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2008 Honda Civic

Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2008-10-14 08V535000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS 128 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2026-02-09 ENGINE No 0 Engine temperature suddenly rose high, pulled over. Discovered what appeared to be coolant on front of block. Had diagn…
2025-09-22 AIR BAGS No 0 The contact owned a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the air bag warning light illumi…
2025-05-01 STEERING No 0 Electronic steering pulls hard to the left and is more difficult to turn right.
2025-05-01 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Driver's side sun visor defective. Visor started splitting, leading to inoperative, and finally fell off. Replaced by m…
2025-03-06 ENGINE No 0 Engine has a crack block on the front. It is a known issue but it is past the warranty that honda offered. I think they…
2025-02-11 ENGINE No 0 Engine block cracked. Leaking coolant and rendering vehicle useless.
2024-05-27 ENGINE No 0 Oil is leaking and now coolant is leaking. Did not buy the car brand new bought it from a pre owned vehicle dealership
2024-03-01 AIR BAGS Yes 1 The drivers air bag system or any other didn't deploy upon a rear collision with another vehicle, and yes the vehicle i…
2023-10-20 ENGINE No 0 Engine block crack over heat during driving
2023-10-12 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle started overheating. There wa…
2023-08-31 ENGINE No 0 As I was driving my car home on 8/31, I looked at the temperature gauge and saw my car was overheating. I make sure to …
2023-08-23 ENGINE No 0 No warning except temp Guage rising extremely fast pulled over no coolant no obvious leaks took to shop cracked block a…
2023-07-31 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while entering the vehicle, the contact discovered a coolant le…
2023-07-14 AIR BAGS No 0 Driver Inflator Module Has a crack line in it. honking horn /excessive heat.
2023-07-10 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, there was smoke coming from underneath th…
2023-07-08 AIR BAGS Yes 1 The contact owned a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while in the right land, making a right turn, a bicyclist…
2023-06-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 These hybrids have defective brake system. The problem is with the part Accumulator Set - Honda (57019-SNC-A02)
2023-05-24 ENGINE No 0 The vehicle started dripping coolant at a pretty consistent rate, and it is a cracked engine block. Honda has issued a …
2023-05-03 ENGINE No 0 All of a sudden, with out warning, something was leaking from the car. Took it to a shop, and was surprised that they …
2023-04-10 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 3 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, depressing on the brake pedal to the floo…
2023-03-23 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, he noticed a strong coolant odor and that…
2023-02-02 ENGINE No 0 Coolant leaking from cylinder block. i was driving with my family in the car and the vehicle begin overheating from l…
2022-11-14 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that coolant was leaking underneath the vehicle. The contact ex…
2022-09-27 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 My cruise control just stopped working all of a sudden. It was working this morning but I got in the vehicle to go to w…
2022-09-21 ENGINE No 0 My daughter was driving Honda 2008 4DR Civic and it stopped acceleration on highway. Fumes were coming out of the car. …
2022-08-22 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle started to overheat. There wa…
2022-08-15 STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:SUN VISOR No 0 While driving on the freeway the sun visor, from Ezzy (top selling sun visor replacement brand on Amazon) fell out of i…
2022-08-13 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled without …
2022-08-01 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, he saw steam exiting the hood and the tem…
2022-07-27 POWER TRAIN No 0 Car experiences 'judder' which is identified in the Honda Civic Hybrid Service Technician's Manual as an identified iss…
2022-07-17 ENGINE No 0 cae is well maintained but recall expired last 2018 but the problem which is a cracked engine happened just recently an…
2022-07-14 ENGINE No 0 My car overheated last week and now has a cracked engine. Yes, my car is available for inspection but my car will be re…
2022-07-14 ENGINE No 0 My temperature gauge for the coolant went to the highest mark and then my car overheated. At the time, I was driving re…
2022-07-01 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that she had noticed fluid leaking from her engine after her da…
2022-06-30 ENGINE No 0 While driving to work, the owner noticed a smoke coming out of the hood. The owner also noticed that engine temperature…
2022-06-18 STEERING No 0 Air bags:  passive restraint system items and devices that protect occupants in a crash such as front, side, side curta…
2022-06-01 AIR BAGS Yes 1 I believe the airbags should have deployed. Maybe its a sensor thing as well because a while back my side airbag light …
2022-05-20 AIR BAGS No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Civic. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: (16V346000) (Air Bag…
2022-02-12 ENGINE No 0 Inspected Honda civic was gonna do a water pump replacement, but water pump was not the issue. Issue is a cracked engi…
2022-01-20 AIR BAGS No 0 I accidently hit a curb on a dark road making a right turn after a stop and 1 second later side curtain airbags deploy…
2022-01-18 ENGINE No 0 The vehicle has the well known cracked block issue and is leaking coolant
2022-01-05 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 The paint is peeling off from the vehicle, exposing the body to rust and reduce the vehicle lifetime and durability sig…
2021-12-30 ENGINE No 0 Engine block is leaking coolant. This has been verified at Highlands Ranch Imports. (303)771-9600. The car cannot be d…
2021-12-17 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic Si Coupe. The contact stated while driving approximately 65mph when the dashboard b…
2021-10-09 SEAT BELTS No 0 The driver side seatbelt is broken and loses. This will put people at risk because since the seatbelt was loses, people…
2021-09-30 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 This one happend to my 18yrs brother in law . He using my car to get to his school i dont know what happend he said bra…
2021-09-30 ENGINE No 0 The engine block was designed or manufactured in a way where certain 06-08 honda civics would crack. Many people experi…
2021-09-08 ENGINE No 0 My 2008 Honda Civic engine block cracked on 09-08-2021. Honda had a class action settlement for this issue and extended…
2021-08-19 ENGINE No 0 My engine block is cracked and it is leaking antifreeze
2021-05-10 AIR BAGS No 0 The Driver Airbag lamp is on and it has been recommended by dealer that the Driver Airbag Inflator needs replacing. Ye…