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I have a 2006 Civic Hydrid with 80,000 miles and have never had an issue. Today we had heavy rain which we havent had in quite some time. While driving in the rain on the highway I noticed the check engine light came on and the Drive indicator light was blinking. As I tried to accelerate I got no electric assist and the rpms wouldnt really climb, it was like a regular automatic in overdrive going very slow and wouldnt down shift. When I got to an exit I was at a stop light, when I tried to take off the rpms went up but it was like the trans was slipping, I could barely get going. I stopped turned it off, restarted and the check engine light was on but it drove ok. After a couple minutes it was doing it again. I had to turn off and on over 10 times on the way home. PLEASE I NEED HELP

 
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Hybrids are a really tricky thing. all i know to do would be to start looking for exposed connectors and wiring in places of your hood that can get wet since this happened while it was raining. other than that the only other thing i would know would to be to go to the stealership. they're probably the only ones that would know about hybrids and their wiring/drivetrain. good luck, you never know you may find a wire under the hood that is just shorting out...

 
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yeah sounds like a wiring issue, the rain is causing problems with a bad ground maybe. i bet when the car dries out completely, the problem will be gone. search around the engine bay for any rusty connections. make sure battery clamps are tight, etc. find out what the check engine light is coming on for. its always good to carry a code scanner in the car too, theyre maybe $30 on ebay.