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2004 Honda Accord Alternator

Tiny
BILL DEM
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  • 2004 HONDA ACCORD
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 45,000 MILES
The battery in my 2004 Accord went dead, but it took a jump. I pulled the pos cable off battery and within a minute car started to sputter, guages jumped, etc. Do I need a new alternator or could it be something else?
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 AT 1:09 PM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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  • 41,815 POSTS
Hi Bill,

Most probably the alternator is not charging. I would suggest testing the charging voltage with a voltmeter.

There are 2 things that you should not have done.

1. Pulling off the Positive terminal when the engine is running. If the alternator had been good, current surge could have fried the PCM.

2. When disconnecting battery terminals, it should be the negative that should come off. While removing the terminal if the tools had contacted with anything nearby, the positive terminal would have caused shorting which could do a lot of damage.
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008 AT 11:15 AM

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