Sometimes starts fine, sometime the starter will not turn over the car enough to crank it. If you wait 30 seconds then it will turn just enough to crank and its been doing this for a month and is getting worse. the connections are good and tight with no corrosion and it is a four cylinder with only 14000 miles on it.
SOURCE: Honda Accord 1994 V4 LX: Starting problems in the morning
There could be a few things causing this. When the car finally starts, is there any smoke coming out the exhaust pipe? White smoke would mean your headgasket is leaking and is letting coolant into the engine, then it is burned along with the fuel. Does the car run hot? Meaning has it ever overheated? Back to the smoke, if its black, your oil is getting in and is burning.
Now, the reason why it would be hard for a car to start, could be, a leaking headgasket, flooding the car while the car is sitting.
And yes, the car would be able to crank, but just wont start, for a while...because it has to get rid of all that fluid that has leaked into the engine while sitting at night.
Another thing you could look at, is your fuel pump, is it supplying a sufficient amount of pressure? If it isnt, it will take a while for it to pressurize and deliver fuel into the engine. You can check the fuel pump yourself by renting a fuel pump pressure tool from stores like autozone, kragen and more.
Your gas cap on tightly?
Good luck with your problem.
SOURCE: 1989 Honda Accord won't crank - starter good - what next?
check powers out of the ignition switch big in big out usually first place to start
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Yes, it sounds like your solenoid is bad and staying engaged against the flywheel, you could do an amperage draw and a voltage drop test to find out for sure, but you will need an DVOM and a amp clamp. Or you could take it into an auto parts store and they will test it for free. Hope this helps.
SOURCE: 1997 honda accord no spark, motor turns over
Could be the ignition coil or ignition module. Also check the ignition fuse.
SOURCE: replace starter in 2004 honda accord
Try 'jiggling' the key while you hold it in the start position' this could be a failed ignition switch.
It could also be that the + terminal on the starter or starter solenoid may be corroded.
Since the battery was just replaced, those terminals are probably clean enough but check the negative cable where it attaches to the chassis or block. If the connection is flaky here, enough current can often pass to allow lower current devices to operate but drop too much voltage if the starter is trying to operate.
Starters require 100-200 amperes, many times higher than anything else in our vehicles and show up cruddy connections pretty quick.
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replace the starter ,it may work for a few seconds fine,but the starter is pulling too many amps from battery
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