My 2008 Accord Euro wont start up!

**xxb4xx** · 23-06-2009 11:04 AM

Dude.. as I mentioned before..

If your car battery is completely dead.. I mean NO reds at all..

You can push the car to your hearts content.. it won't start..

You might as well put your passengers in there and push the car to the destination, and make car sounds of vtak with your mouth like a little kid..

Without any reds / battery power, it won't charge the ignition coil for a spark to start the engine.

**tron07** · 23-06-2009 03:59 PM

I havent seen any battery's that complete dead before..... What is NO reds ??

I have experience battery that is not pumping enough current, no crank at all when you trun the key, yet still able to be push started.

**xxb4xx** · 23-06-2009 04:00 PM

No reds, as in no ignition at all.. as in no lights on your dash when you turn the key..

back in the days, all the dash lights were red (warning symbols) which come on when the key was turned before the start..

this is the "reds"

**tron07** · 23-06-2009 04:40 PM

but back in the days when cars engines are mostly carburetors, you can still push start it.....

**xxb4xx** · 23-06-2009 11:50 PM

I think that last reply is my queue to leave this thread.

**felixd** · 24-06-2009 01:13 AM

hmm i guess the owner of the car solved the problem oredy :P

**tron07** · 24-06-2009 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by xxb4xx

I think that last reply is my queue to leave this thread.

ahhh... but you didnt....

**aaronng** · 24-06-2009 10:32 AM

Just take the key out of the ignition. The reason your battery went flat was because the immobiliser was reading the chip in your key for 4 days straight, which drained it. The way the immobiliser reads it is through some sort of radio wave by pulsing to the chip inside the key and the chip pulses back in return based on the power sent by that initial pulse from the immobiliser. The chip itself has no power source, so that's why the battery went flat, because the initial pulse will take some measurable amount of power. Take the key out. If you leave the key in and your car is stolen, comprehensive insurance WILL NOT cover your car for theft because you left the key in the ignition.