Rereading what I said it doesn’t quite make sense. My apologies.

A brand manager for smart at a local dealership said some EV (ED) owners ran the car until it stopped. This ended up damaging the battery.

I have not read of any such concern on the PHEV, only possibly the pure EV version. (I haven't read through the entire manual yet I must confess)...

Just applied for the $450 rebate even though it’s been over a year since purchase. Hopefully approved as my parents were switched to Clean Power Alliance as our electricity provider, yet serviced by SCE....

I never ended up asking after draining out what I perceived was an excess amount of oil. For $10 here: https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/logon.aspx I pulled up the procedure to check the oil level and found it high. I assumed that was the reason and just moved on. My plan was if it were to smell a...

HondaLink on the car, or phone?

So far no more burning smell. I did add some more coolant to the EV battery reservoir. It is quite difficult for me to check and add with the cover in the way and is something you’re supposed to bring to the dealer for checking, per the manual.

Had one oil change so far done at the dealer....

Five months switched to 4 months a few days ago, (over the weekend)....

Got to drive ours a little today. 5 months left. Took delivery 3/19/18 so might be 6 months from last service? Shrugs....

For some reason our first service was due at about 7 months. After reprogramming it says 6 months, (and for a tiny bit it said 7 months). Definitely confused.

Honda Refill Part #: 76622-TDK-J01
Retail Price: $7.73