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My 2001 Insight which I purchased in December 2003 had been performing well until the heat of summer hit here in Phoenix. I then started getting recalibrations usually in the hottest part of the day when I was driving in a normal manner or waiting for a long time in auto stop. After being told by Honda that this is 'normal operation', (this sounded like Microsoft saying it’s normal to have to reboot your computer all the time) I decided to experiment. The symptoms led me to believe that this was a heat problem. I went to Fry’s Electronics and purchased to 70mm pancake computer fans. I then pealed back the carpeting and grill over the opening to the battery compartment behind the passenger seat. The fans fitted very well in the opening. I wired them in parallel to a cigarette lighter probe and plugged it into the dash. The fans run when ever the key is on and I have not had a recalibration since the beginning of August until my wife drove the car yesterday. When I got the car back it only had one bar on the SoC gauge. But I also found that the plug had been bumped and the fans were not running. I will continue to test this mod and look for a grill to go over the fans and a better place to wire them in. Did not see a thread on this idea so thought I would let the group know.
Dennis MacLeod
2001 Blue Insight

Dennis MacLeod
2001 Blue Insight