1990 Honda Civic electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 19 complaints for the 1990 Honda Civic, 17% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 19 17% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 fires.
What owners wrote
While driving, smelt burning odor, parked vehicle, left lights on, left headlight assembly caught fire, headlights were flickering prior to fire.
I have a 1990 honda civic 4 dr 1.5 liter auto. And the distributor went bad-I know the car is not worth much but it is my work car-to replace this part $800.00 and talking to several junk yards it would be $225.00 but the man said that there's no guarantee that part would be good as this yr. Make and model are famous for this problem but I do not find any recall.
Other problems reported for the 1990 Honda Civic
- Seat belts 34 complaints