Q: Battery light

asked by on March 09, 2017

I Drive A 2008 Honda Civic Si Coupe, My Battery Light and Steering Light Came On, then Everything in the car started shutting off. What Can It Be? I have been having problems with the battery, always having to jump it.

My car has 103000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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