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Created July 3, 2006, at 10:15 am by Anonymous

I live in Houston, where we have yearly periods
or heavy rains and flooded streets. How would
driving thru heavy rains and high water effect
the electronics of a hybrids. I'm sure that the
batteries would be safe, but am concerned
about the electric drive motors.

Anonymous says:
2 years ago

Honda's (Insight / Civic / Accord) electric drive motors are sandwiched between the engine and the transmission - I wouldn't expect any rain or "high water" to get into them any more than I would expect it to get into the engine or transmission. (I can't speak for Toyota or Ford or other hybrids' electric motors.)

Anonymous says:
2 years ago

The Ford motors appear to be well sealed up in what would be the transmission part of a regular Escape. I would expect the hybrid to go through any high water that a regular Escape could handle.

Anonymous says:
2 years ago

Up here in the DC area, where we've had over a foot of rain in the past 2 weeks, my HCH handled just fine.

Anonymous says:
2 years ago

I drove through Katrina in Northern Alabama with sideways walls of water. Not very smart but .... I did manage to keep it on the road and TRAC kicked in a couple of times hydroplaning.

Not sure about flooded streets although that is another level of risk even for a standard vehicle.

cccbat says:
1 year ago

I quess the damage would lead to CORROSION..battery damage from having a LOW State of Charge(SLA)is also called Corrosion..I would most likely worry about having your HYBRID stored while the SLA batteries would NOT be getting a Maintainance CHARGE..e.g./if you did get caught in deep water and lost the abilty to drive home(destination)..having the SLA battery drain to LOW rates could be damageing to the wallet.

Anonymous says:
19 weeks ago

some manufacturers like ford already know how to come with such problem but i think it is really hard to maintain that one cause battery problems will happen often.

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