Service Bulletin 04-028

[gobuchul74]

I'm not sure how much this may help anyone, but I got a copy of Service Bulletin 04-028 which covers DTC 77 & 78 (Battery Deteriorated). It covers the entire removal and installation process for the battery pack and covers which BCM and MCM's need to be replaced.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...4/sb04028.html

[Insightful Trekker]

Summary of the S.B. posted here:

http://www.insightcentral.net/forum/vie ... 7&start=45

HTH!

[leomorgan]

Is there a way to make the link referenced in post this work again?

http://www.insightcentral.net/forum/vie ... 7&start=45

[bryankwalton]

Originally Posted by leomorgan

Is there a way to make the link referenced in post this work again?

http://www.insightcentral.net/forum/vie ... 7&start=45

Sure thing. All you have to do is replace the word "forum" (in the link) with the word "community":
http://www.insightcentral.net/commun...=1927&start=45

-Bryan

[Insightful Trekker]

And its all really moot since the warranty extension bulletin superceeds the information here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4796

IIRC there's nothing in 04-028 that 06-27 & 06-57 doesn't cover more inclusively.

If you choose to review the above thread, remember its age. Much has been learned about the IMA system (and from a driver's perspective since) so many of the statements & conjectures have subsequently been shown as false or incomplete.

& FWIW there really is a bogturtlewoman Her bog turtle studies were the topic of a local newspaper article about a year after her brief visit here. May the mud always squish softly between her toes. (see one of her commemts in a post in Bryan's "fixed" link to put this in context)

[leomorgan]

I found a copy of the original 04-028 and it provided the exact part numbers of the replacement/upgraded BCM/MCM, which is what I was looking for. I just replaced the IMA subpacks with Civic subpacks which makes it a "new" battery, so I felt it prudent to upgrade the IMA management software as well. I found the upgraded computer modules at an Internet salvage yard; they may not be the absolute latest and greatest, but they are dated from 2004 and are specified as the fix for the original failed IMAs, which should be a vast improvement over the original 2000 computer modules (which my car still had).

Thanks,

Leo