http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/ Honda Hybrid Electric Vehicles Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:58:27 GMT Sheafe Ewing http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23818 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23818 ... Thanks for sending report of your experience having Ron Hansen replace your battery. The rest of us who cling to their Insights will be happy to have the Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:49:03 GMT robert griego http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23817 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23817 Honda Insight 2000. I had a problem that led to shorting out dash board couple years ago. The first time I lost the dashboard it cost me a bundle to get Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:57:10 GMT ted johnson http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23816 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23816 That worked for5 years now the sate inspectors remove all pieces of black tape and fail it. Sent from Ted's iPhone 3G On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:05 AM, jack ravin Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:05:52 GMT jack ravin http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23815 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23815 Ted, I like the black tape trick, just cover the light, out of sight, out of mind. Seriously:  My 2000 did it during the first few months after I bought it. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:37:16 GMT ted johnson http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23814 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23814 Anyone figured how to turn off the blinking airbag light on the Insight? Found the trick to do it on my Frontier - open the door , turn on the ignition and Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:35:59 GMT Rushd Ironandwood http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23813 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23813 Right! He can fix the pack! He fixed mine a couple months ago and it is doing fine. I removed the pack myself, took about 4 hrs, put it in a crate that I had Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:03:52 GMT ed clement http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23812 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23812 Ron  My   MA/CEL happens without empting the SOC at times, but never allows assit or recharge with IMA on.  These are codes 1568   1576, which can be Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:27:29 GMT Ron Hansen http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23811 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23811 ... Not yet, but I can fix the battery. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:08 GMT Ricky Suiter http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23810 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23810 This is interesting to hear as I knew the replacement packs were rebuilt I had wondered how many would be failing soon there after. I could be wrong, but I Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:04:16 GMT Art Isbell http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23809 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23809 ... My second replacement battery also died within a few months. These replacement batteries are apparently rebuilt, not new, so I suspect that my second Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:25:30 GMT Ron Hansen http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23808 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23808 This is called a battery relearn. You should not need to do it unless your battery is dieing. Removing the fuse keeps the car from throwing a power steering Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:13:57 GMT Ron Hansen http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23807 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23807 What you are describing is a battery deviation. All other errors that I can think of that come on immediately will show an empty gauge or allow assist. Please Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:05:22 GMT Ron Hansen http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23806 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23806 Neither. When the car is running, the Ima motor charges the hybrid battery which feeds the DC-DC converter which provides accessory power to the car. If the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:31 GMT Ron Hansen http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23805 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23805 No, the new BCM/MCM that they installed changes the character of the IMA and negatively affects mpg for some depending on their driving style. Laboriously Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:21:38 GMT Rushd Ironandwood http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23804 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid/message/23804 John, This does not in any way recondition the pack. All you are doing by removing the fuse is zeroing out in memory the charge level of the battery pack.