I've never had this issue, parking 3 weeks at a time once or twice a year. The Honda factory battery is fair at best. I have a battery tester and check mine often. My last car was a 2007 Fit. It had a 151R battery. As soon as the battery warranty expired, I replaced it with a "huge" 51R (huge for a Fit). as soon as my factory battery tests less than excellent, it's gone!
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Our 2006 TSX originally had the small 51R battery also.
Many battery complaints from TSX owners but ours lasted a long time with no issues.
I upgraded it with a larger battery many years ago. Super simple to do in a TSX.
Plus our TSX has an underdrive crank pulley.
However, (we have a Scangauge in our TSX also), the TSX charges constantly at 14V+ unlike the HRV.
I'm starting to think that this is a huge factor for the HRV.
I don't actually believe that the HRV has many electronics at all.
Another significant factor is geographic location. A weak battery in a Canadian winter wont start it.
A weak battery in Florida will likely start it.
The HRV charging circuit from the service manual.
The negative battery post connection is foolishly missing but it's connected to the 12V battery sensor.
One can see that the PCM (ECM) is controlling the alternator output.
The Honda service replacement battery (51R 500CCA) in our HRV was only 1.5years old when it died.
The much larger replacement battery in our HRV (124R 700CCA) has been perfect since I installed 13 months ago.
I have never used a trickle charger on our HRV and it's much colder here than New York!
If I ever have to use a trickle charger regularily on any vehicle, I would re-wire that entire vehicle.
I've just resigned myself to driving around with the HRV headlights on all the time and the alternator putting out 14V+.
If I turn the headlights off, the charge voltage immediately goes to 12.3V or so as detailed in numerous posts on this thread.
My wife is the primary driver of our HRV but I haven't told her to drive around with the head lights on.
She would never remember anyway!
I recommend for everyone to drive their HRV around with the head lights on all the time to keep the battery fully charged.
It seems counter-intuitive but a voltmeter tells the story.
I wonder if this strategy works for those that converted to LED head lights or a newer HRV with LED head lights?
We'll see how the larger battery in our HRV performs this winter.
well there are reasons Honda shuts down the constant charging.... some maybe for alternator longevity etc.The Honda service replacement battery (51R 500CCA) in our HRV was only 1.5years old when it died.
The much larger replacement battery in our HRV (124R 700CCA) has been perfect since I installed 13 months ago.
I have never used a trickle charger on our HRV and it's much colder here than New York!
If I ever have to use a trickle charger regularily on any vehicle, I would re-wire that entire vehicle.
I've just resigned myself to driving around with the HRV headlights on all the time and the alternator putting out 14V+.
If I turn the headlights off, the charge voltage immediately goes to 12.3V or so as detailed in numerous posts on this thread.
My wife is the primary driver of our HRV but I haven't told her to drive around with the head lights on.
She would never remember anyway!
I recommend for everyone to drive their HRV around with the head lights on all the time to keep the battery fully charged.
It seems counter-intuitive but a voltmeter tells the story.
I wonder if this strategy works for those that converted to LED head lights or a newer HRV with LED head lights?
We'll see how the larger battery in our HRV performs this winter.
124R ?? is that Canadian upgrade ?
This thread and all the other HRV battery threads on this forum tell the HRV battery story.
51R Battery Upgrade?
The 51R battery in my HRV has died and needed a jump start a few times in the last 3+ years of owning it. Just recently, the dash lights went bonkers and flashed on and off and clicked violently and wouldn't let me turn the car on or off for several seconds. I've read about this happening to...
www.hrvforum.com
Installing a much larger battery in our HRV, which was not simple as that thread shows, was the best solution that I came up with.
It's not a perfect solution by any stretch but so far so good.
We drive our HRV only in the winter and for all our ski trips. It gets cold here and in the mountains.
0F/-18C is a nice warm winter day here from Dec-March.
So far the larger battery in our HRV has performed perfectly, but it's only been 13 months and 1 winter.
Only time will tell if the larger battery in our HRV is a suitable solution.
