My 2004 Honda Civic recently began to act up on me after I left it sitting for 2-3 days without driving it. Now when I try to turn the car on it turns on and the idle sputters, the car shakes and then it turns off. Sometimes the car doesn’t turn on. The car is manual, EX with a D17A2 engine. What would be the most common causes for this issue?

 

Check the intake tubing. You may have a passenger you weren't intending on (mouse or squirrel in the intake tubing or air filter).

 

About how long is the car running for before it dies?