Recall Register

1976 Honda Civic: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1976 Honda Civic. The newest campaign is 81V136000. NHTSA received the report on 6 Nov 1981. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 81V136000, in the NHTSA record

Vehicles will be inspected and, if necessary, treated with a rust preventive coating. In some cases, replacement of components will be performed, without charge to owner.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,069,347 units in total.

  1. 81V136000Received . 936,774 units.

    Suspension

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Prolonged contact with road salt may, under certain conditions, cause serious rusting. This can weaken certain undercarriage components: lateral suspension arms, front crossbeam and strut coil spring lower supports.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicles will be inspected and, if necessary, treated with a rust preventive coating. In some cases, replacement of components will be performed, without charge to owner.

    Report filed by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO..

  2. 79V102000Received . 132,573 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Exhaust System / Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The internal muffler pressure can create a split in the seam if the muffler is in a deteriorated condition. If this condition exists, the exhaust gas escaping from the split seam can cause excessive heating of a small area of the rear storage compartment.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will install a muffler cover to prevent excessive floor temperatures in case of muffler seam splitting.

    Report filed by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

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

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

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

  1. 19732
  2. 19742
  3. 19752
  4. 19762
  5. 19773
  6. 19781
  7. 19791
  8. 19810
  9. 19820
  10. 19830
  11. 19843
  12. 19852
  13. 19863
  14. 19873
  15. 19883
  16. 19891
  17. 19903
  18. 19911
  19. 19921
  20. 19931
  21. 19942
  22. 19950
  23. 19962
  24. 19972
  25. 19984
  26. 19993
  27. 20006
  28. 200114
  29. 200211
  30. 200311
  31. 200410
  32. 200510
  33. 200613
  34. 20079
  35. 20087
  36. 20098
  37. 20108
  38. 20119
  39. 20123
  40. 20130
  41. 20142
  42. 20151
  43. 20165
  44. 20176
  45. 20186
  46. 20194
  47. 20205
  48. 20214
  49. 20224
  50. 20234
  51. 20243
  52. 20252
  53. 20260

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1976 Honda Civic: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/honda/civic/1976/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1976 Honda Civic?
1,069,347 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Honda Civic have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 79 recall campaigns for the Honda Civic, model years 1973 to 2026. 2 of them name the 1976 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1976 Honda Civic open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.