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2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid fuel system problems

38 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
38 18% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-IN Hybrid Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 10,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 10,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 92% 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 miles11
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 92% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Here is an update to the issue I had raised with your office in March-April 2026: Honda Van Nuys performed the 35,000-mile routine maintenance on the Honda Clarity on February 24, 2026. At that time, Honda Van Nuys recommended (and I approved) that they clean the throttle. The odometer read 33,882 miles. I drove the car 337 miles when the unintended acceleration accident occurred on March 18, 2026 – 2.5 weeks after Honda Van Nuys cleaned the throttle. The airbags deployed.

March 2026 CrashInjury

Vehicle range calculation is incorrect for highway/long distance travel. The range estimate shows off even when fuel level is very low. For example, when starting a trip it might show 1000 miles range. On the highway, this will count down very quickly, 1 mile driven might count down 4 miles of estimated range. The problem is that this range estimate doesn't update quickly enough to reflect that the plug-in hybrid vehicle is driving on a long trip instead of around town and the range won't be near as much since it…

Reported at 6,000 miles, March 2018

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

Fuel system problems in other years

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