Starter motor Denso or OEM Honda

Starter.. I had to get mine replaced after 4 years on a 2015 Honda accord

I had a customer that went through 4 starters from Napa. When I diagnosed it the starter was not fully engaging and grinding on the flywheel. Told them I needed to get a starter from Honda. After arguing and arguing and doubting and more arguing, the new starter from Honda fixed it.

I bought the Denso off RockAuto and it has been fine for a year now.

According to Amazon I bought this [Denso ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J61RORQ)starter in 2018

No problems since

They want $514 for an oem so I went with a Denso hopefully it works, it was around $330

I went ahead and replaced my starter when it sounded like that. Noise hasn\u2019t come back since.

Over the years I've read that the Element starter can start to go bad with just slightly different than normal reasons - most usual is a clicking or the car just not turning over.

I have an 06 178k miles and my starter just failed on me. I was hoping it was a relay or switch but I had a new OEM one put in for around $800 ish as well.

I’ve had the issue for a long time, since it was 11,000 miles or so, the dealer then diagnosed it with various things and replaced the starter, battery twice, and most recently in 2023, the button was replaced under recall.

The last aftermarket starter I bought for a Honda Grenaded itself after a month.