haha...this car ok la handling . can do corner at 90km/h for such a tall car . Drive experience is also good not goyang like sampan. This car is within my budget and i like its look. won't go back to conti coz no time to visit workshops that often.

Strange. My SC mentioned that it will be replaced. for CRV Hybrid even have to leave 1 day for some run-in procedure, unlike for my FC which doesnt require any run-in.
to bad the earliest available date for this replacement is in Nov 2025

Ah, maybe they just check for me and will order parts for replacement if needed? Problem is I don't know if the replacement is confirmed 100% or if they'll go case by case

I tot the recall is for replacement not checking,, or is your chassis number not affected??
like mine not affected,, they will do checking only upon service

Mine says affected... so not sure what the heck the person was smoking. I'll ask the service advisor on the spot when I go mid-Aug I guess

wanna ask sifu here. How does those 'paddle shifter' works? i read that it's not a gear changing function feature.

which model u referring to.

for Non-RS, my understanding it work as a gear changing feature. however unless u not using S gear, the ECU/TCU will take over the control and assign back the appropriate gear. Thats the reason the change made using paddle shifter will not last long unless u are at the correct speed.

for RS, it work as a regen braking. i quote "converts a vehicle's kinetic energy into electrical energy during deceleration, which is then stored in the battery. This process not only slows the vehicle down, but also recharges the battery, extending the driving range and reducing wear on brake pads ". but this only happen if u didnt press the accelerator.

That's the regen braking paddle, not paddle shifter. Paddle shifter switch the gear, regen braking increase braking levels (for the RS traction motor to both brake AND increase power regen to battery.

These two are totally different functions.

For me, regen braking paddle is a gift, a special feature that our eHev have. Not all hybrids has the this paddle, most EV just set high, medium, low from the screen. A fixed feature where you can't change mid-way coz you are driving and not to be distracted by going thru the menu.

But regen paddle allow you to spontaneously increase or decrease the level of regen braking right there.

There are 3 levels, you can treat it like engine braking. Instead of pressing the brake pedal to slow down, you can use this paddle to increase the level, 1,2,3. Once it slows down to below 10km/h, this regen feature is disabled. Note that traction regen will work at all times at the lowest level. This paddle allows you to increase and decrease the level above 10km/h.

I used it a lot during higher speed cornering, instead of pressing the brake pedal (which makan brake pad), using the paddle allows me more control to the car during cornering. It all increase battery regen at same time. It will make your brake pads last a long time. Now if the paddle wear out...hehe...

I also used it to slow down gradually during tolls stop and and slower traffic. The extra battery regen thru the traction motor helps increase the range of EV drive.
So if you drive RS eHev and not using it, you are missing one of the best and yet somehow not too emphasis feature of brake regen of our eHev.

So unlike most EV that fixed set the level of regen, that is very inconvenient if you switch from traffic heavy traffic to highway drive (where high level traction worked against cruising), use the regen paddle as a gradual slow down speed brake pedal especially during cornering. It cannot replace brake pedal that are much stronger but a very useful assisting tools to both slow the the car and retain control of the wheel.

Also note that this is also especially useful during slippery wet road, rains where regen paddle will using the internal traction motor to pull the wheel back to slow down instead of using the external brake pad to stop the wheel. Reduce the changes of tyre slipping on wet road.

That is my experience in using this not much spoken of great feature. The 2 weakness of using regen paddle,
1. Don't know if it wear out the paddle if used a lot.
2. Very important.....using regen paddle does not activate the brake light behind.....meaning if you slow down a lot using the paddle and the rear car ran to fast or don't notice (coz you no press brake pedal, no brake light), it has a risk of them not knowing you slow down without the brake lamp.

So when I used this, I automatically watch out for the rear car....too close, too fast, I will press the brake paddle to activate the brake light once, to alert them I am slowing down...

This post has been edited by Cavino: Jul 18 2025, 11:54 AM

haiyaaa.....u so free to give this long comment? .
nonetheless, comprehensive info

if i may add a bit. the regen braking works a bit different between Normal and Sport mode. I believe during normal mode, the regen brake will be off once we press the accelerator after a while. however during Sport mode, u will have to off the regen brake using the pedal. do correct me if im wrong since before this only use regen brake in sport mode once

where do read that

that paddle shifter to allow you to manually control the transmission's gear changes.

I always use that to upshift, this G6 like to drop 1 gear down when we go downhill even on minimal slop

On RS e:HEV model it's actually the regenerative braking control paddle. On non-hybrid it's a simulated CVT "gear shift" control

Yes your understanding is correct. In Sports mode it'll hold the setting; in normal mode it assumes you only use it temporarily. Honestly I use it in Normal mode and it works great:

- When going downhill I downshift 2–3 times. No need to tekan brake anymore just let the car cruise down while recharging my high voltage battery. Go down to flat ground and can cruise in EV mode.
- When coming to a stop at a junction or traffic light, downshift 3 times (max regen) to slow down, again no need tekan brake until the last second when I need to actually come to a complete stop. I feel it's slowdown is smoother than I manually tekan brake

interesting yet comprehensive info. thanks dude.

by the way, is this regen braking paddle shifter only works in Sports mode, or it can work in Econ or Normal modes as well?

i feel this paddle shifter is quite different from my another honda car: honda city hybrid i-dcd 2018. The paddle shifters work to upshift or downshift the actual DCT gears to provide dynamic driving experience.

also another question:

when in town driving, i use Econ mode and it's really fuel efficient as i always try to drive in EV mode.
but when in highway, i use Normal mode instead to get some power for overtaking. I will sometime shift to Econ mode if let say there is long traffic jem on the highway or exiting the highway going to town.

is this practice okay to get good overall FC? But i hardly achieve 20km/l on highways due to sometimes I tekan 140km/h without even realizing it. LEL

i am still learning to understand & differentiate between the i-dcd 2nd gen hybrid system vs this new 3rd gen i-mmd eHEV hybrid system in term of its mechanism.

Windscreen got hit by stone at elite highway. Any advice if I should change it at Honda SC or outside?

Thanks for the insights. Mine is the ehev model.

This post has been edited by 19 Degree South: Jul 19 2025, 12:16 PM

Regen works in all mode, but it’s only “sticky” in sports mode, meaning it is only temporary in normal and econ mode, where it’ll go away after a while. Honestly when you press the brake pedal, regen kicks in first to a degree, until when the car knows you want to come to a stop and regen is not sufficient to slow you down, then only the mechanical brakes kick in for the final boost of stopping power.

All in all, drive any way you want, and don’t agonize over the paddle for regen. This car is big and heavy, honestly 15–20km/L is phenomenal, regardless of which end of the spectrum you fall under.

There were the initial periods of getting the car where I squeezed out 20km/L under ideal scenarios, but I ended up stressing when I didn’t hit it anymore. So now I drive the way I want, and average about 15–17km/L, not the end of the world, and enjoying the car and using its power to its full potential when I see fit.

i noticed that the open booth button on the car and key forb can only perform open and not close. correct?

Can close from in the car but you need to hold, never tried fob because I always press one of the two buttons at the top of the boot hatch. If the sensor detects something down there it may not close sometimes too.

I have the dashcam from Honda. Occasionally, just after engine starts, it will say something about the need to clear the memory. What is that about? And how to go about fixing that? Thanks

in dilemma should topup for crv ehev or just get cross hev. for me and gf daily use only