2010 Honda Civic Hybrid Electrical system Problems

“On the 7/28/2013 I was driving normal highway speeds of app 70mph in my 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid when suddenly every dash light came on and the engine died causing the power steering to freeze up. The resulting chain of events nearly caused me to wreck the vehicle but I was able to perform a controlled stop and exit the freeway. Approximately 10 minutes later I was able to restart the vehicle and continue on. …”

“The instrumental panel indicator, the parking brake, the climate control system, and the audio system are malfunctioning. On a road trip in july, the air conditioner (AC) stopped blowing out cold air while we were driving on the highway. However, if we put it on auto or fan, we would get cold air as though the AC is working. A few weeks later, the radio turned on by itself while I was driving on a city street even though I did not turn it on or did I hit a bump, which could reasonably explain it coming on. The radio was a one time event. …”

“Ever since new, the hybrid system is unreliable. If the hybrid battery charge is below 1/2, which is often, the battery assist does not come on when accelerating. There is heavy traffic where I live and I have to enter a divided roadway from a side road. I often find myself nearly hit by oncoming traffic when the hybrid system doesn't kick in. Now that the car is older, the problem is much worse. In the past I could predict when the hybrid system was likely not to provide the acceleration assist needed to safely enter the highway and wait for a longer break in traffic. …”

“On june 5th I was driving in motion on van ness ave in san francisco california and suddenly I was not able to accellerate to keep up with the speed of traffic and started slowing down unable to continue. Traffic was stop-and go. People swerved around me causing issue. I managed to turn the car off and on again, and pulled over to the side. I restarted the car again and was able to slowly accellerate bringing it into the Honda dealership just 3 blocks away at market and van ness. This was sunday. On monday they called me and assured that the vehicle had been fixed due to a software bug. …”

“It appears that there may be a trend of premature ima battery failures for this vehicle and should be investigated. On our brand new 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid with less than 952 miles and less than 4 months of use, the ima and check engine lights came on. Ima battery - premature battery module deterioration (code p0a7f.) was determined to be the cause of ima and check engine light. The battery module was replaced by the Honda dealer. Ima and check engine light came again in october 2013, less than 3 year of use. Took it to the Honda dealer. …”