Two problems related to starter have been reported for the 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I bought this car off of a private seller few months ago when the car was around 99000 miles, used it to commute from and to work (6 miles drive), and couple of road trips from boston to rhode island. The car was working perfectly fine, I was really happy with it, until last week when the car started to startle when I come to a complete stop and hit the gas again. I just figured its time for an oil change so I took it in to meineke but the jitter would not go away, the guy from meineke told me it could be a motor problem. So I took the car to a mechanic and they said its the starter clutch. I did some digging around on the different forums and figured out this is a very common problem for first gen hch. I was actually surprised by the amount of complaints I was able to find on edmunds, kbb, autraders, and cars. Com knowing how reliable Hondas usually are (I personally drove two Hondas before, and never had any problems). Seeing the amount of complaints, why isn't there a recall being issued for this dilemma. Honda should really try to fix this issue, or loyal customers such as myself would start to walk.
- the contact stated while driving the 2003 Honda civic hibrid ( at 50 mph and merging onto the interstate the vehicle began to lose power. It regained power by accelerating, but the vehicle jerked back and forward. The vehicle had to be driven slowly until it got up to proper speed. The mechanic stated that the egr valve, the starter gear and the flywheel failed. The vehicle was still not working properly.