I was driving along in moderatly heavy traffic, a/c set for 71, SOC was at 7 bars and had been fairly well charged due the decent of a grade within the last couple of miles....I was stopped for a light, car was in auto stop w/5 bars, would not have noticed but then the engine came on, within seconds there was 4 bars 3, 2, 1 the engine was running at 1200 rpm with 5 bars of charge ....within a mile, it was back up to 6 bars and everything seemed fine...is this the battery recalabration I have heard of?

I've had it happen many times over the 34K miles on my HCH2.
I think that's what it is. It DOES concern me just a little bit as it seems to occur more often than I 'woulda thunk.'

Steve

STOP terrorism - Drive a HYBRID

Vehicles:
350 miles a week ------------ 2006 HCH II, Magnetic Pearl, w/NAVI (born on May 25, 2006)
350 miles a month ---------- 2003 Mazda Tribute ES-V6
350 miles a year (for now) - 1986 Mercedes 560SL

I have heard others talk about this but I have never experienced this myself. My car has only 13000 miles on it! I have had it resart after AS however. Allways because ICE was not completely warmed up. Cheers, H

That's right.

Reasonably normal occurrence for many of us (myself included) particularly those who do mostly city driving. Just relax and let the system do its thing.

Cheers;

MSantos

Hmmm... I have been experiencing the same problem. I have had it happen to me three times since last week.

I have finally experienced what others here have written about with the no power without ele-assist.

I haven't worried about it much, I figure it is a major problem like the battery completely dies, then I would take it in.

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1987 Chevy Spectrum - 200,000+ Miles -Junk Yard
1994 Honda Civic DX Coupe - Truck Hit it
1998 Acura 2.3 CL - End of Lease
2002 Acura TL 3.2 - End of Lease
2004 Acura MDX - End of Lease
2007 Mercedes ML350 -Lemon
2007 Honda Civic Hybrid w/Navi - Active

It just happened to me on my way home.

I'm sitting at a long light, the SoC is three bars and in Auto Stop...the engine fires up, so I think I inadvertently let off the brake, but no! The SoC is non-existent or zero. Seconds later, I get a green light and the car is a total dog! The rev stays at 3800 rpm or so and car just isn't moving...so I think I'm in low, but I'm not. By the next light, 1/2 mile and less than a minute later, the SoC is full...eight (8) bars..I never saw that before...always maxed out at seven.

The car: HCHII, 3400 miles, March '08 purchase (I'm not far from work!)

My motorcycle doesn't get as good mileage as my HCH!

I think this is what the call the Samba? H

No, the Samba is iFCD, not SoC.

Don't you love the hybrid alphabet soup you get in some of these posts?

Commuter car, grocery getter, and summer road tripper--average 10k miles per year.


Winter road trips and ski trips, bad weather commuter and my wife's "daily" driver--expected average 4k miles per year.

Don't you love the hybrid alphabet soup you get in some of these posts?


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