Car starts but won’t idle

Asked by Blive84 Feb 11, 2020 at 03:43 AM about the 2003 Honda Accord

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Would crank like it had a dying battery could get it started but had to press gas
pedal to keep it going.got it in drive but wouldn’t go accelerate over 25 mph. If
I took my foot off gas it would immediately die. Brake pedal was very hard to
press. After a few miles of this it completely died and now won’t restart, it
clicks when I turn the key. Definitely not the battery as all lights and controls
work. What could cause this?

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