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#1 of 2 2007 Civic EX dead overnight by thecptn Aug 05, 2009 (9:16 am)
I have a 2007 Civic Sedan EX with 35k miles on it. I haven't had any problems with it at all. This morning the car wouldn't start, no dash lights, etc. Naturally thinking the battery is dead I attempted to jump it with my girlfriends car. After a few minutes of running her car, the civic would give me dash lights and some rapid clicking out of the starter.   I was worried about damaging any of the electronics so I didn't try to start it more than twice. Is it possible that my battery is simply too dead to start the engine or is it a sign of a larger problem? I can't imagine my battery dying would cause the starter to go.   The only cause I can think of for the dead battery in any case would be leaving my ipod plugged in over night, which isn't normally an issue (always seems like the cigarette/power ports get shut off with the engine). Replies to this message: targettuning (Aug 06, 2009 4:55 am)
#2 of 2 Re: 2007 Civic EX dead overnight [thecptn] by targettuning Aug 06, 2009 (4:55 am)
Replying to: thecptn (Aug 05, 2009 9:16 am) In general terms, meaning not specific to your Honda, a battery CAN short internally between plates virtually from one car start to the next. I have personally started the car (it started strongly as usual) drove to a store, shut it off and it was stone dead upon trying to restart it a few minutes later. When it shorts internally no amount of external help in the form of a "jump" will do the slightest good. The only thing to do is replace it. So, it is my opinion that the battery is stone cold dead and needs replaced. If upon replacing it the car still exibits a failure to crank then you have bigger problems, but the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principal still reigns

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