It's audi so it's supposed to be expensive.

People talking about battery replacement prices expensive or etc.

It basically scales with your car’s level la.

A Honda city battery price maybe 6k to 10k?

But a merc or Audi will be 50k and above

Expected since they are different level .


If you bought a Volvo hybrid or EV and expect only 5k battery price later you’re unrealistic. Just like buying a S90 expecting maintenance charges like an Axia.

Everything scales up according to the car level.

Bad rep of hybrids in Malaysia is a scam by second hand car dealers, perpetuated by public ignorance to convince you to trade in for lower values. From an engineering and cost of ownership perspective there's nothing wrong with hybrids. From my perspective driving a second hand honda hybrid, there's no difference between between maintaining a hybrid and a regular ICE except for the powerpack and even then the powerpack lasts you for years. Realistically, the battery pack will last you at least 10 years unless you are unlucky enough to get a lemon. The only thing holding Malaysians back is the addiction to subsidized petrol.

Ouch. Lucky you. What's wrong with hybrid battery? Premature death?


Before 8 years - RM0... It's under warranty.


Exactly. Many tok kok about hybrid this and that but never own one.

Yeah. It started to lose its mojo and it raised an error of the dash board.

My next car will be full EV abit bored lwith my current hybrid already

Lol most people already on 2nd hybrid cars and still got people asking about reliability.... perhaps I can introduce you to kereta lembu

cinis hev coming yearend

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City hybrid weakness is gearbox.

I got idcd hybrid HRV. 90k km mileage and warranty about to habis soon. Standard maintenance and clutch oil change outside workshop to hopefully increase reliability of the dual clutch transmission (owners FB groups got several complains about this gearbox gg if creep a lot).

Now driving ehev civic since feb done 13k km so far no issues. Fuel consumption bagus and power delivery/smoothness is so much better than idcd honda hybrid. Usually hybrid problem is the battery which is around 5-6k for japanese hybrids. Electronic aircond compressor can be problematic but not too many cases. Otherwise i feel quite reliable la.

Conti car hybrid on the other hand....best to avoid hahah unless u have official factory warranty

Necro old thread...

Worth getting used 2019 city hybrid? Can claim (hybrid battery) warranty after ownership change?

Wanna do ehailing. Kindly advise

TS should ask who owned Toyota Prius 1st gen and if they used it for 8 years or still using it today? Or if they did changed the battery and rectifier and it still works till today? Then magically the questions are answered.

You can just ask if a Honda or Toyota Hybrid is going to last xx years because it never happened.

have to ask honda if still can claim warranty or not

when i tested drive honda civic ehev last year, at the showroom(also SC) got one insight owner came for regular maintenance service. honda SA told me the insight has been used since 2011 and managed to claim battery warranty once.

I terus book civic ehev. today 1 year anniversary owning bestest car

2011 car not even 15 years. The real test is whether owner will keep the car for 20 + years and use it daily instead of becoming backup car. There are still waja and wira examples going around because it’s relatively cheap to keep it on the road. Hybrid after 20 years?

essentially it's the same engine n trans as it's sibling, the prius

Majority of car owners usually ditch their cars right after they are fully paid. So it is rare that a single owner car with more than 15 years is going to tell you they owned that car for 15 years. And it could probably be the 2nd or 3rd owner and so forth.

You can randomly stop any Wira & Waja owner and ask them if they are the first owners. I can bet they are not. At current situation these cars are buy, use and abandon. Few thousand buck for one to drive for 2-3 years is a bargain for people not wanting to pay instalments just to move around. Single owner cars are very rare.

My neighbour is an owner of a Prius C from new since 2013. The car is only 12 years old. Very minimal service because it is rarely driven. It is still there ready to go when he needs it. Another of my neighbour that had a Prius sold it after 5 years. I know a friend who bought a a used 2011 Honda Insight before pandemic. The car is still in use today. And its not well taken care of whats more washed.

Your's ima cvt version right? Or dct version?

And the latest Corolla Cross Hybrid

Check the hybrid system is prev gen or current gen.
Nope for prev gen

Touch wood mine is a 2018 BMW 530e PHEV. So far no issues already 7 years though range have reduced due to battery degrading