Originally Posted by charlesc

My tch let me down again tonight. Three blocks from my house this time - I was at a red light. When the green light came on I hit the gas lightly and heard/felt a thud from the engine compartment. Very quickly I realized the ICE was not running and I was only going on the electric motor. Every single warning light on the dash came on along with "Check VSC System" on the mini display. Fortunately I was in a residential area three blocks from my house (all down hill!) and just literally coasted back to my house. We parked the car out front and went in, by this time the main battery was down to two purple bars.

About twenty minutes later I went back out and tried turning the car on. This time the ICE kicked right on and started charging the battery, but now the "Check Hybrid System" message is back on the mini display. So I let the ICE run long enough to bring the main battery back up into the blue range and backed the car into the garage. I'm going to ride with the tow truck driver to the dealer in the morning to make sure the car isn't left in "N" draining the battery again.