Honda / Clarity Plug-In Hybrid / 2018
2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid problems
Owners have filed 206 complaints about the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 12.1% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of fuel/propulsion system at 11.2%.
Complaints206
Crashes17
Fires1
Injuries9
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 12.1% · 25
Fuel/propulsion system 11.2% · 23
Unknown or other 9.7% · 20
Power train 9.2% · 19
Electrical system 9.2% · 19
Forward collision avoidance 8.7% · 18
Fuel system, gasoline 7.3% · 15
Lane departure 5.8% · 12
Severity
Of those complaints, 17 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 9 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings are rising — 80 in the last three years against 30 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 2,525 miles.
In owners' own words
With driving with a fully charged battery driving in econ (EV) mode, the internal combustion (ICE) came online when stopped at a stop sign. After accelerating, the ice stopped running after a couple of minutes and the car resumed running in ev mode. This repeated several times, and not always when the car was stopped. This behavior has happened several times, but not always. Engine · reported at 1,000 miles
I filled the seven gallon gas tank yesterday, and the dashboard range display calculated the range of the car on gas power as 871 miles. I have been driven mostly on electric battery power, but with only seven gallons of gas in the tank, that range is absurd. New drivers of the vehicles might believe the range and inadvertently strand themselves somewhere. Engine · reported at 1,470 miles
When vehicle is in any mode that require the internal combustion engine, it persistently gets stuck in a high rev, high rpm, state at any speed. This causes power fluctuations and extreme engine noise. This creates challenging and potentially unsafe driving conditions due to the sensitive state of the engine when stuck in this mode. Engine · reported at 100 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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