| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007126828 | Incident Date: Nov, 13 2007 |
| Consumer's City: DAVIS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: CIVIC | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JHMFA36286S | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 14 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Jul, 30 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Honda civic hybrid 2006 problem with random surging: i was driving on hwy 50 eastbound to sacramento, when traffic came to a standstill, then started to move again slowly. other cars would fill up the space in front of me-i could not keep a car-lengths distance between myself and the car ahead of me. i was stopped and then as traffic started moving forward, i tapped on the accelerator of my honda civic hybrid 2006, and instead of slightly moving forward, my car surged into the car in front of me at a high acceleration-i did not see the exact degree on my dash, but heard the engine revving loudly. i noticed this (to greater or lesser degrees) a handful of times after owning the car for a year and a half, but in those instances, the acceleration may not have been as great and/or i had a much safer distance between cars and i had time to put on the brakes. when this happened i thought, i bought a hybrid-lemon and honda would have to address this-but i found similar complaints online and other reports that honda would not address the issue. this may be in part as the events cannot be readily reproduced to have the issue fixed. http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/hybrid-diesel-t436p10.html i have owned 2 honda civics (non-hybrid), and i have been a satisfied honda customer until i bought this hybrid. my car is currently at the honda dealer with the damage being assessed (cannot check mileage on the car and other information to fill out all the info you want), and no one yet has called me back from honda. i am concerned about the safety issue above, and whether or not honda will address the problem. although the random acceleration-surges are uncommon occurrences, they may be deadly occurrences. however, these occurrences should be preventable, if the government would investigate. sincerely, g. melendres, md *tr |
