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juniorlude
03-04-2007, 10:46 PM
Alright, I am going to attempt to explain what is going on. I have a 93 prelude and just the other day, while I was driving at low rpms, my accesories started glitching on and off. Then today, I couldn't get it started. Also, when i was trying to turn it on, if I left the key all the way turned, my gauges slowly turned on, but it wouldn't start. It would just make a clicking sound and then completely die. So, I push started it, let it set running, and turned it off. When I tried to start it up right after I turned it off, it wouldn't start, and nothing would work like the locks and windows. I came back 20 minutes to find that my lights were on, (I had left them on after I pushed started, and didn't bother turning them off). Then it started up fine. The battery is in good condition, no plates exposed. It just does whatever it wants whenever it wants to. Anybody got any ideas?

absntmnd69
03-05-2007, 02:42 PM
naw man...never heard of anything like that. good luck with it

THE ONE
03-08-2007, 01:33 AM
alternator

hotrod
03-08-2007, 10:14 AM
yup... alternator.

Rory
03-08-2007, 10:17 AM
^^di Di Diddo

juniorlude
03-09-2007, 01:36 PM
Thanks...after I cleaned up the battery and the terminals, the car has worked fine without any problems starting up. Does the alternator "phase out" intermitenly?

I have little mechanical training, I learn mostly from reading and asking questions, so some of this stuff I don't really know how to trouble-shoot.