Hey Insighters. I just bought a 2000 model and it does not seem to be charging at all when I brake. Isn't that when the bulk of the charging is supposed to take place?
My first day the car had a full charge and did fine on the highway. As soon as I got into city driving it would not charge at all and within 20 minutes I was down to 2 bars.
I took it to the dealer. After the mechanic spent all day on the phone with Honda he did the following
http://www.insightcentral.net/encyclope ... orage.html
He basically removed a fuse, ran it for a while to recharge it, put the fuse back in and anounced it was good to go. Short story long, $90 later I'm driving home and the bar is steadily going down again. It would not recharge at all when I was braking.
I'm taking it back to the dealer in the morning, but am not opptimistic. I've read a lot about recals in the forum, but I haven't read much about Insights not charging upon braking.
Please help!
Mike Mush
My first day the car had a full charge and did fine on the highway. As soon as I got into city driving it would not charge at all and within 20 minutes I was down to 2 bars.
I took it to the dealer. After the mechanic spent all day on the phone with Honda he did the following
http://www.insightcentral.net/encyclope ... orage.html
He basically removed a fuse, ran it for a while to recharge it, put the fuse back in and anounced it was good to go. Short story long, $90 later I'm driving home and the bar is steadily going down again. It would not recharge at all when I was braking.
I'm taking it back to the dealer in the morning, but am not opptimistic. I've read a lot about recals in the forum, but I haven't read much about Insights not charging upon braking.
Please help!
Mike Mush