Recall Register

1984 Honda Civic: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1984 Honda Civic. The newest campaign is 88V117000. NHTSA received the report on 22 Jul 1988. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump. NHTSA has 5 complaints 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, 88V117000, in the NHTSA record

Install an improved fuel pump assembly.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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

3 campaigns, newest first. 293,067 units in total.

  1. 88V117000Received . 279,821 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Under certain conditions, mechanical fuel pumps may develop fuel leakage at crimped seam between the two fuel pump halves.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage in the engine compartment creates apossibility of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install an improved fuel pump assembly.

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

  2. 83V132000Received . 2,825 units.

    Power Train / Driveline / Driveshaft

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Left drive shaft may develop cracks, and may break under heavy loading such as that caused by rapid acceleration. This defect originated in a manufacturing process which has now been improved.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the left drive shaft on vehicles that have not been previously corrected, at no charge.

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

  3. 83V131000Received . 10,421 units.

    Latches/Locks/Linkages / Hood / Latch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Production tolerance errors could allow accidental hood opening. If the hood is not securely latched in the fully locked position, driving at high speed or hitting a large bump could cause the hood to open without warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect and replace defective hood latches at no charge.

    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

5 complaints, 7 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1984 Honda Civic: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Fuel System, Gasoline2
Structure2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Power Train1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
7 May 1996

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1984 Honda Civic, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 4 complaints.

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. 1984 Honda Civic: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/honda/civic/1984/. 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 1984 Honda Civic?
293,067 units in 3 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. 3 of them name the 1984 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1984 Honda Civic name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline: 2 of 7 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1984 Honda Civic open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.