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Originally Posted by dburanich
The IMA Battery gague on my 06 HCH has a total of 8 bars on it. When it gets down to 3 bars left it no longer assists the motor and will only recharge at that point. The majority of the time the battery charge stays in the lower half of the gague.
Does all this sound normal or is there perhaps something wrong with the new IMA Battery?
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Doesn't sound like anything wrong to me. There are other threads in the forum that talk about the battery SOC being maintained between 40% and 80% to maximize life. I don't know what percentage 3 bars is, but the assumption is that 4 bars is about 40% and 8 bars is 80%. So if you're down to 3 bars, it's going to protect the battery. It's not unusual to have it always hanging between 4-6 bars - that's where mine usually is. Of course, as others have said, it depends on the terrain and your driving habits.
When you say it's always below half, does that mean it is usually at either 3 or 4 bars? If that is the case, then there is something unusual going on, imo. If that's the case, tell us more about the terrain and how you drive it. But if it's more like 4-6 bars, I think you're probably seeing normal operation.
Good luck.