2008 Honda Civic

MY CAR WAS STOPPED IN LINE WHILE WAITING TO GO THROUGH US CUSTOMS. TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, ENGINE STARTED TO REV. PLACED TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL POSITION. ENGINE REVVED THREE TIMES, EACH TIME HIGHER. ON THIRD REVVING, RPM REACHED 4000 RPM. TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. WHEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE REVVED AT HIGH RPM AGAIN. TURNED OFF ENGINE, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. RESTARTED ENGINE AGAIN, AND ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY. TOOK CAR TO HONDA DEALER ON 7/23/12. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY TROUBLE CODES IN THE ENGINE COMPUTER. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO AT APPROX MILEAGE OF 45,000 MILES. ENGINE STARTED REVVING WHILE STOPPED AT A SIGNAL. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. DEALER CALLED IN AREA REP WHO REVIEWED PROCESS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR

MY WIFE WAS HEADED HOME FROM WORK (APPROXIMATELY 5 PM) WHEN SHE HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC ON A FAIRLY STEEP HILL, WITH AN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AT, OR NEAR, 100 DEGREES. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESUME FORWARD SHE PRESSED THE GAS ON HER 2008 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID AND THE CAR STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO ANOTHER CAR. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE, SHE SWITCHED TO THE LOWEST RANGE, STILL THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. AS A RESULT, SHE HAD TO WAVE CARS BEHIND HER AROUND WHILE ALL SHE COULD DO WAS HOLD THE BRAKES UNTIL SHE COULD MANAGE TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THIS HILL TO SAFETY. SHE THEN CHANGED ROUTES THAT HAD SUBSTANTIALLY MORE CONGESTION, BUT SMALLER HILLS. HILLS ARE A WAY OF LIFE IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA, SO ARE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN JULY. SHE HAS MENTIONED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS TERRIBLE ACCELERATION ON SOME LESSER HILLS IN HOT WEATHER OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, BUT NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING AS DANGEROUS AS THIS INCIDENT.THIS MALADY HAS BEEN REPORTED A MINIMUM OF 2-3 TIMES TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SHE PURCHASED IT FROM, HERITAGE HONDA, ROME, GA. I WOULDN'T ALLOW HER TO USE IT UNTIL HONDA SORTED OUT THE MALFUNCTION. WELL, I SPENT THE DAY THERE, THEY DID COMPUTER ANALYSIS, TECHNICIAN INTERFACED WITH HONDA TECH LINE, EVEN SENT A "SNAPSHOT" OF THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER DATA WHEN IT ACTUALLY RECREATED THE SAME CONDITION FOR THE MECHANIC ON A STEEP HILL. NONE-THE-LESS, I LEFT THERE HOPEFUL THAT HONDA WOULD RESOLVE OUR DILEMMA. AFTER A DAY AND A HALF OF WAITING FOR SOME FEEDBACK, I WAS FINALLY INFORMED THE CAR WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. APPARENTLY, THE HYBRID BATTERIES REACHED A HIGH TEMPERATURE, WHICH FOR "SAFETY REASONS" DISABLED THE CIRCUITRY THAT "ASSISTS" THE CAR VIA THE "HYBRID ELECTRIC MOTOR" WHICH IN TURN LEAVES THE CAR COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON THE UNDERSIZED GASOLINE ENGINE. IN THIS CASE, NOT NEAR ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE HER CAR. HONDA SAYS IT'S OK TO DRIVE! WE NEED HELP, PLEASE HELP US! *TR

DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY THE SAY THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABUSED THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT COVER THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA HAS HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINS REGARDING THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS AND THE FAILURES THAT THEY'VE HAD. *TR

TOOK CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE 4/30/2011 AT HONDA DEALER. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERFORMED REFLASH CAMPAIGN 10-034 WITHOUT ASKING. PREVIOUSLY HAD DECLINED THIS SERVICE AND IS NOTED IN SERVICE RECORDS NOT TO PERFORM THIS SERVICE EVER. CAR PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED SINCE THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED. CAR WILL NOT RELIABLY ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY FROM STANDSTILL (RED LIGHT) OR WHEN MERGING INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AT 40-50 MPH. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, VEHICLE MAY OR MAY NOT MOVE AT ACCEPTABLE SPEED CAUSING THE POTENTIAL TO ENTER TRAFFIC WITH INADEQUATE POWER TO GET UP TO SPEED OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PERFORMANCE IS NOW INCONSISTENT AND YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS NEEDED. THE ENGINE WILL REV VERY HIGH BUT THE CAR WILL ONLY GO 5-10 MPH WITH PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. HONDA DEALER HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE. I AM LIMITING DRIVING THIS CAR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS THIS CAR IS UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. ALSO, THE AUTO-STOP FEATURE DOES NOT WORK AS PRIOR TO THE REFLASH, ENGINE IDLES MUCH HIGHER AT STOPS AND DOES NOT CUT OFF. THIS HAS DECREASED GAS MILEAGE SIGNIFICANTLY.

OUR STANDARD 2008 CIVIC EX (BOUGHT JUNE 2008) STARTED TO HAVE VARIABLE VIBRATION/SHUTTERING ISSUES FROM IDLE/STOP TO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AROUND 28,000 MILES (NEW CIVIC, WE ARE THE ONLY OWNERS, NO ACCIDENTS). THE SHUTTERING STOPPED AFTER THE CAR WAS IN HIGHER GEARS. THIS VIBRATION ISSUE WORSENED AND WE COULD NOT SAFELY ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING FROM AN IDLE POSITION INTO 1ST GEAR - DUE TO EXTREME VIBRATIONS, WHICH BECAME MORE FREQUENT. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AROUND 35000 MILES ON NOVEMBER 17, 2010, TO DETERMINE/CORRECT THE SHUTTERING/VIBRATION ISSUES. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE. THE SHUTTERING/VIBRATION CONTINUED AND WE DECIDED TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR TIRES AT OUR COST AROUND 40,000 MILES TO SEE IF THIS WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE VIBRATION/SHUTTERING CONTINUED AT VARIABLE TIMES. AT 41,000 MILES, THE VIBRATION/SHUTTERING BECAME IMPACTFUL AND WE COULD NOT SAFELY ACCELERATE FROM AN IDLE POSITION WITHOUT THE CAR SHAKING/NOT ENGAGING EFFECTIVELY. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 3, 2011 AND THE TECHNICIAN REPLICATED THE ISSUE WITH US IN THE CAR. THEY INDICATED THEY LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE MOTOR MOUNTS AND "LOOKED" AT THE CLUTCH (NOT INSPECTED). THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT AND IT WAS DUE TO THE WAY WE DROVE THE VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR TECHNICIAN REPLICATED THE ISSUE. THEY SAID HONDA DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ISSUE VIA THE PHONE TECHNICAL LINE. WE DID NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND IT IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AS IT WILL NOT ENGAGE/ACCELERATE PROPERLY WITHOUT SHUTTERING WHEN SHIFTING FROM IDLE INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. *TR