so sad


is that normal?

i don't think so, there is no aditional electronics or electric mods at all, model 2015,

is sure to share energy from another car? or must i call the local brand service?

thank you

 

one month is a long time to expect the battery to hold charge. go get it jumped and see if it will start. take it from there.

 

Not entirely unusual, unfortunately, doubly so if it's in a warm or hot location.

If you're going to be parking the car for long periods frequently, it may be worthwhile to get a small solar battery maintainer. One of maybe 5W or so should help a lot. The ones with a lighter plug won't work in a Fit (without modifications) because the accessory socket is switched off with the key.

You could put in any 12V car battery that physically fits and hooks up; it doesn't need to come from a Honda garage or anything. Honda doesn't make the batteries anyhow, but buys them from a battery maker. All other things being equal, a larger capacity battery is preferable to a smaller one.

 

It is not unusual. After a month away I found both BMW and Porsche battery discharged because there are many parasites in those newer cars, drawing current when it is parked. I assume more so with EX than LX. Next time, use a 1-3 amp battery maintainer. Most newer battery charger will trickle charge the battery once it is fully charged.

 

One months should allow you to restart the engine if the battery is healthy and you have no add on parasitic draw. Good advice about float charging. Harbor Freight has one for 4.99 with coupon.

 

normal if u didnt have a full charge in the battery before u parked. its good to have a battery tender (manager) on the car if u know u wont be driving it for more than 3wks. my hobby cars both run battery tenders while in hibernation.

 

The battery I put in my 07 is a AGM 151R and after sitting for 2 months with me playing the radio occasionally while I tinkered it still fired right off..

 

Not to thread-crap, but what it the size of the 2015 Fit battery, is it 151R?

 

The Fit is the first car I have bought in 30 years. I suspect your battery loss may be partly older battery and partly parasitic loss from stuff running in the car even when turned off such as the remote door locks. What I love about my old Corolla is I can not start it for a year (did that once a few years ago) and it will start right up again. Mind you, that was with a battery I bought a decade ago. Modern batteries just don't seem to last as long and I have had two I have purchased in the past 4 years go on me while still under warranty (one only 12 months old so it was a complete replacement).

 

this is not the first thread about fit not starting after leaving it for a long time, my Fit was left for a long time where I bought it, there was only 2k m on it, we had to jump start, now I have 20k m on it with the same battery! no single start problem but I drive it almost everyday, I don't know if all new cars like this, but old cars are not, I don't drive my old corolla 95 for a month or more and it just start no problem.

 

Apart from the clock needing resetting, would there be any issue with disconnecting the battery if one was to leave the car for a month or so? We periodically take 3 week vacations and leave the car at home. Or am I better off risking it draining, then attaching a battery charger when we get home?

 

ull need the radio code too

 

If you're leaving the car at home for an extended period, the best would be to buy a little maintenance charger (either plug in or solar, if the car is outside) and hook it up, particularly if this is during warm or hot weather. Disconnecting the battery will help, but lead acid batteries do self-discharge even without a load on them. The rate of self-discharge is quite dependent on temperature: a couple of weeks of summertime in the tropics is worse than all winter at freezing temperatures.

Lead acid batteries will also sulfate if they are left sitting in a discharged state, and that if it goes on enough will render it dead and unrecoverable. "Desulfating" cycles on chargers etc. are of limited usefulness; preventing it in the first place is a far better plan.

 

A lot of car batteries that come from the factory tend to be low quality and don't take much abuse. The replacements tend to be better, even the factory ones. Interstate makes a lot of replacements and labels them with a factory sticker.

 

Just to give you something to compare to. I had a similar problem, a few years back on a GM Truck. In my research I was informed by GM engineering that their standard is a vehicle must start after being parked for 30 days. After that all bets are off on whether it will start or not. Also their standard is the GM vehicle when parked should draw less that .020 amps (20ma). Mine was drawing over 300ma because the BCM was not going into sleep mode. I found the problem and fixed it. Now it draws 18ma. in sleep mode. I agree a battery maintainer either 120 volt or solar is the way to go. Disconnecting the battery will also work, but you will have to reset the radio codes and your vehicle will not pass an emission test until it has been driven 200 to 500 miles. So do not disconnect the battery if you are going to have to go through an emissions test soon after your return.