I went to start the car and it would not start; nothing turned on and the brake was hard to depress. I tried both of the FOBs, neither worked. They wouldn’t even lock the doors. any suggestions?
Thank you in advance.

 

How's the battery? will the lights turn on?

 

I tried to turn lights on but they would not come on. I noticed that there is a clicking noise that seems to be coming from the dash area. Also, it will not go to park. Thank you for your suggestion. I didn’t think of the battery as there were no indications that the battery was going dead.

 

When my battery went dead, it did so without any warning whatsoever. Drove fine 8 hours before, absolutely nothing happening the next morning.

This seems to be true for many, maybe most cars, too.

 

The battery normally slowly deteriorates over a long period of time. This will be noticeable with slower starts especially in colder weather. Lots of warning, lots of time to replace it.

The other type of failure is a catastrophic failure when one of the cells shorts out or has an open circuit. The battery voltage suddenly drops low enough that pretty much everything stops working. Don't know the stats but in my opinion this is probably less common. If you have a battery tester or voltmeter you can confirm that the voltage is no where near the 12 volts it should be at.

 

Check the start/stop button at a dealer or replace the part.

 

+1. On pushbutton start Fits, the start switch and the starter are both prone to premature failure, and when one goes, it's often ascribed to the other. Diagnosis merry-go-round.

Honda has started goodwilling the switch according to some posts here, but it's not a given, you'll have to ask for it. If it's the starter, they won't cover it.

 

that's usually a sign the battery is dead lol.. try jump starting it.. if it starts, i bet it's the battery.

more details on the car would help...
* how many miles? (and how many since you became its owner?)
* services etc?
* videos pictures?

 

You say there was no indication that the battery was dead? The fact that "nothing turned on" was an indication that either the battery was dead, or that either the negative or positive cable to the battery, was open, or shorted.

As knope said.... If it starts, then disconnect the jumper cables and the engind should still run. While it is running, put a voltmeter across the battery terminals. Make sure you are getting voltage within the correct range published by Honda, for a running Fit, probably somewhere around between 13.5 and 14.5. If it is below 12.5 then your battery isn't getting charged. Either the alternator or the voltage regulator (which may be inside the alternator) is not working. If the voltage is between 13.5 and 14.5, let the car run for awhile, like 10 minutes, and then with the voltmeter remaining attached, shut the engine off. If the voltage stabilizes at between 12 and 12.5 volts or so, then your battery may or may not be good. You will have to do further testing. f the battery suddenly drops really low, like below 10.5, you have a dead cell in the battery. However you said you had no lights at all. A 10.5 volt battery should light up the cabin lights and the map lights no problem. So I'm thinking there may have been a short somewhere that drained the battery while the car was parked. To check for a short with the engine still off insert an automobile ammeter between the negative terminal and the negative cable. You should get only a very small current, less than 0.5 amps. Anything larger and you have what they call a "parastic draw." Some device is partially shorted out internally. With the engine still off, pull fuses to start narrowing down its location.