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Honda - Well known issues with hybrid battery

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  • nissarm
    nissarm Posts: 14 Forumite
    Just checked with City Auto's they can't get hold of a battery. I did check prior to buying it and it had good reviews at the time. Bought it for £4k and it had only done 30k miles.
  • DTDfanBoy
    DTDfanBoy Posts: 1,704 Forumite
    nissarm wrote: »
    Just checked with City Auto's they can't get hold of a battery. I did check prior to buying it and it had good reviews at the time. Bought it for £4k and it had only done 30k miles.

    30k over eight years :eek: No wonder the battery is shagged ;)
  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    OP - imagine this scenario:


    I bought a petrol Honda Civic in the summer 10 years old but owned by an old chap who hardly drove it.


    Now winter has arrived it seems the battery is flat. Apparently it is a known fault with batteries that they have a limited lifespan. Who can I sue to get my money back?


    Also the tyres are the same ones as new. It is dangerous to sell me a car in this condition.


    Yes I know I should have checked and I know that part wear out and cars need servicing but I want someone else to be responsible for my mistake.
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • cootuk
    cootuk Posts: 878 Forumite
    edited 13 January 2015 at 6:45PM
    Even Toyota only warranty the HV battery up to 10 years.
    Given Honda warranty for 8 years then it's a risk you take.
    You might be able to find a company that rebuilds the units from scrapped ones.
  • gilbert_and_sullivan
    gilbert_and_sullivan Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    I suspect someone else other than Honda can replace/refurb the battery pack cheaper than the main dealer, i'd be searching high and low to find where.

    Might be worth perusing Toyota Prius forums, far more of those on the road than Honda hybrids, if there's somewhere that does Toyota battery packs, there's your starting point for inquiries.

    Hope i ha've'n't' put any ap'ostrophe's in the wrong place...:-)
  • cootuk
    cootuk Posts: 878 Forumite
    edited 13 January 2015 at 8:11PM
    http://www.solarvan.co.uk/

    New packs £2k but possibly he might have a used refurb?
    http://www.solarvan.co.uk/index_files/Page487.htm

    At least worth having a chat with them about your specific issues.
  • gilbert_and_sullivan
    gilbert_and_sullivan Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    Nice one Cootuk, there's your first search result OP.
  • cootuk
    cootuk Posts: 878 Forumite
    If it runs rather than being dead in the water then there's always WBAC.
  • Richard53
    Richard53 Posts: 3,173 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Honda warranty the battery for eight years. The battery fails after ten. The two are not unconnected.
    If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person.
  • nissarm
    nissarm Posts: 14 Forumite
    edited 14 January 2015 at 11:01AM
    Thank you Cootuk, you are a life saver!!!
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