Engine Burning Oil problems of the 2012 Honda Insight

Tthis car has safety problems burns oil like crazy , my daughter was driving down 81 when the dash lights came on the car was shaking so she pulled over and called the police who impounded the car 300 to get it out then we had it towed over 100miles . Honda dealer says the spark plug failed and went into the engine . Getting prices on a new engine .

This car is the absolute worst car I have ever owned. The oil consumption is outrageous and the car only has 89k miles on it. It also burns through spark plugs like crazy, I've probably put close to 500 dollars into it at least just in oil and spark plugs this year alone. In the two years I have owned it, it has left me stranded in strange neighborhoods, parking lots, at my job, and at my home because of it throwing the spark plugs with no warning. Upon changing the plugs, all cylinders, especially four, are filled with oil. Most recently, I changed the spark plugs in my work parking lot, and refilled the oil. A week later, I found myself repeating the same process because it killed the plugs again. I have been driving down the road and suddenly lost acceleration, in traffic, and had my dash light up like a christmas tree. To the best of my knowledge, the 2012 and 2013 engine contains experimental piston rings, which are clearly faulty. Not just by my own account, but by countless others as well. I do not have five grand to replace the engine or have it rebuilt, and I should not have to. Honda needs to be held responsible for their mistake and should be forced to recall these engines. The consumers who purchased these vehicles should not be forced to pay for something that is out of their control. These cars are ticking time bombs, I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. I will be filing complaints with Honda itself as well as the bbb in addition to this one. Please do something about this, I saw how many other complaints you have received in regards to this issue. It's time to do something about this instead of ignoring it and letting Honda get away with it. If it died on the freeway, which it almost has, it would become a serious threat to my safety and those around me.

I have a 2012 Honda Insight with 80000 miles and am having excessive oil consumption at 1 quart of oil per 2000 miles of driving per the dealership. Honda says this is acceptable and only a problem at 1 quart per 1000 miles driven. I have read the concerns and the vehicle has poorly seated rings due to a design defect admitted by Honda. My concern is this is resulting in loss of compression and resulting total loss of power leaving people with vehicles rolling down the road and then the engine drops out totally. This is a safety issue, environmental issue and of course customer theft issue.

My Honda Insight 2012 is burning oil. After an oil change I drive around 800 miles I'm 1/2 quart low on oil. This is not normal at all.

I have a 2012 Honda Insight. On 12/23/18 I was driving on the highway and the power cut out. This is the 3rd incident in a one year and half where the spark plugs have blown cutting the power to the car. Mechanic told me it would be $1700. I couldn't get it fixed I was getting on a plane 3 days later for three weeks. Evidentally it has to something with the excess burning of oil getting to the spark plugs. I've found where others have this problem also. Its quite expensive to fix. This has to be a manufacturer problem. Now I'm without a car again. At this time I am walking with a walker and no car. This keeps happening! what is going on.

My Honda Insight 2012 is burning oil. After an oil change I drive around 3500 mile and the red engine oil warning light comes on. First time it happened I took the car ,like 3-4 years ago, to the dealer. They replaced the piston rings under warranty but it did not solve the problem. I am dealing with this problem for the last around 3-4 years. It always happens after around 3500 mile, I get the red light. I take it to dealer and dealer starts oil consumption test and tells me nothing is wrong. They did oil consumption test 4 or 5 times already. One time they told me that they had to add 3. 5 quart oil and the engine block needs to be replaced since piston rings are already replaced. I was inexperienced to not get a written document stating they added 3. 5 quart oil. Then they told me that they will contact Honda about it. A few days later they called me and said Honda thinks it is normal. Recently due to job change I drive very little that is why it takes time for me to regenerate the problem but I know it happens. It happened like 5 times so far. The extended warranty will end in 2020. I have like a year to demonstrate it. Some people had power loss issues on freeway. I did not have that so far because I do not take long freeway rides when I reach to 2k mile after last oil change. We use my wife's car if I have to take freeway.

Oil consumption and shaking.

My daughter's Honda Insight experienced the excessive oil consumption issue. Her vehicle later had severe engine problems and stalled at 6:00 am on I-64. A Honda dealership diagnosed the problem as damage to cylinder, piston, cylinder head and valves of cylinder number 3. All other cylinders were within normal operating conditions. My complaint is that the notice sent to consumers omitted that the excessive oil consumption could lead to engine failure and an accident. Consumers with little or no mechanical knowledge who purchased this vehicle used, may not be aware of the problem and will not be aware of the risk and severity of the problem. Those who notice excessive oil consumption may assume that it is from age and not a design defect that could place their life in danger. The service bulletin sent by Honda to its dealerships is almost identical to that provided the consumer with one exception. The service bulletin included additional information describing the potential damage to the engine from the manufacture's defect. When the natural consequences of this manufacture's defect occur it the engine immediately loses power and will not run. In my daughter's case it was early in the morning with little traffic. However, she was on I-64 about to merge onto I-95. Had the engine failed at a later time in the day she would have lost power in traffic on a major highway. Vehicles behind her would have no reason to expect a sudden loss of acceleration. The potential for rear-end collisions and/or crashes while the operator of this model Honda is attempting to exit the highway with no power is very high.

