2.8

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
51,500 miles

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2000 Honda Insight electrical problems

electrical problem

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2000 Honda Insight Owner Comments

problem #2

Dec 072006

Insight 2-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 50,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

- 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.

- Los Banos, CA, USA

problem #1

Jul 202006

Insight 3-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 53,000 miles
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. More information on this can be found on: www.insightcentral.net/forum/viewtopic.php?T=750 this forum is made of Insight owners and I don't put a lot of stock in their explanations of what a recall event is. I can say definitively that 1). These recall events become more frequent as the ima battery ages and 2).they are dangerous, as outlined above. Honda will not replace the battery, even though it is under warranty, unless a mil is generated. This will only happen when the ima battery is heavily degraded. The recall events, however, occur with less than this level of degradation and Honda's monitoring system ignores this dangerous situation.

- Wappingers Falls, NY, USA

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