NHTSA Complaint #10497501 — 2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID

2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS AND AN INVESTIGATION OF DEALERSHIP. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THREE DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT STARTING SHAKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY ROTATED THE TIRES AND INSULATED THE PILLAR. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL SHAKING. THE DEALER PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, AS THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED THE DEALER, WHERE THEY OIL PAN WAS REPLACED, DUE TO IT BEING STRIPPED OUT. THE AC COMPRESSOR CLUTCH WAS REPLACED.