# 2002 Honda Accord Help

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-honda-accord-help/65361>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 11, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-honda-accord-help/65361 "2011-06-11T15:15:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kalvarez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kalvarez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kalvarez)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-honda-accord-help/65361/1 "2011-06-11T15:15:13Z")

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Hi, I have a 2002 Honda Accord 2.3L 2-Door. The main problem I am having with it is after sitting in the parking lot overnight, I would try to start the vehicle and it will just crank and will not turn over. What I would have to do to get it started is jump the car. It all began about 1 month ago. I fixed the problem before by changing the main relay and it seemed to have fixed the problem. This morning, the problem started back up again after 2 weeks of perfect starts. This time when I jumped the car, it would start, the engine would not rev past 500 rpm, then die. Any help or advice would be great. Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-honda-accord-help/65361/2 "2011-06-11T20:17:13Z")

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I’m not sure why jumping it makes any difference, but it sounds like it is starved for fuel. This could be from a bad fuel pump, clogged fuel filter, clogged fuel line or maybe a bad fuel pump relay or dirty/loose connection between the relay and the pump.

The only part that jumping would play is that the fuel pump would be getting about 14 volts instead of 12.6.