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Ok i was driving home from work ..by the way( i have honda civic 2002 ex with after market headlamps and fog lights....ok i was driving home and i had my heater on radio,foglights,and headlights on.When i got 1 block away from my house my gauges(temp and fuel) went down and radio shut off and lights dimmed but car was running still..weird

then i got home i parked and shut car off right after i tried starting it and it didnt start......so my brother in law jumped me and it started right up.. byt he way it 28 degrees too..what do you guys think it is??

 
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battery going dead.

When you tried to start it, di it just make a rapid clicking noise? If so, the battery is shot and needs replacing. Take it to autozone and have them do a load test on it.

 
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lotsa batts discharge due to rapid decrease/increase (to a batt) in temps...some over do it....its n o r m a l...like Street said...load test that puppy...then get a yellow top group 51 from Optima

 
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i had the exact same problem with my 02 ex. it was bout 65 degress when this happen. i had my fogs, ac, defog and sub going and the gauges went out. i jumped the civic and brought it to the dealership. they coudlnt find anything wrong, battery was full and alternator was running correctly. till this day i still do not know what happen. but oh well haha.

 
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Your alternator is gone. Once it goes, the lights in your car will run off your battery until your battery is dead because your alternator is no longer there to charge it while you're driving. Hence the reason for your lights going dim - no juice left. But your engine runs off gas, it only uses the battery to start it. Therefore you'd be able to drive the car fine but once you turn it off, it wouldn't start with a dead battery.
This happened to my friend once and I told him if he's going to turn it off, do it in the parking lot of a service station.

 
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This happened to my son's 2005 civic. He pulled off the road, turned it off wouldn't start. We jumped it, everything came on, had to reset radio. Started fine in the morning. Battery and alternator checked out ok. Mechanic couldn't figure it out???.