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RedDevil · 01-23-2014, 06:37 PM

In the 2nd gen Insight you can still drive the car without the IMA (hybrid assist) system. It has a starter motor and a conventional CVT gearbox, it runs though rapid acceleration is gone.
You can simply invoke the IMA-less mode by pulling the IMA fuse or shorting an acessory lead. I have used the latter method to good effect. So happy my dealership found the cause and cured it

01-23-2014, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
RedDevil Master EcoWalker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands Posts: 3,999 Red Devil - '11 Honda Insight Elegance Team Honda 90 day: 53.96 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,714 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,455 Posts	In the 2nd gen Insight you can still drive the car without the IMA (hybrid assist) system. It has a starter motor and a conventional CVT gearbox, it runs though rapid acceleration is gone. You can simply invoke the IMA-less mode by pulling the IMA fuse or shorting an acessory lead. I have used the latter method to good effect. So happy my dealership found the cause and cured it __________________ 2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut. lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile. For confirmation go to people just like you. For education go to people unlike yourself.