I have a 2000 Honda Civic EX. Yesterday my car died and I had to be jumped. Went to the auto parts store checked my battery and said it needed to be replaced. Replaced battery everything was fine. Today on my way to work I had to stop at a light and my car died. The oil light and battery light came on but went off when I restarted it. So when I restarted it and tried to turn into a gas station my car died again...and again all the way home every time I had to stop. I heard this may be caused by a bad throttle position sensor but the auto parts stores don't carry it and the Honda dealer says its sold with the entire throttle body only! $900 I don't have. Any suggestions on what the problem may be or anything I can try?

 

so is the battery running dead? maybe the alternator?

 

Well I replaced the battery so it should be fine. My lights, radio, windows and everything work fine. The alternator I guess I can check. Thanks.

 

its probably not the battery but what the dealer didnt tell you is that you can get a TB from a junk yard or most likely the classifieds here on h-t for alot less than 900$$$

 

Sounds like my Civic when my alternator went bad. It would work fine for a day or two, then it would die. I was constantly push starting it.

 

i would say you need a new alternator

good luck!

 

In case you were wondering...it ended up being a bad fuel filter. FYI, vaseline helps washers stay in place...learned that the hard way.

 

a bad fuel filter? hmmm

 

What the ****? How do you go from having a dead batt prob. Where it was just the fuel filter?

 

I'd say check the alternator.

 

agreed, definately check out the alternator

 

I'm having the same problem. It's not the alt.. I spent the money and replaced the TB. I thought that fixed the problem until two days ago. The same issue you had is happening to me again. So you're sure it's was the fuel filter? How did you come to that conclusion? Let me know please.

Thanks