Confirm the message
Use this procedure when the display asks you to touch the start button with the remote emblem, the button flashes and normal starting fails.
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Present the remote
Touch the center of ENGINE START/STOP with the remote Honda-logo side while the button flashes. Remote buttons face you; the button flashes for about thirty seconds.
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Start promptly
Within ten seconds after the beep and the button becoming steadily lit, depress the brake on CVT models or clutch on manual models and press ENGINE START/STOP. Without the pedal input the mode changes to ACCESSORY. Replace the weak remote battery afterward.
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- Honda 2024 Civic Sedan owner manual: start with a weak remote battery ↗Reviewed Oct 8, 2026
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