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Hi Folks,
I am a recent convert to the Insight and have bought 2 cars, a Red CVT as a road car and a citrus manual which I plan to build into a tarmac stage rally car to compete in a UK series called Formula 1000, which is for lightly modified 1000cc cars. I will post more about this project on the forum soon.
The 1999 CVT car has recently developed an erratic IMA malfunction. When I first got the car it would occasionally stall (or require starting manually) in econ mode.
Yesterday I went out in it and as I drove up my very steep drive noticed IMA was not working, and the orange light was on. THe hybrid battery was fully charged. I stopped and started the engine a few times and it would sometimes start on the main system and sometimes on the 12v backup.
I went for a short drive and then parked the car for about 3 hours but when I came back to it it worked as normal. Later however it stalled at a junction and when I restarted it used the 12v system and the IMA was again out of action.
Later that journey I noticed that if I reved the engine past 4k the speedo would stop working and the red battery light would come on, but when I slowed to 1000rpm it would revert to normal but still without IMA.
Any clues as to what might be causing this would be much appreciated
I am a recent convert to the Insight and have bought 2 cars, a Red CVT as a road car and a citrus manual which I plan to build into a tarmac stage rally car to compete in a UK series called Formula 1000, which is for lightly modified 1000cc cars. I will post more about this project on the forum soon.
The 1999 CVT car has recently developed an erratic IMA malfunction. When I first got the car it would occasionally stall (or require starting manually) in econ mode.
Yesterday I went out in it and as I drove up my very steep drive noticed IMA was not working, and the orange light was on. THe hybrid battery was fully charged. I stopped and started the engine a few times and it would sometimes start on the main system and sometimes on the 12v backup.
I went for a short drive and then parked the car for about 3 hours but when I came back to it it worked as normal. Later however it stalled at a junction and when I restarted it used the 12v system and the IMA was again out of action.
Later that journey I noticed that if I reved the engine past 4k the speedo would stop working and the red battery light would come on, but when I slowed to 1000rpm it would revert to normal but still without IMA.
Any clues as to what might be causing this would be much appreciated