1992 Accord Bucking and Lights Flashing
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1992 Accord Bucking and Lights Flashing
1992 Honda Accord EX Automatic
I drove a lot of miles today and from my last stop to my house (10 miles) my car was bucking the entire time and not able to go over 40 miles per hour. The clock and seatbelt lights (I always were my seatbelt but too it off to see how the seatbelt light would react to condition) were flickering the entire time and the radio was going in and out. All this flickering of lights and radio cutting in and out the entire 10 mile trip home was coordinating with the car bucking. I think that's the best term to describe it. Imagine a hose that's clogged with something and the water comes out in spurts, that's how the car accelerated--in consistent spurts and it felt like I was aboard a bucking bronco the entire time. When I pulled into the driveway and shut the car off, it wouldn't start. Nothing. Dead as a doornail. No lights, nothing. Couldn't even use the power door locks. 15 minutes later, the car starts up again. I drive it around the block, no issues. Pull back into the driveway, turn the car off, then restart it and nothing. Dead as a doornail again.
The battery is 5 months old, so I'm suspecting it might be the alternator that's draining the battery. I got no warning signs except this. The alternator is 5 1/2 years old. If I go to Sam's Club where I bought the battery and have them test it, would they be able to tell me if it's the alternator or battery that's the problem? If it's the alternator, do I have to replace the battery too?
Has anyone else experienced this problem and what do you all think is causing the bucking and lights going haywire?
I drove a lot of miles today and from my last stop to my house (10 miles) my car was bucking the entire time and not able to go over 40 miles per hour. The clock and seatbelt lights (I always were my seatbelt but too it off to see how the seatbelt light would react to condition) were flickering the entire time and the radio was going in and out. All this flickering of lights and radio cutting in and out the entire 10 mile trip home was coordinating with the car bucking. I think that's the best term to describe it. Imagine a hose that's clogged with something and the water comes out in spurts, that's how the car accelerated--in consistent spurts and it felt like I was aboard a bucking bronco the entire time. When I pulled into the driveway and shut the car off, it wouldn't start. Nothing. Dead as a doornail. No lights, nothing. Couldn't even use the power door locks. 15 minutes later, the car starts up again. I drive it around the block, no issues. Pull back into the driveway, turn the car off, then restart it and nothing. Dead as a doornail again.
The battery is 5 months old, so I'm suspecting it might be the alternator that's draining the battery. I got no warning signs except this. The alternator is 5 1/2 years old. If I go to Sam's Club where I bought the battery and have them test it, would they be able to tell me if it's the alternator or battery that's the problem? If it's the alternator, do I have to replace the battery too?
Has anyone else experienced this problem and what do you all think is causing the bucking and lights going haywire?
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check the battery cables i think they are loose.
if your battery is just new, and your alt is bad, you dont have to buy a new battery, coz the new alternator will charge it back up.
but i think you just got battery connection problems thats all
if your battery is just new, and your alt is bad, you dont have to buy a new battery, coz the new alternator will charge it back up.
but i think you just got battery connection problems thats all