The SRS light on my honda was on for the past month. This is a known issue that is affecting lots of honda civics of 2006 and 2007 that honda refuses to acknowledge. The wiring harness has to be replaced and the passenger side weight sensor, which is close to a $2000 repair. When I asked honda corporate (customer service [xxx] at 800‑999‑1009) I was arrogantly told they do not care because the car is outside of warranty. It is disgraceful that honda markets safety in their vehicles, but does not stand behind their SRS system failing prematurely. This is not a wear and team item and no one sits in my car besides me. There should be a safety recall on this since airbags will not deploy whether or not we wear seat belts. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
2007 Honda Civic electrical complaints
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Popping noise while turning at 5,268 miles. Replaced two tires at 19,785 miles. Need a front end axle replacement at 31,839. Diagnosed and adjusted torqued rear suspension noise at 60,136. Replaced rear upper control arms 61,275. Replaced shocks, and cv boots at 61,275. Struts were making noise due to cupping. Struts were replaced at 61,275. Two new tires that were recently replaced were replaced again. Both tires were feathered and making noise. Vehicle is maintained in good condition and is following the manufacturer's maintenance recommendation. Car was aligned as required by manufacturer. However, cupping or feathering of the tires still happened. When the rear control arm was not replaced yet, the rear noise was so loud and driving was bad. The tires felt flat and the shock absorber did not seem to be working. It is very hard to deal with both honda america and kolbe dealer. Both companies tried to play ignorant of the issues although they knew it all along. I spent $1,419.11 for premature expenses. American honda blamed the premature damages to me. American honda nor kolbe honda did not notify me of the technical bulletins that were issued. Also, just because there is a technical bulletin or corrective action does not mean that the problem will go away. Design of the rear upper control arm must be reviewed again and tested for geometry with other parts of the vehicle. Honda america should tightened its quality control and quality assurance so that its manufacturing facility will not release cars that have defective parts. Honda knew very well that the rear upper control arms have design flawed starting with 2002 honda civic. Why are they still using this design? Is it because they manufactured so much of the wrong parts? The battery, and water pump pulley were replaced, updated 07/16/12
My honda civic hybrid is not safe please help . My 07 honda civic hybrid has a problem with the ima battery most times it indicates no charge very very very dangerous . One example I came to a turn signal to turn left there were aprrox 3 cars ahead of me the signal light turned green the cars ahead of me went my turn I accelerated no power my car creeped thru the intersection as I started my turn the signal light was yellow then turned red for me and green for the oncoming traffic I thought I was going to get hit on my passenger side . This was not the first time it happened but one of the most dangerous ones. Please help!
Original owner. After ima battery software upgrade owner now experiences random loss of battery power level. Battery indicator randomly falls to 1 bar and during this time, sluggish to poor acceleration, especially in highway merge situations placing owner is dangerous situations. When battery charged at least 50%, acceleration is acceptable as the ima assist in acceleration.
The vehicle's hybrid ima system (integrated motor assist) has been steadily deteriorating since approximately 40000 miles, but became hazardous at around 63000. Current mileage is 78500. The hybrid battery system must recharge so frequently that battery assist is available less than half the time. When assist is unavailable, acceleration is dangerously low, making common driving situations such as left turns, freeway onramps, and merging into traffic unpredictable and quite hazardous. Honda's only response has been a series of ineffective software updates. Honda will not replace the battery under warranty unless a warning light appears. Yet even the current severely degraded performance of the battery does not trigger that warning light. I have been in several "near miss" situations when acceleration was so sluggish that I was nearly unable to evade a dangerous traffic situation.
