Steffen -
The reason the "electronics that were supposedly causing the battery packs to fail from 00-04" as you say, is that they did not charge the battery pack above 80% and discharge the pack below 30%. The new upgraded BCM and MCM's changed the charge/discharge numbers to 60% and 40% (or something like that, I don't exactly remember the specific numbers). So what Honda did was use the battery pack less for the assist and therefor 'prolonged' its life. This is normal with any battery, the less you charge/discharge it, the more cycles it can have. But are not using the battery to its fullest potential...
The battery pack and the electronics can only be relaced at Honda's expense if it is still under warrenty. Some people have had their packs replaced 3 times... some are still using the original pack, depends totally on how the car is driven.
I have a 2000 with the original battery and at 175k miles I am starting to have battery problems, but there are remedies as you will learn if you read some of the other threads dealing with battery/IMA questions.
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Rush
#1 - 2000 Silver #4965, not working now, 175k Miles, 61 LMPG - will probably turn into all Electric
#2 - 2000 Silver #4095, 185k Miles, 62 LMPG, OBDIIC&C by Peter, GCIM1 by Mike on bat pack
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