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Originally Posted by henpike
I am a happy owner of a 1990 Acura Legend. I've had the car now for 7 years. It currently has 150 thousand on it. Mechanically it runs well. Recently though the car has had been giving me some starting issues. It will start fine for days and days on end but then all of a sudden I'll get in the car amd it will not start. It does this randomly. Like as if the battery is dead but its not ! There are lights, chimes, radio, fan, everything works but when I go to turn the ignition.....NOTHING like if its a stone cold dead battery. I have had a mechanic test my battery and alternator and they seem fine. I had the starter replaced 2 years ago. It may have been a rebuilt starter, I dont know if it was brand new. In order to get me going again, I usually have to have someone come by and jump me with cables . Then there was a time when I went back inside my house came out 20 minutes later turned the key and it started ! Have no clue how or why. I dont know what the hell could be causing this but its very frustrating and aggravating. Its a risk everytime I drive the car somewhere as I dont know if it will start when I get back in it ! Anybody out there have any suggestions or ideas or has ever heard of this problem ? Any help would be greatly appreciated ! Thanks !
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This is getting quite interesting because this is exactly what i was looking for, an acura forum, and i thought i would be alone, but i guess im not. I have a 93 Legend L, excellent car (touchwood) but just for this one thing. Same problem as u described, everything is fine, lights turn on fine, the self starter works, u can hear the engine cough but it just wont start. It has happened to me 3 times in 6 months and twice it took about 30-45 minutes of waiting before it magically started by itself, and once it took just 10 minutes. Now i dont know much about cars but what i have observed is that this has to be some electrical issue for obvious reasons. The battery on mine is almost new, distributor could be one , probably the most likely, which reminds me to check where mine is, or even if there is one in these cars? hnmm... but what i have noticed with my acura is the electricals acting funny at times, u know like turn on the ciggerete lighter and the ashtray light goes off, the stereo lights flicker, ever so slightly, in the darkest of nights, once the alarm went off on me even though i had opened the car properly, all i did was lock it and open it again and all was well, so with these funny signs its electrical i think, what exactly i duno, ill keep a watch, you guys too, whoever's car breaks down, so that they have to tow it to the dealer must come in to share what went wrong
i hope its none of us though, i just love the car, i would hate to hate it for treating me bad