2012 HONDA INSIGHT Fuelpropulsion System Problems

3 NHTSA complaints on file

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Fuelpropulsion System Issues in the 2012 HONDA INSIGHT

3 fuelpropulsion system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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Injuries
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Deaths

All Fuelpropulsion System Complaints

#11161828 |
OIL CONSUMPTION AND SHAKING
#10819553 |
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...
#10673081 |
[I HAVE THE SVC RECORDS FOR THIS INFO-POINTS OF CONTACT ARE AT THE END OF THE REPORT] ON JAN 8TH AT ABOUT 630 AM I WAS DRIVING ON I495W IN VA - I WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF I495 AND THE EXITS FOR I95S AND I395 WASHINGTON. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 55 MILES/HR AND MY CAR ENGINE SIMPLY STOPPED. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND GLIDED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR HAS 125,400 MILES--I PURCHASED IT NEW IN FEB, 2012. I WAS TOWED TO SHEEHY HONDA, ALEXANDRIA, VA. THEY SAID THE SPARK PLUGS WERE FOULED AND REPLACED THEM. AFTER REPLACEMENT, THEY SAID THE THERE WAS OIL IN THE SPARK PLUG CYLINDERS. THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX MY CAR - ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $12,000. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND THE CASE MANAGER SAID THE CAUSE OF THE STALL...
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