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So today I'm going to be showing you how to change the battery in your Honda Civic now, this is a 2016
Honda Civic EX 2 liter the process should be very similar in a 2017-2018
19 or even 20 20 and so on if you do change the battery in one of those other years
I'd love to hear about it in the comments below if the process is exactly the same for you
So the battery I'm gonna be installing today
I did purchase from Costco, but I'll leave some links below in the description
If you do want to pick up a battery online just make sure that it matches the exact year on model of your vehicle
So let's get right into it and show you how this is done. So
First off go ahead and open up the hood if you're not sure how to do this
I'll leave a link in the description below to a video that will show you how
Next up we're looking for the battery, which is located at the back of the engine compartment on the right hand side
So we have two battery terminals here the negative one at the back and the positive one here at the front
With the red cap, make sure you pay attention to this so that the new battery goes in in the correct direction
This is very important
So in order to change the battery on this Honda Civic today
We're going to be using a ten millimeter socket on a ratchet
You could also use a 10 millimeter open wrench or even a crescent wrench might work for you as well
Next up we're gonna start loosening off the terminals on the battery start with the negative terminal at the back of the battery
Loosen that off and give it a bit of a wiggle and it should pop right off
Take it right off the battery and then we're gonna move on to the positive terminal here
go ahead and loosen that nut off and
That terminal should come right off as well
From there, we need to loosen up the bracket that holds the battery in place
So take your wrench and loosen the nut here on the side
You might be able to get it with your fingers once it started
And it's got a little hook on the end so that hook actually hooks into a hole for when you put this all back together
Go ahead and pull out your battery. And if you're lucky you might even have a handle on it
Don't forget to clean the terminals with a steel brush or terminal cleaner
So it's free of corrosion and dirt
If you don't have one of these I'll put a link below
To Amazon so you can see what they look like or pick one up for yourself
So as you can see, my new battery is narrower than my original OEM battery
It has all the proper specifications but it is narrower so you can choose whether you want an original size or an alternate size
Just talk to your auto parts store and make sure that you choose the right
Battery for your vehicle. So let's prepare the battery for installation
You can pull off the caps off the battery post. If you have them, then we're gonna put the battery in the right direction
So the positive on the battery needs to match the positive
Terminal in your car. This is very
Important then go ahead and lift in your battery ensuring that
Positive post on the battery lines up with the positive terminal on your car and the negative post with the negative terminal
So next up
We're gonna put that
Support bracket back on you may need to adjust it a little bit because the battery might be slightly different in size from your original
One but go ahead and play with that and then tighten it down with your wrench until it's nice and snug
Now we're gonna go ahead and put those terminals back on one last chance to make sure that positive
Terminal matches the positive on the battery you can go ahead and put that on
We're putting them back on in the reverse order that we took them off
So the positive first now go ahead and tighten that up. So it's nice and snug but make sure you don't over tighten it
And then you can go ahead and put that negative terminal back on to the battery as well and tighten that one up
Once you've tightened up those terminals you are done changing the battery
Let's head on inside the car because there are a couple of warnings on your dashboard that come up when you do this whole process
so go ahead and start up your Honda Civic and let's have a quick look at the dashboard and
It says drive carefully systems initializing. So not all the features of your vehicle will work right away
I notice the traction control is off
And if you have a look at the touch screen here in the middle
It says that the system has lost power and push and hold the power button for more than two seconds to enable the system
It'll come up with all sorts of warnings that it needs to acquire
The GPS satellites that sort of thing and it says it should take less than 10 minutes
To have your engine running and to park your vehicle in an open area away from trees power lines and tall buildings
so once everything reloads or initializes in your Honda Civic
You are done changing your battery it is that simple
So I hope this video helped you out in changing the battery on your Honda Civic if it did make sure to give this video
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