2007 Honda Civic Hybrid Battery Problems

Honda Civic Hybrid Battery Problems
IMA Battery Problems
This happens everytime I drive the car.

More info at www.greenhybrid.com

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Honda
• Civic
• Hybrid
• Battery
• mpg
• IMA

[cheezmo1]

jtman04401, hybrid car makers and Obama love people like you too. Spread the love not the hate.

[cheezmo1]

We gave up on this lemon because it was unsafe to not have full power while merging onto the freeway or making a left turn at a light, especially with 2 kids in the back seat. We bought 2010 prius and love it. We average 52 mpg everywhere we go! :)

[cheezmo1]

We gave up on this lemon because it was unsafe to not have full power while merging onto the freeway or making a left turn at a light, especially with 2 kids in the back seat.

[mysqueeker]

@cheezmo1 glad you love the prius.  the honda hybrid IMA assist is a joke and it does not have the same technology as a prius as far as keeping the battery in optimum working condition. you can get massive miles built up on a prius sometimes 500k miles on a original battery and it still work fine. while i love honda i dont like their hybrid tech.

[mb013962]

@ckhripin sorry to but in, but I think the ford fusion and focus (plug in and hybrid) will make these cars look weak.

[Interests2010s]

@ckhripin--That really isn't bad. I can imagine, however, that it would be hard to obtain a Leaf at the moment. An onboard charging motor is what one will need for a Leaf especially if driven on roads where there isn't a gas station for miles. How much power can the batteries in these Leafs hold?

[ckhripin]

@Interests2010s Well, I read the Wikipedia article on the Leaf and it was impressive. When

you calculate the cost of electricity use, it is about $3.60 per 100 miles

- equivalent to a 99 mile range. Not bad. It does not include an onboard

charging motor, but thats OK by me, since the one in the Volt is actually

not that efficient. Also the engine is 110 hp, 0 to 60 of 9.6 sec.

[Interests2010s]

@ckhripin--I honestly have no idea. That may be something you may want to inquire about at a Nissan dealership or read online reviews. When I first heard about the Leaf, it was something I was thinking about eventually getting. Since we got another (underpowered) Civic and now the hybrid, I am thinking in reconsidering. Last I heard that the Volt was having some problems. You may want to see about asking for a test drive. That's what I would do.

[Interests2010s]

@ckhripin--That's pretty much all these ''hybrid'' vehicles are good for. There is going to be a new Prius model, the Prius C. I am thinking in going to take a look at one when they first come out. The fact that certain vehicles could be exempt from emissions is also good to know. Here in NC, a hybrid (and they joke these vehicles really are) doesn't grant you any special privileges.

[ckhripin]

@ckhripin But I agre that all electric would be better. I would like to try driving a Volt because it has a small gas engine that can charge up your battery if you need it to. I wonder how many HP Volt or Leaf have? Proably not as many as a Tesla. I cant really drive stick, but I used to ride a motorcycle, that was kind of fun but I would rather be able to do other things while driving now, getting old I guess.

[ckhripin]

@Interests2010s ah ok. Yeah it seems they never live up to the EPA estimate. I heard car companies will have like one model that is really light and underpowered and do the EPA test on that. Also in Maryland you do get some benefits - you can postpone emissions tests. But you cant use HOV. The point of a hybrid is to store power from when you break to when you accelerate.

[Interests2010s]

The only other good thing about these cars is, in some states (like Virginia, Colorado, and especially California to name 3), they grant you special privileges. For example, you can use HOV lanes with them by yourself. However, you need a special permit for that. Sadly, I don't live in any such state. The still give out emissions. The way I look at it, a vehicle is either 100% gas or 100% electric. Yet another thing I don't like about this particular model is that it's automatic