[Stubby79]

Cleaned the one obvious ground connection at the IMA setup. Didn't fix anything. I have a disparity between two current sensors - battery and MCM, I think - that is disabling the hybrid side of things. I could easily check the battery one, it's reading about where it should with no current going through it. The other one requires current going through it to get anything out of it. Well, the battery one would need current going through it to verify that it's responding, but the test I did at least shows the circuitry that runs it is working right.

The headlights were pathetic before. They're nice and bright since cleaning the ground connections.

The engine also runs so much smoother, especially at idle, with the clean grounds. Peppier too, more noticably at low rpm.

Need to get the front brake rotors turned or replaced...now that she's quiet (bearing) and smooth running, the shaking steering wheel when you brake jumps out as the biggest annoyance.

I'll probably have to pull the battery pack out to get at the sensors. Watching a video on it, it looks pretty darn easy. Then comes the task of magically testing the sensors in question without the IMA's module hooked to power them properly. Fun.

Sigh. No one local has rotors. Will hold off until I've at least checked out the rears before ordering online.