Have a question about cars? Write to Click and Clack Talk Cars in care of King Feature Syndicate Group, 300 W. Tom: And from then on, just try to start it (or better yet, drive it) every few weeks to prevent the battery from dying. Ray: Once the car is locked and then unlocked with a legitimate key or key fob, the alarm will reset and you'll be good to go. You also can do this with the original Honda key in the driver's door. As soon as it does, using the key fob, lock and then unlock the doors. Sometime in the middle of the day (don't listen to my brother), hook up the jumper cables. It also immobilizes the engine so you can't start the car. Because the alarm's memory is intact, it picks up right where it left off, and it starts honking the horn and flashing the lights. Ray: So when you hook up the jumper cables, it's like you're replacing the battery. When the battery died, the car's factoryinstalled alarm system assumed that someone was tampering with the battery or had disconnected it in order to break into the car. Tom: Actually, it's your alarm system that's going off. Ray: Jump-start it in the middle of the night, Lisa. How do I make it stop so I can jump the car and not have the whole neighborhood staring at me? The easiest way to turn off anti-theft in a Honda Odyssey is to press the alarm button on the key fob. However, when I connect the last jumpercable clamp, the horn starts blowing. This Key Shell fits Honda Civic 2006 2012 / CR-V 2007 2013 / Accord 2008 2012 / Pilot 2005 2008 / Fit 2007 - 2013 / Honda Insight 2010 2013. It's been sitting for a few months since he was deployed to Iraq, and I need to move the car ASAP before the street sweepers come. Dear Tom and Ray: I am trying to jump-start my husband's 2008 Honda Accord.
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