2003 Honda Civic Hybrid

Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (0)

No recalls found for the 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid.

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2019-05-23 POWER TRAIN No 0 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON ANTIOCH RD. CRESTVIEW, FL AND HAD STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN TO JUMP ONTO P.J. ADAMS RD. WHEN TRA…
2019-05-06 AIR BAGS No 0 AFTER THE RECALL APPOINTMENT ON 5/3/2019,THE SIGN "ABS" STILL COMES ON ALL THE TIME IN THE PANEL.BESIDES,THE AUTO AUDIO…
2019-01-29 POWER TRAIN No 0 WHEN STARTING FROM AT STOP THE CAR HESITATES AND SHUDDERS WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL UNLESS YOU LET THE CAR IDLE AND …
2018-09-15 POWER TRAIN No 0 THERE IS A SHUTTERING IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THE SHUTTERI…
2018-03-11 POWER TRAIN No 0 I DROVE THIS 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID TOOK MY BABY HONESTLY FROM THE SHOPPING MARKET. IT WAS JUST AT THE RIGHT TURNING …
2017-09-20 POWER TRAIN No 0 JERKING AND NOISES GOT WORSE OVER A ONE WEEK PERIOD. DEALERSHIP, WHERE ALL SERVICE HAS OCCURRED FOR THIS CAR, SAYS IT N…
2017-08-20 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 "TAKATA RECALL" 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WITH IMA AND ENGINE LIGHTS WENT OFF. NO CHARGE TO BATTERY CAUSE THE CAR TO MA…
2017-03-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 VEHICLE BRAKES WON'T WORK WHEN BRAKING ON A BUMPY ROAD OR HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WONT STOP ON TOP ON A BUMP THAT IS ON THE RO…
2016-10-15 ENGINE No 0 WHEN DRIVING AT 50MPH ON A NATIONAL HIGHWAY 95S HEADING TO PHILADELPHIA AROUND 11AM,THE SPEED OF THE CAR SUDDENLY REDU…
2016-06-15 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY TRANSMISSION FAILING AT MILE 90.000.
2016-04-14 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONT…
2016-04-06 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE LOW BEAM SPUTTER AND THEN WHEN OUT MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE BULB AND AFTER A DAY IT JUST WENT OUT. H…
2016-02-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION ISSUES AT ONLY 115,907 MILES HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPANY. I JUST HA…
2015-12-01 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 HAD TO REPLACE THE HYBRID BATTERY ON MY CIVIC AT 82000 MILES. NOW THE VERY EXPENSIVE ($3-4000) HYBRID BATTERY HAS GONE …
2015-09-28 POWER TRAIN No 0 "JUDDERING" HAPPENS WITH MY CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AND WHEN ACCELERATING …
2015-09-20 POWER TRAIN No 0 FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER THE TRANSMISSION IS NO LONGER WORKING AND APPARENTLY THERE IS "SHRAPNEL" EVERYWHERE- ACCORDING…
2015-06-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I BOUGHT THIS CAR OFF OF A PRIVATE SELLER FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN THE CAR WAS AROUND 99000 MILES, USED IT TO COMMUTE FROM A…
2015-03-02 AIR BAGS No 0 2003 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL N…
2015-02-05 AIR BAGS Yes 1 I WAS INVOLVED IN A NEARLY HEAD ON CRASH IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BOTH OF MY HANDS WERE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AT…
2014-12-29 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AN ABNORMAL…
2014-12-20 POWER TRAIN No 0 CAR CAME OUT OF PARKING AND WHEN IT REACHED ON CITY STREET TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON STREET NEXT (CITY STREET) T…
2014-11-26 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V351000 (…
2014-09-25 AIR BAGS No 0 ELECTRONICS (CELL PHONES, DVD, LAPTOPS, ETC) CAN CAUSE A FAILURE OF THE OPDS SENSOR AND PAD ASSEMBLY CAUSING AN AIR BA…
2014-08-25 POWER TRAIN No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED …
2014-06-04 POWER TRAIN No 0 UPON ACCELERATION, THE TRANSMISSION JUDDERS VIOLENTLY.I HAVE HAD TSB 07-049 DONE TWICE WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO FIX THE PROB…
