Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 04/01/2009 | |||
| I'm a honda civic hybrid owner (2006). i have not reported the lack of acceleration to my dealer, assuming that was the low power of the car due to the hybrid nature. the lack of acceleration at times when it's needed has put me in unsafe situations. additionally, my hybrid does not consistently auto stop as designed. | |||
| 01/19/2012 | 35000 | ||
| This occurs on occasion. when the accelerator is depressed the vehicle's acceleration was very slow responding to command. this happened while accelerating from a stop and entered the intersection with oncoming traffic from both sides. the civic was not moving as expected and nearly did not make it to the opposite side of the street before the oncoming cars reached me. because it happens only occasionally, when it happens it is unexpected and could easily lead to an accident. | |||
| 04/01/2009 | |||
| I'm a honda civic hybrid owner (2006). i have not reported the lack of acceleration to my dealer, assuming that was the low power of the car due to the hybrid nature. the lack of acceleration at times when it's needed has put me in unsafe situations. additionally, my hybrid does not consistently auto stop as designed. | |||
| 01/19/2012 | 35000 | ||
| This occurs on occasion. when the accelerator is depressed the vehicle's acceleration was very slow responding to command. this happened while accelerating from a stop and entered the intersection with oncoming traffic from both sides. the civic was not moving as expected and nearly did not make it to the opposite side of the street before the oncoming cars reached me. because it happens only occasionally, when it happens it is unexpected and could easily lead to an accident. | |||
| 04/01/2009 | |||
| I'm a honda civic hybrid owner (2006). i have not reported the lack of acceleration to my dealer, assuming that was the low power of the car due to the hybrid nature. the lack of acceleration at times when it's needed has put me in unsafe situations. additionally, my hybrid does not consistently auto stop as designed. | |||
| 01/19/2012 | 35000 | ||
| This occurs on occasion. when the accelerator is depressed the vehicle's acceleration was very slow responding to command. this happened while accelerating from a stop and entered the intersection with oncoming traffic from both sides. the civic was not moving as expected and nearly did not make it to the opposite side of the street before the oncoming cars reached me. because it happens only occasionally, when it happens it is unexpected and could easily lead to an accident. | |||
| 04/01/2009 | |||
| I'm a honda civic hybrid owner (2006). i have not reported the lack of acceleration to my dealer, assuming that was the low power of the car due to the hybrid nature. the lack of acceleration at times when it's needed has put me in unsafe situations. additionally, my hybrid does not consistently auto stop as designed. | |||
| 01/19/2012 | 35000 | ||
| This occurs on occasion. when the accelerator is depressed the vehicle's acceleration was very slow responding to command. this happened while accelerating from a stop and entered the intersection with oncoming traffic from both sides. the civic was not moving as expected and nearly did not make it to the opposite side of the street before the oncoming cars reached me. because it happens only occasionally, when it happens it is unexpected and could easily lead to an accident. | |||
| 04/01/2009 | |||
| I'm a honda civic hybrid owner (2006). i have not reported the lack of acceleration to my dealer, assuming that was the low power of the car due to the hybrid nature. the lack of acceleration at times when it's needed has put me in unsafe situations. additionally, my hybrid does not consistently auto stop as designed. | |||
| 02/04/2011 | 52013 | ||
| Bought this car new. i won't even go into the ridiculous 49/51 mpg window sticker that is a blatant lie but that does play into my complaint as you will see. honda, after receiving complaints about the battery pack and having problems with it, has this brainstorm to reflash or reprogram the computer/battery pack as part of a recall this past year. this was done at my last oil change. prior to that time my sole complaint with my car was that the mpg averaged about 35mpg period. since this last recall and reprogram not only has my fuel economy gone down but the performance of the car is essentially unsafe from a stopped position. let's face it, the car never was a nascar but on the other side of the coin it was not a golf car either. now when starting out from a stopped position, whether at a stop light or anywhere and whether the motor has shut off or not, the hybrid is so bogged down that i honestly believe my golf car accelerates