1992 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 113 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Honda Civic. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. Next are air bags (16%) and seat belts (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 113 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 29 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 31 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 117,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 117,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 29 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 31 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 1992 ranks 35th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Honda Civic with enough data (48 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
I was involved in a high speed roll-over, the car rolled several times down a 20 ft. Bank, the airbag did not deploy even though the front end was damaged very severly, my sister was the driver and was ejected from the car, I am confused on why my airbag did not deploy, should it have? And how can I persue this problem?
I was in a car accident on 9/7/09. I was injured, and had to be taken to shock trauma. My seat belt was on but did not work, and because it didn't work I received a severe head injury as well as neck and back problems, and constant headaches.
In a forward collision, strong enough for my head to punch a 2 inch hemispherical indentation into the windshield, the airbag did not deploy. I was wearing my seat belt. The impact of my head against the windshield resulted in a moderate concussion.
While driving my 1992 honda civic on interstate freeway and city streets, I have experienced immediate engine stalling with no warning.