After battery upgrade due to honda recall notice, the 2007 civic hybrid battery does not hold its charge as well as it used to. This is dangerous in icy conditions, as accelerating is slow. It's also dangerous entering the expressway and making a quick left turn. If I expect the car to perform as it doe when the battery is working, I end up barely getting up to speed in time. I'm hesitant to contact honda for a fix because of reports that this makes the problem worse and also decreases mpgs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact was driving 40 MPH when the ima battery warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle would not restart for a minimum of six hours and the vehicel was taken to the dealer. The dealer stated that there were bad codes that caused the vehicle to stall. The dealer reprogrammed the vehicle but the failure recurred. The dealer then replaced the ECM and PCM. The contact stated that the problem was with the ima battery since one of the codes from the diagnostic test read that the ima code was faulty. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 11v106000 (electrical system) and called the manufacturer but was advised that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 74,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. While driving approximately 5 MPH uphill, the vehicle became resistant to acceleration attempts with no illumination of the battery warning symbol. The failure usually occurred when driving uphill and had been experienced at least ten times intermittently. The contact stated she received a software update notification letter from the manufacturer but did not have the updates performed. The dealer was contacted and the service manager informed the contact that the update could hurt the fuel mileage significantly. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000. Updated 05/04/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact stated after receiving notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 11v106000 (electrical system) the contact called the dealer to set an appointment for recall repairs. The dealer advised that the parts needed for repairs would not become available for two weeks. The manufacturer was contacted and confirmed the dealer's information. The manufacturer then suggested calling several different dealers to determine if the part was in stock. The contact was concerned that the failure described in the recall could cause a crash and stated that the manufacturer should have all parts available. The contact did not experience a failure. The current mileage was 82,000.
Since I have gotten the ima battery upgrade the car battery completely discharges randomly several times a day. When the battery discharges the car looses a significant amount of its acceleration. It frequently looses all bars on the battery gauge, signifying a recalibration event. When this happens, the car is unable to accelerate at a reasonable speed since the hybrid system is trying to charge the battery instead of accelerating the car. In addition, you have to drive slowly and avoid any situations that may require quick acceleration while this is occurring or else you might be involved in an accident. I have had three incidents since this upgrade where I have nearly had accidents due to this problem.
2007 honda hybrid, purchased new on 05/26/2007 at ed morse honda in riviera beach florida. Listing of auto problems dealer made aware of since purchase: *12/27/2007 left front window regulator failed: under warranty/replaced *05/01/2009 ima (hybrid battery) indicator begins to drop to on bar, acceleration feels rough. Inspected but found no problems, yet auto still had same problems until it failed. *07/10/2010 ima(hybrid battery) and engine light on, battery drops to no indication bars. Dealer reprogrammed internal software, under warranty *07/27/2010 left front window fell in, unable to operate, out of use until repaired (had to replace window and regulator, but window not broken, dealer insisted had to replace both). Charge $431.68, dealer states no longer under warranty, yet same window had failed on 12/27/2007. *07/26/2010 ima (hybrid battery) software updated again, had been done 07/10/2010. Still under warranty. *12/09/2010 ima failed (hybrid battery) and engine light on. Dealer replaced ima battery, under warranty. First reported concern to dealer 05/01/2009. Two updates to software attempts unsuccessful. Recall documented by honda. *12//18/2010 left front wheel bearing failure. Charged $48.69 to diagnose. Dealer asking about $400.00 to repair. Unable to afford dealer cost, repaired elsewhere. Have learned there may be a recall on same issue the federal safety agency #: 07v399000. *01/15/2011 gas cap door lever failed. Unable to open gas cap door to pump gas. Mechanism broke that has cable traveling from driver's seat to gas cap door. Had to dismantle component from within the trunk to open. I was at a gas station when this happened at night. Dealer is not open at this time. Very concerned with car's multiple function failures. Non of which have been caused by driver. As can be noted, the items that have failed could all lead to emergency situations. Have all receipts to verify the above. Need help. Please.
2007 honda hybrid ima problems honda update now car really unsafe. Never know when hybrid will go gas mileage went from 45 to 32 mpg cant get up to speed at lights tired of people blowing there horns at me. Please help us hybrid owners very unsafe car with ima update honda want put it back to org spec.
On my 2007 honda civic hybrid the ima battery will suddenly drop from a charge to no charge. When this happens the car loses almost all acceleration power because the gasoline engine is forced to charge the battery up. This has happened to me during acceleration onto major highways during rush hour which is extremely dangerous without acceleration power. I would like honda motor to address this issue instead of issuing software recalls that do nothing to the car.
