Longer Term Reliability?

I could feel it in the steering wheel not the pedal.

 

after I wash my car, when I back out of my garage (downhill slightly) I hear the brakes scraping... like, its scraping rust off the rotors. It only does this after I wash it.

 

That is completely normal. It will do the same thing if the car sits for a few days and it rains. Rotors are made of iron and will rust quickly. When you wash the car obviously water is sprayed directly on the rotors when you wash the wheels. It doesn't take long for rust to accumulate especially with the cleaners used on the wheels. When you apply the brakes the rust is removed by the pads which is the noise you are hearing.

 

Hi. About your question, it is a HONDA! ; D
I'm just purchased a 2018 Clarity on a Auction (I didn't pick up the car yet) with a minor to moderate front damage. No airbags deployed! Before that, I was looking Claritys on the web and I just found another 2018 with 206k+ miles. Yes!, 206000! I uploading a pic to show you it.

 

Were you able to inspect your Clarity in person before bidding? Did you have much competition for your Clarity from other bidders? Does it have fewer than 206,000 miles on the odometer? Did it come with a salvage title or a regular title? I had one other question, but I was just told lunch is ready so no time to type it out.

 

Reminds me of a quote from Epictetus...

 

Would be interesting to know what the battery capacity was on the 206,000 mile car.

On that topic, we have people come on here sometimes who are looking to buy a used Clarity, might be worth suggesting to them that they purchase a $30 VGate iCar Pro BLE 4.0 OBD-II reader and free Car Scanner app to take with them when they check out prospective cars. Battery capacity would be valuable information to have prior to purchase. And even if they don't wind up getting a Clarity they can use the OBD-II reader on any car if they didn't have one already.

 

I did a request to inspect the car. I had like 7 other bidders for the car. (2018 touring with 35k miles, 1 owner. Geico purchased the car from original owner after they paid off for the accident. "light to moderate" damage to front. No airbags deployed or structural damage. I can upload pics if you want. Now it has a Salvage title. Usually all my cars are salvage including with flooding titles. (Salvage cars are not for everyone, specially if you are afraid of or if you have the money to pay for the real retail value. I paid 8700 for the car plus fees (About 10k total), plus 700 to get it shipped from NJ to FL. Less than 2k in used and new parts. (I'm really good finding parts and fixing but I'm not a mechanic, jut a DIY but very picky and I know mechanic and body repair ;D
Buy a Clarity was out of my pocket if I try to buy used (same car sells for about ....19k+?) so saving around 6 grands is a must!

 

No, that article says it has two motors. Many writers don't seem to realize (or don't think it important to mention) that a motor is also a generator. In fact, a 2013 paper delivered by Honda to a World Electric Vehicle Association conference in Barcelona, about the Accord PHEV (the predecessor of the Clarity) was titled "Efficiency Enhancement of a New Two-Motor Hybrid System."

So, like all iMMD hybrids, this one has two motor-generators. The larger one, which is the only one that drives the wheels, is rated for 181 HP. The smaller is used primarily as a generator, and to start the ICE.

So the electrical power system (the battery plus the ICE-driven generator) need to supply at least 181/0.85=212 HP.

See

(and ignore that he calls it E-Drive, and several other mistakes about operation).