2012 Honda Insight Problems

The car has only 83000 miles. We bought the vehicle 2 months ago from the estate of an individual that passed away. We were driving the vehicle and the gas pedal stopped working. Prior to this happening, we noticed no oil leak from the car. Per the manual we were checking oil level everytime we filled car up and would top it as it would be lower. We were driving the car on the highway and when we pressed on the gas pedal it stopped working, the car was not moving. Several lights came on the car, check engine etc. We took it to the dealership for a check and was told that the car needed a new engine at the tune of $17000. Honda Company stated that the car had no warranty on the engine and they would take no responsibility for failure. Was told engine block and piston 1 to 4 had misfire. No prior warning was given to us. The spark plugs for those pistons had melted the head.

Oil consumption issues. I can't drive my car 10 feet without dying. I was stuck in traffic when my car died from the issues. Look up TSB 15-015

2012 HONDA INSIGHT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEALERSHIP POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NO REPLACEMENT PARTS TO REPAIR AIRBAG RECALL. *SMD

TAKATA RECALL - DEALERSHIP HAS NOT REPLACED THE AIRBAG YET.

WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED LAST YEAR IN 2015 JULY ..IT HAD THE INDICATOR LIGHT ON AND. IT HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WAY RAN AND FEE EFFECTED THE MILEAGE AND OVER ALL VEHICLE PERFORMANCE . THE SALES PERSON [XXX] OUT OF JASPER FORD IN JASPER TEXAS SAID THAT JASPER FORD WOULD COVER IN FULL THE CHARGE OF. REPAIRS FOR. THE INDICATOR LIGHT AND ANY REPAIRS. OR REPLACE THE VEHICLE .. I NEED TO HAVE A GOOD MOTOR VEHICLES FOR MY KIDS AND I CONTACT ME AT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON JULY 31, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY NOON, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON PA RT. 663 APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH ON RT. 73, WEATHER WAS CLEAR, TEMPERATURE APPROXIMATELY 85 F. THE SPEED CONTROL HAD BEEN SET AT 45 MPH BUT PREVIOUSLY DISENGAGED AT A STOP LIGHT. AS I ACCELERATED THROUGH 40 MPH I RE-ENGAGED THE SPEED CONTROL USING THE RES/ACC SWITCH ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TROUGH 45 MPH AND AT 58 MPH I DISCONNECTED THE SPEED CONTROL USING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH INCIDENT OF THIS TYPE AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO HIS OFFICE AND HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE ...UPDATED 10/01/15*BF

OIL CONSUMPTION AND SHAKING

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.

BEGAN HAVING HIP AND LOWER BACK PAIN ON A LONGER COMMUTE THAN I WAS NORMALLY DRIVING AFTER CHANGING JOBS. IT STARTED AS DISCOMFORT AND SOON MOVED TO SEVERE PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK, NUMBNESS IN MY LEFT LEG AND FOOT. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME. MY WIFE'S CAR LEASE WAS ENDING AROUND THIS TIME SO I GOT A DIFFERENT CAR AND THE LOW BACK PAIN WENT AWAY ALONG WITH THE NUMBNESS. NOW MY WIFE, WHO IS STILL DRIVING THE 2012 INSIGHT AND HAS NEVER HAD BACK OR HIP PAIN, IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS I WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE INSIGHT. *TR

WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASING MY HONDA INSIGHT, I BEGAN TO DEVELOP LOWER BACK PAIN RELATED TO SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. NOT ONLY IS THERE A GENERAL LACK OF CUSHIONING IN THE BASE OF THE SEAT WHICH ALONE WOULD BE FRUSTRATING, BUT THERE ALSO IS A RIGID LOWER BACK / LUMBAR SUPPORT THAT IS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAN RECALL WHERE I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH A CAR SEAT. THERE UNFORTUNATELY IS NO APPARENT METHOD TO ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF LOWER BACK SUPPORT, AND MODIFYING THE POSITION OF THE SEAT HAS PROVEN FRUITLESS. I BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGN OF THE SEAT IS FLAWED. *JS

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IS EXPERIENCED BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. 'CHECK EMISSIONS SYSTEM' CODE SHOWS ON DASH.

I WAS DRIVING IN A LINE OF SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC ON A TWO LINE LANE MAIN STREET KEEPING A CONSTANT SPEED OF 22 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD ACCELERATING RAPIDLY MAKING A HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING SOUND. AS THE CAR GAINED SPEED I SWERVED INTO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MEANWHILE I STOMPED ON THE FOOT BRAKES, PULLED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO PARK TRYING TO STOP THE CAR. BARELY MISSING A HEAD ON COLLUSION, THE CAR JUMPED OVER THE SIDEWALK, TOOK DOWN A STEEL SIGN, SCRAPED OVER CONCRETE BARRIERS AS IT CONTINUED NOW AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. IT STOPPED ONLY AFTER I CRASHED IT INTO THE FRONT WINDOW OF A CAFE. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS HYBRID HAS A SERIOUS DEFECT CAUSING IT TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. *TR

WHEN THE DRIVER STEP ON IT'S BRAKING SYSTEMS BY FOOT TO STOP THE THIS CAR, IT WILL STARTS TO WOBBLE IT'S BACK BODY OF THIS CAR AND SHAKES IT SEEMS THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON IT'S BOTH REAR BRAKING SYSTEM ARE DRAGGING IN EVERY TIME WE STEP ON IT'S BRAKING SYSTEM. IT WILL RATTLE THE DRIVERS WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM IT'S REAR BODY WILL SHAKES AND WOBBLES FROM SIDE TO SIDES BEFORE IT WILL COMPLETELY STOPS THIS CAR. DURING RUNNING WHEN THE DRIVER WILL STEP THE BRAKING SYSTEM, THE REAR OF THE CAR WILL WOBBLES / SHAKING AND DRAGGING IT'S REAR BRAKING AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE NEW DRIVER PERSON TO DRIVE SHE / HE MAY PANIC AND CAUSE TO CRASH THE THIS CAR.

I WAS DRIVING IN A LINE OF SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC ON A TWO LINE LANE MAIN STREET KEEPING A CONSTANT SPEED OF 22 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD ACCELERATING RAPIDLY MAKING A HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING SOUND. AS THE CAR GAINED SPEED I SWERVED INTO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MEANWHILE I STOMPED ON THE FOOT BRAKES, PULLED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO PARK TRYING TO STOP THE CAR. BARELY MISSING A HEAD ON COLLUSION, THE CAR JUMPED OVER THE SIDEWALK, TOOK DOWN A STEEL SIGN, SCRAPED OVER CONCRETE BARRIERS AS IT CONTINUED NOW AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. IT STOPPED ONLY AFTER I CRASHED IT INTO THE FRONT WINDOW OF A CAFE. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS HYBRID HAS A SERIOUS DEFECT CAUSING IT TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. *TR