2009 Honda Civic Hybrid
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2009 Honda Civic Hybrid
I just bought a 2009 civic Hybrid with a bad batter. It only has 120,000 Miles on I just changed the plugs as soon as I got it. What's the cheapest option on rebuilding the battery myself? Were can I find a place to get good cells from?
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Re: 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid
There isn't one.
There isn't one.
(not a typo - same answer to both your questions)
09-11 HCH hybrid batteries were the worst batteries ever made with a 30% failure rate in the first 3-4 years. Honda avoided yet another hybrid-related lawsuit by extending ALL warranties to 10yr/150,000 miles even if outside CA.
You have two choices:
1) Futz around with the battery repeatedly trying things that fail over and over and over wasting money and lots of time until you eventually do #2
2) Replace battery with a quality recondition or new.
I have owned 5 Honda Hybrids. Of those two were '06 HCH. In an effort to build good packs, I tested and reconditioned 14 packs. I was able to build one good one, one barely acceptable one and one that got by with monthly grid charges. The rest of the components were garbage.
I have the capability to fully test and recondition an entire pack in less than a day with equipment used commercially.
I will not work on these packs. Period.
Honda completely screwed up the '06-08 pack with a horrible design that produced literally hundreds of hot spots. In the '09-11 redesign, their "fix" actually made it worse.
There isn't one.
(not a typo - same answer to both your questions)
09-11 HCH hybrid batteries were the worst batteries ever made with a 30% failure rate in the first 3-4 years. Honda avoided yet another hybrid-related lawsuit by extending ALL warranties to 10yr/150,000 miles even if outside CA.
You have two choices:
1) Futz around with the battery repeatedly trying things that fail over and over and over wasting money and lots of time until you eventually do #2
2) Replace battery with a quality recondition or new.
I have owned 5 Honda Hybrids. Of those two were '06 HCH. In an effort to build good packs, I tested and reconditioned 14 packs. I was able to build one good one, one barely acceptable one and one that got by with monthly grid charges. The rest of the components were garbage.
I have the capability to fully test and recondition an entire pack in less than a day with equipment used commercially.
I will not work on these packs. Period.
Honda completely screwed up the '06-08 pack with a horrible design that produced literally hundreds of hot spots. In the '09-11 redesign, their "fix" actually made it worse.
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