Suspension Problems of Honda Insight

When the vehicle was recently brought in for annual PA state inspection, I was informed by the inspector that there was so much corrosion where the rear trailing arms attach to the subframe that the rear wheel on either side could suddenly collapse leading to a sudden and unpredictable loss of vehicle control. I then brought it to an authorized Honda dealership for their inspection. They produced a short video confirming that the car was unsafe to drive. Still shots from their inspection video are included with this complaint. I then consulted with a well-regarded body shop who confirmed that the car was unsafe to drive and that it probably could not be repaired. I believe that the 2010 Honda Insight rear subframe is very similar to the 2010 Honda cr v rear subframe which was recently recalled for exactly the same issue: part 573 safety recall report 23v-228.

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Rear trailing arm attachment points on both sides completely rusted out. Won't pass inspection as being unsafe with possibility of one or both rear wheels collapsing if a pothole is hit. Car is registered in pennsylvania since 2009.

I believe the tire, wheel or suspension system failed while driving on the highway, causing me to hit my head on the driver's window and lose cosciousness. I skidded into a concrete barrier on the right side of the highway and was found unconscious at the scene. The damage to the passenger side body of the vehicle is minor and does not match the catastrophic failure of the wheel, leading me to believe the wheel failed and caused the crash, not that the crash resulted in the damage to the wheel. The vehicle is currently at a tow lot and available for inspection. Luckily, no other vehicles were involved, but I was injured and could have easily been killed, or injured and killed others as it is a busy highway, especially during rush hour when this occurred. Inspection by the insurance company is pending. The police did not investigate as a safety incident because they immediately said on site that almost all single vehicle accidents are drug/alcohol related and treated it like a dui stop. I passed field sobriety tests and a breathalyzer on scene and blood work at the hospital showed no drugs or alcohol in my system. I am missing time and memories starting about 5 minutes before the crash and for about 30 minutes after as a result of my concussion, I do not remember much besides a feeling that my car was falling, then I remember being woken up by the cop asking if I was under the influence.

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My Honda 2010 Insight - vehicle rolls back after releasing brake going up hill. This intermittently happened since buying vehicle last year around 2/30/2015. Last year around the month of June - a roll-back caused vehicle to roll-back on a curb on right side and rear tire hit curb pretty hard. I confirmed later the bearing had a noisy sound after that (the vehicle always had a slight much lighter noise while driving). We heard a slight louder rubbing sound after that roll back on a curb incident. Dealership told me hybrids has slight noise due to battery electric sound. Months later after the roll-back bearing damage, I asked about issue with a mechanic shop, they told me issue sounded like bad bearings, and I was told to get shocks checked too. I was unemployed - and they told me most people can drive with bad bearings for a while. Here is more detail on the roll back - it happens, while moving foot from brakes to gas paddle. When the roll back happens - it's after I release brakes on a slop. I had to quickly hit gas or move quick to breaks again- due to sometimes I in stopped in traffic on a hill, and I can't hold the gas due to forward motion in stopped traffic, so while hold brake with right - I move my left foot to brakes and then right foot over gas - when able - move forward (and I release my left foot from brakes). My daughter drive more than me, and told me not to hit brakes to quickly or quick multi-tap & release brakes before I stop, she is right this issue happens less now that I slowly move foot from gas to brakes going up hill). That was when I learned to coordinate footing on a hill. I found it's sort of expensive to fix tire bearings at the Honda dealership, and my vehicle was over 70,000 miles at that time last year - from Honda. I am ready to get roll-back, and hopefully bearings fixed by Honda too.

I had my 2011 Honda Insight for about a year and lost control in the snow at about 25 mph and crashed into the curb. My front right side sustained extensive damage and was fixed by Honda, and paid for by my insurance. It turned out that my front tires we completely worn out at about 16,000 miles. I thought it was just a bad set of tires, but about 1 year later, during an oil change, I was told my tires were worn out again. This time they went for about 17,000 miles. I contacted Honda and they told me it's my problem because they don't "warranty tires". However, they chose the tires and you can't drive a car without the tires. Firstly, it's unsafe to put tires that erode so quickly onto cars. Secondly, any savings one gets with decreased fuel usage is completely obliterated by having to replace tires, ditto with petroleum product savings.

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My 2010 Honda Insight failed its safety inspection due to excessive wear on both front tires at approximately 17750 miles. The wear was not in the tread depth but in the rubber between the tread and the sidewall of the tire. The repair shop showed me the spots where the rubber was already down to the second layer. They encouraged me to take the car back to the dealer who only checked for tread depth and told me the tires were fine. I went back to the original repair shop and replaced the two tires and had a front end alignment done. The results of the alignment indicated that while both wheels were within spec, they were both at the outer edges meaning my wheels were facing like this\ /. I took the tires and the alignment report to the dealer and have heard nothing since but I receive a discount coupon for wheel alignment every month from Honda. I would have thought that I had a one of a kind problem but the repair shop has told me that they have found and corrected the same problem on multiple Insights in the past 5 months.