One of our Insights is having a sudden problem. It always seemed to have a strong battery. Now the battery shows at a full 20 bars SOC and the regen is not working. No matter how Mike drives, there is no draw on the SOC. The IMA light did pop on at the same time.
Can this be fixed, or is it toast? He doesn't have tools with him right now until he gets to work, so he hasn't tried resetting it. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Sarah
You'll get a better idea as to the condition of all your packs once you get the OBDIIC&C Gauge in.
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Insight #1 - Silver '01 5MT @ 158,388 as of 7/11 - Best Tank: 84.5MPG over 807mi
Insight #2 - Silver '01 5MT @ 450,000 as of 1/12 - Best Tank: 86.0MPG over 800mi
Insight #3 - Silver '00 5MT, MIMA #163P, BCM Gauge, OBDIIC&C Gauge, BetterBattery @ 228,869 as of 1/12 - Best Tank: 78.4mpg over 687mi
Do a reset with a 10mm wrench (Disconnect the 12V ground wire, Black for 15 sec. Hook the cable back up, restart the engine and wait.
Right. Mike has no tools right now, so hopefully once he gets to the dock he can do that. He should be able to scrounge up a 10mm also. He's worried because he's an hour and a half away for work today and he doesn't want to damage the battery doing something he shouldn't. Like driving it.
Sarah
Eli!! Shhh! The battery might hear you and get crazy ideas.
Hows the OBD11C&C looking? Have you shipped any yet?
Sarah
No worries about damaging the battery. If it's throwing a P1449, it's already in pretty bad shape. The only concern is that the DC-DC will shut down, but that's unlikely if the IMA light just popped on.
I have shipped most of them. I have 6 or 7 left to ship and I hope to get them boxed up and ready to go this weekend.. Speaking of, better get to it.
*the distinct sound of velcro can be heard through the ether as I pull myself away from the forums*
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Insight #1 - Silver '01 5MT @ 158,388 as of 7/11 - Best Tank: 84.5MPG over 807mi
Insight #2 - Silver '01 5MT @ 450,000 as of 1/12 - Best Tank: 86.0MPG over 800mi
Insight #3 - Silver '00 5MT, MIMA #163P, BCM Gauge, OBDIIC&C Gauge, BetterBattery @ 228,869 as of 1/12 - Best Tank: 78.4mpg over 687mi
in my experience, removing the #30 pink fuse (tall one in center) under the hood fuse box for a couple of seconds resets the IMA and all CEL codes too. No tools needed.
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2002 Silver MT 225k miles LMPG - 60.8
Best Tank Distance = 722 miles @ 74.2
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Full SOC, no draw and no regen
(summer driver)
The only concern is that the DC-DC will shut down, but that's unlikely if the IMA light just popped on.
