Sounds like either a blown motor (rings need replaced) or a bad head gasket or cracked head.
If the rings are bad your car would have felt like it was losing power because the engine will no longer have the same high compression that it's required to turn the wheels. You may have heard your engine knocking or seen a light blue colored smoke coming from your exhaust as a result of your engine burning up oil in the combustion chamber from the rings leaking.
If your head gasket is leaking or your head is cracked you'd likely find milky looking oil when you drain your oil from water/antifreeze being mixed in and noticed a white smoke coming from your exhaust that is actually water vapor coming through the exhaust.
If your car was running rough when you last shut it off try pulling all of your spark plugs and either cleaning them or replacing them all. A bad head gasket or bad rings can both foul spark plugs. A car will run rough with 1 or 2 fouled plugs, but once enough foul it will no longer run at all just sit and crank over. If changing the plugs get's it started for ya, check your tailpipe first for water, if nothing, change your oil. If no signs of water/antifreeze or milky colored oil then it's probably rings.
SOURCE: power window on a 97 honda accord wont go up
possibly your power window regulator is out. basically check the fuses first to make sure you have not blown that, if it is good, then you can order a new window regulator from the dealer or online @ autopartswarehouse.com. to replace the window regulator you will need to will need to remove the door panel, start with the screws on the handle and the arm rest, covered with a plastic cap. the door panel which can be pryed from the bottom with a flat blade screw driver or flat pry bar, it will make a snapping sound. three bolts on the regulator 4 bolts on the window tracks and 2 bolts securing the window, re assemble as you have taken apart, Good Luck!!
SOURCE: 2004 Honda Accord Radio fuse blows
There was a recall for the 03-04 Accord radio. It had faulty circuitry that caused the screen to go dim. Check with Honda to see if they'll still honor the recall.
SOURCE: STARTS RUNS ROUGH BUT YOU CARNT TOUCH ACCELRATOR AS IT DIES STRAIGHT AWAY
The list of things to check is long and for the most part basic. I'd start with general tune-up diagnostics. My money is on the the dist cap & rotor as your culprits -these get the most wear, easiest to fix and the 1st place I'd look. It will cause it to run rough and die when you accelerate because it is not firing or firing the wrong cylinders. It may look good but still have a crack that you can't find. But I predict you will find a nice little pile of carbon dust and states of corrosion on the rotor & pins in the cap like I did when I had the same problem on my Civic a few years ago.
If that doesn't do the trick, you want to start by determining if it is dying from too little fuel or a weak spark
Weak spark will cause flooding- too much gas leftover after a weak spark eventually floods the engine- you will probably smell gas at the throttle body and you will have to wait before it will start again due to flooding. Not an absolute diagnostic, but if you smell fuel you can be pretty sure your problem is ignition or emissions related. It may still be an emissions component such as EGR or even a clogged cat or a potato stuck up the tailpipe.
Lean fuel conditions point to the fuel filter, fuel rail and fuel pump pressures and injectors.
General tune-up diagnostics:
Ignition: dist cap & rotor; Check plugs and wire conditions; Ignition coil or transistors may be bad but not causing a total loss of spark
Fuel & Emissions: Fuel filter, fuel rail pressures, EGR & PCV valves; check diagnostic codes from your OBD it might give a clue.
Hows your compression and timing? If you have over 90Kmiles and you haven't replaced your timing belt it may have stretched or jumped a gear notch. If this is the case you should change it before it breaks and bends your valves, causing expensive damage to the valve train.
If you want to fix your own then pick up a Haynes manual for your model and pick up the Haynes emissions & fuel injection books to demystify emissions computer codes, troubleshooting and repair. You can probably borrow these from your library or pick them up cheap at a used book store if money is tight.
SOURCE: '95 Honda Civic EX will not start after cleaning fuel injectors
I would talk to who cleaned the injectors, I don't know if it something they did or not. It could be a stuck open injector. The exhaust would have a raw fuel odor if it was. What it sounds like is a blown headgasket, which can just happen. The exhaust would have a sweet smell to it. Usually starts as a small leak (between cyl. 2 & 3), the engine burns the coolant while driving which you don't see. Then the coolant level gradually drops to a point where the car overheats, which warps the head, causing a large leak. Now you see the coolant burning (white smoke).
Good luck Honda Al
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SOURCE: my car blows white smoke from my a/c vents when I
YOU HAVE A ENGINE OIL LEAK AND ITS BEEN BURNED BY THE EXAUST SISTEM CREATING THE SMOKE AND THE AC SISTEM IS PULLING THE SMOKE TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR
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many thanks for that but i found out it had too much oil in it and the problem is now fixed running smooth and starts fine
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