better and more quickly. let's set this straight too. i'm 41 and not trying to drag race i'm merely trying to drive the car in a normal safe manner. at times it feels like the car is going to literally die in the middle of a turn or intersection which can be a bad thing once you commit to a turn and there's a 53 foot 100,000lbs of fun coming in your direction. honda has gotten away with ignoring my complaints about the hydroplaning of this vehicle, the ridiculously low fuel economy, and now they will likely do the same with their attempt at making their battery last longer which has made the vehicle less safe for me and my wife and kids. this recall was nothing more than a battery life extender to protect honda's wallet. how about replacing everyone's battery once for the life of the car? that'd make sense to me...you know...the guy that shelled out 24,000.00 for your car expecting to receive mid to upper 40's in fuel economy. fix it | |||
| 05/14/2006 | 19000 | 1 | |
| Tl* i have a 2006 honda civic hybrid that numerous times now (virtually all the time), the cruise control will not slow down when instructed to slow down by pressing the decrease speed button one press at a time. usually i will have to hold it down for several seconds for it to respond. the vehicle was taken to the dealer they stated there is not failure and now the warranty has expired. the manufacture also was call and they stated there is nothing they can do. the failure mileage was 19,000. the contact requested that the complaint be written verbatim with no revisions. updated 04/22/10 *bf | |||
| 02/23/2009 | 50000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic hybrid. while driving 5 mph out of the driveway, the vehicle struck a bump and it suddenly accelerated on its own. the contact lost control of the vehicle and it spun around. both the brakes and emergency brake failed. the vehicle came to a stop when it struck a muddy embankment. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. there were no injuries. the current and failure mileages were 50,000. | |||
| 10/05/2007 | 30000 | 1 | |
| When going up a hill with the cruise control set, the rpms will increase in order to climb the hill whilst maintaining the same speed. once the peak of the hill is reached, though, the rpms will not return to the normal range (between 2000 and 3000). this will continue indefinitely unless i slow down below 40 mph, or shift from d to s and then back to d. while i have included oct 5th, 2007 as the incident date, that is approximately when i first noticed the issue. no doubt it has been occurring throughout the lifetime of the car, but this is when i first became aware of the problem on a long road trip. the problem persists. this is wasting a considerable amount of gas, as well as putting unneeded wear and tear on the engine and drivetrain. honda maintains that this is not triggering any error codes with the system management in the car. however, this behavior is surely not intended, and others have reported the same behavior on online message boards. *tr | |||
| 04/02/2006 | 4000 | 1 | 12/01/2005 |
| Xi have owned a 2006 civic hybrid for the past year and a half. on several occasions i have noticed that a light application of the brake pedal can result in a sudden acceleration} rather than in braking. this happens intermittently, i would say approximately once a month. it seems like a malfunction in the computer system running the braking system. on one occasion last april this resulted in a minor accident. at the time i had only owned the car for a short interval and was surprised at this strange reaction of the car. since that time this problem has recurred several times. i would like to ask if you have had other reports of this problem and whether you know about it. since it is an intermittent effect it is no use taking the car to the dealership. *jb | |||
| 01/05/2007 | 1891 | 1 | 08/30/2006 |
| While backing out of my garage the accelerator sped out of control while in reverse causing my 2006 honda civic hybrid to crash into my house. *nm | |||
| 07/04/2006 | 7500 | 1 | 04/20/2006 |
| Unintended acceleration. 10 miles after a cold start-up, the car went to full throttle. i was able to hold it in place with the brakes. i turned the ignition off momentarily, but the car went back to full throttle. i then turned it off for about 15 seconds, and the car reverted to normal operation. the cruise control was on, but not engaged. no speed had been set after the initial startup. this is a hybrid with full throttle by wire. i took the car to the selling dealer, who had no service bulletin on this fault. he said i would have to leave it until they could replicate the fault. knowing the futility of this, i declined to leave the car. the fault has not reappeared. *jb | |||