Q: It has a new battery but won't start

asked by on February 23, 2017

My Acura has been sitting for awhile because it's not road ready but I finished the other day and the car won't start on its own. As soon as I hook jumper cables up to it, it starts fine but as soon as I stall out or turn it off it will not start on its own again what could it be?

My car has 140000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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