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Old 06-25-2006, 07:30 PM
chesleyn chesleyn is offline
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Location: Southern California
Hybrids: 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid
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Default HCH2 and extreme heat

Just got back from my weekend in Vegas with family.
Okay, I've owned my HCH2 for over 8 months now and I live in Los Angeles,
where the temps usually hover around 80 degrees.

I finally experienced my first "forced regen" in Las Vegas. The temperature was around 120 degrees and we had to have the AC on. Stuck on Las Vegas Blvd. and stopped at a light. The battery dropped to 1 bar and the car started revving up the charge bars dropped to about 3. The car had absolutely no power at all.

The day we arrived in Vegas it was also 120 deg. While on the way to pick up my brother at the airport I noticed that the vehicle does not respond like it does in Los Angeles.

First, the car does not auto-stop in 120 deg temps, no matter how low of a setting I use for the AC fan (this trick works in LA, set it at a lower setting before coming to a stop).

Second, the car would not regenerate battery power while braking? What was going on? Does extreme heat cause the HCH2 to respond strangely?

Anyone in Phoenix have a response?

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