IMA battery pack replacement

[Insightful Trekker]

Ok there's been a bit of "interest" in the question so here's a poll thread to tabulate the groups experience.

If you have not yet replaced the IMA battery then please don't post.
(my expereince so far @88,000+ miles)

And I am aware of several members choosing the used IMA battery option. Since their condition when installed is an unknown (vs. new) then adding such data to this poll will only confuse the results. Post only if the failed pack was new.

FYI if you "missed" the warranty extension and paid for the IMA battery replacement then your eligible for reembursement from Honda. Contact customer relations and see:

General Discussion
Sticky: US IMA warranty 10 year extension UPDATED to all 50 states!
http://www.insightcentral.net/forum/vie ... php?t=4796

HTH!

[Mike Dabrowski 2000]

John
If we want to determine what percentage of all the batteries have been replaced under the extended waranty period, we need to have a way for the people that have not needed replacement to vote, or we will only be looking at failed packs, and will not know what percentage have not failed?

[Insightful Trekker]

I had thought of that too. However, such is open ended. And any failure could be just around the block from when a member posts.

If you've (or any other member) has an idea as to how to post such in a poll fashion PM me with the details. If I think I can make it work I'll post with proper credit given.

Please give it a 'til the weekend for any / all replied to be collated.

Sincerely,

[flunkysama]

My 2000 MT failed with less than 40K miles. But, I've always preached that mileage is not a great metric for determining wear.

So does everyone think that battery failure is the result of normal wear or of defective battery packs? IMHO, Having alot of packs fail at roughly the same time with different levels of usage points to defective packs.

[nerkybird]

I have replaced the IMA twice, Battery pack w/MCM & BCM using used parts and now am at 207,000 miles and the car is dead again. This time used psrts are out of the question I believe. I am tired of this. I spend $1300 for used parts installed and get maybe 25,000 miles of life...I need more dependibility. I was driving without the IMA functioning for a while and getting 51 mpg w/o any assist from the IMA. Now the car will not start.......I am very sad...not go at being a quiter I guess.

[kapps]

Our's died right around the 80k mile mark. Five full years in Florida heat might possibly be to blame. When we first brought it in, their code reader was broken *BS*. Then the IMA light went out the next week. Luckily, when we brought it back, they took it for a drive and it threw the code again. They ordered the battery and associated electronics (ours is an '00 model). A month later, they call and say it's in but when we get there, the electronics were there but no battery . Another month goes by and the battery comes in. We take it up and they install it. A week later they call and say there's a "software update" that needs to be done. We get them to confess they installed the battery but nothing else . Finally, they get it in (while ripping a 2" corner of the rear carpet off). Hopefully, were set for another 5+ years. Luckily, there's a new dealer in town that we've had good experiences with so if anything else needs to be done, it won't be going back to this first dealer.