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CVT trouble?
I just picked up a 2008 Civic Hybrid and at around 250 miles I was driving with my wife and toddler at around 60 MPH when the car started to buck lightly, as though the engine were cutting out or the transmission was slipping. Then I stopped at a light, and as I left the light under moderate acceleration the car bucked pretty badly. Then it went back to normal. It hasn't happened again since then and it's been over a week, although sometimes upon accelerating from a stop I seem to feel a light pulsation or hesitation for a couple of seconds before it smooths out. It probably wouldn't be noticeable to most people but now I'm paying close attention to every little thing. I'm not sure if this is a quirk caused by the IMA (almost as if the electric motor is fighting with the gas engine rather than smoothly assisting) or if I have an issue with the CVT. I don't think it's fuel or engine related just from my own experience with cars. Has anyone heard of this before? I plan on taking it to the dealer to have them check it, but my gut tells me they will find nothing wrong. I did find some articles online pointing to CVT judder caused by bad internal belts, but that seems to be isolated to the previous generation of Civic hybrids.
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