2003 Honda Civic Hybrid Engine Problems

“When driving at 50mph on a national highway 95s heading to philadelphia around 11am,the speed of the car suddenly reduce to 20mph and then stalled and stopped moving. I had to pull aside to check the engine. After some thirty minutes of rest,I had to return home with an idea of getting the car checked by the dealer.the dealer reorted of having no problem in the engine and I had to take the car back and running as carefully as possible without using for a long trip. …”

“My car has a manual transmission. The auto-stop feature cuts in sometimes when I shift into neutral preparatory to downshifting to accelerate. If this happens when I am trying to make a left turn through a break in oncoming traffic or pull into a gap in traffic on the expressway, it can be quite frightening. Fortunately, I haven't been hit yet, but my wife is reluctant to ride in my car. There was a recall several years ago which the Honda serviceman told me would fix the problem, but it didn't.”

“I drove my car to Honda of san angelo dealership for a recall, a software update campaign was done, I picked up the car and upon driving off the dealership lot, I noticed immediately that the electric part of the hybrid was not working, at all, it was working when I dropped it off and getting 47 mpg. Upon returning to the dealership, the service manager told me not to blame them for having a 9 year old car with 100,000 miles on it. I argued the point, that it was working when I dropped it off, and it isn't now, simple as that and as I drove off, the service manager flipped me off. …”

“The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving up a hill the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 140,000.”

“The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid. The contact stated that while accelerating from a stop, the vehicle lunged forward violently and stalled. The failure recurred several times before operating as designed. The contact applied the brakes and again the failure recurred but the vehicle would not accelerate forward, only in reverse. The vehicle later began to accelerate forward and was taken to a dealer for diagnosis. The contact was informed that a hard reset of the computer would be required. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. …”