My neighbor has a 2012 i-MiEV ES with CHAdeMO. Car has 80,000 miles. 12v battery fairly new and good. The main battery is fully charged, but RR=28 at 16 bars. Haven't checked its capacity.
A very large branch fell across his driveway and he had his daughter back down to it and he hitched a rope to the branch and to his trailer hitch.
Daughter started pulling the branch up his steep driveway and as the load increased she floored it with the car and branch barely moving. She heard a click and totally lost power. They towed the car up the driveway to their home.
Car goes into READY, but shifting out of Park results in dashboard yellow "RBS" and the "yellow car symbol with exclamation point through it" which the manual calls the Electric Motor Unit warning light. The car just sits there in READY and when in gear doesn't respond to the accelerator pedal.
Troubleshooting -
My i909 shows only one DTC: C1340, Stoplight Switch Error. I can clear it, but it comes back whenever the car is in READY and shifted out of Park.
[Personal note: it makes sense as the car not seeing the brake switch closure would inhibit the car's operation when shifting out of Park. There is also a mechanical interlock which prevents shifting out of Park if the brake pedal is not depressed, and that's working ok.]
The Relay Box #8 15A fuse is good, stoplight switch itself tested good, and the brake lights work just fine. The stoplight switch wire also goes to the ASC-ECU, but no reason to suspect an open circuit there as the harness was not touched. Haven't tested for a brake light signal at Pin 30 of the ASC-ECU.
Here is what the manual says about the RBS indicator: "The indicator comes on when the regenerative brake performance may be weakened. In this case, drive the vehicle at a lower speed."
Here is what the manual says about the Electric Motor Unit warning light: "This warning light will illuminate when there is a problem with a high voltage component."
The 'click' heard at the time of failure is a mystery.
Welcome any ideas on what to do next.
A very large branch fell across his driveway and he had his daughter back down to it and he hitched a rope to the branch and to his trailer hitch.
Daughter started pulling the branch up his steep driveway and as the load increased she floored it with the car and branch barely moving. She heard a click and totally lost power. They towed the car up the driveway to their home.
Car goes into READY, but shifting out of Park results in dashboard yellow "RBS" and the "yellow car symbol with exclamation point through it" which the manual calls the Electric Motor Unit warning light. The car just sits there in READY and when in gear doesn't respond to the accelerator pedal.
Troubleshooting -
My i909 shows only one DTC: C1340, Stoplight Switch Error. I can clear it, but it comes back whenever the car is in READY and shifted out of Park.
[Personal note: it makes sense as the car not seeing the brake switch closure would inhibit the car's operation when shifting out of Park. There is also a mechanical interlock which prevents shifting out of Park if the brake pedal is not depressed, and that's working ok.]
The Relay Box #8 15A fuse is good, stoplight switch itself tested good, and the brake lights work just fine. The stoplight switch wire also goes to the ASC-ECU, but no reason to suspect an open circuit there as the harness was not touched. Haven't tested for a brake light signal at Pin 30 of the ASC-ECU.
Here is what the manual says about the RBS indicator: "The indicator comes on when the regenerative brake performance may be weakened. In this case, drive the vehicle at a lower speed."
Here is what the manual says about the Electric Motor Unit warning light: "This warning light will illuminate when there is a problem with a high voltage component."
The 'click' heard at the time of failure is a mystery.
Welcome any ideas on what to do next.
