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Old 06-30-2011, 07:48 PM
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Car Laggs On Start Up. Is It The Alternator maybe? Or is it the starter? Or something else?
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Any other details besides lagging? What kind of lagging? Is it hesitating to start like your battery is low or something?
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Originally Posted by Enfamous.1995LX
Car Laggs On Start Up. Is It The Alternator maybe? Or is it the starter? Or something else?
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If your Accord is "lagging" upon start-up then the problem most likely can be attributed to either the starter, alternator or a dying battery/loose battery terminals. Are you solely experiencing this reluctance upon start-up or is there any stumbling during acceleration or erratic idle involved?

For your bank account's sake I hope that it isn't the starter motor because I recall this part being quite expensive at a lofty $700 at Honda dealerships and $500 at discounted OEM Honda parts sites such as hondapartsnow.com!

I'd look into the battery route and test the life of it with a voltmeter. If the battery possesses sufficient juice then I'd move onto inspecting the other aforementioned parts.
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High Internal Resistance in the wire somewhere. Make sure both of your battery terminals are free of corrosions as this can cause it to drag upon start up.
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Alright thanks ima check on the battery hope thas it
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