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There is a sell your car link on the main Edmunds.com page that's affiliated with Auto Trader. You might want to start there.
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When I got the Honda call about my service satisfaction, I let them know I was none too pleased. They sent an e-mail survey to follow up and - low and behold - the local dealership called about 4 days after I finished the survey to apologize that I was not happy with the service.
The service manager explained that the mileage was not supposed to be reset when doing the tachometer update, but for some reason it was. He offered to try put my original mileage back on since they still had my "module," but I had driven 1,100 miles since the update. He said he would try to add it on.
Anyway, I got the original mileage put back on and now I have a sticker in the door stating you must add 1,100 miles to the odometer.
I called the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and they said the dealership acted correctly and they do not need to report the mileage to the state. PennDOT also said I need to record the mileage that actually shows on the odometer for my yearly registration.
Although it is a felony to remove that little sticker in my door jamb, there would be no record of the real mileage, except at the dealership.
Beware if you buy a used 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid. Be sure to ask to see the most recent dealership invoice, which should have the "real" mileage at the top.
If you're sensitive to EMF your main concern would be AC, not DC. I'd bet our Cell phones on our hip, pocket or on our face emit much stronger EMF than a worst hybrid.
What state are you in? The CARB states have a 150K / 10 year warranty. Other states have 100K / 8 year (as I recall, I'm sure someone will correct the numbers if necessary). I think that the catalytic converter would be covered under this warranty.
Anyone care to confirm?
Here in the Honda Civic Hybrid Group, you'll now find discussions like:
Honda Civic Hybrid: Driving Tips & Tricks
New Civic Hybrid Owners - Give Us Your Report
Honda Civic Hybrid: Navigation System Questions
Honda Civic Hybrid Transmission Problems
This will help folks find the information they're after faster and eliminate a lot of the digging through thousands of posts to find the subject thatyou're interested in.
So before you post, please scan the topic list to find the appropriate discussion. If one doesn't exist, feel free to start one up or contact me with the suggestion.
I'll be moving posts out of this general discussion as time goes by and creating more topics. I'll also be directing folks to new topics as we all learn new habits!
So please pardon the dust while we slide the furniture around a bit!
Replying to: mulder2 (Jul 29, 2006 7:25 pm)
The electromagnetic field level in these hybrids also concern me and there is no information available as to the effects that the battery, motor or wiring will have. Do you have any information on this? I know the Civic has a relatively small motor, but it's the batteries that concern me.
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I think I can answer your question with regards to EMF in the HCH. I wear hearing aids that have tele-coils in them which pick up and convert magnetic pulses and general magnetic noise into sound. Very unlike my '01 Accord which had a persistent whine and sharp increase as the anti-lock brakes kicked in, my '06 HCH is very shielded and virtually silent (magnetically/EMF speaking) at all times.
Just purchased a 07 HHC and was offered several extended warranty options.
5 years 100,000 miles for $1,000.
7 years 125,000 miles for $1,400.
Several others also.
Any advise??
Thank you!
In the city I'm average 20-25 MPGs, and that's driving very conservatively. I only drive about 5 miles to work. Letting the car warm up, driving harder/softer, all produce about the same results. I've never broken 30 in the city.
On the highway, the highest score so far is 42 MPGs.
I only have 300 miles on the car, so it might be too early to tell. . .
Could something be wrong?
It is generally accepted that the EPA estimates for the Prius are unrealistically high by 30 % or more and probably the same for the Honda Civic Hybrid.
I've had the climate control on auto, could that affect it?
This mileage seems low even for a non-hybrid civic.
Since you get zero miles per gallon while "warming up" you'll get better overall mileage by not doing so using a remote start device. Didn't you buy a hybrid for better mileage?
You wrote, "I am installing a sub system"
What kind of sub system? What made you think that it was compatible with the Civic Hybrid's highly specialized computerized circuitry? Was that based upon other owners having done the same modification? To what is your "sub system" wired?
Sure hope that you haven't fried something and blown your warranty. That wouldn't have been too kool.
Man, that is an electric drive - assisted vehicle. Just about anything you do to the electrical system will cause Honda to look very closely at any warranty claims that reference the IMA or anything else electrical (like the door locks). Federal law keeps Honda from invalidating the entire warranty, but anything electrical is going to be a possible issue.
I think your only option is to go in to the dealer and see what they say. Start with the "disconnected the main battery" and go from there. Trying to fix it yourself will only dig the hole deeper.
The door locks are probably due to the battery. However the IMA may be a problem with one of the CPUs in the vehicle.
Sorry. When you wrote "sub system", I read it as "subsystem" anything other than having to do with audio. It didn't occur to me that you meant sub-woofer system.
