MFD red warning regarding hybrid battery

Not sure if anyone had this happen. But while driving the hybrid warning light turned on in the MTD. A red car if I remember correctly. I called Steve he has a shop in Indiana. Great guy. He told me it was the hybrid battery over heating and to try and mess with the wiring going to the cooling fan in the right rear quarter panel

Steve was right. Seems my car developed a crack in the body seam at the roof line. Water was leaking into the cabin everytime it rained. The 12volt battery was swimming in 3inches of water. I messed around with the wires that were above the right rear tire. Some of these wires went to the cooling fan for the hybrid battery. The cooling fan started to turn on and off and air coming from the hybrid battery was hot. Seems the leak was dripping on the electrical connector for the hybrid cooling fan. The connector was all corroded and i had to cut it out and hard wire it together. Been working good ever since. The leak was sealed with silicone. Couldn't think of anything else. The right thing would have been to grind out the seam filler and re apply the seam goop. Wild love to know if anyone else has had a leak or was this a fluke.

 

Ok. Cool. I figured I had beaten this car so hard the body was cracking. Lol. But there is a connector attached to the sheet metal for the cooling fan. It was nasty nasty corroded. When the battery overheated. I wiggled it and the fan started. That was around 110000 miles. But I stopped the car and called Steve in Indiana. He answered and gave me the idea. In my profession you can loose faith in people, everyone lies to me. Steve rebuilt that faith. He saved my azz. It was a Sunday if I remember correctly. Awesome guy. Awesome company.

 

I agree. I also need to get back over there. You guys rock. Love the UK. Always a blast.