Recent issue that’s been happening: Driving around with a 2001, around 100k miles. Very new Bumblebee battery put in this year. Sometimes when I come back to the car and turn it on, the battery shows completely discharged. When the engine runs, it shows that it’s charging until about 25%, then...

I'm thinking about buying a Honda Insight 1st generation. It looks like the IMA battery is not working, though the car still runs fine with only the internal combustion engine. This type of question has probably been answered lots of times, but I'm trying to figure out what the best way...

I have a 2003 with 235K. Both the check engine light and the IMA light are on. The shop tells me that I need a battery control module and a new battery. There is no charging on that display and the battery charge display is slowly going down - maybe 4 bars left. If the battery discharges...

Hi, I have a 2001 Honda Insight, with a rebuilt IMA battery (rebuilt about 4 years ago), and would like to describe some issues I've been having in the hope that someone has some ideas on what the problem(s) could be and how to solve them. Thanks for reading! State #1: After a few short...

Hello Everyone, I recently purchased a 2004 Insight from a friend that purchased it from a local auction for cheap. Since I love Cars and high tech I thought that this would be an excellent opportunity to get into hybrids for cheap and learn some things along the way. The car had one owner and...

Recently I rebuilt an IMA battery pack for a 2000 Honda Insight using sticks that were pretested. The project at first seemed successful - when everything was put back together and the car turned on, the IMA battery light was off and the battery charge level was showing a full charge. The...

I got to take my 2000 Honda Insight to the dealers finally now that I have an 'electrical' problem. But wanted to see if anyone have had this problem. My 144 volt battery will charge but will not discharge, most-likely the a controller component burn-out. Will discharge only very shortly and...