Honda Civic Hybrid owners have reported 12 unknown or other related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common unknown or other problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's unknown or other (12 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
Ignition lock failure. Car can be turned of and key can be removed from ignition when the car is in drive. Fortunately I use my parking break.
I have owned this car since April 2008 - I don't drive a lot - in 4 years and 3 months I have less than 40,000 miles on the car. I am the original owner - I purchased it new. I noticed a few months back that the hybrid batteries did not appear to be acting right and when I mentioned it during my 30,000 service they said that it was testing ok and there were no problems with it. Over the past few months it has steadily gotten worse - to the point where the hybrid batteries would not hold a charge. When I brought it in to the dealership they stated that while they could see that the battery was dead it wasn't giving them the "error message" or "error code" that it was supposed to so that they could replace the battery. They had to keep it and drive it around town the entire day and perform tests on it to make the car finally give them the error code necessary to indicate that the hybrid battery was not working so it could be replaced. While these batteries are under warranty and they are replacing them - I don't feel that 4 year lifespan for this type of equipment is adequate - particularly given that I don't drive the car a lot. Additionally this is a quite costly part - $4,000 if it was not under warranty. I am concerned that the error message was not displaying despite the months of issues with it - and the fact that the equipment only has a shelf life of 4 years in my location due to the climate. This was not disclosed during my purchase and had it been I would never have purchased a hybrid vehicle. This with the fuel tank defect has me seriously questioning this car maker's quality and durability of their vehicles.
I purchased this 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid new in April 2006. The window sticker said 49 mpg city and 51 mpg highway. I have 121,xxx miles on the vehicle and have tried hard to get the best mileage possible. The best I can achieve on the average combined is 38-39. It is clear fraud. The class action suit which was filed is not a reasonable compensation to me for my damages. Maybe to the lawyers who represent the class, but not me. I should be compensated the damages between what was sold to me and what was delivered plus punitive damages. I would like your help.
The integrated motor assist (ima) hybrid system loses power with no known precipitating factors or advance indication of failure. The vehicle will immediately reduce power train output prior to the dash gauges indicating a near-complete loss of ima battery charge and function moments later, with only the internal combustion engine providing motive power. Within 3-4 miles of driving, the ima battery charge, as indicated by the dash meter, will then immediately jump to a completely full level in a similarly unexplained fashion. Independent of these transient but regular failures of the high-voltage hybrid system, the vehicle functions as expected. Currently, I have documented over 160 instances since 4/22/11, occurring an average of once every day the vehicle is driven, increasing to 2-3 times daily since mid-November, 2011 (data available on request). Symptoms occur independent of ambient temperature, nature of drive (high/low speed) and despite changing the 12 volt battery and disconnecting or turning off all power accessories possible. Following a satisfaction campaign by Honda in late summer/fall, 2010 that involved a software update installed at a Honda dealership and replacement of the DC-DC converter portion of the hybrid system under recall shortly after, the episodes of loss of power impairing vehicle operation have increased in frequency. An additional software update by Honda completed on 11/10/11 has further exacerbated the rate of transient failures of the ima system and impacted vehicle driveability. Multiple software updates pertaining the the ima hybrid system have also been installed on the vehicle by Honda dealer technicians over the previous 3 years.
2007 Honda hybird ima problems Honda update now car really unsafe. Never know when hybird will go gas millage went from 45 to 32 mpg cant get up to speep at lights tierd of people blowing there horns at me. Please help us hybird owers very unsafe car with ima update Honda want put it back to org spec.
The car loses power upon acceleration and going up a hill from a complete standstill. The car at times can not climb up a hill. This causes a safety issue. I have discussed this Honda and I was told that "given that there was not a computer record in the memory there was not a problem. On the freeway the engine revs upon acceleration without any increase in speed. I think the battery electrical assist system is defective and needs to be replaced, Honda added a computer patch to the car that slowed down the electric engine assist and comprimised the power and acceleration.
