Drove the Insight home tonight and the IMA/CEL lights came back on after about 5 miles. This time the code is P0A7F - Hybrid Battery Pack Deterioration. Got the same symptoms as before - weaker assist, no regen, no regen or assist displayed on dash, no autostop, but still starting off the hybrid battery. Hoping this isn't what it seems and that the ground straps will fix everything. We'll have to see. Got 73.5 MPG on the way home with little assistance from the pack.
Here's what happened. The hybrid charge level reset because of replacing the 12V battery. The hybrid battery was 3 bars from full at the time. As I left the dealership, it was force regenning since the battery pack was showing empty due to the 12V reset. After a couple miles it quickly climbed to full and worked normally for a few more miles. Then it quickly drained while I wasn't using any assist at all, force regenned for a couple miles, and then threw the code.
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Worked on mine and my partner's Fit all day today!  |
What did you do to it?
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It's been between 10F and -5F the last few weeks, today we actually had a day in the upper 30's! It was practically balmy outside.
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30s-40s here in Michigan. Roads iced last night but not bad for December actually. Haven't had any issues still running Bridgestones yet. Maybe it's a good thing that the weather is good, not only for fuel economy and being able to work on the car, but also because winter tires in the Insight's size are out of stock everywhere.