I have a 2008 Honda Civic hybrid. The ima battery was replaced at curry Honda in chicopee, MA in 2014. As consumer reports reported in 2014 the ima batteries are very unreliable. My ima battery recently went bad again and now Honda is saying it's out of warranty. Full disclosure the car has a salvage title. This did not matter in 2014 when it was first replaced. Upon further invertigation I see the warranty on the battery is now 11 years or 162.000 miles. My car has under 130,000 miles and is less than 11 years old. Also the ima battery is listed under the emission system and should be covered for safety issues. Https://static.NHTSA.gov/ODI/tsbs/2012/sb-10051509-6014.pdf

- Lee, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic hybrid. The contact stated that the vehicle failed state inspection because the check engine indicator was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer (dch academy Honda, 1101 U.S 9, old bridge, NJ, 08857) where the P0A7F code appeared (hybrid battery failed). The vehicle was not repaired due to the price of the part. The contact also had an independent mechanic diagnose the vehicle for a second opinion. Both the failure and part cost were confirmed. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was out of warranty and advised the contact to keep calling the dealer. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

- Seacaucus, NJ, USA

Honda applied a software patch to extend the ima battery, driving home from the appointment where they updated the software I noticed that at times when I go to accelerate the car will bog down and have no speed. It happens randomly, no set pattern, its a dangerous situation when you are on a 2 lane highway and you pulled out to pass someone and you have no power. Or you are making a left hand turn and all of a sudden you lose power. Then living in Minnesota having these issues when you on ice is down right scary! when you car does decide to go you all sudden lose control because its on ice. Honda has updated the software patch again and there is some improvement but still I can't trust it to drive in rush hour situations or have younger drivers drive my car. Now when I complain to Honda they tell me it drives the way its designed, well if that's the case all Honda's need to be taken off the road before someone is seriously hurt. Please help us Honda drivers who are stuck with this car....

- Maple Grove, MN, USA

When trying to accelerate to access on ramp of freeway, the battery ima hybrid system suddenly was low causing the car to have less acceleration than usual, making merging with faster traffic unsafe. After taking the car in for evaluation, the local Honda dealer indicated the hybrid battery system was failing but not to the point that Honda of America would replace it. They stated the battery would have to get even lower and a dash light or code would have to appear. The battery/ima/hybrid system is covered up to 92000 miles and cannot be replaced by Honda unless the above conditions are met. The system is poorly engineered and the program update allows the battery to function at too low a level to allow adequate acceleration. Thank you.

- Mckinney, TX, USA