OBD Guide

U01B0

Lost Communication With Battery Monitor Module

Severity
⚠️ Medium
Can you drive?
Limited driving only, diagnose soon
Approx. repair cost
$56–278 (est.)

Symptoms

  • Check Engine light comes on
  • Incorrect display of battery charge level
  • The car goes into emergency mode
  • Problems starting the engine
  • Reduced performance of the hybrid system

Causes

  • Broken or damaged wires in the communication circuit
  • Malfunction of the battery monitoring module
  • Module power problems
  • Short circuit in the CAN bus circuit
  • Software error in the ECU

How to Fix

  1. Check the integrity of the wiring harness to the module
  2. Check fuses associated with the module
  3. Diagnose the battery monitoring module
  4. Check CAN bus connections
  5. Update ECU firmware if necessary

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