New battery an alternator and car still dies.

[raulej8]

I have a 1999 honda civic hx. 2 months ago I bought a battery for my car and it was running fine until last week when my car wouldn't start. I would jump it and it turned on but not for long. My srs light would turn on and speedometer would stop working. Stereo would stop too. No lights will turn on. Then it just dies. So I replaced the battery and alternator, BRAND NEW, and it still does it? Only thing connected to the battery is some push start wiring which I'm trying to get rid off lol but it's a bunch of wiring. What could be the problem?

 

[xXdestroyerXx73]

how does it run? because i know on my civic i had an idle air control valve problem.. which cause the car to either run really low rpms ( 200) or it would stall.. and as for electronically. what kind of push button start is it? because this may be something as simple as a fuse.. or a short.. if the button works then thats not the problem, also i have one on my car..

 

[XpL0d3r]

Check to see if fuse 15 under the dashboard is blown.

If so, check this out:

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/civic/x99-029e.pdf

Also, double check your grounds and make sure they're not corroded or rusty. And I'd work on getting that push start out of there if the car is giving you issues.

 

[raulej8]

Alright we'll I've checked fuses and they're all good. Now my lights turn on and windows roll down. Before I couldn't do that. So I don't think it's the battery or alternator. So what could it be? When I jump the car my stereo turns on and off an. Speedometer just stops working. When I turn everything on(ac,stereo,lights etc.) car wants to die and I here clicking noise. Any ideas as to what the problem is?

 

[XpL0d3r]

Alright we'll I've checked fuses and they're all good. Now my lights turn on and windows roll down. Before I couldn't do that. So I don't think it's the battery or alternator. So what could it be? When I jump the car my stereo turns on and off an. Speedometer just stops working. When I turn everything on(ac,stereo,lights etc.) car wants to die and I here clicking noise. Any ideas as to what the problem is?

Have you checked the major grounds on the car? Somewhere something is draining your battery.

 

[raulej8]

So now I can turn my car on without jumping it and it stays running fine for a while. But then it starts acting up and lights go out stereo and cluster too. I turn the car off ad try to start it but won't. I leave the car off for a while an it starts up. Would that be a bad ground?

 

[XpL0d3r]

So now I can turn my car on without jumping it and it stays running fine for a while. But then it starts acting up and lights go out stereo and cluster too. I turn the car off ad try to start it but won't. I leave the car off for a while an it starts up. Would that be a bad ground?

Have you checked them? It's possible... the grounds on the car allow the current to flow; a bad /rusty or loose ground could cause problems.

If your problem is intermittent, I'd def check them out. Clean any rust or corrosion off the contact points.

 

[raulej8]

Alright we'll it was a bad alternator I had bought so I returned it and got a new one that passed lol. And that fixed the problem. But now car idles to low. So I'm going to check the iacv and clean it. What's other things could I check? Thanks for all your help guys!