- Honda Car Owner's Manual

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STARTING/RESTARTINGMODE
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Energyflowfrombatterytogasengine(viaelectricmotor)
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Undermostconditions,theInsightengineisstartedbytheIMAmotor,whichinstantlyspinstheengine
to1000rpm.
TheInsightalsohasaconventional12vauxiliarystartermotorthatisusedinthefollowingsituations:
• ThestateofchargeoftheBatteryModuleistoolow.
• Theambienttemperatureistoohighortoolow.
• ThereisafailureoftheIMAsystem.
BecausetheInsightwon'tenteridlestopmodeinanyoftheabovesituations,allenginestartsother
thantheinitialstartwillalwaysbedoneusingtheIMAmotor.
To testthe12v auxiliarystartingsystem,firstdisabletheIMAstartingsystembyremovingfuse#2
fromtheunder-dashfusebox.
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