2007 Honda Civic: jerking or lurching

Filed Jan 2, 2021 · Engine, Lights · 158,000 miles · NM

This all happend when I was driving 45 MPH at night headlights turn off, dash lights flicker off an on car power tran jerking the engine stalls, and prevented the vehicle from being restarted, check engin light came on the car has been parked in the grarge since this happend 3 years ago it now starts but its throwing codes check engin light still on . After car warms up these same symptoms start to happen codes for powertran control modul computer and ima system this all happend suddenly without warnning .

Filed Oct 6, 2015 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · NJ

I was driving my car on highway at 60 MPH and suddenly I felt jerk and car was shaking. It was very dangerous to drive. Suddenly engine light was on. Next day I took my car to my mechanic he told me it is problem with transmission. Soi took my car to transmission repair shop. The guy told me that transmission is failed, you can not drive the car. He told me honda has problem regarding transmission, so I called to honda and filed a complain, but they said we can not do anything. You have repair yourself.

Filed Jun 17, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 78,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle jerked and lost power. In addition, the contact stated that coolant had to continuously be added to the vehicle and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to multiple dealers, who were unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000. Updated 09/03/15*lj updated 09/10/15.

Filed Nov 4, 2011 · Transmission · 35,000 miles · PA

Purchased vehicle in april 2010 (approximately). I noticed car was shuttering/jerking when accelerating, most notably between 1500 and 1800 RPM from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd gears. I brought to the dealer and complained of issue. Honda dealer stated that because there was no engine light on and when checked the cars computer did not register any codes there was nothing they could do. They did not test drive the vehicle either. I returned multiple times following this and documented it each time. The vehicle is still running with 80,000 miles on it. I brought it to another dealer recently in md for brake service and told them about the issue and they test drove the car and the technician diagnosed it as a torque converter issue. I am going to take it back to the first dealer I have been complaining to and demand they drive the vehicle.

Filed Jun 24, 2010 · Engine · 50,000 miles · AZ

I currently own a 2007 honda civic hybrid. The honda civic hybrid relies on the hybrid batteries (ima batteries) to power the vehicle during accelerations and on a normal basis the batteries are recharged during vehicle decelerations. The issue I am having has been going on for over a year with no support to fix the issue from honda. The charge in my ima batteries is always 0-2 bars (I have photos showing this) which causes the vehicle to have very limited acceleration. Add the A/C being on now in the summer and the car is basically useless. Also, when the system (vehicle computer) sees that the ima batteries are low or empty it forces the engine to recharge the batteries when the vehicle is stopped ,which is not a 'normal' operation. When the system goes into a 'forced' recharge it commands the engine to go to a higher RPM to charge the batteries when you are stopped this in turn causes the vehicle to jump or lurch forward when you release the brake pedal. This also concerns me since you need to ensure you leave enough space between you and the car in front of you and especially leave space if you are behind a pedestrian crosswalk. I have contact all the honda dealers in the east valley and they tell me the same story. The all agree that batteries should never be at zero and the car should not jump/lurch forward, but unless the ima light goes on in the dashboard (p07af battery deterioration code for honda) there is nothing wrong and there is anything they can do. In summary, due to the excessive heat we have in arizona the ima batteries in the honda civic hybrid to fail causing limited/low acceleration and the vehicle to jump forwards during a stop.

Filed Feb 10, 2010 · Brakes · 32,020 miles · CA

Brake pedal on 2007 honda civic hybrid pushes up while stepping on break, and car is stopped, making the car lurch forward.

Filed Jan 29, 2009 · Transmission · OR

2007 honda civic hybrid very unstable on icy road conditions especially at low speeds when cycling between electric motor, gas engine and completely shutting off. In stop and go traffic if I did not put the vehicle into neutral the car would lurch and lose traction when cycling through drive systems. As a side bar I had 4 new tires installed on the vehicle on january 14, 2009. 12 day prior to the icy road conditions. Honda needs to address this issue.