Honda Civic problems, by model year and system
4,836 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Honda Civic 2016–2026, and the 6 systems the record is deep on — steering (2,316), electrical (459), fuel system (409), automatic emergency braking (286), engine (284). Each system has a page across the years; 15 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsSteering problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Automatic emergency braking problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Visibility and wiper problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Honda Civic complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | steering | electrical | fuel system | automatic emergency braking | engine | visibility and wiper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 29 in all | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | — |
| 2025 99 in all | 37 | 8 | 15 | 20 | — | — |
| 2024 142 in all | 74 | 8 | — | 26 | 1 | — |
| 2023 332 in all | 259 | 19 | — | 23 | 11 | — |
| 2022 959 in all | 802 | 40 | — | 94 | — | — |
| 2021 159 in all | 67 | 21 | — | 43 | 3 | — |
| 2020 231 in all | 29 | 37 | 33 | 30 | — | — |
| 2019 450 in all | 111 | 37 | 145 | 39 | 36 | — |
| 2018 751 in all | 313 | 61 | 179 | — | 58 | — |
| 2017 602 in all | 173 | 103 | 35 | — | 71 | 39 |
| 2016 1,082 in all | 445 | 120 | — | — | 99 | 67 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Honda Civic system draws the most complaints?
Steering: 2,316 complaints across 11 model years, 48% of everything owners filed about the Honda Civic. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Honda Civic year has the most complaints?
2016 (1,082), 2022 (959), 2018 (751). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.