This is very strange. I have an 04 civic that totally goes dead electrically intermittent when low on gas. It seems like it is getting worse. It will happen then sit for a time and be fine. I have 200k on the car and has did it to us a few years ago. The fuel level must be quite low to have this problem. Or it seems like the common denominator. It happened just recently to me when I accidentally stalled in a McDonalds drive thru. Luckily no one was behind me so I pushed it out of the drive thru and into a parking spot and went in to get the food. When I got back out it started right up again. I lost all my preset radio stations just like I replaced the battery. The battery is only 4 months old and checks out fine. Any thought of what might be causing the problem
Thanks for your time.

 

Sounds like a loose battery cable. Start with inspecting the negative battery cable for looseness or a bad connection at both ends.

 

sound ile the cable is your best bet at the neg side if its is tighton battery take it off the body side clean that groouund really well. also look for fuseable link.if ground is oo/k