Is it the starter?

Your question is a little bit confusing. If the engine is turning over that means your starter is working. Do you mean that you have to turn the key 6 times before anything happens? if so, that tells me that your solenoid has started to stick and after sending current to it several times it gets freed and passes current to the starter. If your engine is turning over, you have a fuel delivery or distribution issue and in that case you do not want to hold the key on crank for more than a few seconds at a time. Another possibility is that the neutral safety switch could be misaligned. Try putting the car in neutral, then start it. If that works you will need to have that checked. Good Luck! The first and last options are not much hassle, so hopefully it will be one of them.

I ended up getting a rebuilt starter from my mechanic...I am not mechanically savy! It still occasionally will not even turn over when I turn the key. I keep turning the key until it starts.

If it's not making any noise and the Green Key Icon is flashing then it the security chip in the key. Get a new Key with the security transponder chip -- Home Depo them (at least the one near me did) if you don't want to pay 2 to 3 times as much as the dealer

I have 2004 Acura RL won't turn over sometimes. I had to turn key on /off couple times before car start, only happen one or two times a month, Battery one month old. Anyone. Have ideas , Please let me know Thank you very munch

It sounds to me like your ignition switch, these tend to go in older accuras, especially if you have allot of stuff hanging on your key ring.

I did the neutral thing and mine started after a few days of it not working. I have an Acura RL so I guess the dealer will have to take a look at it. Thanks for the tip

I have a 2004 RL and have been having intermittent starting problems. I turn the key and nothing. Turn it again and sometimes nothing. By the third time it starts. I’ve replaced the ignition pigtail and starter but no improvement. Today I found a thread regarding the immobilizer system preventing the car from starting if there is metal near the key in the ignition. So then I read my owner’s manual and sure enough, it says not to use a metal key ring. Mine is a big one. I’ve taken the key off of the key ring now and will use the key by itself for a while to see if the non- starting problem pops up. We’ll see. I’m hopeful this takes care of it.

It is not the starter. My daughter has the 2004 Acura RL we used to own, and it has had starting problems since about a yr old. She replaced the starter a year ago and still has problems. Two different Acura dealers have run diagnostic tests on it and found nothing. They have to have seen this problem before. Frustrating.

I have Acura RL2006 sometime it don’t want to start I changed the starter so it still What should I do right now?

My daughter has a 2006 RL and is experiencing the same issues. I believe her problem is with the transponder and the stationary key system because the green key light flashes when trying to start. She found that if she pushes up on the steering wheel with her knees it the car will start. Anyone have this type of issue?

I know this is an old thread but does anyone have any updates or insight?