Honda civic hybrid ima no assist or lack of assist and mileage reduction after ima software recall update. I had no issues prior to the ima recall software update performed at the dealer. The car seems to now use less electric motor power to accelerate or to go up hills. This can become dangerous in certain situations. Also the car has seen a decrease in fuel economy of 16% city and 24% highway. Contacted 2 different honda dealerships and they both said some people have the same issues but honda does not have a solution for them. Called honda motor corp. Directly to try to get warranty fix or at least for them to uninstall the ima sw update and they said they cannot do that. They will not replace my battery which is still under the 8 year warranty or resolve my sw update issues. It seems with so many people having an issue someone like the government should step in and force honda to rectify the issues for free rather than having people waste their time going to small claims court or filing a class action suit.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact received notification from the dealer to bring his vehicle in for servicing where they performed an ima service upgrade. After the servicing, the contact stated the electric motor assist did not work. Both the dealer and manufacture were contacted who informed the contact that the software upgrade could not be undone. The vehicle was not repaired. The current mileage was approximately 59,000. The failure mileages was approximately 56,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact stated that in august 2010, the dealer reprogrammed the computer which caused the vehicle to lose power and not accelerate normally. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer who stated that the reprogramming was the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 28,000.
I received a letter from american honda corp. Stating that I needed to get a software update on my 2007 honda civic hybrid ima battery. I took the car to my local dealer and since the update has been installed the car is dangerous to drive when entering the freeway. The failure to accelerate happens everytime I enter the freeway. The consequences of this failure is that cars behind come up on me very fast and I have no power to get in the flow of traffic. It has little acceleration to match traffic flow. It seems the car is mostly operating on the small engine and has little assist from the battery,since the update has been installed.I called american honda they said there was no problem with the update on the performance of the car and they would not do anything regarding my concerns. I feel this car is an accident waiting to happen. As well ,honda said they will not change the warranty on the battery even though they have changed how the battery operates since they have installed the update. I ask you to consider telling honda to recall this car and make it safe to drive. I want my car to run the way it did before the software was installed. A side complaint is that the good gas mileage I got on a tank of gas as dropped considerably since the update.. Thank you for your consideration on taking on this complaint.. P.s. There has been no accident. I filed this complaint so that there is none in the future. The incident date of august 11,2010 is the date the new software was installed in my car.
This is regarding a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The ima system/electric battery is not working as it used to. Recently there was a service bulletin issued by honda to have the ima software updated at any honda dealership. The service bulletin dealt with the issue of the electric battery not charging properly and no/minimal assist from the ima system when accelerating. There is no change in how the car is performing after the software update and the mpg has gone down from 42 to 32 mpg. The electric battery is not charging as it used to initially and there is hardly any assist when accelerating. My wife and I have almost gotten into really bad accidents when trying to merge on the freeway. Without any assistance from the electric battery, the car has literally no acceleration. On a few occasions we were almost run over by semi's because we couldn't merge with the traffic fast enough. I've reported this issue to multiple dealerships in bay area ca but they insisted there is no problem with the hybrid batteries. They state that if there is a problem then a warning light should come up on the dashboard indicating the problem. I don't know why the light is not coming on but I proved to multiple dealers that the battery charge does not hold. They saw how the car was behaving but said they were not able to do anything till the vehicle's onboard computer indicated that there was an issue with the ima system. I then contacted honda USA and reported the issue. They were polite but declined any help. They also said that the car has an onboard computer that displays an error if there is an issue. I told them that this problem can cause fatal accidents on the highway because the car does not have any power and it is not fit to be driven on the highway but honda USA said that they were not aware of any such issue. I strongly feel that they are aware of the issue and even tried to correct it via the latest software update but it didn't work and they're not willing to replace the battery.
The ima battery pack in my 2007 honda civic hybrid failed at 68,000 miles. Prior to the failure, on one occasion the engine shut down at a stop sign and had to be restarted. The battery failure occurred while my wife was driving the car on a freeway and the failure resulted in a considerable drop in power, but the car continued to run on the gasoline engine alone. Honda previously installed a software update in the vehicle apparently to address battery issues. Honda is replacing the battery pack under warranty.
