So I drove myself to the ER on Monday, not really thinking I would end up in surgery, and unabel to drive myself home.

Add that it snowed enough to make driving dicy, and very cold temperatures.

Also it has been in an open parking structure for 3 days, so who knows who might have tampered with it.

The person who was going to help me get it out told me it doesn't seem to have any fuel (but that doesn't really show right away, IIRC). I have virtually no visual memory, and cannot pull up visual cues to explain what she needs to do. She did, once, manage to get it into reverse, but she says it just clicked repeatedly. So, yes, it may be another issue going on, but it was 100% normally behaving on Monday.

I told her to bag it, and I'd try to address the issue tomorrow.

However, if I can lay out exactly what to do in what order, I think that may be a large part of the issue, because, well, as my boss used to say, it is a bit of a "nanny car" and won't let you do stupid things. (She tried to lock the door from inside the car, for example, and then from the outside, but right next to the car. She ended up locking it with the manual key inside the fob. So I don't know if someone nabbed some of my remaining gas (I had about 30-40 miles on the range before I left home on Monday), or if someone damaged the car, or if a starter or alternator went wonky on my out of the blue, or what.

As usual, too many words to ask if there are known "clicky noise" issues related to cold temps (battery is relatively new), and how to, in exacting detail, turn the dratted thing on. I've been driving it long enough that it is all muscle memory, and if I'm not in the car, it doesn't work right.

Thank you to anyone who can listen to the blather of a woman who is recently post-surgery, and still in a good deal of pain, and not entirely cohernent even in person.

 

I'm thinking maybe you left the interior lights on? In my old car, I would get clicking when the engine tried to turn over but the battery was too empty to get the car started. Might also explain why the car wouldn't lock form outside the car with the key fob. I would suggest getting someone like AAA to have a look at it since they are pretty good with start issues.

How to turn on an automatic Honda Fit:
1. Open the door
2. Get into the drivers seat
3. Make sure the gear selector is in park
4. Put the key in the ignition
5. Turn the key all the way the right (clockwise)
6. Keep turning until the car starts
7. If that doesn't work, call a professional

 

Thanks -- As it turned out, somehow, either I (as I was getting out to go to the emergency room...) or my husband (when he was coming in by bus to visit me, and was (I believe) pretty upset....left something on. I think I probably left one of the overhead lights on. In any case, we ended up having to call AAA for a battery boost.

But I do thank you for the detailed response!

Laura