2014-03-27 AIR BAGS Yes 1 MY TEEN AGED CHILD WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 5 FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH AND TRAFFIC CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND HE IMMEDI…
2014-03-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 MY AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR PUMP COMPLETELY WENT OUT DUE TO A FAULTY BEARING, KNOWN ON SO MANY OTHER HONDA CIVICS, MA…
2013-12-31 STRUCTURE:BODY Yes 0 FRONT AND SIDE IMPACT TO CAR, TOTALING CAR, WITHOUT SIDE OR FRONT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. IMPACT WAS GREAT ENOUGH THAT AIRBA…
2013-12-26 ENGINE No 0 TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AT STARTING SPEEDS WHILE ON INCLINES. *TR
2013-07-24 POWER TRAIN No 0 WE WERE DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAY AROUND 8:30 AT NIGHT AT ABOUT 70MPH IN THE FAST LANE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY S…
2013-07-16 AIR BAGS No 0 THE SRS (SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON MY DASHBOARD. THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN/QUALITY DEFECT. HO…
2013-07-01 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE LUN…
2013-07-01 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 LOSS AND SURGING DUE TO FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION PARTS AND THE EGR VALVE IN THE CIVIC HYBRID
2013-03-04 POWER TRAIN No 0 2003 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED A…
2012-12-12 STEERING Yes 0 I WAS DRIVING NORTH IN THE # 3 OR 4 LANE ON I-405 JUST NORTH OF IRVINE, CA IN INTERMITTENT RAIN, WHEN THE CAR BEGAN SWE…
2012-10-11 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL THE VEHICLE STALLED WIT…
2012-05-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 THIS VEHICLE HAS A SLIPPING IN THE CVT (TRANSMISSION) AT LOWER SPEED AND WHEN COASTING. *TR
2012-01-10 ENGINE No 0 STRONG JUDDER OR SHUDDER, ALONG WITH NOISE, FROM TRANSMISSION AT INTERSECTION. CVT TRANSMISSION. RECENTLY, HAS BECOME…
2012-01-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I DROVE MY CAR TO HONDA OF SAN ANGELO DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL, A SOFTWARE UPDATE CAMPAIGN WAS DONE, I PICKED UP THE CAR…
2011-08-17 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH No 0 IN AUGUST OF 2011, I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL WHILE USING THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. SOMETIMES THE SMELL WAS QUITE STRON…
2011-02-26 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION SLIP. *TT
2009-07-24 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 THIS CAR WAS TOTALED IN 2009! BUT I KEEP GETTING RECALL NOTICES. I CHECK THE "DESTROYED" BOX, BUT THE RECALL NOTICES KE…
2009-01-07 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC THAT COVERED THE HEADLIGHT BECAME F…
2008-04-15 ENGINE No 0 MY CAR HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE AUTO-STOP FEATURE CUTS IN SOMETIMES WHEN I SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL PREPARATORY TO DOWN…
2007-11-02 POWER TRAIN No 0 TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE/JUDDER FROM A COMPLETE STOP. HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS OR 100K MILES. THIS VEHICL…
2007-07-09 POWER TRAIN No 0 CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT 45K MILES. REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND PROBLEM REAPPEARED AT 75K. *TR
2006-06-15 ENGINE No 0 IN 2006 THE CAR WAS JOLTING WHEN YOU TOOK OFF OR WERE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP BURNISHED THE STARTER CLU…
2006-05-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 KEY CAN BE EASILY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE. HONDA HAS SAFE…
2005-10-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SLIP, THE ENGINE RPM'S WOULD GO UP BUT SPEED WOULD NOT CHANGE. AS YOU DROVE DOWN THE ROAD YO…
2003-01-01 POWER TRAIN Yes 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK WHEN ACCELERAT…