Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Honda Civic.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE REVVED WHILE THE VEHICLE IDLED IN PARK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AN… |
| 2004-07-02 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | I HAD AUTO ACCIDENT, I WAS GOING 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN I HIT SMALL TREE. THE STEERING WHEEL CRUSHED MY CHEST … |
| 2004-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. A TECHNICIAN SERVICED THE VEHICLE ON 3-15-04, AND DETERMINED THAT IGNITION DIS… |
| 2003-08-07 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | HONDA ISSUED A RECALL OF THE FRONT SEATBELTS IN THE 1989 HONDA. THE BELT CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COME UNLATCHED. THIS IS A … |
| 2001-09-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I SPOKE WITH REPAIR FACILITIES AND OTHER CIVIC OWNERS WHO SAY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE REPAIR CENTERS SAID THEY A… |
| 2001-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | PREVIOUSY VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH INTERMITTENTLY NOT STARTING AND STALLING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DE… |
| 2001-04-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ENGINE "REVS" AND SURGES FORWARD. THIS IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN IN IDLE OR WHEN RESTARTING AFTER HAVING BEEN DRIVEN. SE… |
| 2000-08-20 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | THE FLOOR MAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE GETS IN THE WAY OF THE BRAKES AND THE GAS PETALS. SOMETIMES IT KEEPS THE GAS PETAL DOW… |
| 2000-07-04 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLECROSSED FROM ANOTHER LANE IN FRONT SUDDENLY. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES & REA… |
| 2000-01-27 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLE… |
| 2000-01-01 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | THE 1989 HONDA CIVIC DX USES MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS. MY NIECE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THIS WEEKEND, HIT A FREEWAY RAILING THA… |
| 1999-10-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 2 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN CONSUMER PUT SHIFT LEVER INTO REVERSE CAUSING BROKEN BONES AND SEVERAL OTH… |
| 1999-10-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 1 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE IN A PARKING LOT CAUSING COLLISON, THE IMPACT WAS SO GREAT THAT THE OCCU… |
| 1999-10-03 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | STRUCTURE OF THE SUN ROOF WOULD LEAK WHEN IT WAS RAINING OR VEHICLE WAS BEING WASHED. THE TRUNK WOULD LEAK ALSO. THIS C… |
| 1999-09-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CAR STALLED AT SPEED ON HIGHWAY. SMOKE OBSERVED UNDER HOOD WHICH WAS JAMMED SHUT. FIRE STARTED WHICH ENGULFED THE CAR… |
| 1999-03-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | Yes | 2 | MY CIVIC COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. THE LAP COMPONENT OF MY SEATBELT ENGAGED AL… |
| 1999-03-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEATBACK TO FALL BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE … |
| 1997-10-07 | SEATS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SEAT TRACK AND ANCHORS BROKE. OWNER NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER HAD VEHICLE … |
| 1996-10-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MALFUCTIONS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REP… |
| 1996-06-15 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | THE RACK AND PINON STEERING GOES OUT FREQUENTLY AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO STEERING.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-06-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON, THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. *AK |
| 1996-04-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *DSH |
| 1996-03-18 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SIDE MANUAL LOCK BROKE IN THE INSIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK |
| 1996-03-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, GAS LEAKS DOWN FROM SEAM OF TANK ONTO VEHICLE FLOOR; SLOWING STOPS WHEN VEHICLE NOT IN MOTION; CAN HEAR … |
| 1996-03-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD; HAD TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE/SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP… |
| 1996-02-26 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | SEAT BELT TWISTED PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD |
| 1996-02-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | DRIVING INTO THE GARAGE, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION HITTING WALL IN THE GARAGE. TT |
| 1996-01-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THROTTLE ASSEMBLE REPLACED DUE TO GASOLINE LEAKING ONTO THE COMPUTER SHORTING IT OUT. *SD |
| 1996-01-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DIFFICULTY STARTING VEHICLE, THINKS THA TIT IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY STARTER; ALSO, FUEL GAUGE IS INACCURATE. *AK |
| 1996-01-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD | Yes | 0 | HOOD FLEW UP AND WRAPPED AROUND WINDSHIELD. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. TT |
| 1995-11-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | FUEL THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY SPRAYED GAS ON COMPUTER SHORTING IT OUT. TT THE TROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BECAUS… |
| 1995-11-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. TT |
| 1995-10-23 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BROKE. TT THE BREAKING OF THE SEAT WAS A SAFETY DEFECT. *YH |
| 1995-10-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS IMPACT 8:00 POSITION SPEED 30MPH, DRIVER BUCKLE DID NOT HOLD, RECALL RELATED 95V103001. TT |
| 1995-10-18 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | THE OWNERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE FAULTY SEATBELT UNLATCHED AND CAUSED HER FURTHE… |
| 1995-09-29 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEATER; DEFOGGER FAILURE, INSIDE WINDOWS ARE FOGGING UP, REDUCES VISIBILITY. TT |
| 1995-09-07 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | Yes | 0 | SEAT BELT INADVERTENTLY WRAPPED AROUND SEAT POSITION LEVER/DISLODGED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSS CO… |
| 1995-07-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THE CAR WENT UNDER THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| 1995-06-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE JAMMED/WILLNOT LOCK IN PLACE. *SD |
| 1995-06-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RUSTED FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY DAMAGED FUEL PUMP/OXYGEN SENSOR AND CONTAMINATED GASOLINE, LEAVING VEHICLE INOPERABLE. *AW |
| 1995-06-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED DAMAGING OXYGEN SENSOR AND FUEL PUMP. TT |
| 1995-06-03 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | NOTICEABLE THUMPING AND KNOCKING NOISE IN BRAKE SYSTEM. RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT |
| 1995-05-31 | SEATS | No | 0 | REAR FOLD DOWN SEATS AND CAN NOT BE USED WITH THE CARSEATS. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT |
| 1995-05-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE DOOR. TT |
| 1995-04-26 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TAKATA SEAT BELT FAILURE, DIFFICULTY UNLATCHING BELT BUCKLE. TT |
| 1995-04-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | WHILE TURNING WHEELS TO LEFT, HEARD THUMPING SOUND; JOINT REPLACED; SPEED 30 MPH. TT |
| 1995-02-27 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE EQUIPPED W/WIDE TIRES THAT HAVE FRONT AND REAR GROUND EFFECTS, SNOW BUILDS UP UNDER GROUND EFFECTS, CAUSING LOS… |
| 1995-02-21 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WATER ACCUMULATED INSIDE OF HEADLIGHT LENSE, CAUSING REDUCTION OF LIGHT/VISIBILITY. *SKD |
| 1995-02-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | Yes | 1 | DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION SWITCH WITHOUT FULLY ENGAGING SHIFTER INTO PARK GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RO… |
| 1994-03-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | Yes | 2 | CAR WAS IN ACCIDENT AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DIDN'T HOLD THE PERSON IN THE CAR . TT |