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#3 of 5 Re: Jumping Honda Fit battery [rob22315] by mustangxr Mar 09, 2008 (10:54 pm)
Replying to: rob22315 (Mar 08, 2008 6:40 pm) Yeah, the real reason is that the lighter plug in is not connected to the battery when the key is turned off.   to verify this, If you have a GPS plugged in to the socket and then shut off the engine the external power source is disconnected from the GPS. It follows then that the plug-in socket cannot charge the battery with the key turned off. The electrical lines to the plug-in socket are not heavy enough to start the engine with anything plugged into the socket. Use a real battery charger connected to the battery terminals, or some jumper cables connected the same way. Replies to this message: mariau (Mar 10, 2008 2:41 pm) ellenoc (Mar 10, 2008 5:32 pm)
#4 of 5 Re: Jumping Honda Fit battery [mustangxr] by mariau Mar 10, 2008 (2:41 pm)
Replying to: mustangxr (Mar 09, 2008 10:54 pm) That's why the charger says to turn the key to Accessory when using it. The battery did get a charge; it went from being stone dead to clicking. It just didn't get enough of a charge to actually start the car. (I tried repeating the entire process several times). Needless to say, I did not damage my electrical system by the exercise; I just wasted $40 and an afternoon of my time.   BTW, after 2 months the car succeeded in training me to turn its lights off, so this is no longer an issue. (I hope!) Thanks for your replies! Replies to this message: ellenoc (Mar 10, 2008 5:32 pm)
#5 of 5 Re: Jumping Honda Fit battery [mariau] by ellenoc Mar 10, 2008 (5:32 pm)
Replying to: mariau (Mar 10, 2008 2:41 pm) "BTW, after 2 months the car succeeded in training me to turn its lights off, so this is no longer an issue. (I hope!) Thanks for your replies!"   You know, I'm a little curious about this. I've started to get out of my 08 Sport MT (US) a couple of times with the lights still on. When I did, the car started making a steady beeping noise, different in tone than the seat belt beep and steady. Didn't stop until I realized what I'd done and turned the lights off. I think turning the car off with the lights still on is what triggers the noise, maybe taking the key out, haven't tested. The fact is I can't see how I could make this mistake because of the noise. I take it all Fits don't do this?

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