I have a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid 5-speed and have driven 90,000 miles. It has been perfect.

At about 80,000 miles the auto-shut-off became irregular and my mileage dropped about 10% (from 48 mpg to 44 mpg).

I asked about these symptoms at the Honda dealer service department each time I took the car in for an oil change (every 3,000 miles) but the answer was always "everything checks out." This service department is VERY good, fair prices and I trust them. They just couldn't find the problem.

Last week the IMA light came on and I took the car to Honda. The batteries have failed and probably the computer. At least $4,000.

Be sure and buy the extended warrenty for 100,000 miles. I didn't buy it and now feel somewhat sick.

Larry