2006 Honda Civic Electrical System Problems
- 80
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 80 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- hybrid battery · 15 records
- failure mileage · 13 records
- software update · 12 records
- motor assist · 11 records
- light came · 7 records
- integrated motor · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 27 |
| 60–100k mi | 17 |
| 1–30k mi | 13 |
| 100–150k mi | 10 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System
Honda civic hybrid - 2006 model. Battery assist loses charge and drains of any battery life leaving gas powered engine to supply all power during driving. The batter can drain at any time and at any speed. Happens 2-3 times per day and has happened going uphill where 1.3ltr engine is not capable of maintaining safe speed with rest of traffic. This was very dangerous. This has occurred since 2006 on a once per day…
ODI 10362110
Electrical System · Gasoline · Instrument Cluster/Panel
At about 11,000 miles when the vehicle was 6 months old, the engine light came on for no apparent reason. From that point forward, the problems began to escalate. The vehicle engine began to reduce the speed of the vehicle from 75 to 50, 50 to 35 and on another occasion, 45 to 25 while merging into traffic on the interstate. On all occasions, the vehicle was being driven on the interstate at high speeds. The vehicle…
ODI 10178379
Control Unit/Module · Electrical System · Tail Lights
Rear running lights failed twice in one week. Fuse box with electronic chip replaced on first visit and lights failed again after two days. Abs light also came on during first visit for rear running light problem and service dept replaced the abs modulator and bled the brakes before returning car. Service dept baffled by electrical problem and consulted with honda engineers in los angeles who recommended replacing…
ODI 10164994
Electrical System
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic hybrid. The contact stated that the low charge ima battery caused the vehicle to accelerate at low power. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who could not find a problem or any diagnostic codes. The contact received a letter to have the computer software upgraded. The failure continued after the upgrade. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000.
ODI 10371080
Electrical System · Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
The radio antenna (located in the rear window defroster) is nothing but static. I live in a major metropolitan area and can not get one radio station to come in clearly. I've had the radio replaced and by the dealer when the car was under warranty with no luck. There is no static with cd's - only radio (fm mostly). Wiring in rear defroster/radio is compromised. Honda service dealerships have not been helpful in…
ODI 10523513