One problem related to engine failure has been reported for the 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid based on all problems reported for the 2008 Civic Hybrid.
Situation 1: on this day, I was climbing the hills (not steep) to go to an observatory called lick observatory in my hometown. The battery drained completely and the gasoline engine failed to start, stalling my car and then sliding backwards towards the cars behind me. The cars behind me upon witnessing me slide backwards, started to honk at me very loudly. I instantly applied the brakes and somehow managed to slide backwards towards the shoulder. Sometime later, after turning the keys several time, the gasoline engine started. And with much difficulty and at the expense of lot of gas I was able to continue to crawl towards the observatory. This was an extremely dangerous situation and could possibly be fatal because I could have lost control of my car and fallen off the hill. Updated 03/21/lj updated ivoq 03/23/12.