2018 Honda Civic: battery drain or dead battery

Filed Nov 30, 2025 · Electrical · FL

Both door handles need to be replaced at 800.00 a piece. Key fob to door handles causing parasitic draw to the battery and car goes dead. Risk - have to lift that 47 lb hood to jumpstart while putting my back out. Steroid injects on 12/2/2025. My Honda advisor and pain doctor are aware. Problem has been reproduced by my Honda advisor and mechanic at Crown Honda Florida. No warning lamps in this Honda Civic 2018 shows no low battery capability. Google search door handles causing parasitic draw. 1600.00 is a lot of money to pay so I hope there will be a recall.

Filed Nov 11, 2025 · Electrical · FL

I have replaced my battery twice. I have purchased a new door handle so it wouldn’t drain the electric in my vehicle. I was told to drive my car every day to keep my battery charged. I just walked out the door and my battery is dead. This has happened approximately 12 times since I have owned this vehicle and I believe there should be a recall because you cannot find the parasitic draw. Please help me. I cannot afford all these repairs and this should be a recall. I have seen lots of articles about the 2018 Honda Civic sedan please file this under a recall.

Filed Jan 16, 2025 · Electrical · FL

Car battery died 3 times. Bought new battery after it being towed 2 times. 500. Door handle had to be replaced labor and costs over one thousand dollars. September 2024 bought used. This should be a recall.

Filed Jun 19, 2024 · Electrical · CA

Body control module constantly fails and begins to parasitically drain the battery of the vehicle. I've had to swap the body control module twice now after it has failed shortly after the warranty period. This is not as serious as other issue but having the battery drained at unexpected times can cause safety issues.

Filed Dec 8, 2023 · Electrical, Engine · MA

I got a new alternator because I thought it was draining the battery. A few weeks later I didn’t drive my car for 3 days and the engine would not start but all the lights would turn on. I got it jumped and took it the dealership and they still don’t know what is wrong with it. This is the 4th time this has happened and I changed the battery every time.

Filed Oct 10, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 43,000 miles · TN

Vehicle will not start. The vehicle was sitting in my office parking lot the first time this happened and went to leave and the inside lights flashed and then seemed as if the battery died. Got car jumped off, took to economy honda in chattanooga, tn they checked it and said nothing was wrong and the battery was fine. Left and now about a month later it is doing the exact same thing. Went to start it, lights flash and it wont come on and now it's not doing anything.

Filed May 21, 2019 · Electrical · OR

Keyfob range reduced drastically used to be able to remote start my car from over 200ft. Now I can't even do it over 30ft. Even one of the sale men said it was a problem because he was able to start his own civic from over a 100ft. The service manage told me the last time I came in to check if there was any new (because they never call or returned my call) said that corporate honda didn't have a fix and that multiple people have been having the same issue. He then gave me a bunch of ridiculous reasons (so much electrical system that it can drain the battery even with the car off and that the car is protecting itself from draining completely by "shutting down some system" when the car is off. Other excuses they told me was that my windows were tinted (they are ceramic tinted which does not interfere with signal loss) it could be my dashcam, or my subwoofer. I would have considered it if it happened after I just had them installed. But I had everything installed 3 months after I bought the car which was over a year ago and the problem just showed up a couple months ago. Goes to show you that not just honda but car dealerships will do all they can to not fix your car. I even sent corporate honda a message and all they said was go to a different dealership... Seriously? You'd think they'd train techs to be adequate enough to deal with an issue like this. I am not going to drive 45min (closest location) to be told the same thing. After I asked the dealership to see is the receiver in the car could be the problem they told me they would have to charge me a labor fee to do that. Was a honda family but will not be purchasing another honda in the future.