Honda Civic Hybrid owners have reported 2 problems related to engine failure (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Honda Civic Hybrid based on all problems reported for the 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.
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The contact owns a 2004 Honda civic-hybrid. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times and they found no failures; however, they reset the sensor. The contact stated that if the engine failed, he would be unaware because the indicator is constantly illuminated. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 45,000 and current mileage was 147,000.
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