NHTSA Complaint #10819553 — 2012 HONDA INSIGHT

I PURCHASED MY CAR IN JULY 2015 FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP. IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 64K MILES ON IT. A MONTH LATER MY CHECK EMISSIONS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE CAR HAD RECEIVED A COMPLETE OIL CHANGE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT BUT I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SERVICE SHOP WHERE THEY INFORMED ME MY CAR WAS LOW ON OIL. A MONTH LATER THE CHECK EMISSIONS LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. IT WAS A QUART LOW. I ADDED A QUART (NOT CHEAP FOR HYBRIDS AS HONDA RECOMMENDS API PREMIUM GRADE 0W-20 DETERGENT OIL ONLY). ANOTHER MONTH PASSES AND THE CHECK EMISSIONS LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN AFTER I JUST TURNED THE IGNITION ON. ALSO I HAD STARTED EXPERIENCING THE ENGINE STALLING. EXAMPLE, GOING FROM BREAKING TO ACCELERATING IT SIMPLY STALLS. TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATION BEGINS TO ENGAGE. IN DECEMBER, AS I DROVE UP A HILL THE CAR STARTED STUTTERING. AT THE TOP OF THE HILL MY SPEED DROPPED TO 16 MPH AND WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED IT AGAIN. I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT CRAWLED TO 11 MPH. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED ME I NEEDED SPARK PLUGS. THAT WAS 12/18/2015. MILEAGE WAS AT AROUND 66K. A WEEK LATER THEY SAID THE OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE CYLINDERS AND THEY NEEDED TO CHECK WITH HONDA TO SEE WHAT REPAIRS THEY WERE WILLING TO COVER. ESTIMATED PARTS/LABOR=$8000. IT'S NOT ON THE RECALL LIST BUT SHOULD BE, AS THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS. HONDA IS NOT WILLING TO GIVE A LOANER VEHICLE DURING THIS WHOLE ORDEAL. MY SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME I COULD PICK UP MY PERSONAL BELONGINGS FROM MY CAR AS IT DIDN'T APPEAR I WOULD BE GETTING IT BACK ANYTIME SOON! I LOVED MY CAR AND THE HONDA BRAND BUT THIS HAS TURNED ME COMPLETELY OFF. TODAY IS 1/11/2016 AND STILL NO WORD FROM HONDA ABOUT MY CAR OR THE RESPONSIBILITY THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE.