gmccx <noone@notvalid.com> wrote in
news:xcmhm.66972$0z7.49289@newsfe07.iad:

>
> Around 3 times during the last 3 or so months, I have gotten in my car
> to find the clock and radio had lost their settings, as though the
> power had been off. It happened once overnight with the car in my
> garage and once during the day with the car parked outside at work.
>
> It happened two more times within the last few days, but in these two
> cases everything seemed fine until I hit the starter, then total power
> failure.
>
> When it happened today, I popped the hood latch and got out of the car
> to just have a look, with the ignition turned on. When I closed the
> door after getting out, the vibration of the door closing turned
> everything back on... I started the car and drove to work.
>
> Battery posts and terminals are pristine and tight, so it is
> apparently somewhere else.
>
> Are there any known problem spots like this for older Hondas? The car
> has about 70K miles on it, but of course is older in years than miles.
> :-)
>
>



Have you actually checked the battery's voltage?

Have you removed the bettery terminals and cleaned them?

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