2006 Honda Civic Hybrid Fuel system Problems

“I can smell a strong gas odor near the rear of the car. I looked under the car and could see gas dripping from the gas tank where the filler hose goes into the tank. There is a puddle of gas under the car when it is parked.”

“Gas tank cracked at 132k miles, leaking gas, fumes in cabin and causing a safety concern. It's unclear exactly when it happened, but it was in the driveway, stationary and emitting fumes after being filled up with gas when I first noticed and stopped driving it. Turns out, Honda knew about the issue and issued a technical bulletin to dealerships extendingwarranty for 10 years or 120,000 miles but despite regular services and other recall fixes, I was never informed that this could be an issue, and the tank was never checked for cracks by the dealership service.”

“My daughter has been driving a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid; after about a month and half, everytime she fills up the gas tank. There's a order/smell of gasoline. Sometime in december, we took the car to elk grove Honda for the smell of gasoline. Elk grove Honda service department told us; we needed to replace the fuel tank costing about $800.00. After doing some research; the new york times reported, on 12-19-11 gas leaks with 2006-2011 Honda civic hybrids fuel tanks. However, in the article, Honda is not doing a recall but extending the warranty to 10 years or 120,000 miles. …”

“Flashing ignition immobilizer light - system code c-1 : with low battery voltage, or a disconnected or dead battery, vehicle cannot be started, either by jump starting or replacing the 12v car battery. This is due to a defect, in all j VIN civic hybrids, on the micu board located in the under-dash fuse relay box. Defect results in the electronic key codes being lost with low or no 12v ignition system voltage. The only remedy is to have the car towed to an authorized Honda dealer to have all keys (car comes with 3 sets of keys) reprogrammed to the ignition immobilizer system. …”

“I just bought a car from a small used car dealer last nov.9, 2015. I can save money for my gasoline expenses because the car I bought is a hybrid. I drove home this car with my son with 1/4 tank (25%) gasoline in the tank. But, after 3-days since the gasoline was below 1/4 of the tank, I full tank my car with gasoline (full tank). The next day when I open my garage from inside the house, I smell very strong gasoline vapor. I thought it's only some container of chemical in the garage that I smell that really smell terrible. …”