A little over a year ago I purchased a CPO 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid with 71k miles. It came with a 2 year/100k Honda-backed powertrain warranty. It has the newer 2 motor hybrid drive not the older IMA/eCVT set up.
The car ran flawlessly up til about 79k miles. I run the same commute every day. One random morning it starts to consistently pulsate every 2 seconds when I’m cruising along a 50 mph road. I figured maybe it had to do with the engine/trans temp or the road gradient, but it does it on all types of roads now(some 6k miles and 5 months later). It has done it these past two days in a row. But it was working perfectly fine all of last week.
According to what I’ve observed on the dash essentially the powertrain is having issues jumping back into EV mode/shutting off the engine at cruising speed.
From what I’ve gathered online - not officially from Honda - it has to do with Honda’s programming of the hybrid drive system.
I took it into service once and was told it had to do with my tires. I was running a set of Acura wheels at the time that were about 0.6” OD smaller than what came with the factory. I swapped back the factory wheels and it did nothing.
Do I take it back again and have them look at it? There are no codes or any sort of diagnostic data that can indicate any problems. Id hate to take it to the dealer just for them to tell me it’s normal.
The car ran flawlessly up til about 79k miles. I run the same commute every day. One random morning it starts to consistently pulsate every 2 seconds when I’m cruising along a 50 mph road. I figured maybe it had to do with the engine/trans temp or the road gradient, but it does it on all types of roads now(some 6k miles and 5 months later). It has done it these past two days in a row. But it was working perfectly fine all of last week.
According to what I’ve observed on the dash essentially the powertrain is having issues jumping back into EV mode/shutting off the engine at cruising speed.
From what I’ve gathered online - not officially from Honda - it has to do with Honda’s programming of the hybrid drive system.
I took it into service once and was told it had to do with my tires. I was running a set of Acura wheels at the time that were about 0.6” OD smaller than what came with the factory. I swapped back the factory wheels and it did nothing.
Do I take it back again and have them look at it? There are no codes or any sort of diagnostic data that can indicate any problems. Id hate to take it to the dealer just for them to tell me it’s normal.
