NHTSA Complaint #10350022 — 2007 HONDA CIVIC

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IS FREQUENTLY SLUGGISH AND DOESN'T ACCELERATE AS RAPIDLY AS I WAS USED TO WHEN IT PERFORMED BETTER. NOW, WHEN I'M TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR MERGING INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC I NEVER KNOW IF MY CAR WILL ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH OR NOT. I'VE TAKEN IT TO HONDA MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS SAY IT'S FINE. MORE RECENTLY I REALIZED IT WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T GETTING ITS PREVIOUS LEVEL OF BATTERY ASSIST BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS PERFORMING MUCH WORSE THAN IT USED TO. I RELUCTANTLY DID THE SOFTWARD UPDATE HONDA IS RECOMMENDING TO EXTEND BATTERY LIFE, BUT HAVE SINCE REALIZED IT IS PROBABLY MAKING THE ISSUE WORSE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ONE YEAR, OR SLIGHTLY MORE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO HONDA 5 TIMES. IT HAPPENS APPROXIMATELY ONCE OR TWICE PER DAY THAT I DON'T ACCELERATE WITH THE CAR'S FULL POWER. *TR