2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID Complaints

IGNITION LOCK FAILURE. CAR CAN BE TURNED OF AND KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE. FORTUNATELY I USE MY PARKING BREAK. *TR

TRIED TO ACCELERATE ON TO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE JUDDER AND SLIPPED. I COULD NOT GAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO GET AHEAD OF TRAFFIC AND OTHER CAR'S ALMOST COLLIDED WITH MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A COMMON DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE WHEN DRIVING THE CAR. HONDA IS AWARE OF ISSUE AND REFUSES TO REPAIR. *TR

MY CAR IS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. DESPITE THE FACT THAT I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER IN ABOUT NOVEMBER OF 2011, THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS THE WAY I DROVE. I'VE ALWAYS DRIVEN THE SAME WAY AND OWNED THE CAR FOR 7 YEARS NOW. THEN, A FEW MONTHS AGO, I DISCOVERED THE REASON I LOST POWER WAS THEY REPROGRAMMED THE CAR SO I LOST POWER! I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE VARIOUS LAWSUITS AGAINST HONDA FOR REPROGRAMMING THE HYBRIDS SO THAT EVERYONE LOST ABOUT 5 MPG AND THE BATTERY WAS LESS POWERFUL, ALL SO THEY COULD MAKE THE BATTERIES GO PAST WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THEM. MY CAR BATTERY HAS ALSO STARTED TO CHARGE WHEN I ACCELERATE, WHICH IT IS NOT SUPPOSE TO DO. THIS IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY. AROUND HERE, THERE ARE ENTRANCES THAT ARE STOP SIGNS AND YOU WAIT FOR A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE TO GET IN. MY SPACE IS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER BECAUSE I AM AFRAID I WILL GET IN AN ACCIDENT IF I DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA ROOM I NEED TO ACCELERATE UP TO HIGHWAY SPEED (MIN. 50 MPH ON THIS HIGHWAY). *TR

FROM WHAT I HAS BEEN TOLD TO ME BY THE DEALER, THE STARTER CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CVT CIVIC HYBRID BECOMES DEFICIENT AND UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION, FROM A STOP, YOU FEEL A HARSH JUTTER WHICH GETS WORSE WITH TIME UNTIL IT FAILS. THEY PUT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN BUT THIS ONLY COVERS CARS WITHIN WARRANTY. BUT SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PAY $1500 TO $200 FOR A PROBLEM WHICH SHOULD NEVER OCCURRED. *KB

MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THE CONTINOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSION DEALERSHIP JUST CHANGES TRANSMISSION FLUID UNTIL NOW, SINCE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY NOW RECOMMEND A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. *TR

I RECEIVED A RECALL UPDATE FROM HONDA ON MY 2005 CIVIC HYBRID. THEY PERFORMED THE UPDATE THEN MY HYBRID BATTER DIED AND MY CAR WOULD NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. WHILE DRIVING, MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM GREATLY AND MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD SHOULD DOWN. MY CAR WOULD ALSO SURGE FORWARD WHEN THE TACHOMETER WOULD RACE UP AND DOWN BY 500 RPM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AFTER THEY UPDATE AND THEY ADMITTED THEY'D BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY CARS POST UPDATE. THEY AGREED TO FIX IT. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE CAR BEGAN TO ACT IN THE SAME MANNER. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANYTHING THEY HAD DONE THIS TIME AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY $3000 FOR THE REPAIR. MY SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME HE TOTALLY DISAGREED AND THOUGHT THE UPDATE HAD CAUSED THE ISSUE. HE APOLOGIZED FOR ALL OF THE ISSUES AND TOLD ME HE FELT LIKE HONDA WAS NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. *TR

2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID BEGAN JUDDERING WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN SLIPPING. HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 105,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. HOWEVER, THEY INITIALLY INSIST ON ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH A PROCEDURE CALLED "BURNISHING". THIS PROCEDURE TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY, BUT JUDDERING AND SLIPPING EVENTUALLY COMES BACK. THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX. THE STARTER CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, A MORE EXTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR, BUT THE ONLY REPAIR THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM FOR GOOD. HONDA HAS A KNOWN DEFECT, AND THEY HAVE USED A BAND-AID APPROACH TO THE REPAIR; FORCING CUSTOMERS TO BURNISH THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE THEY WILL REPLACE THE STARTER CLUTCH. CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD BY BURNISHING AND THEN HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO RE-OCCUR. SAFETY IS AN ISSUE HERE AS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC. *TR

TRANSMISSION IS JUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I'M ONLY 10,000 MILES OVER THE 105,000 EXTENDED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY (THEY KNOW THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BROKEN), AND I HAVE AN EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE SERVICE RECORD WITH THE DEALER. THEY REFUSE TO WORK WITH ME ON THE ISSUE. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND STARTER CLUTCH, AND THE WARRANTY SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 200,000 MILES. *TT