2003 Honda Civic Hybrid consumer reviews

Good car , very reliable for 7 years. Sold it to someone. Hope they enjoy it as well. So yeah it is nice to drive it

It is a great value for dollar spent very nice. I love it I will definitely buy another one when this one quits but I have no idea when that will be

I bought this car new in '03 and have been driving it ever since. I was very lucky that I bought the extended battery warranty, because almost exactly at 10 years the battery needed to be replaced. It happened one month before the warranty expired, so I got the new battery. This car has been easily the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned. I have the manual transmission, which I prefer. I still get about 42 mpg. It was more like 48 for the first few years, and has been at 42 for quite a long time now. Currently I have 170 k miles on it.

Disappointed the transmission failed at 133,000 miles. I thought we would have that car for another decade. Apparently certain years of the Civic hybrids have this problem. Great car otherwise, we owned it for a decade and it was good both for me and my tall husband (it has pretty good head room).

This car has been poorly engineered. The IMA battery is a complete waste! The IMA costs more than the car itself, and it dies very quickly. Overheating, and headgasket problems casuing sensors to fail.

I am the second owner of a 2003 metallic blue Honda Civic Hybrid with 223,000 miles and cannot say enough good about this car. The Good: -Excellent gas mileage -Very reliable -Styling still looks relevant -Good stock sound system -Supportive/comfortable seats -Ergonomic interior -Alloy rims come stock -Integrated Start-Stop technology is cool The Bad: -IMA Battery (the car's hybrid battery) went out and needed to be replaced at 155,000 miles -Unexciting acceleration -Small trunk space -No iPod or AUX plug-in with stock stereo -No back seat A/C or Heating controls Overall: Excellent choice for someone looking for a reliable car that gets excellent gas mileage.

I have owned my 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid for three years now and have a love-hate relationship with the car. Though I would love to give it 5 stars, the reliability of the car prevents me from doing so. Over the past three years, I have had to replace the transmission, the battery pack, and the O2 sensor- all supposedly common items to replace with this year, make, and model. Repair issues aside, I love the way the car looks, drives, and feels, and like how comfortable and upscale it feels inside. It rides well both fully loaded and empty and I consistently get mpg numbers in the upper 40s. Overall, though I would love to recommend this car, I simply cannot due to its subpar reliability as an early Hybrid model.

This car is great! The best part is the fuel economy. It handles very well on the road. I would highly recommend this car.

2003 was the 1st year for the Civic Hybrid. It gets great MPG and has all the amenities. Handles great. There is a shudder in the transmission as it takes off from a stop that would probably make most people have the clutch replaced, or the transmission overhauled or replaced. It has never gotten worse in thousands of miles of use, so I have just lived with it. I'd recommend a 2004, or later model, as Honda seems to have gotten better at building CVT's for it's Civic Hybrids.

An earlier comment from someone in Utah claiming his 03 Hybrd gets him only 35 mpg having to travle up & down so many long hills. I'm in the same type of area (prob even more hills) and what goes up must come down - and down means charge. He must have some savagely long hills on which to drain the battery. Either his battery is faulty or he should get the additional cells. They only cost a few hundred dollars so why not?