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Originally Posted by jncboy
Can any body tell me whether or not all the information here applies to a Honda Civic Hybrid 2006 model? In particular:- can the car still be started and driven with a failed IMA battery?
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The parts about testing , quantifying , and servicing the IMA battery ... the concepts still apply ... the application will be slightly different.
As for can you start the car and drive it with a failed IMA battery ... yes & no ... not the same as the Gen-1 Insight ... AFAIK the 2006 Civic uses a CAN controlled DC-DC system ... so it is not as simple to take manual control of the DC-DC system to ensure you are getting 12V alternator charging functions ... possible but not the same ... I do know less about the civic than the Insight so ... you might want to double check ... if it does not ( as I suspect ) have a redundant 12V starter ( as the Gen-1 Insight has ) than without the IMA , you will need some other way to start the ICE ... If my more limited knowledge about the HEV Civic is wrong and it does still have a redundant 12V starter , than the concern falls mainly back the Alternator Functions of the DC-DC system.