Problems with 2007 Honda Civic FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

2007 honda hybrid ima problems honda update now car really unsafe. never know when hybrid will go gas mileage went from 45 to 32 mpg cant get up to speed at lights tired of people blowing there horns at me. please help us hybrid owners very unsafe car with ima update honda want put it back to org spec. *tr

I am the owner of a 2007 honda civic hybrid living in los angeles, california so i'm sure you are already aware of what this is regarding. starting in the winter of 2009, i noticed that my mileage was beginning to drop and that the acceleration of my vehicle was diminishing significantly. before this problem started, i was averaging around 45 miles per gallon but this has since diminished to around 34. i got the car checked out repeatedly and they put some sort of update on my battery and told me nothing was wrong but then there was an article about this problem in the los angeles times. honda then offered another software update to "fix" the problem but i have heard nothing but negative things about it. a friend of mine who has the exact same make and model as me got this new update and nothing at all changed and he is still getting a check emissions system warning on his dashboard. i don't know who else i should be contacting about this issue but i hope to find out whatever i can to help get whatever could be done to get some sort of a recall on this car in motion. it is insulting what honda is putting us through and is making me seriously consider abandoning the honda mark forever. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. while driving 70 mph the front left tire struck a piece of wood and ruptured the fuel tank. the contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the vehicle was leaking gasoline. the vehicle was towed to a local dealer who stated that there was a hole in the fuel tank. the vehicle is currently being repaired at a cost of $640.00. the contact is in the process of contacting the manufacturer. the contact does not feel the repair will remedy the failure since the dealer is replacing the failed component with a plastic fuel tank without a guard to protect the fuel tank from road debris or recurring. the failure mileage was 54,000 and the current mileage was 54,010.

Upon reading report # 10235631 on honda civic 2007, "a sound like water rushing from the rear underside of car upon braking and accelerating": my 2007 honda civic does this also. it is obvious to me that it is the partial tank of gasoline sloshing back and forth inside the gas tank. most, if not all, cars' gas tanks have sheet metal baffles inside the gas tank to limit the sloshing of fuel upon motion of car. either the baffles are not adequate or non-existent. dealer just looks at me when i mentioned this. i know cars inside and out, as i have done almost all of the mechanical repairs on my cars for 55 years, including the innards of the gas tank. "it's a no-brainer" ! *tr

When engine is warm and car is at idle (either when stopped at traffic light or when parking before shutdown) and you open/close sun roof and/or power windows the rpms dip, car shakes, and engine almost stalls before rpms recover to normal idle. this has happened at least two dozen times and started happening soon after taking delivery. at approx 400 miles car was taken into dealer and dealer was able to reproduce the problem on my vehicle and also reproduced the problem on other new civics on dealer lot. dealer reset pcm and performed idle relearn procedure. this did not resolve the problem. dealer reported to honda engineering and they had no knowledge of issue and offered no advice. additionally at approx 600 miles after car sat unused all day and when attempting to start later that night, the car did not start on first attempt. on second attempt and after cranking longer than usual for startup, the car started roughly with a jolt and ran rough (car shaking) for 3-5 seconds. *tr