This can't be the way it's suppose to work....or is it? I have about 3K miles on my HCH. It's very common for the 'bar graph', that indicates the assist battery charge level, to only show two of those little blocks lit-up. Sometimes none of the blocks are lit-up. Other times, one moment the assist battery appears to be fully charged only to be drained the next moment. Most of time that bar graph is less than 50% of the full.

Very often the other graph shows the battery is CHARGING while my foot is on the gas....rather than assisting. Could this be why my MPG sucks? Seems to me that charging, when I expect it to be assisting, is forcing the engine to work harder for the sake of charging. On top of THAT...when the assist battery is very low, it does not always indicate a 'charge' when I'm slowing and/or braking.

I called a guy at Honda. He was not very interested in talking about it.

Three times....for a blink of an eye....the red warning light has popped....the light shaped like a battery. This would seem to indicate an issue. The owners mannual is not helpful on this topic.

Thoughts?
thanks,
b.