I have a 98 acura cl it wont start ,not a sound , battery is good and starter is good, what can it be. I think it might be a relay or something cause the lights work fine but the windows wont roll down.

ignition relay could be your problem. Owners manual should show you location of the relay, usually under the hood.

Tap on starter while someone holds key in start position. Check negative battery cable. Make sure battery good, terminals clean and tight.

The clicking noise is the starter relay, which sends power to the starter. sometimes the relay is mounted on the starter, sometimes on the fender. I would say the starter is bad and needs replaced. Sometimes you can get a bad starter from the factory. Just because its not that old, or even brand new, doesn't mean that its a good working starter. Replace that starter.

if it dont crank how would you say the starter is good.
you dont know that. sorry'
making assumptions is the top killer of all diagnosis.
you set in driver seat:
i key on, is the CEL ,charge and BRAKE lamps glowing
if not you lost all power ,12vdc to dash and ignition.
they must glow, if not the battery is drained or a fuse is blow.
check all fuses , now.
if all those normal lamps glow, (warnings) per the operator guide.
the good, you have 12v power.
proceed to cranking..
"as they say, Call the Auto Club time"
the first check, is called a jumper cable jump start off a running car.
if that works, then the starter is good and the battery was ONLY discharged. (no assumptions. see?)

then and only then could you say, starter is good. see?
if the car JUMP passes ,then battery bad or charge system failure....
(ask for help that topic, "my battery is drained, why?"
if the JUMP fails (to other cars battery)
we then hot wire the starter, does starter crank fast and robustly>>?
yes?, then the key line is bad.
no ?, then the starter is bad. or its 2 huge cables are bad.

YES?? starter hot wires good. then? !!!!
see the tricks here,
my guess is this car is A/T tranny, Automatic.

http://www.fixkick.com/nocrank.html#tricks


this page also teaches , hotwiring any starter , safely.

On this website fuse box diagram and description for Acura CL (1997 - 1998)

Acura CL 1997 1998 wiring diagrams fuse panel

Most cars are under the hood by the battery in a black box. Also check relays

That sounds like a dead battery. The ticking sound is the relay (a type of switch) which enables power to the starter motor when you turn the key. If the battery is weak, the relay will click, but there is not enough power to turn the starter motor.

STARTER RELAY IS UNDER THE HOOD AND UNDER THE DASH.IT COULD BE THE STARTER SOLENOID ON STARTER BAD.IT WILL CAUSE NO CRANKING PROBLEMS.

who is they??what exactly is your problem??? there is a starter cut relay under the dash to the right of the steering column, behind the knee bolster/lower dash cover. 4 wires, black/green, white/red, green, black/white. its hard to diagnose a problem if I dont know what you are trying to fix.

Try unhooking the battery for about 20 minutes, this resets the computer