Honda Civic IMA Red Battery Light/No Charge/Discharging Issue Quick Fix!

THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX! But at least It'll Fix it and allow your battery to charge again. If you are like me and experienced issues once in awhile where the IMA light, Engine light, AND the Red Battery light all come on. It will cause your IMA battery to not charge OR discharge. It will more or less run on the gasoline engine only. This is a quick fix to this problem I have discovered. RESULTS MAY VARY on how bad off your IMA system is. this trick will work in 2006-2008 HCH2 Sedans. If you have prior or later years, you are more than welcome to try it but there's no guarantee. good luck! If anyone has any questions regarding this issue. MESSAGE SPEC M AUTO ON INSTAGRAM!

[annaw]

Thanks for this, worked for us. Our problems started when the kids left one of the doors open over night, car battery drained, jump started (even though I think we weren't supposed to) would be dead every morning. Changed 12v battery now it's ok if drive atleast every other day, if left any longer than that needs jump starting. Was away for a week and fully expected it to need a jump start when I got back, started up ok w/o jump but had this error. Tried what you said and it worked. Let's hope it lasts, tried it last night and started up fine this morning dropping the kids off to school.

Thank you very much for sharing.

[joaocardoso]

It works !!
Thank you.

Honda IMA second generation (2001 to 2005)

[dn]

I think this could be due to the 12v battery not having enough charge to successfully Start up the HV battery brain which causes the HV battery system to fail (Also potentially why your engine management light is on.) I've found if you fire it up and give it a rev literally just after you've turned the ignition, it seems to start charging

[bgjobass]

Love this video, immensely helpful. Sister has the 2010 Insight, same issues

[ytbresearcher]

Perfect that's working for me thanks alot for spreading such information as this hybrid pack is pain in ass

[toddjohnson]

So my 2011 CRZ had the same lights on. Even the check engine light. It was not the IMA system so to speak, but it was the battery packs cooling fan in the right side rear . I put a new 1 in and no more check eng. IMA, battery voltage lights. Your batteries are getting 🔥

[perrynaslund]

Thanks for the tips its Works on my car! 2008

[atlanticatmosphere]

What about the orange check brake system light, along with ima light with check battery system indicator while driving?

[bollyfan]

Thank you. I've a honda civic hybrid 2008 auto - IMA lights comes on while driving the car for 15 min so. I then stop the car turn OFF the ignition. Wait for few sec and turn the ignition ON the IMA light goes. What can be the problem??

[kaseycook]

What I did is went down to Walmart bought a battery for $74 replace the regular car battery up underneath the hood now the light will still pop on and the car will run like ass what you need to do is run it for a good hour like you normally drive it turn it off walk away from it for like 30 minutes come back turn it back on drive it it will start function back to normal like it it used to drive that will fix your problem

[akilaperera]

Bro Thanks for the video! After the IMA light turned on, I feel some lags with transmission system while driving. Is that normal in this issue? Why It effects to transmission system?

[hanadjemal]

Where man is there anything on the gauge that tells us about the hybrid battery lever and how much left

[RandyXBR]

Well headed outside to give this a try. I also had both brake lights come on as well the last time this happened. I'd stopped on a rutted uphill driveway (mine) to get the mail. Wouldn't restart, turned the key off for 3 seconds tried again keeping the key pushed to start and a very weak and rough start initiated and I limped it home. Really disappointed because I bought it with 114, 000 miles and the dealership said that ALL batteries were replaced. I've only put 10, 000 miles on it and loved the car, like a little go-kart I'd never had as a kid (I'm an old kid now). Wishing I'd not gotten a hybrid at this point. I like simple, economical and reliable. My son put 587, 000+ miles on a standard transmission CIvic and then sold it for $700... I was hoping for something closer to that. :/ Any thoughts on the dual brake lights? Possibly something in the regenerative braking department?

[paddyohenry]

I get the IMA light and battery light occasionally on my 2006 Civic Hybrid. I pull off the road, switch off the car, and plug in my cheap OBDII scanner. I then turn the key on one notch short of ignition and then reset the ECUs using the scanner. Switch off the key, unplug the scanner, and then the car returns to normal operation usually. I think my battery pack is still decent but I get U1205 and U0110 error codes when those lights come on (it's not a blown fuse BTW). Hope this helps someone.

[sahandpar]

WOAH, it worked and the IMA and battery lights went away.

But that 'check engine' light is still there. Does that go away too?

[burhannaeem]

I am having the same problem red battery light is still on, changed the 12V battery IMA packs seems to charging and discharging good could anyone please help in this it’s civic 07 .

[MusicFanda]

My car has low power and poor fuel mileage and I often get p1435

[mohammadismail]

Man this is the worst car I ever had or seen. Stupid battery system, crappy power train, you name it.. But thanks for the tip it should come handy for sure.

[dilbagsingh]

Bro why that engine light is always on. Please help me with that.

[playboy]

I just heard from Scotty kilmer idk if I heard wrong but u can supposibly put a alternator in these cars idk if that's true