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My 2007 Honda Civic hybrid would lose its battery charge and it would take 2 to 3 miles of driving to recharge the battery. During this recharging time there is no assist from the electric motor which is suppose to aid the gas engine when more power is needed such as merging into traffic or making a left turn with on coming traffic. The official name of the battery losing its charge is called a recalibrating. It had happened to me about every 5 to 8 miles of driving but it is random and can happen at the most inopportune time. The battery pack is causing the problem as it is deteriorating. Even though I still had warranty coverage in the 3yr/36000 coverage, Honda refused 5 times to replace the battery.the Honda Civic hybrid should not be sold when this is happening to so many owners. Yes, the car operates without the electric motor assist but when you are expecting more power for the maneuver you are going to do and the recalibrating kicks it in it can be very dangerous! I used the better business bureau auto line and had my problem arbitrated and the decision was my car was a lemon and Honda had to repurchase it. The arbitrator ruled the car a lemon and one reason was it was not safe to drive in all normal driving situations! get this car off the road. This is my second complaint about this matter. For the first complaint I did not have the lemon law decision but now I do and this car is officially declared a lemon.
2007 Honda Civic hybrid lost electric motor assist power in May 2010 when I was driving up a hill in downtown seattle traffic. Took it to Honda dealer, who confirmed low power assist and (without conferring with me) reprogrammed the power assist software and pronounced it fixed. One or two days after this service call, I again noticed weak electric motor assist on another hill in downtown traffic. Took the car to Honda again, and they confirmed that they could replicate the anemic power condition, but said that Honda usa says the vehicle is operating as intended with the computer software update, and that there is no more to be done. I said that I had lost confidence in the automobile, since I consider it a driving hazard not to be able to accelerate adequately in some driving conditions. I said that I wanted Honda to buy back the car, but the dealer service manager said that Honda wouldn't do that. I have purchased another car, but still own the Honda Civic hybrid; I don't know what to do with it, since I don't feel good offering it to anyone other than Honda for sale.
I was almost in a serious accident as I went to make a right hand turn, and the car only accelerated at about 1/4 of its normal pace. I had to look down to make sure my foot was on the gas. When this acceleration failure occurred, the battery showed no charge, but it had shown almost a full charge when I first started the car, just a few minutes earlier. My car now cannot hold a charge at all. I park it fully charged, and when I start, it shows fully charged. Within the first mile of driving, it drops to 1 or no bars. It then has trouble accelerating, as the car cannot pull from the ima and it tries to charge the ima, instead of accelerating. This failure is now occurring daily. It is very difficult to drive to work, as I don't know when I can merge onto interstate and if the car will fail. It is usually fine after about 10 miles of driving, but my commute is only 12 miles, so I would say this makes a very large % of my commute dangerous. The service department updated software, but this has not improved the situation at all. I am keeping a journal of these daily activities, as the ima is still under warranty. My gas mileage dropped 20% over the past year, even though I do use ethanol free gas. This was the first indication there was a problem with the ima, but Honda simply gave me the brush off everytime I expressed a concern that this was an early sign that something was wrong.
My 2007 Honda Civic hybrid ima battery is discharging/recalibrating randomly causing loss of power. Prior to this date I had taken it to the dealership to try and find a problem since this began occurring frequently and was a new issue with the car. No problems were found. On this date, the ima battery discharged while making a left at an intersection, power was drained, a car almost hit me because my car could not accelerate fast enough to get out of the way. Given that this happens randomly there is no way to predict when a recalibration/discharge will happen. It has since been taken back to the dealer multiple times. Because there is no error code indicating there is a problem they are refusing to work on it even though the car is still 100% under warranty. Many others have experienced the same issue with the batteries and the car power loss. Those that have been lucky enough to get the ima battery replaced have reported the car back to normal working conditions. I should note, that when I first got my car the discharge/recalibration would happen once every several months. This number has been increasing rapidly and now the vehicle does this at least four times a week. In February it did it two times a week, and about 7 months ago it started doing it once a week. The more this occurs the more I am at risk for an accident. The car simply does not have power to get out of the way and because it is such a drastic change from normal operating conditions the driver cannot compensate. Honda is refusing to acknowledge there is an issue and has been completely unresponsive to my concerns.
The 2007 Honda Civic hybrid battery loses its ability to hold a charge leaving the vehicle without the assist that should be coming from the electric motor to supplement the gasoline engine. It can drop its charge at any time and is dangerous when the vehicle operator expects the assist such as freeway merging and there is no assist.
