badtoad

I have 2006 Honda Civic LX AT, I am trying to replace the starter relay and could not find it anywhere. I tried looking into under the dash fuse box as well as under the hood fuse box.

Does the automatic transmission comes with the starter relay?
I wasted 2 hours finding the location of starter relay, tried searching on any info on the web, could not find anything.

Actual Problem
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Few months ago, sometimes when i try to start the car, it cranked very weak, but in a couple of tries it would start. Then other times it behave normal, always start first time no issues.

Few days ago, it again did the same thing, cranked really weak and then next try it looks like it is trying to crank but nothing happens. The lights get little dim when try to crank, sometimes hear some funny sound for a couple of seconds when cranking, low frequency sound like something is moving.

Spark plugs have only few thousand mies on those. Battery looks good, tried to jump start as well to rule out the battery issue.


It could be a starter issue, but it looks like it is pain to remove the starter, so wanted to try to replace the starter relay to rule out any other electric issue, but could not find the starter cut relay location.

Any help?

Jjbaehr

Never seen a starter relay problem? but I have seen many if these starters fail, and yes they are a pain, you need to remove the passenger side axel to get at it!

tech8

There is a starter cut relay for the automatic, it is located in the under-dash fuse/relay box. The reason you probably don't see it is because the harness wires may be covering it.

Probably not the starter cut relay though.