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If you interrupted battery power to the car, you will get all those electronic aid warnings when you first start the car. Those go away after a few minutes of driving.
All the lights came on before I touched the battery.
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I think you may be living on borrowed battery time. It's most likely going to die on you again, sooner than later. My biggest concern is how much harder will the alternator work to keep it charged. I recommend you get it evaluated.
 

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After piecing together the story from multiple posts, it appears your battery is on the fritz and that will cause those errors on the dash. Even though it starts now, you have a cell going bad and it will crap the bed sooner than later. Ive had 3 stock batteries in 2 years so I speak from experience
 
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Good call guys. I'll get the battery checked out today.
 


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Did a quick stop at my nearby dealership and they did a quick battery test right in front of me. The battery is in very good condition, damn near brand new in fact. Hmm, I dont think installing those LED's killed the battery per say, but I believe the battery might have been drained somehow overnight which triggered all those warning lights on the dash, maybe I left an interior light on or something :dunno:
 

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Did a quick stop at my nearby dealership and they did a quick battery test right in front of me. The battery is in very good condition, damn near brand new in fact. Hmm, I dont think installing those LED's killed the battery per say, but I believe the battery might have been drained somehow overnight which triggered all those warning lights on the dash, maybe I left an interior light on or something :dunno:
I still think it's your battery though possible the battery drained while you switched the bulbs. A healthy battery should not drain overnight if you accidentally left an interior light on. I'd check your battery with at least one more place, like AutoZone or the like. But if it tests normally again then hold off on replacing it. For now. :)
 

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Did a quick stop at my nearby dealership and they did a quick battery test right in front of me. The battery is in very good condition, damn near brand new in fact. Hmm, I dont think installing those LED's killed the battery per say, but I believe the battery might have been drained somehow overnight which triggered all those warning lights on the dash, maybe I left an interior light on or something :dunno:
Don't trust the dealer, get that battery checked out ANYPLACE else.
 

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Don't trust the dealer, get that battery checked out ANYPLACE else.
Totally agree. My company car (2016 Ford Focus) had a slow crank. Ford dealership said the battery was fine when they tested it in the service drive. Ran it over to Autozone and took it out real quick and ran it inside. They tested it and it was at 12.0 volts. And that my friend equaled a bad battery.
 

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After you installed the LED’s.... did you leave the lights on? Meaning, did you switch the stalk to manual operation rather than auto?

I’d so, that’s how you drained your battery
 


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I did a battery test at pepboys and honda. Said my battery was AOK. Blamed it on parasitic draw of HIDs (lol wut?). Anyway, got a yellow optima and car sat in sub zero temperatures for extended periods of time and that bad girl fires right up instantly. 19/10 would replace honda battery as first mod.

Here is what I was experiencing
 

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Did a quick stop at my nearby dealership and they did a quick battery test right in front of me. The battery is in very good condition, damn near brand new in fact. Hmm, I dont think installing those LED's killed the battery per say, but I believe the battery might have been drained somehow overnight which triggered all those warning lights on the dash, maybe I left an interior light on or something :dunno:
no kidding, my dealer told me the same thing, threw a tester on it and said all good. I drove to autozone, they threw the tester on said well it looks good, then they ran a secondary test and said "oh no, yep bad battery, low cranking bad cell" Drove back to honda, they took the car back and 30 minutes later said, "yes, bad battery we replaced it"
 
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I did a battery test at pepboys and honda. Said my battery was AOK. Blamed it on parasitic draw of HIDs (lol wut?). Anyway, got a yellow optima and car sat in sub zero temperatures for extended periods of time and that bad girl fires right up instantly. 19/10 would replace honda battery as first mod.

Here is what I was experiencing
That video is almost identical to what happened to mine.
 
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I see a unanimous dont trust the dealer response, okay then lol looks like I'll be taking her to AutoZone this weekend. Honestly Im just glad it wasnt a bigger electronic problem, atleast a weak or dying battery is a quick simple fix.
 

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I see a unanimous dont trust the dealer response, okay then lol looks like I'll be taking her to AutoZone this weekend. Honestly Im just glad it wasnt a bigger electronic problem, atleast a weak or dying battery is a quick simple fix.
There's been talk on this board about how the stock battery is really weak/cheap in these 10th Gen models. <2 years of battery life is really lame of Honda to do this.
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