Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-05-24 | 99I002000 |
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | — | — | Details |
| 1999-05-10 | 99E015000 |
UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 943,005 | — | Details |
| 1996-06-18 | 96V106000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 160,689 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | GAS IDLE DIDN'T RETURN BACK AND I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT. *TR |
| 2020-02-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE 2 RECALLS AND I NEED THE NOTIFICATION FOR THEM GONE ASAP SO I CAN SHIP MY CAR OVERSEAS. THE ISSUES STATED ABOUT … |
| 2019-04-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | THIS HONDA WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY WITH BOTH SIDE AND FRONT IMPACT WHILE IN MOTION, BOTH IMPACTS BEING MA… |
| 2017-12-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ACCESSORY DRIVER-SIDE FLOOR MATS USED IN 1996-1998 HONDA CIVIC VEHICLES. DUE TO THE SHAPE OF THE FLOOR ON THESE VEHICLE… |
| 2016-02-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC'S ENGINE TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS JUST A RECALL FOR THE NEWER VERSIONS(2016 HONDA CIVICS)… |
| 2015-12-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE SUB-FRAME IS HEAVILY RUSTED AND BROKEN AT THE BOTTOM. PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL MOVES SIDE TO SIDE WITH EASE.… |
| 2014-08-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 8/4/2014 DEAR AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC. I AM A PROUD HONDA OWNER, AND I CHOSE HONDA AS MY AUTO OF CHOICE FOR … |
| 2014-07-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ERRONEOUS… |
| 2014-03-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY DIE. DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE GOING 20 MILES OR 60 MILES AN HOUR. I CAN … |
| 2012-07-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET IN MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC WHEN A 2004 GMC YUKON SUV CAME HURLING AROUND THE CORNER… |
| 2012-05-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE CONTINUALLY COMES OFF THE TRACK. I HAVE HAD IT FIXED, BUT IT STILL COMES OFF AND IT IS… |
| 2011-12-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION INPUT SHAFT BEARING IS HAVING ISSUES. MAKES NOISE WHEN CLUTCH IS NOT PRESSED IN BUT ITS OK WHEN PRES… |
| 2011-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | USING CRUISE CONTROL, SET CRUISE AT 60MPH. CRUISE CONTROL WORKED FINE. APPLIED FOOT TO ACCELERATOR. CAR CONTINUED TO AC… |
| 2010-12-17 | TIRES | No | 0 | UPON INSPECTIONS AT THE TIRE STORE, ALL 4 OF 4 PIRELLI P3000 CINTURATO (P185/65R-14) TIRES ON MY PASSENGER CAR HAD TO B… |
| 2010-12-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC WOULD NOT START ONE MORNING, I HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO THE CHILLY WEATHER. A WEEK LATE… |
| 2010-07-09 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A CAR IN THE OPPOSITE LANE TURNED IN FRONT OF MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC LX AS I ENTERED THE INTERSEC… |
| 2010-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE SRS AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I HAD NOT BEEN IN ANY KIND OF CRASH OR ALMOST CRA… |
| 2009-08-09 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | FRONT AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY IN CRASH. *TR |
| 2009-04-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 1 | ON APRIL 20, 2007, I WRECKED MY CIVIC ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY HIT THEIR BRAKES, AND WHEN I … |
| 2009-03-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM THE DEALER LAST WEEK (96 HONDA CIVIC WITH 140,000 MI). I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THAT WHEN I PR… |
| 2007-12-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | CAR SHIFTS HARD INTO NEXT GEAR (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) ALSO DRIVES ROUGH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS A 420 CODE (CATALYTI… |
| 2007-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 HONDA CIVIX DX. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD TO ENGAGE. THE DEALE… |
| 2006-05-17 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | OUR SRS LIGHT CAME ON ONE SATURDAY WITH NO ACCIDENT OR REASON. WE TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD US THE CODE SH… |
| 2006-03-16 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER WINDOWS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE … |
| 2006-02-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE SRS LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. I'M AFRAID THIS MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB |
| 2006-02-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I OWN HONDA CIVIC EX 1996 VIN [XXX]. THE SRS LIGHT TURNED ON AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY. WHEN I TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR … |
| 2006-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | CLEAR PLASTIC OVER HEADLIGHT CLOUDING UP REDUCING LIGHT AVAILABLE. *TR |
| 2005-09-10 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC HX HAS DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FAILURE WHERE THE WINDOW FALLS OFF THE TRACK AND WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. … |
| 2005-08-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | AIR BAGS: FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE SRS LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON FOR NO REASON, TOOK IT TO … |
| 2005-04-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | SRS LIGHT INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON WITH NO TROUBLE CODES. *AK |
| 2005-04-08 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | I HAVE OWNED 4 HONDA CIVIC'S OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AN 1988 4 DOOR SEDAN, 91 HATCHBACK, 95 HATCHBACK, AND NOW A RECEN… |
| 2005-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES THE OF 75 MPH THERE IS A BURNING SMELL THAT COMES FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IS SERVICED O… |
| 2005-01-27 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | THE SRS LIGHT ON THE DASH OF MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC HAD COME ON 5 TIMES THE PAST 18 MONTHS. I HAD TAKEN IT TO A HONDA DEAL… |
| 2005-01-02 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK | No | 0 | I PURCHASED 1996 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE FROM DEALER ON DEC 23, 2004 CAR WAS CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP BEFORE RELEASING I AM V… |
| 2004-11-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THE SRS WARNING LIGHT WOULD STAY ILLUMINATED UNTIL VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT… |
| 2004-10-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ,AND PULLED O… |
| 2004-10-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 1996 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN, SRS LIGHT STAYS ON. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY HONDAS (ACCORDS, CIVICS … |
| 2004-09-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | 1996 HONDA CIVIC SRS LIGHT ON. RESOLVED ONLY AT DEALER COST OF $1100 TO REPLACE CONTROL MODULE. RESEARCH ON INTERNET I… |
| 2004-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPEC… |
| 2004-06-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | THE SRS LIGHT ON MY 1996 HONDA CIVIC REMAINS ON. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER TWICE DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS. … |
| 2004-06-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 40 MPH. THE CONSUMER HIT THE BRAKES, BUT NOTHING HAP… |
| 2004-05-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE STALLEED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWE… |
| 2004-03-25 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE DEALER REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL UNIT AT 30,000 MILES. 79,000 LATER THE UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT THE OW… |
| 2004-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN THE CAR IS COLD IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO 1ST GEAR AND WHEN RELEASING THE CLUTCH IT JUMPS UNTIL IT HAS WARMED UP.*AK |
| 2003-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY ENGINE STARTS TO OVERHEAT WHILE IDLING FOR PERIODS LONGER THAN A FEW MINUTES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT OUT. USING TH… |
| 2003-03-13 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | THE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME STUCK, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *JB. THE VEHIC… |
| 2002-12-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG/SUPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM CHECK LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE LIGHT WAS … |
| 2002-11-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE COMPUTER CONTROL ISSUE IS UNRESOLVED. THE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING WERE LOST AFTER A BATTE… |
| 2002-11-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT THEY COULD TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION IN ANY GEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS |
| 2002-06-25 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | No | 0 | FOAM/CUSHION IS GONE FROM HEADREST, AND A METAL PIECE IS STICKING OUT. THIS COULD CAUSE HEAD INJURIES IN EVENT OF A CR… |