As was mentioned by another member, a trunkload of batteries will eventually go dead if you don't charge them at the proper voltage.
Which is the reason for driving around the HRV with the headlights on all the time.
It's all a bit crazy for a couple of lines of lame software code in the HRV ECM program!
As another member once posted, "We love the little HRV but it's not perfect".
Do you think this Renault Dauphine suffered from parasitic drain?
Actually, the car was adapted to electric drive, back in 1960.
Photo courtesy Lane Motor Museum in Nashville TN.
Renault Dauphine (electric, grey)-1960 - Lane Motor Museum
In 1956, Renault announced the Dauphine, a 4CV development. The mechanics are similar to those of the 4CV, but the body is a 3-box type. It has a welded stress-carrying center section to which the front and rear assemblies are bolted. The Dauphine quickly became Renault’s leading model. The...
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I wanted to see how you fit it- the current battery is basically shoehorned in as it is.This thread and all the other HRV battery threads on this forum tell the HRV battery story.
51R Battery Upgrade?
The 51R battery in my HRV has died and needed a jump start a few times in the last 3+ years of owning it. Just recently, the dash lights went bonkers and flashed on and off and clicked violently and wouldn't let me turn the car on or off for several seconds. I've read about this happening to...
Installing a much larger battery in our HRV, which was not simple as that thread shows, was the best solution that I came up with.
It's not a perfect solution by any stretch but so far so good.
We drive our HRV only in the winter and for all our ski trips. It gets cold here and in the mountains.
0F/-18C is a nice warm winter day here from Dec-March.
So far the larger battery in our HRV has performed perfectly, but it's only been 13 months and 1 winter.
Only time will tell if the larger battery in our HRV is a suitable solution.
As was mentioned by another member, a trunkload of batteries will eventually go dead if you don't charge them at the proper voltage.
Which is the reason for driving around the HRV with the headlights on all the time.
It's all a bit crazy for a couple of lines of lame software code in the HRV ECM program!
As another member once posted, "We love the little HRV but it's not perfect".
It's tight, as my posts show in the battery upgrade thread, I had to move the ECU over with a fabricated bracket.
The biggest challenge was modding the battery shelf.
So far so good. I haven't touched the battery since I installed it and it hasn't moved a bit.
Next thread, how to swap a real automatic transmission into the HRV!
Did your dealership install a Honda battery?The Honda service replacement battery (51R 500CCA) in our HRV was only 1.5years old when it died.
The much larger replacement battery in our HRV (124R 700CCA) has been perfect since I installed 13 months ago.
I have never used a trickle charger on our HRV and it's much colder here than New York!
If I ever have to use a trickle charger regularily on any vehicle, I would re-wire that entire vehicle.
I've just resigned myself to driving around with the HRV headlights on all the time and the alternator putting out 14V+.
If I turn the headlights off, the charge voltage immediately goes to 12.3V or so as detailed in numerous posts on this thread.
My wife is the primary driver of our HRV but I haven't told her to drive around with the head lights on.
She would never remember anyway!
I recommend for everyone to drive their HRV around with the head lights on all the time to keep the battery fully charged.
It seems counter-intuitive but a voltmeter tells the story.
I wonder if this strategy works for those that converted to LED head lights or a newer HRV with LED head lights?
We'll see how the larger battery in our HRV performs this winter.
There was about 3 years that Honda installed inferior units that could not handle parasitic loads for any length of time without sulfates.
There are several construction factors that assure a start in a car that has to support many computers in a keep-alive state.
Measuring, grinding, drilling, fabbing and welding, like all my projects around the house!
This mod is not for everyone.
It would not make financial sense to pay someone to make these mods to fit in the larger battery.
All the my gory details are in this thread:
51R Battery Upgrade?
The 51R battery in my HRV has died and needed a jump start a few times in the last 3+ years of owning it. Just recently, the dash lights went bonkers and flashed on and off and clicked violently and wouldn't let me turn the car on or off for several seconds. I've read about this happening to...
www.hrvforum.com
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