Purchased vehicle new in March of 2008. In October of 2010 an ima battery update was required by manufacturer. Since the update I have taken the vehicle back to the dealer on a monthly basis for almost a year with the following problems, they of course can not get the vehicle to do everything that it does to me and the dealer always tells me it is operating within manufacturers standards. I have given up taking it in every month and now just take it in for its routine maintenance, I give them a printout of my concerns and the tech attaches it to the workorder. A) low fuel mileage, averages 25 to 28 mpg. Before ima update, was averaging 35 to 45 mpg. B) slow acceleration from stops, this is very dangerous because we never know if the vehicle is going to move or not. We must leave ourselves alot of space when trying to merge with traffic because of this. C) idles rough, off & on, while stopped or parked, this is using up gas because the ima battery does not come on as much as it used to. D) assist is not coming on as much as it used to, if at all. E) ima battery reading goes from 1-2 bars upto 8 or so in minutes and then back down to 1-2 bars within a minute or less. Usually reads about 1-2 bars most of time. Ima is charging itself on flat ground, up hills, down hills and when braking. I would trade the vehicle in for another, but am afraid that some other sucker would end up with something that is not operating correctly. I did purchase the extended warranty on this vehicle.
At approximately 30k miles the hybrid battery charging capacity started to decrease. The battery would not hold a charge as long. Honda sent letters out to have a software patch put in to prolong the life of the battery. Therefore they know they have a problem. The software made things even worse by degrading mpg and power on acceleration. The electrical motor torque is not enough to make a diff with the underpowered 1. 3 engine this car has. Too many times when starting from a stop the car has no power and there is a actual delay and very slow acceleration. Running the car with the air on is even worse. My wife is afraid to drive this car and Honda will not do anything about this . Its pushed from dealer to Honda corp back and forth. The car is dangerous to drive.
Car lost over 15 mpg for a number of months, extreme decrease in acceleration necessary for car to safely merge or turn into traffic, on multiple occasions, car would not accelerate over 35-40 mph when entering interstate traffic, ima and check engine lights eventually came on, complete failure of the ima batter module, module replaced under warranty, but software has been reprogrammed, car still has less power and a loss of approx 10 mpg, Honda states there is no fix at this time, but that car is operating as designed.
My car is a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid. I purchased it used two years ago. In the first year, I was gratified to see that it was regularly getting between 40 and 45 mpg (up to 50 mph if it was all hwy. Miles!). This summer, I got a letter from Honda telling me that I needed to have a faulty ima updated. I complied. Now my car gets 29-33 mpg…and I am driving so carefully that I sometimes irritate the people behind me. In talking with the dealership, i’ve been getting answers like: - it’s the ethanol in oregon’s gas - it’s probably the new tires I purchased - it’s the way i’m driving the car finally one brave soul at the dealership admitted that many of their hybrid owners are coming in with the same concern. Ever since the ima update, they’ve been getting considerably lower gas mileage. He said the dealership has voiced its concern to Honda USA, but there is no action being taken on Honda’s part. I called Honda USA. The answer I got was this: we acknowledge your concern, but there is nothing we are planning to do about it.
The vehicle's hybrid ima system (integrated motor assist) has been steadily deteriorating since approximately 40000 miles, but became hazardous at around 63000. Current mileage is 78500. The hybrid battery system must recharge so frequently that battery assist is available less than half the time. When assist is unavailable, acceleration is dangerously low, making common driving situations such as left turns, freeway onramps, and merging into traffic unpredictable and quite hazardous. Honda's only response has been a series of ineffective software updates. Honda will not replace the battery under warranty unless a warning light appears. Yet even the current severely degraded performance of the battery does not trigger that warning light. I have been in several "near miss" situations when acceleration was so sluggish that I was nearly unable to evade a dangerous traffic situation.
Severe and recurrent pulling of my 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid requiring three (3) sets of new tires in less than 6 months and 16,000 miles. My vehicle has been taken to my local Honda dealership multiple times to address this concern. It is only a matter of time before the pulling results in an accident involving myself and/or my wife with child. Honda has not been able to identify the root of the pulling problem. Efforts have involved creating a formal case with american Honda. In addition to my local Honda dealership, both the district parts and service manager and case manager supervisor have been consulted. Additionally, I have written two (2) letters directly to mr. Tetsuo iwamura, the president and ceo of american Honda notifying him of my concerns. I am really in need of any support NHTSA can provide in resolving this safety issue. Presently, I drive in excess of one-hundred (100) miles daily. And, my wife and I purchased this vehicle with the intent of her using this as the family vehicle in the not to distant future. This pulling is very unsafe and at this point I would not even be able to sell it. Honda is stonewalling me. We really need your help. The letters I have written to mr. Iwamura, which I am willing to provide NHTSA copies, say it all.