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Honda Civic Hybrid Owners: Problems & Solutions
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There are dozens of thousands of Civic Hybrids on the road, and they DO NOT have a sudden acceleration problem.
They just dont. I personally communicate with about 100 owners, and none of them have heard of or seen that.
From a technical point of view, there is nothing "special" about the Hybrid that would make this happen. There are no "magic hybrid parts" which would cause the car to accelerate on it's own.
You are barking up the wrong tree. :P
Man, I'm getting a headache from the large type! :sick:
I will try to pick my spots better though.....:D
I have the same sound on my 2003 CR-V during left turns, so it's not just the Civic.
It's the driver and learnig how the CVT works.
Jim
What was your last 6 alias's, I forgot?
Are you going to carry on conversations with yourself about this like you did last time?
You're not fooling anybody.
I wonder how long it will be before the moderators delete those as well?
with over 100K miles on it.
He went off the road last nite and both air bags deployed. From what I can see the passenger side wheel inside liner got ripped out and the edge of the passenger side fender is hitting the passenger door when opening and the hood won't close now. He says he went over the side of the road and the steering didn't work and he couldn't stop with since he didn't have brakes.
Does anyone know how much ball park getting the airbags replaced cost
and do they have to be replaced by the dealer or can a auto body do it?
It won;t start now. Are the airbags tied into the starting system? Do you recommend getting the body stuff fixed first with air bags and then getting a thorough mechanical check or getting the mechanical done and then the airbags
and body stuff done?
I have an 05 manual trans. Civic Hybrid. A few weeks back I took a trip from Ohio to the UP of Mich to salmon fish with an old friend. 1200 miles round trip, mostly highway, speeds adv. 60-75 mph, 55.2 mpg !!!!
I was sure that the higher speeds would reduce my mpg, but it seems that is not the case. I have over 9000 miles now, and the life time mpg is 53.7.
I drive the car "smart", but still very close to a normal car. I have heard many others on this forum say that the car must be driven slow, but I have learned that moderate acceleration to get to 5th gear is just as efficient as going very slowly though the gears.
The only "problem " I have had is the auto start not working at a stoplight, {twice} but even that was me being too lazy with the clutch {not all the way to floor} once I stared paying attention to that, I have had no other instances.
Just thought you would like to know..
MWS
i have a 2003 HCH, automatic transmission, with 56k miles on it. about a month ago, my wife and i noticed that the shift lever was having trouble moving between the gears.
i brought it into the dealer, who said that the problem was a rusty and corroded steering cable (it might have been a *shifter* cable, i can't recall the exact part name), and they didn't need to replace it, they just had to clean and lube it.
anyone else had this problem, or heard if there's a TSB on it?
Also, replacing the EGR valve seemed to help for a while.
Any suggestions?
This is huge, and dangerous. I live the Bay Area, and I don't feel comfortable driving on hills now. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution? I'm actually considering trading it down for an EX.
If the wheels are spinning but you are still not able to move there must have been something obstructing your movement.
Was your parking brake set?
MT
I have two theories why this is happening. Either the thermostat is partially sticking open or that the car burns so little fuel that it just takes a very long time for the engine to warm up. I traded in a Ford F-150 pick up for this car so I could save some fuel but I don't want to freeze this winter. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
:confuse:
Didn't Honda recently have a recall for defective air bags or something to do with the air bag system?
thanks.
abfisch
"lurching," then realized I haven't. As I slow to a stop without foot on the clutch, my speed eventually reaches about 20MPH at which time the regenerative charging disengages. This causes the energy to revert back to the drive train creating a "lurch." This has been easily controlled and now expected. The "lurch" occurs just before the gas engine shuts down at about 19MPH.
"You should have your service tech check the EGR valve. Many of us who have had "Bucking Civic Hybrids" have had it replaced and it stopped the bucking at low speed acceleration. I had it done on my 03 hybrid and it cured the problem. I would have thought they would have this in a technical bulletin by now"
#1 I just had the "software update" and this caused my "check engine" light to stay lit. The dealer told me that I needed to replace the ECM and this was done. I had finally started driving 55-60 MPH and had reached 50MPG. Since the "operation" I can only get 44 MPG and my batteries don't recharge as effectively. Can this be fixed?
#2 My wife cannot start the car with her key now. My key still works. HUH???
Has anyone heard of this please help.
Has anyone had a similar problem, or have any advise other than a complete replacement?
Has everyone here with this trouble kept maintenance up to date?
Brentbridge I'd request a meeting with the regional service manager, as he has more pull than the regular dealer manager.
What did their computer record, since they say it wasn't the transmission?
Recently the transmission has been making a moaning type noise when I come to a stop. Passengers can feel the vibration when the transmission makes the noise.
The dealer has been of little help.
Sorry to hear about the battery problem, ouch!
Actually the service manager has been pretty good about helping. He hasn't charged me for all the diagnostic work they've done (after the EGR replacement didn't work). Last I talked to him early this week, Honda hadn't gotten back to him with the results of their analysis on the computer.
By the way, the car only does the bucking and kicking thing on the interstate, usually about 70 mph and greater at about 3,000 rpm when you are trying to accelerate. If you press down further on the gas, enough to get it to go to 4,000 rpm, it usually comes out of it. However, it seems like it is starting to do it down in the 65 mph area too, now.
Generally the problem has gone away every time I took the car to Honda, and not re-occurred again until the next warm-to-cold temperature shift.
After 5 or so events, they told me the 12-volt "standard" battery was dead -- by being adamant, I got them to do it gratis.
It's doing it again this weekend. I'm going to take it to them and leave it overnight (once I find jumpers long enough -- I've got it nose-in in the garage, and can't get it out of park)
Tomaay, what was the outcome of your exhaustive trace?
--gaffer
If the battery does go, I doubt I'll get it fixed right away. I think they said it was about $2300, and that's with Honda paying for 25% of the parts. Or, I'll get it fixed and then sell the car.
The service manager has said that if the transmission is the problem with the surging that he can't imagine I would have to pay for it as it started up again after only about 35,000 miles (about 1 year). He wouldn't promise anything, but that was his opinion of how Honda would see it. We'll see...