1999 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 404 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Honda Civic. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. Next are air bags (15%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 404 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 75 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 71 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 127,000 miles 166 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 | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 18 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 18 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 15 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 19 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 25 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 14 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 14 |
| 200k+ miles | 17 |
What the data shows
Of the 166 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 127,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 150,000 miles (78 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 75 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 71 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% 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 1999 ranks 27th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Honda Civic with enough data (177 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.
I had an accident yesterday on 31st,jan,2010 .it was a sunday .. My got hit by a truck and the crash was so bad that my car is total loss from the front and we all got sudden shock right away.. First the driver banged his car at front then he made a left turn to escape. My concern is that the air bags didn't open.the truck could have banged us all and it was almost very close to me and my husband sitting at the very front .I was in there with my two kids and husband. We all could have been died by now.
When stopping vehicle makes noise from front brake, like grinding metal to metal noise. Also, vehicle experiences extended stopping distance. Dealer has tried replacing pads, cleaning dust and machining front rotors, but the noise still exists.
The engine randomly stalls when I'm driving on the street. It stalls when it's cruising, or when it's on idle and takes at least minimum of 5 minutes to restart.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda civic. The contact stated that while idling at a stop sign, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure could not be diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000.