I am looking for a used car, and this weekend, I went to look at a used 2015 Honda Accord. The price seemed really good, so I went in a little hesitant.

Anyway, I started the car and after checking a few things inside, I opened up the hood because I wanted to look at the engine compartment. The car sounded unusual to me (kind of like a sewing machine), but I don't know anything about cars, so I took a video for a friend of ours to listen.

As we were standing there talking, after the car had been idling for about a minute, it started to make a different noise. I took a video of both noises (linked here - [https://imgur.com/a/e6VhPgO](https://imgur.com/a/e6VhPgO)) hoping that I could get some clear feedback as to whether this was an issue or not. (Sorry about the video sway; I was trying to get a lot of shots of the whole engine compartment.) Our friend said that the first noise might be normal and the second noise sounded electric in origin, but they were unsure.

One last note, before our test drive, we decided to restart the car to see if the second noise persisted. When we went to restart the car, it had trouble starting, and it continued to have trouble starting for the rest of the time we were looking over it. The dealer replaced the key battery and the starter on the car and now claims there are no issues.

I was hoping someone much more knowledgeable than I could look at the videos and diagnose the noise. If the noise is normal, great! If it is a cheap or easy fix, also great! If it is a major issue, then I want to avoid a car with trouble. Thanks so much for the help!

 

It's Hondas Earth Dream Technology The sound you're hearing is completely normal those are the fuel injectors they actually make a lot of noise because they are smart injectors used for good fuel consumption. And if you look at the 2018 and 2020 accord vehicle tour videos you would here that same ticking sound but its because the 18-20 are direct injection so you should have no worrys.