Honda Civic Hybrid - Battery Stick Test and Replace
 

Hello,

I want to fix my HCH for the next owner. I am sure a young person could enjoy it.

This is a Honda Civic Hybrid that I have owned for a while and fixed up for my wife.

Car runs great. I grid charged the battery, but have codes for some poor sticks in the pack.

Can anyone help with the best way to test the sticks, so I can replace the bad ones?

Has anyone had success with buying the untested used packs, or is it better to purchase tested ones?

Thank you!

Re: Honda Civic Hybrid - Battery Stick Test and Replace
 

My Civic Hybrid has been fine for the 6 years I've had it - paid off, second hand, was a fleet car before I bought it. It has no guts but the MPGs are fabulous. Mechanic said the hybrid battery is going (the light comes on intermittently, it hesitates when starting from a stop occasionally). Since this is an old beast with 120k on it, and it'll need new brakes soon, too, is it worth putting a new battery in it at $3k, or should I get rid of it while I can? If the latter, whats a good MPG car I can buy used that snaptube vidmate you'd actually recommend?

Re: Honda Civic Hybrid - Battery Stick Test and Replace
 

Re: Honda Civic Hybrid - Battery Stick Test and Replace
 

For the love of all that is holy, do not do this. You can't safely charge NiMH in parallel. There's a very good chance you'll push one or more cells into thermal runaway and destroy them.