ebutler24
New Member
Good morning:
Apparently last Thursday a family member of mine left the overhead light on in our 2006 Civic. Unfortunately, we went out of town for the weekend not knowing this happened. Upon our return Monday we tried to start the car but the battery died. We received a jump, charged the battery, and got the car to running. We put in the code for the radio and it worked fine. A day later we had to have some power steering service done on the car. After receiving it back, I noticed that the radio and the AC/heating buttons did not work at all on the car. We took the vehicle back to the place and they said they checked fuses. We were told to take it to the dealership to have it reprogrammed. The dealership said they did not know what was wrong and would have to further diagnose.
With the car back home, I began to do some troubleshooting. First, I had someone check the voltage across the battery. It was reading at 12.8 V. Second, I noticed that the anti-theft light was still blinking so I figured it would just require a reset of the system. Therefore, I disconnected the battery and reconnected it. I input the code for the radio and it began to work. The next day I checked all of the fuses myself. The fuses seemed to be fine. I also noticed that the radio sometimes would come on and sometimes it would turn off. I noticed that the anti-theft system light still continues to blink and so I tried to troubleshoot that again (put the key into the ignition in ACC mode, leave it for 10-15 mins, and turn off). It worked one time and then it turned off again. I tried the two fobs I have--one fob was the original one and the other was a facsimile I had programmed by the dealership.
Is there something else I should try? The funny thing is that the problem with the radio and AC/heat buttons not working only surfaced when the battery died. Before I left my home last weekend the AC/heat buttons were working and so was the radio.
Thanks for your time and have a great day!
Apparently last Thursday a family member of mine left the overhead light on in our 2006 Civic. Unfortunately, we went out of town for the weekend not knowing this happened. Upon our return Monday we tried to start the car but the battery died. We received a jump, charged the battery, and got the car to running. We put in the code for the radio and it worked fine. A day later we had to have some power steering service done on the car. After receiving it back, I noticed that the radio and the AC/heating buttons did not work at all on the car. We took the vehicle back to the place and they said they checked fuses. We were told to take it to the dealership to have it reprogrammed. The dealership said they did not know what was wrong and would have to further diagnose.
With the car back home, I began to do some troubleshooting. First, I had someone check the voltage across the battery. It was reading at 12.8 V. Second, I noticed that the anti-theft light was still blinking so I figured it would just require a reset of the system. Therefore, I disconnected the battery and reconnected it. I input the code for the radio and it began to work. The next day I checked all of the fuses myself. The fuses seemed to be fine. I also noticed that the radio sometimes would come on and sometimes it would turn off. I noticed that the anti-theft system light still continues to blink and so I tried to troubleshoot that again (put the key into the ignition in ACC mode, leave it for 10-15 mins, and turn off). It worked one time and then it turned off again. I tried the two fobs I have--one fob was the original one and the other was a facsimile I had programmed by the dealership.
Is there something else I should try? The funny thing is that the problem with the radio and AC/heat buttons not working only surfaced when the battery died. Before I left my home last weekend the AC/heat buttons were working and so was the radio.
Thanks for your time and have a great day!