Honda has announced a new extended warranty to the owners of the 2000 – 2004 Honda Insight. Many owners have already received letters in the mail, explaining all the details for the new warranty.
Honda has been providing“goodwill” assistance to owners over the past years, due to the IMA (Integrated Motor Assist Battery Module), sometimes failing. Many people have been reimbursed or were able to get the IMA fixed at a discounted price. The IMA is the core of the car’s system and the new warranty now covers it either 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever the owners come to first. The new warranty will also have the owners leave the vehicle for a day so the maintenance can make sure everything is fixed correctly and so they do not get over booked.
It hasn’t been stated on why the IMA has been failing and the letters do not bring to light to that question either. Many have been saying, however, that the hybrid systems simply cannot manage a manual transmission. What happens is when going up a hill, an automatic will not down-shift and it will stay in the fifth gear. This is a lot harder on the hybrid system so many think that is the culprit.
Along with current owners getting reimbursed, Honda is also encouraging people who have previously owned the hybrid to get a hold of Honda and see if they are able to be reimbursed as well.
With this Extended Warranty offering, Honda plans to keep it’s “goodwill” actions going and making it much easier for the owners. This just goes to show that Honda really is looking out for their customers and appreciates the people driving their cars. Honda still does plan on halting the creation of this particular type of model, but they have a trick up their sleeves. A new module, cheaper than the Hybrid Civic, and will be in 2009… but that is a story for another time, folks.
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