2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID Complaints

CAR CAME OUT OF PARKING AND WHEN IT REACHED ON CITY STREET TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON STREET NEXT (CITY STREET) TO CINEMA HALL AND THEN CAR COMPLETELY HALTED. FOR A MOMENT IT FELT LIKE TIRE'S WERE PUNCTURED AS IT WAS LOOSING DIRECTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DROVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ILLUMINATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE LOW BEAM SPUTTER AND THEN WHEN OUT MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE BULB AND AFTER A DAY IT JUST WENT OUT. HE REPLACED AGAIN FOR IT WAS TO BE INSPECTED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. HONDA PREFORMED OUR STATE INSPECTION AND TO OUR DISMAY THEY LET US KNOW THAT WE NEEDED A NEW BULB. 3 BULBS IN UNDER TWO WEEKS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL, NOW MY VEHICLE IS LISTED BUT MY NUMBER IS NOT AND IT IS SHOWING SYMPTOMS?

2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION ISSUES AT ONLY 115,907 MILES HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPANY. I JUST HAD TO BE EXCUSED FROM MY SHIFT OF WHERE I PERFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES SO I COULD PICK UP MY WIFE AND TWO TEENAGERS FROM THE CAR THAT HAS BEEN THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE AND THE BANE OF OTHERS' AS WELL FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IN THE UMPTEEN DIFFERENT FORUMS AND SITES ACROSS THE WORLD. ASIA DID IT RIGHT BY TREATING THEIR PEOPLE AND HONDA OWNERS RIGHT BY RECALLING THEIR TRANSMISSIONS ACROSS THE BOARD DUE TO THE LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY IN THE CVT POWERTRAIN. THIS VEHICLE LEFT MY FAMILY STRANDED ALONG A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AFTER HAVING TO COAST TO A STOP FROM THE FAR RIGHT LANE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED ACCELERATING WHILE OPERATING PERFECTLY FINE AT 70 MPH. THEN WE HAD TO WAIT ALONG THE HIGHWAY FOR AN HOUR BEFORE A TOW TRUCK COULD COME AND PICK UP THE CAR AND TOW IT TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP WHICH I'M IT WILL COST AN ARM AND A LEG TO GET THIS FIXED! IN TOWN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS MAD AS IT SHUTTERS ON TAKE OFF AND SLOW ROLLING ACCELERATIONS MAKING IT A BIT HARRY TO GET INTO TRAFFIC OR GET THROUGH AN INTERSECTION OF ANY KIND. THE CAR ALSO JUMPS OR SURGES FORWARD WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS AS WELL. NOT COOL WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR TEENAGER OPERATING THIS. I'M JUST GLAD SHE IS SMART ENOUGH TO STAY ON THE BRAKES! NOT TO MENTION THAT THE AC SUCKS DURING DAYS IT GETS TO 90 AND 100 DEGREES HERE IN KANSAS. WHO PUTS A RUBBER BELT IN A TRANSMISSION ANY WAY. GET THIS FIXED!!!! IF YOU WILL NOT GET IT FIXED, YOU WILL LOSE YET ANOTHER CUSTOMER!

"JUDDERING" HAPPENS WITH MY CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AND WHEN ACCELERATING TO ENTER AN EXPRESSWAY. "JUDDERING" MEANS THAT THE TRANS IS SLIPPING AND MAKING NOISE (LOSES POWER WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST- VERY DANGEROUS). RIVER TOWN HONDA GRANDVILLE, MI STATED THAT IT WOULD COST ME $2,100.00 TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE. HONDA JAPAN HAS RECALLED THESE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR HCH MODEL YEARS 2003 THROUGH 2005. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET HONDA AMERICA TO TREAT US TO THE SAME RECALL THAT JAPAN HAS? THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, DEFECT WITH THE CVT. HONDA MAKES QUALITY VEHICLES WITH VERY GOOD RELIABILITY, MY OTHER CAR IS ALSO A HCH 2005 WITH A MANUAL TRANS AND ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS. PLEASE CHECK INTO THE PROBLEM (I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS) AND GET HONDA AMERICA TO STAND BEHIND THEIR REPUTATION AND RECALL THE CVTS OR REIMBURSE THE $2,100.00 COST TO GET THEM REPLACED. THIS IS AN ONGOING, EVERYDAY OCCURANCE NOT LIMITED TO JUST ONE TIME. PLEASE HELP!

HAD TO REPLACE THE HYBRID BATTERY ON MY CIVIC AT 82000 MILES. NOW THE VERY EXPENSIVE ($3-4000) HYBRID BATTERY HAS GONE OUT AGAIN AT 149220 MILES. THE BATTERIES HONDA IS USING FOR THESE VEHICLES ARE LEMONS. THAT'S TWO BATTERIES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN LESS THAN 150000 MILES! THE HYBRID BATTERIES ON THE TOYOTA PRIUS HAVE AVERAGE LIFE SPANS OF 200,000 MILES+. HONDA'S DON'T LAST EVEN HALF OF THAT. CALLED HONDA AND THEY REFUSED ANY HELP. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER HONDA CIVIC HYBRID OWNERS. CAN'T DRIVE CAR ANYMORE WITHOUT PAYING THOUSANDS FOR ANOTHER HYBRID BATTERY.

FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER THE TRANSMISSION IS NO LONGER WORKING AND APPARENTLY THERE IS "SHRAPNEL" EVERYWHERE- ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC. A TOTAL LOSS IN THAT IT COSTS TWICE AS MUCH AS THE CAR IS WORTH TO FIND A NEW TRANSMISSION. WE ARE OUT $800.00 FOR THE MECHANIC TO TELL US THIS NEWS- FOR HE HAD TO TAKE THE TRANSMISSION DOWN TO INSPECT IT. A NEW ONE WOULD BE $4880.00. COULD'VE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT OR DEATH, HAD THIS OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY 5 MINUTES EARLIER! NOT FUNNY HONDA! AFTER LOOKING UP SIMILAR INCIDENTS ONLINE- I'M GRATEFUL WE'RE ALIVE.

2003 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER FINALLY CALLED, AND ADVISED HE TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. HOWEVER, THEY ONLY REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG AND TOLD HER, THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE AND THEY WOULD CALL AGAIN TO HAVE THE PASSENGER SIDE REPLACED. *JB

KEY CAN BE EASILY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE. HONDA HAS SAFETY RECALLS FOR THIS CONDITION BUT WILL NOT REPLACE MY VEHICLE AT THEIR COST, AS IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE RECALL.D

LOSS AND SURGING DUE TO FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION PARTS AND THE EGR VALVE IN THE CIVIC HYBRID