# 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid IMA Battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-civic-hybrid-ima-battery/47137>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hybrid-repair, civic, honda\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-civic-hybrid-ima-battery/47137 "2010-04-08T02:36:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lhcapots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@lhcapots](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lhcapots)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-civic-hybrid-ima-battery/47137/1 "2010-04-08T02:36:31Z")

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I am looking for a good deal (not a surprise) on a battery replacement. I have 185,000 miles and I have been driving with the battery replacement light on for 6 months…my mileage was improving but now dropping. Anybody find a good price on a replacement or rebuild?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-civic-hybrid-ima-battery/47137/2 "2010-04-08T09:44:46Z")

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You are a pioneer. There have not been many people needed battery replacement/rebuilds yet. In time if hybrids become more popular, a domestic battery rebuild or replace industry will develop. For now all I can suggest is the dealer.

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-civic-hybrid-ima-battery/47137/3 "2010-04-08T13:03:52Z")

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Check on ebay.

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**Author:** ![Bisbonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Bisbonian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bisbonian)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-civic-hybrid-ima-battery/47137/4 "2010-04-09T14:35:58Z")

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[http://www.hybrid-battery-repair.com/](http://www.hybrid-battery-repair.com/)

Perhaps not what you’d call inexpensive but he is quite a bit less than going to the dealer. Even if you were to go and find a new pack at the junkyard it will need to be “refreshed” if it has sat for longer than 30 days.

If you’re a bit handy you can rebuild your own battery pack, the problem is usually finding extra “sticks” since you can’t buy them from Honda and normally it’s one or 2 bad ones that start to give you issues.