# need help! =( **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [October 28, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490 "2008-10-28T11:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaosrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kaosrave](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kaosrave)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/1 "2008-10-28T11:25:25Z")
hi, i got an rsx, before anyone starts to hate on me, dont hate i just love japanese cars in general…anyways this rsx is my first car and im kinda clueless abotu cars…im slowly learning about them through experience…yesterday as i was driving my car kinda shut down…naturally i thought i stalled but i didnt…everytime i tried to start the car, the car would idle or struggle to start, so i thoguht it was my battery…i tried getting a boost but even that didnt help…everytime i start the car the car struggles and if i give it gas the car kinda revs up and i put it to gear…and thats hwo i got it home…btu it always shuts down everytime ther evs get too low…does anyone know whats wrong with my car? thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hacknik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hacknik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hacknik)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/2 "2008-10-28T11:56:48Z")
- 1st - learn how to type. - 2nd - Go to a Honda or Acura Forum - [RSXCLUB.com](http://RSXCLUB.com) (or something like that), [TorontoCivics.com](http://TorontoCivics.com) - 3rd - It could be a bad Mass Air Flow Sensor, seeing as how the car struggles to idle and dies. ---
**Author:** ![Sky14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Sky14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sky14)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/3 "2008-10-28T12:30:10Z")
i thnk rsx ha map sensors. ---
**Author:** ![renegade141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@renegade141](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/renegade141)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/4 "2008-10-28T16:05:15Z")
if it happened while driving, most likely a sensor plug came loose, or a wire shorted somewhere. ses light on?? ---
**Author:** ![FUNGC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fungc/32/5539_2.png) [@FUNGC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FUNGC)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/5 "2008-10-28T17:05:16Z")
hondas dont run mafs, they run map ---
**Author:** ![kaosrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kaosrave](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kaosrave)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/6 "2008-10-28T18:18:50Z")
nah it doesn’t happen while i drive, it happens right when i turn the key liek it struggles to start. but as i give gas the car revs up and you can hear it struggling to run ---
**Author:** ![reconJDM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reconjdm/32/5510_2.png) [@reconJDM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reconJDM)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/7 "2008-10-28T19:40:55Z")
check your coil, there could be moisture around it. check spark plugs also. ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/8 "2008-10-29T12:26:03Z")
would not be a manifold absolute pressure sensor or a mass air flow sensor. yes honda’s do have maf’s however. the newer ones. check for a tune up for starters. and i would also say check your t.p.s. honda’s are friggin famous for that. ---
**Author:** ![kaosrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kaosrave](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kaosrave)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/9 "2008-10-30T12:15:21Z")
whats tps? ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/10 "2008-10-30T12:35:05Z")
throttle position sensor. ---
**Author:** ![kaosrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kaosrave](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kaosrave)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help/119490/11 "2008-11-03T14:31:37Z")
it was actually the cam sensor that was the problem