# Car does not start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** start\
**Created:** [April 11, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624 "2011-04-11T23:11:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mane29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mane29](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mane29)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624/1 "2011-04-11T23:11:56Z")

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My accord 1998 only start when it is warm (between 12:00 and 3:00). I changed the fuel pump, spark plugs, and fuse. but it is still the doing the sam thing

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624/2 "2011-04-11T23:57:43Z")

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Are you getting fuel to the injectors? Do you have spark? Which fuse did you replace?

Just because you replaced a few things doesn’t mean the car will start.

What’s the magic temperature between 12:00 and 3:00 at which the car will start?

How many miles on the car? 4-cylinder or V6? Manual or automatic? These things matter.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624/3 "2011-04-12T02:21:36Z")

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The next time it doesn’t start, remove the gas cap and have someone listen if the fuel pump runs when the ignition switch is turned to the run position. If the fuel pump can’t be heard running the problem might be with the main fuel pump relay. This is a common problem with Honda’s of this vintage.

What happens is the solder joints in the relay crack and makes the relay sensitive to temperature. So sometimes the relay fails when the interior of the vehicle is cold or hot.

The relay is located behind the dash, above the drivers left knee.

Tester

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**Author:** ![mane29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mane29](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mane29)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624/4 "2011-04-12T14:03:06Z")

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Thank you everybody. I solve the problem

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-does-not-start/63624/5 "2011-04-12T15:00:09Z")

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How did you solve the problem??