2008 Honda Civic Hybrid electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 19 complaints for the 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid, 22% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 19 22% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
Now the thing is that I bought a 2008 honda civic hybrid from uk and imported to pakistan . Few days back the ima light in the car came on and a week later I was rear ended by a car which was caused due to battery not responding and loss of acceleration my dad was seriously injured . Now I know that the accident happened outside USA so you may say that it is out of your jurisdiction but as iam devastated by the accident and you seem to be the only source which can have some say in the issue as honda civic hybrid…
After years of poor performance with this hybrid, I discovered that my ima battery was going bad. Honda had some recalls where they installed a new software update, but it did nothing. As a honda hybrid owner, I bought a hybrid because I felt like it was the patriotic thing to do and hoped that the benefit would be greater gas mileage. As it turns out, it costs more initially than a regular civic, is no better than a regular civic on gas mileage and the ima replacement runs around $3500.
Other problems reported for the 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid
- Fuel system 19 complaints