Third time its happenned. Drove the car on saturday night. Everything was fine. Had to go somewhere sunday evening, and it just wouldn't start. Tried for about 10 minutes before giving up. The engine would turn but it wouldn't start.
Got it towed to sunnyvale acura yesterday, and when it got there the service advisor tried starting it, and saw that it wasn't starting. They left it that way till this morning.
Then I got a call this morning from the guy saying the technician tried starting it this morning and it started just fine !!!
The computer checks out fine, which implies that theres nothing wrong with the ignition or the fuel system. Anyone have any ideas?
Can't believe a car thats 1 year old, with 16000 miles is so unreliable

Wondering if anyone else has had starting problems with their ITRs

 

Did the starter turn over when you tried to start it? Ever change your fuel filter? Cap? Rotor?

 

Its your battery. My car only has 12K miles, and I had the same problem, then I put in a new battery, and problem solved


[Modified by Digital-R, 1:03 PM 4/2/2002]

 

sounds like a battery problem..how often do you drive it?

 

Starter turns over.
Haven't done anything to the car other than the regular services (also done at the same shop)...

 

The battery checked out fine tho. Why would the car not start one day, and then start again a couple of days later if it were the battery?

 

Loose battery terminal?

What happens is, the battery sucks all the juice so the fuel pump does not have enough pressure for the injectors to do there job correctly... is this right?


[Modified by AssPenny, 4:23 PM 4/2/2002]

 

Take it to a shop, they check the battery for free or like $5

 

Thanks all.
I'll try checking the battery again. Hopefully that's it. It would help if the problem was consistent, so the shop would atleast have something to work with... Oh well...
Daanish

 

take the battery to sears they will do a full test and reconditioning for free, at least they do in my area.