Won't IMA assist at charging level 3/8?

[Houston-oz]

I'm driving CR-Z EX with Navi, 6 speed manual in U.S,
Its IMA won't assit when charging level is 3/8. (3 charging bars from the left)
but I saw Honda home page movie, even 2 bars in charging level still assist.
Is mine having problem???
Is every one the same? or does yours assist till the battery charging level
get empty????

[Scotty001]

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[lexicon]

Mine has never, ever, under any circumstances, given assist below 3/8.
Other folks say different, but that's my experience.

[ocorreia]

Originally Posted by lexicon

Mine has never, ever, under any circumstances, given assist below 3/8.
Other folks say different, but that's my experience.

Same here, I've never got any IMA assist below 3/8 bars, either in Eco, Normal or Sport mode.

[DerekS]

Same. 3 bars is the cutoff for me.

[wicked1]

Same.. 3 bars, no IMA.

[maxboy]

i was in traffic yesterday, stuck for, very often stop and go so to the engine, it eventually brought down to 2 bar, econ mode, AC on.
Auto stop still engaged, foot on throttle still give 5 bar assist for 1 sec, no more.
now only 1 bar left, auto stop sometimes engaged (have to bring the speed above 12km/h to engage it), still give 3 bar assist for .5 sec.
when no bar, of course nothing happen, lol.

yes, normally IMA cut off at 3 bar, but somehow when the car knows you stuck in heavy traffic, it reacts differently.

[sirphoenix]

Agree, i can get it down to 1 bar while stuck in traffic, then it starts to recharge automatically and will not assist until at least 3 bars show up.

Driving really fast with high rpms (e.g. racing) can get it down to 2 bars aswell, i'll usually need to recharge in neutral at 3000 rpm for the next run - don't forget to pop up the hood while doing so or you risk overheating.
It takes about 3-5 minutes to get it back on 8/8 bars, however the last bar from 7 to 8 takes unusually long time to get there...

[tsh]

Never get an boost below 3 bars, but it does sometimes drop below 3 when not in stop-start, so either it is sometimes giving a little boost, or is is getting out of calibration.

[TheSeer]

Mine cuts out at 4 bars when going over the mountain on the way to work. It does great 1/2 way up, then feels like I'm dragging an anchor as it insists on charging the rest of the way up. The elevation change is at most 500 feet. VERY annoying.