Wanted to buy a used car and saw this 2003 Honda Civid hybrid. 79k miles. I heard hybrid batteries sometimes run into problems and they are very expensive to replace. The owner of the car told me the battery is excellent condition. I was wondering how i can tell how much longer the battery can run. Can a mechanic check provide detailed information? thanks.
If your 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid is the version that came out after SULEV certification, its HV battery has a warranty of 8 years / 100,000 miles, and in CA, CT, MA, ME, NY, NJ, RI or VT, the warranty is automatically extended to 10 years / 150,000 miles.
It’s pro-rated, so if you bought the car at 79K miles, you still have 1 year / 21K miles left on the standard warranty, or 3 years / 71K miles in one of those eight states I listed.
Within that warranty period, if you run into problems with the battery, the replacement cost is free.
Otherwise the replacement cost is about $2400 for the pack itself (labor charges vary from place to place).
A hybrid-qualified service place should be able to read the voltage and amps from the battery for you, which is a rough indicator of the battery’s health.
Yes they are very expensive to replace, thousands. There are several batteries. Maybe a mechanic can tell how much life they have, maybe not.
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If your 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid is the version that came out after SULEV certification, its HV battery has a warranty of 8 years / 100,000 miles, and in CA, CT, MA, ME, NY, NJ, RI or VT, the warranty is automatically extended to 10 years / 150,000 miles.
It’s pro-rated, so if you bought the car at 79K miles, you still have 1 year / 21K miles left on the standard warranty, or 3 years / 71K miles in one of those eight states I listed.
Within that warranty period, if you run into problems with the battery, the replacement cost is free.
Otherwise the replacement cost is about $2400 for the pack itself (labor charges vary from place to place).
A hybrid-qualified service place should be able to read the voltage and amps from the battery for you, which is a rough indicator of the battery’s health.
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