1994 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 171 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Honda Civic. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. Next are brakes (12%) and seat belts (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 171 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 79 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 64 and 0
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: 79 complaints mention a crash; 64 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1994 ranks 32nd most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Honda Civic with enough data (108 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Consumer was involved in a frontal collision. Vehicle was hit at an angle at 45 MPH. Front left side was damaged. There was no deployment of either driver's or passenger's side air bags. Vehicle was totaled. Please provide any further details.
While in right hand lane someone pulled out, and consumer hit other driver on the right drvers front side. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy. Consumer felt that if airbags would have deployed injuries may have not been so severe.
Vehicle was involved in 2 frontal and one passenger side crashes. Upon impact, driver's side and passenger's side airbags never deployed. Each crash was at a minimum speed of 40MPH. Mechanic couldnt find reason for airbag not being deployed.
The consumer was going through a traffic light and the oncoming vehicle which was going about 30 MPH and hit the owner's vehicle. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. Provide further details.
Front passenger seat belt fails to remain latched during normal driving. Feels as if it latches when pushed fully in, but then pops out or can be pulled out.