Battery Problems of Honda Insight

When I purchased my vehicle, I advised the dealership that the car seemed to not want to assist as I was going up hills. I have taken it to the dealership, been able to duplicate the issues, but the dealership nor Honda sees anything wrong with the car. They state that their engineers see nothing wrong with the car not assisting someone as they are going uphill, at a steady grade. I have filed complaints with Honda, but again got no where. The car now is randomly not assisting at times, when the indicator in the ima system states that the battery has half a charge.

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Car is 2010 Honda Insight. Car has small engine that needs assistance from electric motor. Electric motor helps the car during acceleration and climbing. The car should not charge the battery on climbs. As a result of this, extra load is added on the engine during climbs. With a 1300cc engine going up a grade, this could be very dangerous as you don't have enough power to climb at a certain rate other cars are capable of. If you visit Insightcentral. Net there are alot of complaints about this. Honda needs to re-program the cars not to force charge during climbs. I understand that if the battery was very low or drained that force charging on climbs are a necessary evil. But my battery was 75% full!!!.

- the contact's 2000 hybrid Honda Insight had a defective battery. While driving at night the vehicle lost power . During the last incident the car became stranded on a busy road in the dark without any lights. The dealer told him to come in so that they could repair the battery.

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Prior to the incident date, the ima battery in my 2000 Honda Insight, has repeatedly lost its charge, rapidly (called a "recall event"). This causes an unexpected hesitation and lack of acceleration. On the incident date, I was entering a highway from an on ramp and couldn't accelerate at the rate that I was accustomed to, because the ima battery had quickly and unexpectedly discharged. This resulted in me blocking upcoming traffic and several drivers had to perform avoidance maneuvers. This sudden, unexpected loss of ima assist, is indicative of a failing/aging ima battery. Honda's computer monitoring system does not register/detect this as a mil code. It is only a matter of time until this unexpected loss of acceleration cause a loss of life. . Read more...

The state of charge gauge on my 2000 Honda Insight no longer accurately reports the state of charge of its ima battery. Boost from the ima battery is crucial for providing additional power to accelerate safely on freeway onramps, when overtaking cars on 2-lane highways, etc. With increasing frequency, when the state of charge gauge indicates that the ima battery is only partially discharged, ima battery boost suddenly and unexpectedly ceases. If this happens during a period of crucial acceleration, the sudden plummet in the rate of acceleration could lead to a serious accident. The incident date I have listed is only the most recent incident date. This problem now occurs almost any time I ascend a long upgrade for more than a couple of minutes. It also occurred shortly after my acquisition of this Insight used in may, 2002, but has been occurring with increasing frequency as time passes. What seems to be happening is that the ima battery's capacity has diminished to about half of its new capacity with deterioration continuing. Despite the fact that this problem has been reported by a number of Insight owners across the united states, Honda has refused to acknowledge that this dangerous problem exists and so has refused to fix the problem. Honda's attitude is that if no diagnostic code is being set, no problem exists. Because this problem could affect the growing number of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles in the united states, I am asking you to investigate this problem and require Honda to implement a solution.

Vehicle experiences random events of power loss (ima battery recalibrating) that cause significant loss of engine power when needed (I. E. Accelerating to change lanes, climbing a steep hill, or starting to move forward after being stopped at a light) these events have been recognized by Honda, but have been dismissed as "normal" events. However, these power loss events can come at times when loss of power can be dangerous.

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Check engine light on my 2000 Honda Insight went out at 7,000 miles and they told me I would have to live with it. They replaced the on board computer and now they say they can fix it but want $500. 00. They have replaced the battery 2 times. The large one that powers the car. Despite many many tries they have not repaired this light. So I don't know if there is a problem with the engine or not. I took this to corperate and they said they would not pay for it?.

Battery is discharging within 18 hours of driving. The manual/instruction booklet does not allow the consumer to understand the limit of driving distance when traveling long distances. This is a gas operated vehicle.

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