08:16:17Z")

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Also known as the Main Relay.

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**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612/4 "2007-09-15T12:54:08Z")

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If you 88 is carb’d, I’d say pay attention to your start-up procedures with a warm engine. The owners manual specifically describes what you should do with a warm engine. My 89 carb’d accord has 436,000 miles on it . . . and starts well in cold, but won’t start (without a bit of cranking) if warm UNLESS you pump the gas 3 times, hold the gas pedal halfway down, and turn the key . . vvvrrrooom! starts every time! If this doesn’t work, try the relay under the dash, which has yet to fail for me (but has for friend of mine with older honda accords). Good luck! ROcketman

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**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-honda-accord/4612/5 "2007-09-15T13:19:55Z")

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Oh, BTW . . . wanna sell it? I’d buy your 60k accord today, depending upon where it is located. Rocketman