Hymotion pack issue

Milwaukee? I hadn't heard anything about a Milwaukee installer.

If for some reason you end up in Madison instead next Saturday morning we will be having our hybrid car club meeting there from 10am-noon at Smart motors. Stop upstairs and visit.

 

Hope this will be a quick fix for you. et us know what the problem was and how it was fix. Thats if you can get that information.

 

Last minute change... looks like the meeting will be postponed one week until September 21, 10-noon.

Sorry that we'll miss you this time. It would've been great to hear your Hymotion experiences.

 

Max9952001

I was just there on the 17th to get the software upgrade. Had a bad experience with the service rep...
Just when car was done, I asked him if John could right my on/off button (which was installed upside down in Minneapolis).

The rep said John just left, but I can do that. It's easy.

The next day, the system would not engage. John in Madison gave me a few things to try and he also had Jim Strong from Hymotion call me that day.

Apparently, rep had pulled too hard and pulled a wire out. I couldn't get it in with a paper clip, tweezers, and a flashlight.

Drove back the next day and John fixed it in about 10 minutes.

Working great now. Brake lights come on when plug in. After a few seconds "fades to black"!

 

Mine was the same way but I fixed mine myself. I was told by my installer that he followed the installations by the book down to every last zip tie. In my case he installed the switch on top of my dash instead of the button blank since I have all three filled on mine plus he did not hook up the EV wire since I all ready had the button. I think they might have pictured the switch up side down in the installation manual.

Just to be clear it was the on/off switch wire right?

I know when I had my firmware upgraded a wire came loose in the back on the main plug for the battery. This caused a major system problem but was easily fixed by clearing the codes. I also fixed this myself. Apparently they only crimped the wire to the pin and not soldered it. This is why it come out. When I inspected the pin it was a very lose crimp. I made a suggestion to Jim that they should also solder the wires just to prevent this from happening to future installed units.

 

Yes. The red light was on the lower part, and the "on" toggle was down.

As I recall there were 4 wires going to the harness. And one of them had pulled out of the worm like connector. I kept trying to fish it out of the hole but couldn't get a good grip. I'm not very mechanical anyway.

By the way, do you know what the software update does besides turn off the brake lights. Several months ago, Jim Strong had said that a software upgrade was out there that turns the lights out, but that I should wait, as another upgrage is coming out in October. Any way to find this out? I tried google.

By the way. My wife and I are from Cleveland, and I was wondering where you had your install done?

George

 

The firmware I have that was installed early this year fixed the brake light issue and prevented the car from entering EV at start up to conform to CARB regulations. You cna still get into EV mode at start up if you install a manual EV button.

I had mine installed at Fitzgerald Toyota in Maryland.