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2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid drivetrain & axles problems

19 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
4,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 4,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 14 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 4,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 100% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles14
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 4,000 miles, and 100% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the drivetrain & axles complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Vehicle engine responded to accelerator pedal input, but would not travel at greater than 25 miles per hour on slight uphill. Vehicle had been started after being off for approximately two hours. High voltage battery was drained and vehicle was operating exclusively on gas engine. Vehicle had been ion "on" condition for several minutes prior to starting driving. Vehicle had to be pulled into nearby business, since it could not maintain speed with flow of traffic on 50 moh road.

Reported at 3,500 miles, March 2018

So my wife took the clarity on her regular commute for the first time since a bunch of recalls were performed on the car on friday. Along with a01 service, product updates 18-089, 90, 91 and 97 were performed on the car. She ran into a dangerous situation. I'll list the steps below. Has anyone else encountered this? I plan to report to NHTSA also. - she was driving normally on her way back home in econ mode at around 70 MPH or under. Prior to the updates the battery never used to go below 9 or 10% (last two bars).

Reported at 14,125 miles, March 2019

Other problems reported for the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid

Drivetrain & axles problems in other years

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