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Old 02-08-2006, 10:01 AM
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Default Re: Is Forced Autostop Bad for the Hybrid Battery?

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Originally Posted by Delta Flyer
The Insight electric motor is not being replaced - it's the MCM and BCM units that are supposed to protect the battery unit that is my concern. I seriously doubt those units would function well from a power surge.

My theory is somehow the MCM and BCM units failed - ruining the batteries. So far, I have not explaination aside from "natural death" - which I think is just a euphenism for nobody knows.
Can you get any of the failed parts back? If so and you have the schematics, you could open them up and/or 'bench' test them. But speculation based upon "it broke" is not going to be very useful.

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