2005 Accord hybrid gauge

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Art - 28 May 2006 23:55 GMT

The battery gauge for the electric motor batteries never goes above 4
horizontal stripes on our Accord dashboard. Sometimes it goes down to 3.
Owner's manual shows it with as many as 6 horizontal stripes and also says
it can often read high. I was wondering what the gauge in other cars were
reading. Thanks.

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Michael Pardee - 29 May 2006 15:10 GMT

> The battery gauge for the electric motor batteries never goes above 4
> horizontal stripes on our Accord dashboard. Sometimes it goes down to 3.
> Owner's manual shows it with as many as 6 horizontal stripes and also says
> it can often read high. I was wondering what the gauge in other cars were
> reading. Thanks.

Dunno about the Honda IMA system, but I imagine it is not too different from
the Toyota SHS in this regard: the reading should stay around midrange most
of the time. After drawing a lot from the batteries (like long uphill runs)
the reading will be low and after long downhills it will be high. That's
just the way it works.

Mike

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