Well, my wife parked her 96 Accord wagon with VTEC engine in the garage and apparently left the headlamps on. Battery appears to be dead. Used the shift release lever to get it out of park, since there is no room in the garage to do anything, and towed/pulled it out of the garage using our other car.

Tried to simply jump start it, with the result of getting no cranking, just clicking, which I guess would be either a bad starter or solenoid (or do these things still have relays?). Would there be any point to transferring the good battery from the other car or are my results going to be the same as jump starting? They are the same type battery, but I expect I would get the same clicking.

Any suggestions of what to do?

txgreasemonkey

It's likely and indication that the battery is shot.

someconcerns

OK. I have a perfectly good battery of the same type in the toyota. Should I switch that into the Honda and see if that does the trick? I would assume that - if it's just a real dead battery - this would let it start.

txgreasemonkey

Personally, I would go and buy a new battery.

newaukumdon

Try and start the car. . . . If it does not start exchange battery's this will at the very least point you in a direction. Bad cables. . bad solenoid . . . bad ground.

chosen1

u should be charging it on 12 amp. your charger may only be 2 and 6 amp. charge it for a good 12 hours.

someconcerns

Well guys, I tried the battery from our Toyota and the Honda fired right up. Took the dead battery back to where I got it (it had an 84 month warranty) and they replaced it, no problem. The Honda fires right up with that one too. So... thank you VERY much for your help. I'm hoping the new battery stays charged and the wife doesn't find a way to mess it up!