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I've looked around for references to this behaviour, but have not found it.
Over the last few days it's been pretty cold here. -30 or so at night. In the morning when I head off to work, the car has been sitting for about 15 hours. For the past three days, I have turned the key and expected the IMA to kick over the gas engine as it normally should. However, this has not happened. Instead, I must hold the key in the "start" position as the starter and 12V battery turn the engine over...
Now, I don't necessarily believe this is a problem. More then anything, I assume that the ECU is deciding the traction pack is too cold to draw sucha large current. But what confuses me is that when I leave my driveway (10 seconds after starting the car) I am under assist. If the traction pack is truly too cold, the much higher currents drawn when assisting should be more of a problem then just kicking the engine over...Can anyone prove this behaviour?
Over the last few days it's been pretty cold here. -30 or so at night. In the morning when I head off to work, the car has been sitting for about 15 hours. For the past three days, I have turned the key and expected the IMA to kick over the gas engine as it normally should. However, this has not happened. Instead, I must hold the key in the "start" position as the starter and 12V battery turn the engine over...
Now, I don't necessarily believe this is a problem. More then anything, I assume that the ECU is deciding the traction pack is too cold to draw sucha large current. But what confuses me is that when I leave my driveway (10 seconds after starting the car) I am under assist. If the traction pack is truly too cold, the much higher currents drawn when assisting should be more of a problem then just kicking the engine over...Can anyone prove this behaviour?