Civic EG

my cars been funny all of a sudden doesn't start checked starter twice at shop it's good battery terminal carodded so i changed it and same thing keeps happening just click click no cranking nothing everything else works windows sunroof ect.. what could it be help a guy out thanks alot

Could you have a short that is slowly draining your battery? Another common thing to replace is the main relay, but it would at least turn over if that were the case. Double check your grounds.

alternator still good?

If everything else works except the starter, it's the starter. You said it clicks, right? Click as in the starter is NOT engaging the flywheel? Pop in a known good starter and try it. Or check your connections if you've had the starter disconnected recently.

you can try and use the but of a long screwdriver and tap the starter while cranking to see if that will work. Sometimes it gets loose. If it does start, go buy a new starter

I had similar Issues. it turned out to be the Main Fuel Relay.
On a USDM car its by the Fuse box, held on by a 10mm bolt. I bought 3 used ones over time and when one wouldn't work, swap to another one i had in the glove box. I finally bought one from Honda for 75.00 USD. I have not had a problem since.

chrono404 wrote:I had similar Issues. it turned out to be the Main Fuel Relay.
On a USDM car its by the Fuse box, held on by a 10mm bolt. I bought 3 used ones over time and when one wouldn't work, swap to another one i had in the glove box. I finally bought one from Honda for 75.00 USD. I have not had a problem since.

I think we need to know exactly if it is "clicking" like the starter won't spin or "cranking" but not firing (main relay).

If it's the main relay, you can hit the dash a few times while cranking and it will typically fire up. It's hilarious.

thanks for the tips but it's click click is nothing is workin no even the starter i turn the key but nothing happens the light turn off then on after turning the key back i checked the starter and it's good changed out the batterie wire to the starter still nothing what now???

sounds like something isnt grounded out to me, check ur grounded wires under the hood

I had this problem as wel; you can hear the gear axle shout out, but it won't turn.
My problem was I moved my battery to the trunk, and put a 80A fuse between the connection I made in the engine bay and the cable to the starter... to much resistance from the fuse; it got 12v but not enough amps.

Maybe you should look into replacing the feed cable from your battery to the starter.

If that's not it, it's always a possibility your starter motor is dead or has a broken cable, as it is actually a two part thing; when one part gets juice, the axle comes out, but won't get the juice to the other half to turn to axle/gear round.

chrono404 wrote:I had similar Issues. it turned out to be the Main Fuel Relay.
On a USDM car its by the Fuse box, held on by a 10mm bolt. I bought 3 used ones over time and when one wouldn't work, swap to another one i had in the glove box. I finally bought one from Honda for 75.00 USD. I have not had a problem since.

You can easily repair your main fuel relay by opening it up and resolder everything.
That's free, you've just thrown 75 bucks away