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Buzby · 19th December 2007, 12:17

Hello all, bought my Civic 1.8 es last march and until last sunday I had not had any trouble, until last sunday.

I opened my garage door and used the key transmitter to unlock it, the car unlocked but no flashing indicators. I got in and put the key in the ignition and turned on no illuminated dash apart from the blue 0 in the speedo, warning lights came on for Power Steering failure airbag failure and 2 others which I have forgotten, chancing it I pushed the starter and she fired up first go as usual. I then backed out of my garage and just went to top of road speedo was stuck on 0 all the other lights were off apart from the 4 warning lights. I put the car back on my drive and called Hondacare who were great, within an hour AA arrived he disconnected the battery then touched the 2 leads together, then left it alone for 2 minutes, then reconnected the terminals to the battery the problem was cured. He could not diagnose the problem apart from saying he was sure it was with the computer.
I have spoken to my dealer ( Pennine ) Ashton and they have told me they have not heard of this fault before. And if I take my car in the can hook it up to some gadget that will tell them what was wrong,I have not had the time to take it back yet. The car is working fine at the moment.

I was wondering if anyone esle has had this problem ? I was disappointed as my previous hondas ( 9 ) of them have been fault free.

19th December 2007, 12:17	#1 (permalink)
Buzby Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 16th February 2007 Location: Stockport, Cheshire Posts: 40 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Had to have AA round to my house Hello all, bought my Civic 1.8 es last march and until last sunday I had not had any trouble, until last sunday. I opened my garage door and used the key transmitter to unlock it, the car unlocked but no flashing indicators. I got in and put the key in the ignition and turned on no illuminated dash apart from the blue 0 in the speedo, warning lights came on for Power Steering failure airbag failure and 2 others which I have forgotten, chancing it I pushed the starter and she fired up first go as usual. I then backed out of my garage and just went to top of road speedo was stuck on 0 all the other lights were off apart from the 4 warning lights. I put the car back on my drive and called Hondacare who were great, within an hour AA arrived he disconnected the battery then touched the 2 leads together, then left it alone for 2 minutes, then reconnected the terminals to the battery the problem was cured. He could not diagnose the problem apart from saying he was sure it was with the computer. I have spoken to my dealer ( Pennine ) Ashton and they have told me they have not heard of this fault before. And if I take my car in the can hook it up to some gadget that will tell them what was wrong,I have not had the time to take it back yet. The car is working fine at the moment. I was wondering if anyone esle has had this problem ? I was disappointed as my previous hondas ( 9 ) of them have been fault free.