I totally concur with what stevedebi wrote in post #1665.
Be sure and post the results. Best of luck!
This has been my first experience participatiing in an internet forum. I did so with all good intentions of alerting other HCH owners as well as possibly learning of other similar experiences. I am disappointed at the extremely critical response and assumption of malicious intent.
My car is a 1991 Dodge Spirit 5-spd manual and I never have this problem. The difference in relative positions of the accelerator and brake on the two cars provides no explanation of why this would happen. Maybe since both feet are engaged in braking with the manual, I am more mentally engaged and so more precise with the positioning of my right foot.
Please clarify what you mean by "gas mileage improved modestly with K&N". If it means less than a mile or two per gallon over a long period of time, it's not worth the cost or bother.
Automobile manufacturers stopped using oily air filters years ago because people hated the mess of cleaning them and they didn't filter the finer particulates that pleated paper filter technology does. Because they let through more gritty particulates, the oily filters resulted in more engine wear too.
I'm surprised they bothered with this one. There is no MPG guarantee with the hybrids, only a "reference" EPA number. It is not a warranty issue unless there is something else wrong with the vehicle, like an engine problem or something.
Okay, last week i posted a question about how i am installing a sub-woofer system and when i finished the wiring for the power the IMA wouldnt work and check engine light was on....
Solution:
I figured before i go and possibly spend thounds$$$ I might as we'll atleast try to fix it myself, sooo I went over all the fuses and when i got to the primary fusebox under the hood I was amazed. I mounted the fuse box for the power to the amp, directly on top of the Primary fusebox, when i did so i guess i didnt realize i had drilled right through two relays!. So now the part i dont understand, I removed the two relay's so the I could go down to my Honda dealer and get replacements, when i started the car everything was back to normal the batteries began to recharge and the car was like normal. I suspect maybe the relay's canceled eachother out and it worked or something??? I dont know if anyone does please tell me, but I am still replacing the relays to be safe.
"i had drilled right through two relays!"
As I wrote last time, that wasn't "too kool". Glad you resolved your problems.
Does anybody have this problem? I can smell the fume/exhaust from outside when I use A/c with circulated air, specially waiting at the red light. The Honda dealer could not find any problem. The service person claimed that it might be a technical problem since other civic owner also has the same problem.
Good luck on that one. Due to the number of predatory lawyers in the US, nobody will modify factory seats, because they might be sued in the event of an accident.
You could get in there and move the seats yourself...
I assume this is manual adjustment, not power, right?
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) said on Tuesday it would recall 45,335 Civic hybrid cars globally to fix a faulty voltage converter that could cause a short circuit and stop the engine.
No accidents have been reported from the defect, a spokesman said.
The total includes 31,123 units to be recalled in the United States and 7,219 in Japan.
The recall would cost about 5,300 yen ($44) per vehicle in Japan, the spokesman said. At that estimate, the recall would cost roughly $2 million globally.
The free repair covers 2006 model year Civic hybrids built between September 2005 and September 2006
I would be surprised if it wasn't. The driver has to deal with that airbag close in, so having the seat further back might be intentional.
We went to another dealership and had 4 new Bridgestone P195/65R15 89T M+S installed on our Honda. It has been one week and we are down from 42 mpg to 34mpg. Both computer and real numbers are this bad.
Any Ideas?
1. If those new tires are not classified as "low rolling resistance" type tires, then they are not the same "high mileage" tires which came on your car. This means the tires have more rolling resistance and thus will force your engine to work harder to push them down the road. This makes for lower MPG.
2. Any new tire installation means softer rubber and more rubber on the road, which again means the car has to work harder to push the tires down the road.
3. What is the inflation PSI of the tires? If you normally run them at a particular PSI when you got 42 MPG, then they may be set considerably lower, and that AGAIN means more rubber on the road for the engine to push down the road.
Good luck...
My wife's 2004 Volvo V70 has fairly low rolling resistance tires in size 195/65-15 which are 51 psi max infl press. I try to keep them at 38 psi which is what the tire sticker on the V70 recommends for best fuel economy. They recommend a lower pressure for better handling.
Wider and lower profile tires are now stock on the V70 and I think this reduces the EPA hwy mpg from 30 mpg for the 2004 V70 base to the 29 mpg in 2005 onward.
I don't think that tires alone would account for a change from 42 to 34 unless you got a tire optimized for handling and have it inflated to say 28 or 30 psi. Did you get the same size as the original tire? IMO 25,000 mi is not bad for tires driven in the city with a lot of starting and stopping, turns, and potholes.
All driving conditions are the same . Outside temp., is the same if not a bit warmer. Same roads and commute to work.
Also the OEM tires that where thread bare after 25,000 miles was mostly highway driving, very little city driving.