- Wells, ME, USA
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2007 Honda Civic hybrid has issues with the brakes and power. The consumer stated the brakes were not braking properly. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer to have the brakes inspected, but after inspecting the brakes and road testing, they stated the vehicle was performing normal. The consumer continued to have braking issues, and after almost having a collision due to decreased braking ability, she again contacted the dealer. They tested the brakes again, and found no problem. The brakes continued to fail about once a week. The dealer evaluated the vehicle. The dealer stated a report from Honda stated the ima will stop charging and stop with assisted braking if temperatures are too high and that it is normal for the customer to feel a difference in braking without regeneration. Honda advised that the consumer drive with the windows down and when she parked the vehicle to leave them down as well to help cool off the hybrid batteries which were located behind the seat. The dealer contacted the consumer because they wanted to perform a computer upgrade on her vehicle. The report also stated updated ima control unit and battery software. The consumer drove for several weeks and noted some improvement with the braking issue, but now the ima batteries will not stay charged, and if the battery level goes below 4 bars, which is 1/2 of full bars or a completely charged battery, the vehicle's power is greatly decreased to the point of having to travel at speeds of 15-20 mph for 15 seconds after being stopped at a red light.
The contact owns a 2007 Honda Civic hybrid. While driving 15 mph, the vehicle lost power and slowed down. Occasionally, the vehicle would slow down and restart itself before coming to a complete stop. On one occasion, the vehicle came to a complete stop and shut off. The battery had to be replaced in order for the vehicle to restart. The vehicle was taken to the dealer twice. The first time they replaced the regular battery. The second time they were unable to find any failures. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 34,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle caught fire while parked. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The vehicle was destroyed and the insurance company stated that the fire was caused by a defect in the wiring harness. The manufacturer and dealer have not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 35,000.
2007 Civic si sedan w/ premium sound system: Only when the engine is running, and the radio is turned, all speakers emit a buzzing sound, whether the volume of the radio is all the way down or casually listening. You can hear the buzzing sound and it its very unpleasant. It occurs all the time the car is on and driving, or idling. When to dealer said they could not do anything about it since Honda has not released a tsb for the problem.
My vehicle is a 2007 Civic hybrid. When its warm out and / or I have several people in the car the hybrid system will shut down. When this happens the car loses its ability to accelerate at an acceptable level. A few times I have attempted to merge into oncoming traffic and the car had so little power that all I could do was pull into the path of the oncoming traffic and not accelerate enough to get out of the way.
My 2007 Civic hybrid is experiencing a problem with the ima. As I am driving, the battery charge will be reduced to zero or one bars. I drive with the flow of traffic and normally do not exceed 55 mph. This normally occurs within the first 15 minutes of driving my car. It is most noticeable when starting from a dead stop. The car accelerates extremely sluggishly and the RPM's reach around 4500 to approach the speed limit (50 mph). Gas mileage when this occurs drops to about 20-25 mph. I have taken this car into the dealership for repairs on 4 separate occasions to get this repaired. The dealership has been unable to reproduce the problem and has made minimal attempts to try and repair the car. The only repair attempt made was to reset the computer in the car. This has accomplished nothing and the problem is still ongoing. This could become a much more serious problem when trying to make a left turn or when trying to merge.
Under humid conditions, the main battery of this hybrid suddenly drains, leaving the car without the electric motor. In this vehicle, this means that there is very limited torque (normally supplied by the electric motor). This first occurred in the summer of 2007 and has continued with increasing frequency to the present time. This brought to the attention of the selling dealership (southern motors of savannah) in August of 2007 and at the end of September of the same year. They claimed they could find nothing wrong despite being shown photographic evidence of the failure. The car was returned to the dealership on August 8, 2008 with further proof of the problem. The have claimed that they contacted american Honda and were told that Honda was aware of the problem but had found no solution. The car was returned to me on August 27, 2007 with the condition unresolved.
Slow throttle response since purchase, door glass rattle since purchase, the third gear would give resistance, which is a known problem with the six speed transmission. I patched the problem by changing the transmission fluid and installing a shorter shifter yet this is not a permanent solution. Honda has refused to repair the actual problem with the third gear synchro and at one point stated that it was probably caused by my driving, the problem with the vehicle going into third gear is a known problem and there is a technical service bulletin that Honda corporate has released for the exact problem. The headliner rattles, door gasket seal has been coming off since purchase, suspension popping noise in the front passenger side strut since purchase and the sound has become more frequent, the driver side visor was defective and was replaced, the driver door hits the fender when opening just started happening since Honda worked on my vehicle. I have been taking my vehicle to two different dealerships (recommended by Honda corporate) and nothing has been properly repaired. I feel as though I have been given the run around for the past year. Honda has made several attempts to repair the problems and has not been able to, they have only damaged my vehicle during their attempts to repair it. They have damaged the front bumper three times, the side of the vehicle once, the door and fender once. They of course denied any involvement in the damage, then repair it under warranty.
I bought a brand new Honda Civic ex. The car seems to hesitate/freezes while driving at random times. Sometimes when starting the car, sometimes while driving. Obviously if I'm pulling into traffic and the car freezes this could become very dangerous. I took the car back to the dealer and contacted the manufacturer. They stated after 2 attempts to fix it that the car is fine and the symptom is a "normal characteristic of the vehicle." This being the case, I figure I should report this incident.
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- Wells, ME, USA