The general nature of these groups does tend to lead to mostly complaints.
It is just the nature of people, not many will come to the groups just to
say that everything is going well. I would suggest you check out the Honda
oriented groups if you are thinking about a honda hybrid. This group really
doesn't get much activity at all.

That said...
We own a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid and a 2001 Honda Insight (bought used one
year ago) and don't have any complaints about either one of them.
Tremendously reliable for us. Our 2003 HCH was just in for its 90k mile
service (at an independent shop) and everything is well with it, the Insight
was also in for 70k service (I know it isn't a regular interval, but I'm
going with 5k on the insight for ease of remembering. We go with the the
'normal' schedule for the HCH which is every 10k miles)

As with any model car, there are some of them that have problems and others
that have none.... Your mileage may vary :)

Mike
South Central WI
OSBM CVT '03 HCH #002870
77K miles 45.30 LMPG (at the pump) - very out dated stats
& MonteCarlo Blue 5sp '01 Insight
68.5k miles 62.5 LMPG (displayed)
(My lifetime: 15k miles 66.83 LMPG pump)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hybrid-Cars@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Hybrid-Cars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David C. King
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 12:31 PM
> To: Hybrid-Cars@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Hybrid-Cars] Reliability of hybrids
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> I also subscribe to the Yahoo group dedicated to the Prius. It seems
> there are never ending complaints on that group. Anything
> from the car
> suddenly dying completely to problems with the lights and keys and
> fluid levels.
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> It's enough that it has turned me away from thoughts on the
> Prius. Has
> Toyota tried to do too much with that car? Too many new technologies
> at once? I don't know but I do know I need a car that I can
> rely on as
> I use it for work.
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> What are YOUR opinions on the reliability of YOUR car? Are
> the Honda's
> giving anyone problems? Do you have a different perception of the
> Prius?
>
> I may be replacing my 10 year old (150K) Accord in the near
> future and
> I am not sure whether or not I want to go hybrid at this time.
>
> Thank you.
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