@Mr.DC

At the moment is mugen front grille or zeus front grille. Modulo front grille is not selling in Malaysia unless you can supplier to build one or direct order from Japan.

Is there rear armrest for insight?

@lifeseries

There is no rear armrest for Malaysia insight.

Hi, just finish drive for almost a month after 20K service.

Complain my IMA battery indicator drop from full bar to zero and then back to full for 1 min drive(Occur once a while) and lastly go up Genting (almost near genting) IMA battery show half but acceleration can only go for 10Km/h even I change to lower gear L. Pedal bang to the floor but still speed around 10Km/h++. I have to release and bang again the pedal to push a bit of speed. Luckily the distance was short or else get honk by cars behind then down hill to recharge my battery and everything back to normal.
SC put a remark to ask mechanic to check IMA battery. After getting my car they say the IMA battery connection is loose. So I test drive for a while to see if it happen again. So far no drop for the IMA battery indicator. The up hill thing so far no problem but is not like Genting hill slope so is hard to say.

Another thing I found is normally when I fill up full tank I can get up to 350 - 380 KM (Empty Fuel tank light up) but after this service I can get 400 - 430 KM (City 85% highway 15%).


Damage from 20k service (Chan Sow Lin SC):-

Labour = RM117.0
Oil (Semi) = RM99.80 (15% discount)
Washer Drain = RM 2.10
Oil Filter = RM26.08 (15% discount)
Dust and Pollen Filter = RM153.00 (15% discount)
(Air cond service postpone to next services cause very expensive)

Total = RM405.00 (including service tax 6%)

This post has been edited by jtlim98: Nov 24 2012, 12:48 AM

uh my 20k service coming soon also (sweat)

Haha during test drive i remember there is rear armrest. Hmm.....

i think u saw it in the brochure

Haha the test drive car at setia alam showroom

guys, need ur help. Just discover this metal piece like gasket sticking out. Does your insight have this as well? Located near the engine oil cover. Below it. Anyone can confirm it is normal?

So, other than buying these item from Honda dealer; anyone from this forum know accessories shop selling OEM Boot Tray and Side Step Garnish? Please give shop name and address (in klang valley area).

to be honest it looks nice but its quite low. so i took it off. sometimes hit slopes. i dont like when it happens.

anyone?

@alxdc

Can you try to post in FB if possible ?

Officially an insight owner yesterday!! The car is fun!!!

So many. Which one?

IMA battery connection loose? That will give you an IMA warning DTC code on your ECU, your IMA warning indicator on your dash should have been lit up.

I am not there seeing what the SC had done to your car, so I am just guessing based on theory and experience. I suspect what the SC does to your car is to disconnect your 12V battery for a while to have the BCM memory cleared, then rev your engine to above 2.5k rpm at neutral gear to recharge the IMA and triggers the IMA recal sequence. If your car is recal issue, this should solve the problem and return the IMA function to normal, however, if it is your 12V battery going bad, the symptom will return later.

But if you ask me, if my Insight have this symptom, first thing I will check is the 12V battery capacity (not with a volt meter, you need a proper load tester for that). What does a low capacity 12v have to do with the IMA? A bad 12V drained the IMA via the DC-DC converter, and causes the BCM to looses memory thus causing frequent IMA recal, which is exactly the symptom you are seeing on your car (one minute IMA close to full, and another short moment later it falls to 0, system frequently on regen mode rather than assist, and eventually the car felt extremely sluggish because not only the 1.3l engine have to propel the car, but also have to keep charging the IMA at the same time). I think I am not going to go through it again, you can search the previous thread for detailed explanation.

If you have a 'friendly' car battery shop that you can loan a good 12V battery to you for a few days, you can run your own experiment on the above.

When Insight owner goes to SC on similar problem, all kind of different version of explanation given. Most common example is IMA system software requires update. IMA battery connection loose definitely is a new version of explanation I have heard of.

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Added on November 25, 2012, 6:23 pmYea, my Oct 2011 pre-facelift Insight have that piece of gasket extending out at the same spot too.

This post has been edited by cbinn: Nov 25 2012, 06:23 PM

thanks.....its a relief to know that.

Bro mind to share ur experience with ur car so far?

Hi guys...

Just place my booking fee for Honda insight..

I'm from Puchong. Been eyeing insight for long long time, recently discount really catch my attention. Haha...