2007 Honda Civic

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IMA BATTERY IS DISCHARGING/RECALIBRATING RANDOMLY CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. PRIOR TO THIS DATE I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO TRY AND FIND A PROBLEM SINCE THIS BEGAN OCCURRING FREQUENTLY AND WAS A NEW ISSUE WITH THE CAR. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. ON THIS DATE, THE IMA BATTERY DISCHARGED WHILE MAKING A LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION, POWER WAS DRAINED, A CAR ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE MY CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. GIVEN THAT THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT WHEN A RECALIBRATION/DISCHARGE WILL HAPPEN. IT HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. BECAUSE THERE IS NO ERROR CODE INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM THEY ARE REFUSING TO WORK ON IT EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS STILL 100% UNDER WARRANTY. MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE BATTERIES AND THE CAR POWER LOSS. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THE IMA BATTERY REPLACED HAVE REPORTED THE CAR BACK TO NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. I SHOULD NOTE, THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR THE DISCHARGE/RECALIBRATION WOULD HAPPEN ONCE EVERY SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN INCREASING RAPIDLY AND NOW THE VEHICLE DOES THIS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A WEEK. IN FEBRUARY IT DID IT TWO TIMES A WEEK, AND ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED DOING IT ONCE A WEEK. THE MORE THIS OCCURS THE MORE I AM AT RISK FOR AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE POWER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE FROM NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS THE DRIVER CANNOT COMPENSATE. HONDA IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS AN ISSUE AND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE TO MY CONCERNS. *TR

WHEN I AM TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 65MPH MY ENTIRE CAR VIBRATES/SHUTTERS/SHIMMY/SHAKES. IT IS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL, AND SHIFTER, AND THE OVERALL RIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT ONLY OCCURS WHEN I PRESS THE GAS TO ACCELERATE. IF I AM TRAVELING AT 72MPH AND I RELEASE MY FOOT FROM THE GAS THE VIBRATION DOES NOT GO AWAY 100%, BUT IT'S GREATLY REDUCED. AT 32,000 MY TIRES WERE COMPLETELY BALD AND WORN. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO HONDA WHO WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY WHICH EXPIRED AT 30,000. I THEN TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE HE COULD NOT FIX THE CAMBER WHICH WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. IT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND SO I BOUGHT NEW TIRES AND HAD THEM MOUNTED, ALIGNED AND BALANCED. RECENTLY AFTER HAVING A 50,000 MAJOR SERVICE PERFORMED ON MY CAR BY HONDA THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. HAD THE RIGHT AND LEFT INNER CV JOINTS REPLACED AND THE VIBRATION STILL PERSISTS. *TR

I OWN A 2007 HONDA CIVIC WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. THE SUNVISORS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE COMPLETE JUNK. I ALREADY HAD THE OEM SUNVISORS REPLACED, AND NOW THE REPLACEMENTS HAVE BROKEN IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. THE HONDA DEALER ATTEMPTED TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THE VISORS HAD BROKEN, WHEN IT IS EXTREMELY OBVIOUS THAT IN FACT THEY MELT EVERY TIME THE TEMPERATURE GOES OVER 90 IN MY AREA. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE ONLINE AND WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM IN THE SOUTHWEST. HAVING A SUNVISOR FLOP INTO YOUR EYES/LINE OF VISION OR NOT BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY BLOCK SUN FROM YOUR VISION ARE BOTH SAFETY ISSUES. IT IS COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE OF HONDA NOT TO REPLACE SOMETHING AS INEXPENSIVE AS A SUNVISOR AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 HONDA CIVIC IN LATE MAY 2007. IN SEPT 2008, THE SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE. WHEN I CONTACTED HONDA THEY STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM ALWAYS OCCURS IN WARM CLIMATES. THE SUN VISOR WILL MALFUNCTION IN WARM CLIMATES AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM ON A LARGE SCALE THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY HONDA. I CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SAID UNTIL THE NHTSA OFFICIALLY RECALLS THE VISORS, THEY ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO. EARLY THIS MONTH IN MAY, THE PASSENGER SUN VISOR BROKE INTHE SAME MANNER. HONDA IS CURRENTLY STATING THAT THEY CANNOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAR HAS EXCEED ITS MILEAGE LIMIT OF 36,000 MILES. HOWEVER, THIS EQUIPMENT FAILURE IS NOT RELATED TO MILEAGE BUT IN FACT THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PART IN THE SUN VISOR WILL BREAK IN ALL WARM CLIMATES. *TR

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. DURING ROUTINE SERVICE AT 25,000 MILES AT HONDA DEALER, I WAS ADVISED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO WEAR. I COMPLAINED BECAUSE THESE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE 60,000 MILE TIRES. WHEN I KEPT COMPLAINING AND REFUSING TO HAVE THEM REPLACED WITH THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE (BRIDGESTONE), I WAS FINALLY ADVISED THAT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS WERE BAD AND HAD CAUSED THE EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE CONTROL ARMS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND I RECEIVED A PARTIAL CREDIT ON THE NEW TIRES. I LATER RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. IT IS WORTH THE MONEY ($26.00) TO PAY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE BULLETINS. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED ANOTHER SERVICE BULLETIN PROBLEM THAT AFFECTED MY CAR AND HAD IT REPAIRED. IT WAS AN SLUGGISH ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITH THE CIVIC HYBRIDS. *TR

CAR WOULD NOT START DUE TO LOW BATTERY CHARGE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. AFTER BATTERY JUMP, THE IMA SYSTEM OF THE HONDA CIVIC HYBRID DID NOT FUNCTION. IMA YELLOW CAUTION LIGHT AND GREEN DRIVE LIGHT (FLASHING) WERE ON AND OFF. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT FOR 45 MINUTES TO RECHARGE. THIS WAS DANGEROUS AS THERE WAS A LACK OF POWER. AT REST, THE CAR AND STEERING NEARLY SHUTS DOWN! THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER. THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT 21 ERROR CODES CAME ON AND THAT THEY ARE CONTACTING HONDA. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD! *TR

DRIVING ALONG AT 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR SPLIT OPEN AT THE "GLUED" SEAM AND IT FELL DOWN IN MY LAP, NEARLY CAUSING ME TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS IT OBSCURED MY VISION AND CERTAINLY STARTLED ME. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SUN VISORS ON CIVIC'S MODEL YEARS 2006-08 ALL OVER THE INTERNET. *TR