AIBU to avoid a hybrid due to fire risk?

[carobsessedfortoday]

i need to buy a car. Want something a few years old and considering a Honda jazz coz reliability. My mechanic is a petroleum fan but hybrid obviously taking over fast. I've been warned about the fire risk of peteol hybrid cars. Is this valid or AIBU?

The risk of this happening is incredibly low.

Your can apply whatever criteria you choose to buying your own car with your own money. Are hydribds that common? It's all Tesla's around me

I assume you can look the stats about fires up in a few seconds using Google if it's that important a factor
Anyone who answers will just be doing that for you unless they happen to know them off the top of their head,

Do you have the same concern for all the battery powered tat in your house?

If not, then worries about Hybrid cars, especially good Japanese ones like Honda and Toyota, are woefully unfounded.

If you buy junk Euro-hybrids, then you should be concerned - not about fires, but because they are unreliable dogshit.

wtf. I have had 2 electric cars and solar panels with 6 batteries in the garage for 6 years we are fine. Stop reading propaganda

Actually given my previous comment about how easy it is to find out about fires your post has made me wonder if this is some kind of attempt to gather content for some kind of ton foil hattery

I wouldn’t bother to go hybrid - worst of both worlds , likely therefore to have much more failure modes and more expensive repair bills

interesting a quick google as suggested by PP says that electric car fires are not as likely as petrol car fires

electric batteries can burn faster than petrol tanks will do

yes, hybrids are not all the same!

Have you been in a car that caught on fire? I have and it wasn’t my hybrid. Another petrol car my Dad had caught fire. Why not read up on the stats and make an informed decision?

I've just got a hybrid Mazda 2 (Yaris under the skin) I've seen no reports of hybrids setting on fire. Toyota and Honda are good car manufacturers, so I wouldn't hesitate to go with one of them.

Blimey.
some of you are fucking rude
a. I'm asking about the petrol electric self charging hybrid, so your full electric car isn't relevant to the question
b. There are several sources, readily accessible, that mention a significantly higher risk of fires in hybrids than standard petrol cars
c. Logic suggests that in the event of a fire the battery in a hybrid would be difficult to extinguish. This is wildly dissimilar to any battery powered "tat" in your home (not mine, I have non battery powered tat)
d. I've seen car fires (witnessed one on the motorway yesterday) and am keen to avoid one that's difficult to escape or control
e. I only buy Japanese cars

Yes I do like the Honda hybrids. Thanks I'm just nervous about the petrol- battery combo.

According to Google the stats re car fires are:
Hybrid 3475 per 100,000
Gas 1530 per 100,000
EV 25 per 100,000

Everyone round my area seems to have hybrids, mostly Toyotas. I have never heard of fire risks associated with them, I love mine and wouldn't drive anything else.

Have YOU The stats are that hybrid are 3 x more likely than petrol or diesel to catch fire.

But electric are 20x less likely than petrol diesel to catch fire.

I am running three Honda Hybrids.

Never once had an issue and would buy again without a moments thought.

One of them is an old 2006 Civic IMA Hybrid - so a very early tech car. Never once failed an MOT and reliable as hell even after 117k miles on the clock.

You are absolutely right about battery powered household stuff. A friend was recently charging something in the house and it set alight ... luckily they were in the house.

So based on your point b what are you expecting from this thread? Most people won't have seen any car set itself on fire but as a PP has very kindly googled for you hybrids appear to be more risky so what use is anecdata?

Could you explain your logic?

Hybrids are popular around here, full-ev's are hopeless unless you have access to lots of charging spots or only do short distances.

WRT to fires, I would have thought the biggest reason to think about this is how much warning do you get to exit the car rather than the risk of fire. The risk of fire is very very low in all models but if one was a case of its got smoke and you have 3 seconds to get out vs 30 seconds to get out then that would be the driving factor for me.

I was rude, my apologies 🌷

I drive a Mitsubishi plug in hybrid and it’s a very comfortable ride but not especially economical. It’s probably about average.

On holiday I drove a Toyota Corolla hybrid which doesn’t need plugging in and I was very impressed with the MPG compared to my car.

I tend to buy Japanese or Korean cars as they’re the most reliable and fuel efficient.

I wouldn’t touch a bog standard European make like e.g. Ford or Range Rover as they’re a money pit and always in the garage for repair.

I do like the Toyotas and Honda no longer make a petrol only vehicle so it's helpful to read that many people are comfortable with these cars. Thank you for the feedback

@Seaitoverthere💐

Toyota and Honda have led hybrid technology for nigh on 40 or more years.

Thats a good reason why many folks are happy with them and have next to little concerns about fires.

They tend to also have fewer recalls vs dogshit European cars as well - and is why Toyota/Honda reliability is supreme.

As to your OP about the Jazz - I've also has a Jazz Hybrid (current model post 2020) and it was fabulous - managed to get 60mpg for fun without even trying to drive sensibly. Rapid and spacious too.

Only reason I would pick that over, say a Yaris, is because the Honda interior is better. Toyota interiors are junk because they have to differentiate from the more premium Lexus brand they own.

I have just bought a jazz hybrid. I heard the news report but didn’t pay it much attention. I had a petrol jazz before. It’s small but roomy and feels nice inside. Mpg since new is 59 according to the display.

i looked at the Yaris but it was too small for me.

I’ve had two petrol hybrids over the past ten years (5years each) never had a single problem with either. The ones I have /had were not plug in they used regenerative energy.