Premature sudden battery failure. Shorts out. I've have to get a new battery every year.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact stated that the electrical battery, or the ima system, would not hold an electrical charge. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised the contact that if a light did not illuminate within the instrument panel stating there was a failure with the vehicle, they were unable to assist. The manufacturer was contacted stating that a warning light should have illuminated indicating a failure and if not, they were unable to provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 56,000. Updated 04/15/11
2007 honda civic hybrid. Consumer states problems with vehicle battery *tgw the consumer stated she received a letter from honda motor corp. To visit her dealer for a software update to prevent premature deterioration on the ima battery. The consumer stated she was getting poor gas mileage. She then noticed the vehicle's performance was extremely sluggish. Every time she started the vehicle and began driving, the gauge that displayed the ima battery's charge dropped to one bar and there was absolutely no assist from the ima system upon acceleration, which was the process of the battery recalibrating and trying to evaluate if there was enough charge available to assist the internal combustion engine, which could leave the vehicle dangerously under-powered when merging into interstate traffic. The consumer also stated she had difficulty turning left at a busy intersection due to lack of acceleration. The vehicle almost never shut off with the auto-stop feature due to low charge of the ima battery.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact stated while sitting at a complete stop, the vehicle felt as though it was going to stall. The manufacturer was informed about the failure. The vehicle taken into the dealer for a software update recall , and afterwards the vehicle was not performing like it was previously. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 28000 and the current mileage was 29000.
On august 18, 2010 my 2007 honda civic caught fire in my driveway. At about 10:30pm I looked out my bedroom window to see if I put the driver's window up and discovered that my car was on fire. Flames where coming from the right front fender/passenger side mirror area. When I got closer to the car I could see a clear-yellow-ish flame that was burning a whole in the fender from the inside out. I had called 911, but I was nervous about the car being so close to the house and I put out the fire myself. The damage was relatively minor and the car was repaired. Originally, the insurance company said that a faulty wiring harness caused the fire. They later stated that the cause was undetermined. There is another report of a 2007 civic catching fire due to a faulty wiring harness on this site.
I had the software updated in my 07 civic hybrid in august 2010. Since the update the car has no electric assist when the battery is half full or less. My battery is in this state at least half of the time and honda tells me that it is normal and that the lack of power when accelerating is the result of the update. This has made the car feel very unsafe to drive, especially when pulling onto the highway. I was almost rear ended the last week in august pulling on the highway because my car had no pickup as a result of this update.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. While driving approximately 35 MPH merging on the interstate he engaged the accelerator pedal and suddenly the acceleration stopped. He also applied extreme pressure to the accelerator pedal but it felt like the acceleration did not increase. The rpms increased; however, the hybrid system was of no assistance. Before he merged onto the interstate he observed the battery pack had five bars. When he felt the acceleration stop, the power gauge dropped from 5 bars to 1 bar rapidly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer five times for the failure. The dealer has performed two software updates on the vehicle. The failure had occurred 6 times since the last software update. The dealer advised him that honda was aware of the failure but does not have a fix and have refused to look at the vehicle. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 64,610.
Own a 2007 honda civic hybrid. After about one year of ownership, the car started exhibiting troubling characteristics with the power management and available power. The car relies on a gas engine and electric assist to provide full power in all driving situations. During the summer when teperatures rise, the car starts to have difficulty providing power from the electric motor due to the battery crashing to 0. Once the battery "recalibrates" the car provides very little power using only the gas engine. This battery crash happens on a daily basis and means in the real world that when I am pulling out into traffic I may have very little power to get the car up to speed and risk getting hit by oncoming traffic. To say the car becomes "sluggish" is an overstatement. Honda has been unwilling to address this issue and it appears that the ar has a material defect that prevents the batteries from operating as intended in real world situations. When the air conditioner is in operation the battery will crash each time you drive the car. I feel very unsafe in this vehicle and honda is doing nothing to address the complaints.
Honda civic hybrid 2007 has worse mpg (28mpg on average) than its non-hybrid twin or other comparable models, after the new software for integrated motor assist was installed by honda dealership. When I bought the car it was marked with 45mpg average. My battery seems to have been damaged as it does not hold charge.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The contact was driving approximately 40 MPH entering the highway from an on ramp when the engine began to lose power and the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle decelerated to 10 MPH. The failure would occur intermittently. The manufacturer advised the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer for the replacement of the hybrid battery and reprogramming of the battery software. The contact stated that after the repair was performed, the failure recurred. The contact requested the original software to be installed in the vehicle however, neither the manufacturer nor the dealer would assist. The failure mileage was 60,000.
I have a 2007 honda 'hybrid'. Recently I received a letter from honda reference to the batteries. As instructed I went to the dealership and had a new computer chip installed. Problem, my acceleration from start is greatly diminished and my fuel economy has gone down about 3 mpg around town. Please assist. Thankyou.
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