Honda Civic: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 79 recall campaigns for the Honda Civic, model years 1973 to 2026. NHTSA has 16,271 complaints on file for this model line. 48 of the 53 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Honda Civic is number 3 of 69 model lines of Honda on the register. Recall campaigns for the Honda Civic: 4 in 2024 and none in 2025. For all Honda vehicles, the count did not change, from 16 in 2024 to 16 in 2025.

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NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 5 Nov 2026. Recall file through 3 Nov 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Honda Civic: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Honda Civic	0	32	10%
2025 Honda Civic	2	80	26%	2,414,009
2024 Honda Civic	3	127	41%	1,957,887
2023 Honda Civic	4	259	84%	1,958,273
2022 Honda Civic	4	886	289%	2,806,772
2021 Honda Civic	4	148	48%	3,463,543
2020 Honda Civic	5	237	77%	4,088,095
2019 Honda Civic	4	444	145%	3,349,899
2018 Honda Civic	6	750	244%	2,732,430
2017 Honda Civic	6	606	197%	2,601,895
2016 Honda Civic	5	1,082	352%	2,993,410
2015 Honda Civic	1	381	124%	143,676
2014 Honda Civic	2	293	95%	153,492
2013 Honda Civic	0	319	104%
2012 Honda Civic	3	456	149%	51,503
2011 Honda Civic	9	169	55%	5,795,567
2010 Honda Civic	8	398	130%	5,777,511
2009 Honda Civic	8	396	129%	4,422,233
2008 Honda Civic	7	916	298%	3,730,507
2007 Honda Civic	9	1,204	392%	4,126,924
2006 Honda Civic	13	1,404	457%	5,355,752
2005 Honda Civic	10	316	103%	12,684,260
2004 Honda Civic	10	350	114%	12,684,260
2003 Honda Civic	11	499	163%	14,610,559
2002 Honda Civic	11	702	229%	14,366,149
2001 Honda Civic	14	1,079	351%	13,200,768
2000 Honda Civic	6	287	93%	3,355,270
1999 Honda Civic	3	338	110%	2,446,386
1998 Honda Civic	4	435	142%	2,455,944
1997 Honda Civic	2	373	121%	1,449,399
1996 Honda Civic	2	305	99%	1,600,530
1995 Honda Civic	0	199	65%
1994 Honda Civic	2	135	44%	191,320
1993 Honda Civic	1	146	48%	191,289
1992 Honda Civic	1	98	32%	191,289
1991 Honda Civic	1	110	36%	3,700,000
1990 Honda Civic	3	91	30%	3,700,083
1989 Honda Civic	1	69	22%	3,700,000
1988 Honda Civic	3	46	15%	3,803,602
1987 Honda Civic	3	39	13%	4,159,286
1986 Honda Civic	3	35	11%	4,077,536
1985 Honda Civic	2	15	5%	640,019
1984 Honda Civic	3	5	2%	293,067
1983 Honda Civic NHTSA page	0	9	3%
1982 Honda Civic NHTSA page	0	1	0%
1981 Honda Civic NHTSA page	0	1	0%
1979 Honda Civic NHTSA page	1	1	0%	936,774
1978 Honda Civic NHTSA page	1	0	0%	936,774
1977 Honda Civic	3	0	0%	1,102,899
1976 Honda Civic	2	0	0%	1,069,347
1975 Honda Civic	2	0	0%	1,069,347
1974 Honda Civic	2	0	0%	1,002,883
1973 Honda Civic	2	0	0%	951,861

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

20,494 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Honda Civic: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Air Bags	143.5	2,940
Steering	127	2,602
Power Train	88.6	1,815
Electrical System	77.4	1,587
Unknown or Other	66.7	1,366
Engine	54.2	1,110
Suspension	43.5	892
Visibility	41.3	847
Structure	41	841
Engine and Engine Cooling	38.1	781

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Honda Civic, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2018, with 7 campaigns.

Complaints about the Honda Civic, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2024, with 1,212 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Accord80 campaigns
CR-V63 campaigns
Odyssey82 campaigns
Pilot62 campaigns
Ridgeline39 campaigns
Fit34 campaigns
HR-V13 campaigns
Passport29 campaigns
Element20 campaigns
Prologue3 campaigns
Accord Hybrid16 campaigns
GL180015 campaigns
Insight24 campaigns
CR-V Hybrid14 campaigns
Civic Hybrid18 campaigns
Prelude12 campaigns
VTX13001 campaign
Civic SI0 campaigns
Clarity Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
Crosstour5 campaigns
VTX18003 campaigns
Honda0 campaigns
S20005 campaigns
Accord Crosstour8 campaigns
CR-Z3 campaigns
Honda Motorcycle0 campaigns
GL1800A4 campaigns
CMX250C1 campaign
CBR1000RR9 campaigns
Silverwing0 campaigns
Civic Type R6 campaigns
Civic Hatchback3 campaigns
ST13005 campaigns
VT7502 campaigns
VFR8003 campaigns
ST1300A5 campaigns
Civic GX8 campaigns
CRF11003 campaigns
VFR1200F2 campaigns
CBR300R4 campaigns
CBR929RR2 campaigns
CTX7002 campaigns
CB300F3 campaigns
Grom1253 campaigns
VT6002 campaigns
CRF250L4 campaigns
Silver Wing3 campaigns
Shadow Phantom4 campaigns
CMX5003 campaigns
FSC6004 campaigns
Clarity Fuel Cell4 campaigns
CB500X3 campaigns
NSS3004 campaigns
CB300R2 campaigns
CBR650R3 campaigns
CB1000SP3 campaigns
CB7504 campaigns
CMX3005 campaigns
7502 campaigns
CBR500R3 campaigns

Honda: all 69 model lines

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

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Questions

Which Honda Civic model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2001 with 14, 2006 with 13, 2003 with 11. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Honda Civic model year has the most complaints?: The 2006 model year, with 1,404 of the 16,271 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Honda Civic name?: Air Bags: 143.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Steering: 127 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 88.6 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Honda Civic?: 20 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.