1990 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 110 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Honda Civic. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. Next are electrical system (17%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 110 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 37th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Honda Civic with enough data (21 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While in a stop position vehicle was rearended, exp. Both front driver's/passenger's seatback rest broke then collasped rearward, resulting in driver being killed and passenger sustaining head and neck trauma.
Consumer is not owner was sitting in the back seat of car wife was in front the seat belt didn't hold the two passenger. Tt
Vehicle involved frontal collision impact 12:00 position, vehicle was completely stopped, driver side air bag did not deploy. Tt
Tl* the contact owns a 1990 honda civic. While the vehicle was parked the contact noticed the front passenger side automatic seat belt would not retract and could not be retracted manually. The seat belt could not be used to secure a passenger in the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the technician stated the seat belt control module had to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 1987 (na) honda civic. The contact heard an abnormal noise coming from the vehicle and smelled a strong fuel odor. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing, but the results were unknown. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 168,862.