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Honda: 2009 honda accord coupe battery keeps dying, honda accord coupe, law complaint


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QUESTION: I have a 2009 Honda accord coupe that i had to have the battery replaced twice because the car would not start or turnover there was a dead cell both times . yesterday i went out to start my car and all it did was making a clicking noise. I had the car towed to the dealer . They informed me that they could not find any problem . But the car is drawing 50 mill amps which is high but within range ,the car has 8500 miles on it . it has a remote start which the dealer put in and tested out fine , they are working with tech support . This seemed to happen after the car sits for a day . I am lost on this and plan on filing a lemon law complaint i also called Honda for and started a case file on the car

ANSWER:  50 milli amps is high...a reading of 25 milli amps or less is industry standard as acceptable.

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QUESTION: thank you for the information the service rep said he does not like that reading it seems to flucate between 50 milli amps and 30 milli amps he has honda involved and i think he said a tech advisor is going to check out . Do you feel that if there is no known apperent cause i should be concered ? I am not the only driver of the car. Another note the 3rd time the car just did not start and did not kill the battery but it did start in the shop and they can not duplicate the problem . I know they are trying but i am concered . Thx again for you time

Answer
If the car has a 50 milli amp draw it needs to be diagnosed. Removing one fuse at a time until the draw goes away will isolate the circuit that has the draw. The 3rd failure you described when the battery did not become discharged could very easily be related to the security system or remote start.