[ryanthegreat1]

Maintenance matters more than miles.

But also if you can wait the car market is about to implode. It's a game of chicken right now and the sellers are hoping the buyers blink first.

And I say that as someone attempting to sell a car right now. Hpoe to get it sold before the market really tanks!

 

[ryanthegreat1]

Seems extremely high. But that is the current market.

 

[ryanthegreat1]

Book or book plus 150% as they have done recently?

 

[ryanthegreat1]

Battery has been disconnected recently or gone completely dead. Radio is asking for a code.

Tires look like they might be getting old. And it needs fog lights.

Look it over real good for over spray and matching vin stickers.

Being a lithium car there is no rejuvenation for the IMA battery. Would be wise to take it to Honda for a pre purchase inspection and they can pull the data about the usable IMA battery capacity.

 

[ryanthegreat1]

Nail on the head. Not affordable at these prices and rates.

 

[ryanthegreat1]

Generally the nickel batteries in the 11-12 are tougher batteries that can also be brought back from poor capacity after abuse. The lithium cars can not have their batteries brought back.

The computer keeps track of how much usable capacity the hybrid battery has as a percentage. A Honda scan tool can read that percentage and give you a reasonable idea of the state of health on the hybrid battery.

 

[ryanthegreat1]

They are just not familiar enough with the CR-Z or any hybrids they have.

There is specifically a data point in the IMA system that an HDS or clone or PeterPerkins tool can read.

 

[ryanthegreat1]

IMA hybrid battery health

I was just in contact with PeterPerkins about this question I had: Do you know how I could check the current battery health of my CR-Z's IMA hybrid battery? I know the Honda dealership might be able to do it, but can I also do it myself? His reply was: You really need an HDS or my OBDIIC&C...

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IMA battery test results HELP!

Hello, guys I am negotiating for a CR-Z 2010, and I asked the owner (it is in another country, here in Europe) to do a health test on the battery before I buy it. So he went to the dealer and sent me the result. It shows 75% usable capacity but it seems like they also reset the BCM. What is the...

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The IMA Battery Uncloaked.

There is a lot of chat in car forums and groups about the mysterious 'IMA' battery and it's characteristics, capacity, longevity etc etc. The CR-Z has two types depending on the year. 2010-2012 Nimh & 2013-2016 Lithium. Lets start with the much more common Nimh one. Enormous amounts of work...

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Peter is a bit of a legend around here when it comes to the Honda Hybrid systems.

 

[ryanthegreat1]

True, very few have needed to replace the IMA battery.

Though as these cars age we are seeing the boards inside the IMA battery fail. Particularly on the lithium cars. There are not enough of them that have failed that anyone has come up with an indicator of imminent failure or pattern. But probably half dozen of those failures documented around here.

Still a solid choice for a car. The manual transmission is the one to have. Just check it for bad input shaft bearings. You shouldn't hear the transmission whirring in neutral with your foot off the clutch. Should be silent and no change of sound between clutch fully depressed and fully released.