The spark plugs failed during driving on the highway resulting in a dangerous situation. I later learned that the spark plugs failed because 2 of the cylinders were burning excessive oil. Honda has recalled this car due to excessive oil consumption but has refused to reimbursement me after I had the car repaired.

Oil consumption was way off and all 8 of the spark plugs have been changed twice in a year. Car has only 80,000 miles on it and now they want to do a complete tear down of the engine at my expense. I should not be paying for these repairs Honda should be liable. I was driving the vehicle in the highway and with no warning it suddenly stopped and went to limp mode . Very dangerous. Serious accidents can and will happen its only a matter of time. The problem: oem piston rings that came original to the car go bad around 60,000 miles. And Honda is aware of the issue!!!!!********.

Car has 95,000 miles. High oil consumption. All 8 spark plugs have to be changed every 3-4000 miles. Very expensive. The problem is the spark plugs get fouled, and burnt up, so there is no electrode left. When that happens the car immediately slows down to 5 mph. I almost got killed and run over by a tractor trailer last sat. 10/29/16 on interstate 81 south by new milford, PA. He was right on my back. I could only see his grill. The car will stay in that mode, "limp mode" until repaired. This has happened 3 times to me in the past 2 years. Now cylinder 4 is blown. This is a fairly newer car and Honda refuses to repair it for free or issue a recall. Many other Honda owners of this car have the same problem. I am forced to sell it for a fraction of its cost. Help.

Excessive oil consumption. I am adding 1 quart every 1000 miles since I got the car at 65000 miles.

Excessive oil consumption at 70000. Adding more than a quart of oil every 1000 miles.

Excessive oil consumption - Honda Insight 2012. Engine light came on while driving, took car to the dealer and dealer found no oil (although car stated it was at 50%). Dealer added oil, suggested I return after 1,000 miles. Brought back car after 1,500 miles and dealer said that per Honda, car must have been brought back after 1,000 miles. No noticeable oil loss. At next oil change, dealer found oil to be very low. Brought back car after an additional 1,000 miles and Honda performed oil consumption test. Test came back negative. Latest oil change, now indicator states at 60% oil and engine light appeared while driving on June 4th. Dealer found no oil. Dealer is now performing a overhaul on my engine. Dealer will have my car for at least one week or maybe two as I was told that there are two other cars with the same problem ahead of me. Dealer offered car rental.

Within the warranty period I noticed that car is consuming unusual quantity of oil (around 58,000 miles). A warning light came on ¿check emission system¿. I pulled the dipstick and there was barely any oil on the tip. I put 2 quarts of oil into the engine and it still did not reach the top fill line. The car only holds 3. 5 quarts. The ¿low oil light¿ never came on, how much oil has to disappear before the oil light comes on? there are no oil leaks from the car. I notified the manufacturer and opened a case. They advised to go to dealer to have 4 ¿oil consumption tests¿ performed ¿ one every thousand miles. I completed all 4 test in around 3 months, the test verified that the car burns up to 1. 0 qts/1000 miles. I notified my rep (amber) at the manufacturer of the results of testing. I was informed that my ¿case was closed¿ ¿ manufacturer did not even bother to find out what the results were, they just ¿closed¿ my case. I requested amber re-open case and take down the results. Amber contacted the dealer to verify the consumption data I provided. She then stated ¿our engineers have determined that 1. 0 to 1. 5 qts consumed per 1000 miles is normal for this vehicle. ¿ I responded that this is ¿excessive¿ consumption that is not normal for any vehicle to consume this much oil, and that I purchased the car new and it has always been serviced at the dealer at the required service intervals. Amber refused to offer any solution or provide any financial assistance towards correcting what is in my opinion an engine defect. It appeared that she was basically reading off a prepared statement. I now have to add about a quart every 2 fill ups (around 960 miles). The oil costs around $10/ qt but I found that walmart sells a 5 quart jug that lowers the cost to $5/qt. I add oil so frequently that I likely never have to ¿change¿ the oil, although the filter does.

Just hit 69,000 miles and car is suddenly burning over a quart of oil every 2 weeks.

Excessive oil consumption. Car uses approx. 1. 2 quarts of oil every 1,000 miles. Problems with acceleration and rough idle.

While driving, the vehicle would lose a considerable amount of oil over decreasing amount of miles to the point where the car now loses 1. 5 quarts of oil every 1,000 miles (verified by local Honda dealer). This issue causes the spark plugs to foul out leading to cars that stall while driving. This happened to me once while driving in a city and the car had to be towed to the local Honda dealer where they replaced the bad spark plugs and the car was back on it's way, but the car is still burning the oil and it is only a matter of time before this situation happens again. This incident started in December, 2015 and persists to this day.

Excessive oil consumption.