Reliability & cost of ownership
Honda Civic Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Honda Civic? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Honda Civic problems by model year
219 recall entries and 13409 owner complaints on file across 27 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Honda Civic, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- steering2332 complaints
- air bags2288 complaints
- power train1574 complaints
- unknown or other1205 complaints
- electrical system1126 complaints
- engine1067 complaints
- service brakes828 complaints
- suspension815 complaints