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Old 01-25-2013, 01:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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A bad starter battery causes all the idiot lights to come on.

A weak one will tax the IMA system and cause it to provide little assist and mostly regen.

Disconnecting and reattaching the ground for 15 minutes will "fix" any honda Ima light for a matter of miles til the computer sees the actual capacity is like 10% of the orignal and its triggered again.

In extreme cold the newer Insight turns on the battery logo meaning the charging system is limited til it warms up. It also uses the tradational 12 volt starter to crank over vs the IMA rotor.

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Originally Posted by ninferno21 View Post
Previous to all of this happening I replaced the actual car battery. I know that usually fixes the IMA issue but it was done previous the IMA light coming on.

Any whoot my main debate is to replace or not to replace a possibly non defected battery. What do you all think?
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