# Electric issue w/ 03 Honda Civic

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-issue-w-03-honda-civic/75765>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 27, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-issue-w-03-honda-civic/75765 "2012-11-27T19:37:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bear-hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bear-hunter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bear-hunter)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-issue-w-03-honda-civic/75765/1 "2012-11-27T19:37:02Z")

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My wife’s 03 Honda Civic just started acting up. Whenever she locks her door (electric loc) or turns on her lights, the radio shuts off and the engine starts acting “funny”… any ideas???

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**Author:** ![mleich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mleich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mleich)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-issue-w-03-honda-civic/75765/2 "2012-11-27T19:45:46Z")

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Has the battery been replaced recently? Any check engine light on?

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-issue-w-03-honda-civic/75765/3 "2012-11-27T21:42:05Z")

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My '03 Civic had some unusual symptoms when the alternator failed. As the battery lost power and was not recharged some whacky electrical things happened. When the battery can’t deliver full voltage and amps some funky things can happen.

Have the alternator checked. If you haven’t had a new battery recently have the battery load tested. I needed a new alternator and a month later a new battery in my '03 Civic with 124K miles on it.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-issue-w-03-honda-civic/75765/4 "2012-11-28T14:06:58Z")

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Along with cleaning the battery connections clean the main chassis grounding under the hood. There is a resistive power connection somewhere.