FYI to the OP. Dealerships usually will charge you a diagnostic fee... but if you get it fixed there they waive the fee.

 

Today at noon, I thought about going to wash my car after a fun day in the snow. As I get to the car wash, I idle for 2 min with lights on, then tun off the engine. To my suprise, the car would not start. I GOT OFF I HAD CAUSE THE CAR ONLY HAS 18K. The car just cliked repidately and it would not start, i looked at the battery indicator on top of the battery and it reads that is charged. The headlights look dimmed Hmmm....


Wih only 1/2 hr left for lunch I got a jump....and the car started magically. Best thing to do in theis case is to take to the dealership or a import specialized shop.

 

alex my friend had a 89 mustang and his check engine light never came on and it had a couple issues so we took it to a friend of mine with a garage. he had a expensive scanner and his wouldn't get any codes so he said it might be the ecu. so we tried a ecu i had and that was it now i know that was a mustang buy my friend thats been a mechanic for 30 years said in his experiance when he can't get codes its almost always the ecu. this might not be your problem but i thought i would share the info good luck and i hope you find a fix for it.

 

k....i took the car to the dealer and was told that they found the battery needs to be replaced. Hmm...according to the indicators at the top of the battery, the battery was charge....I do not have tools for scanning the car...so i leave it to the pros. battery has been ordered since my last post and of today i have not heard anything yet. Battery may be on it's way form Japan or something...this people neds to hurry up!

 

112k miles on OEM battery is not too shabby, but most OEM honda batteries last at least 4 years. I have a digital battery charger/conditioner, and occasionally I just hook up all my cars and bikes to it just to run condition check.

The charging systems in these lil hamsters is pretty weak.