2006 Honda Civic Hybrid CVT Issue *Resolved*

[axenz1]

TSB 07-041 : Brake Pedal is Low and Feels Soft ?????

[10p6]

Maybe it's because you are doing nearly 80 mph in a car that weighs nearly two tons, only has a 1.3 liter engine, and designed to cruise at 60 mph.

Did you get a speeding ticket in the mail yet?

[paxan200618]

hey did you solve this problem?i want to know how.i have the same problem :(

[rasamaxa151]

Крутой крутой))

[ChrisH133878]

6V92TA doesn't seem to understand the nature of CVT - they don't change gears as in traditional automatic transmission vehicles. CVT's are becoming more and more known for failure. My Nissan X-Trail is currently in for a completely new transmission, having only been serviced by Nissan. If it is still in warranty I would get it back to the garage before it fails completely

[6V92TA]

most of the time, this is normal when under cruise control. The cruise computer will do what it takes to keep the car at whatever speed you set it at. All cans in cruise mode will sometimes dump a gear in order to climb a hill if its steep enough at high speed. Also, if the cruise is set to like 65 and you hold down the accelerator button, it will dump a gear and take off until you let the button go, where it will kick back into the gear it needs to be in to maintain that speed.

[hotfrenchgirl54]

Honda TSB 07-041 -- the car thinks it's cornering because it thinks one wheel is spinning faster than the other. Short term fix is make sure your tire pressures are equal. Long term fix is bring your car in for a software update that's covered under warranty.

[heaviestcat]

Bingo. This is the solution. Thanks for your help.

[10p6]

@hotfrenchgirl54 Once the HCH2 goes more than 60 mph, it will sacrifice gas to save the battery and IMA! It has nothing to do with tire pressure.

[jasonxay]

i think the 4 cylinder engine has to have more power to get up an incline so thats why it goes to that rpm. when cruise control is on my car goes up to 3 thousand rpm at 70 mph up an incline but never up to 5 thousand like yours.

[ale03000]

Civic Hybrid has cruise control? Well they don't have it here...

We should drive with our own foot :]. Thanks for sharing !

[JaisenJames]

Don't think it's a cvt problem... Probably a cruise control problem. My sentra does the same thing. In my car when this happens I press the accelerate button on my cruise control for a second, and after a brief acceleration the proper gear is selected. I never took it to the dealer to get repaired. Usually after this quick fix, the car operates properly for a while.

[mywJOE]

the car is only good as the owner who is taking care of it. if the owner doesn't maintain the car, obviously any car on the road would be SHIT. and also, cvt's have been good to me so far. i own a 2009 nissan rogue and the drive and handling is great on it. and it doesn't have that problem. it kicks back down to it's proper RPM.

[bobtinindy]

For 2006 Civic, have dealer see Honda Service Bulletin 07-041. My dealer did 4 "PCM updates" MXA610, MXA080, MXA550, and MXA060. I don't recall which one was the fix and which were other. Car now runs great again. My 3 year warranty had expired, but the dealer did it for free -- for "goodwill".  Thanks for your video...

[heaviestcat]

You called it Bob. Thanks for your help.

[baudilus]

Nothing to do with the car's power. The car is properly calculating the torque required at the wheels, and based on the tilt of the car it correctly decides not to adjust the transmission speed but instead it speeds up the engine. When it levels out, it should adjust the CVT in order to reduce the engine speed, but for some reason it's not "unlocking" the CVT, and it has to keep the engine speed high to maintain speed.

It's either a computer problem or a transmission control problem.

[maneiro7]

I had the same problem with my car, on my way to spain. took it to a Honda dealer in Santander. The cvt was reprogramed/software upgrade, so far so good.