I left my headlights on yesterday morning and after work found the car electrically dead. No problem I think just call up AAA, get a jump and head home. ( A common enough event here in Minnesota). Alas the car would not turn over despite all apparant funtions operational while on boost including headlights. Long tow to nearest dealer and they tell me today that when the HCH 2 battery goes dead the key immobilizer system loses it's memory and they had to reprogram all my keys and now all is well.

What a stupid system! Bad enough not to have auto off for the lights but worse to be dealer dependent. Can you imagine a trip to the backcountry of any remote state and forgetting the lights and then needing a tow perhaps hundreds of miles to a Honda Dealer.

Bad Honda!