- Honda Car Owner's Manual

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LONG-TERMSTORAGE
Inadditiontoaconventional12Vbattery,theInsighthasa.Whenthevehicleis
storedforalongperiod,theIMAbatterywillgraduallydischargeandmustbechargedperiodically(ideally
onceeverythreemonths).TomaintaintheIMAbattery,followthisprocedure:
1. Removethe40AEPSFuse(No.15)fromtheUnder-HoodFuseboxintheenginecompartment,
thenstarttheengine.TheEPSwarninglightonthedashboardwillilluminatebecausetheEPS
fuseismissing.Thisdoesnotindicateasystemfault.Thewarninglightwillgooffwhenthe
EPSfuseisrefitted.
2. Makesuretheareaaroundthevehicleisfreeofflammableitems.Then,runtheengineat3500
rpm for 5-10 minutes. Monitor the IMA Battery Level Gauge for movement indicating its
chargingprocess.
3. TheprocedureiscompletewhentheIMABatteryLevelGaugeshowsfullycharged.
4. Reinstallthe40AEPSFuseinitsoriginalposition(No.15).
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