Energy Monitor - Hybrid battery bars

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    Hello,

    Going through a car wash, I had an error message come up requesting that I place the car in Park, it was in neutral. After getting through the wash, I put it in drive and the error went away. I noticed that the bars only went up to 6 not the full 8. I have just over 100K miles on the car. Should it still be going to the 8 bars? Does 6 bars mean that the hybrid battery is damaged? Thanks!
     
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    The battery will recharge to normal as you drive, don't worry about it. As I understand, in neutral, the battery will not charge and if you have any accessories on they will use battery power ...the car knows this and asked you to put it into park.
     
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    it sounds like you're okay, the battery doesn't always go to 8 bars.

    however, at the age of your battery, you risk running it dangerously low in a carwash that requires neutral.

    if you must, try to go in when the battery is fairly high, and don't use a/c.
     
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    What @bisco said. (y)

    And welcome, BTW.

    The car washes that require you to be in neutral are a little risky if your traction battery is low, especially in hot weather with the A/C running.
     
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    The EXACT same situation happened to me yesterday at the car wash. Nice to hear that it doesn't sound like a huge concern or that there's anything wrong with the battery.
     
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