# 2019 Acura TL- Battery cable change **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** acura\ **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744 "2018-12-13T01:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AntonioMcGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@AntonioMcGrew](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AntonioMcGrew)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/1 "2018-12-13T01:11:17Z")
I want to know if my battery cables can be changed. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/2 "2018-12-13T01:14:35Z")
Yes…………… ---
**Author:** ![AntonioMcGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@AntonioMcGrew](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AntonioMcGrew)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/3 "2018-12-13T01:31:21Z")
Is it very difficult? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/4 "2018-12-13T01:42:56Z")
How about explaining why you are asking ? And if you really have a 2019 Acura they should not need replacing. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioMcGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@AntonioMcGrew](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AntonioMcGrew)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/5 "2018-12-13T01:59:44Z")
I have an 2007 Acura…I must of picked the wrong model…but the cables aren’t giving good connection to my battery. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/6 "2018-12-13T02:13:44Z")
Rather then one of us trying to describe the terminal cleaning just put ( cleaning battery terminals ) in Google and you will see if that is something you can do yourself before replacing the cables. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioMcGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@AntonioMcGrew](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AntonioMcGrew)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/7 "2018-12-13T02:49:26Z")
I just put a brand new battery in the car, so it has to be the cables you think? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/8 "2018-12-13T18:17:05Z")
Could be the connections at the other end of the cables are corroded, especially the ground (negative) cable. As noted above, check YouTube, Cleaning these may resolve your problem without purchasing new cables. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/9 "2018-12-13T18:22:09Z")
Of course it would help to know why the person is asking about cables but apparently they are not going to say. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/10 "2018-12-13T18:33:13Z")
Sometimes these cables corrode inside. The copper turns green and crumbly. Remove them and flex them to find out. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/11 "2018-12-13T19:37:41Z")
Battery cables don’t often go bad. Not to say yours aren’t, but… What issue, exactly, are you having? I’m assuming it must be electrical, since you mentioned having replaced the battery. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/12 "2018-12-13T22:04:59Z")
If it’s not charging…new cables may not fix the problem. Could be the alternator, or the fusible link that carries the current to the battery from the alternator. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/13 "2018-12-13T22:14:10Z")
To the original poster. Stop trying to work on your own car. You apparently don’t have enough knowledge to do even to the most basic of repairs,. Take the car to a good independent auto repair shop and do a FAR better job of explaining the issues you are having than you’ve done here. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but I am trying to save you time and money. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/14 "2018-12-13T22:18:00Z")
What exactly is the car doing that makes you think the cables have a bad connection? Could it be things like, say, the auto up/down power windows don’t work right? Because there’s a _lot_ of stuff on that car that gets messed up if you disconnect the battery without supplying bridge power, and you have to go through re-learn procedures to get them to work right again. That’s why when I have the battery changed out in mine, I always make sure they keep the system powered during the swap (it’s the only reason I don’t just change it myself, because I don’t feel like buying the equipment) - they can stick a connecter in your OBD port which will supply enough power to keep the computers from dumping their memory. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/15 "2018-12-14T00:26:42Z")
I’m reminded of the time a few years ago when I went to Pep Boys to pick up a new battery. I asked the young lady behind the parts counter where the memory savers were, as I needed a new one. She had never heard of such a thing, and I explained what it was. She excused herself for a few minutes and went into the back. When she returned, she explained that she went to consult with her fiance, a mechanic in the shop. He said “you don’t need one of those. When we change a battery in the shop we just keep the engine running”. And thus, why I won’t go to Pep boys for anything but using the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/16 "2018-12-14T03:33:33Z")
If the cable connectors don’t make good contact with the battery terminals, try first a sleeve that fits over the battery terminals. Cheap at your car parts store and 10 minutes to put on. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/17 "2018-12-14T04:05:22Z")
Yes, the cables can be replaced. YOu may need to buy new ones from an Acura dealership however, as sometimes the + cable has car specific fusible links built into the ass’y. Before going to all that trouble and expense might be a good idea to explain why you replaced the battery in the first place. Presumably you were having some symptoms, and upon replacing the battery still have them, right? ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/18 "2018-12-14T16:53:57Z")
> [@old\_mopar\_guy](#): > > He said “you don’t need one of those. When we change a battery in the shop we just keep the engine running”. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-acura-tl-battery-cable-change/130744/19 "2018-12-14T17:16:32Z")
> [@old\_mopar\_guy](#): > > When we change a battery in the shop we just keep the engine running”. And thus, why I won’t go to Pep boys for anything but using the toilet Wow, maybe not even that!