Aiyar nobody buys a hybrid to save fuel ler. They buy hybrid cuz they wanna be able to say that they drove a hybrid. Something special mar.or other selling point like cbu from japan,etc etc. Saving fuel was never the main priority.

here i confuse... Honda willing to replace the battery for her... but she say not enough... then court rule honda might need to pay her RM21k+... she also need to buy the battery with that money wat.

no...read properly...honda refuse to replace for her @ 1st
same case last time with the honda's rear brake
they love to deny
later go to tribunal only scare

now i feel my honda city brake also like quite bad edi. have to step deep inside only can feel the sudden jam brake. if just hold slightly to it like dint brake at all. sigh,losing faith with honda

my honda city i think is year 2008. mileage about 130000km++

same,im confused too. u see, like everyone of u saying, the cost of a hybrid car battery is rm20k then the court rule stating that honda need pay her rm20k++ in the end she have to use the money to buy battery also. so whats the diff?

ngv is the true money saver..buy an rm45k 2.3l BMW E39 and put ngv sure win..

my honda city i think is year 2008. mileage about 130000km++

Wow...  40000km++ per year.  Went to Hatyai often?.

Anyway, for such case I recommend you to own a 2nd car to even out the mileage.  Mileage too high = Wear and tear, affects resale value.  At this mileage you should change brake pad AT LEAST TWICE!!!

ngv price is not stable also...anytime can increase...gas expensive also yaww...

The battery for Prius/Lexus CT200h are only RM11k now...

THE case of novelist Latifah Emir claiming against Kah Motors over a battery defect in her Honda Civic Hybrid entered a new phase on Tuesday when the president of the tribunal deemed their rebuttal insufficient to win them the case.

According to Latifah, the judge told Kah Motors and Honda the Consumer Act 1999 deems a warranty for a product as an assurance to customers and not a contract as it is usually one-sided and rejected the argument the car's defect surfaced after the warranty period.

Latifah said defects began appearing in month 22 of ownership as the high voltage hybrid drive batteries failed to recharge properly but Honda insisted there was nothing wrong with the car. The battery failed completely about two months after the two-year warranty period lapsed.

The tribunal president then queried Honda about their claims over 10 to 12 years' battery lifespan and was told the life of the battery would depend on the way it is driven. The president then asked Honda to furnish any documentary evidence that accompanied the sales brochure to support this claim but Honda failed to do so.

Honda told the court they had offered to replace the battery of the Civic Hybrid but Latifah rejected the offer. The claimant then told the tribunal Honda had refused to entertain her request for battery replacement until the matter is brought to the tribunal and she felt the offer was not good enough and the tribunal president agreed claimant had a right to refuse offers that are deemed not good enough.

In the end, the president gave Kah Motors and Honda Malaysia until Sept 9 to provide a written submission to prove what they did is within the laws of Malaysia, and to challenge the Consumer Act 1999 Law if they deem it wrong. Otherwise, the judge will rule permission for Latifah to claim a sum of RM21,521.19 from Kah Motors.

The hearing for the verdict will be held on Sept 13.

Sos Kicap from MMail
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TLDR version

Civic Hybrid battery kong 2 months after warranty.
Honda refuse to replace eventhough battery life supposed to be 10-12 years.
Say warranty is assurance not contract.
Consumer tribunal ask Honda to cite law else pay RM21k
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Hah, buy hybrid summore lah.
Green konon, battery is hazardous to the environment too.

even if battery last 10 years, cost rm20k
petrol can save rm200 a month or not?
how often one drive car no change for 10 years...
think of the resale value after 10 years. no one wanna buy sked battery kong.

Thinking of buying Insight,
after reading this, scared liao

well for honda, which has no track record, probably will give you problems. AS for prius, which is the more expensive version, has a track record.

But as we all know batteries never last forever. You got to replace them. The funny thing about our country is to promote greener vehicle, they remove taxes. Then the spare parts very expensive. What the heck. So should you buy a hybrid car? If the battery pow by company for minimum 10 years, then yes, why not.

Also alternative to hybrid is Direct injection and Diesel. Diesel is like hanging on there, we got some supporters but we don't have better diesels, thats why it is not common. Direct injection is something to look at, as it uses petrol, where we have some ok quality petrol, but not many cars in affordable range offers Direct injection. and those who offer are for rich and upper class. Proton and perodua may not be able to offer you anytime soon. So our country is stuck in petrol engine with high consumption. Unfortunately.

so very soon, we hope to see more and more direct injection engine and hopefully some good and conservative automotive company can offer a great range of good engines for us malaysians.