2002 Honda Civic lighting problems
Owners reported lighting problems in 56 complaints for the 2002 Honda Civic, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 56 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 130,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When lighting problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 43 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 130,000 miles, and 7% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 5 fires, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
My daughter (18 yrs. Of age) recently purchased a 2002 honda civic and was involved in an automobile accident. In this accident the unfortunate thing was her air bag did not deploy and her chest hit the steering wheel. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. X-rays were done and she was just bruised and no broken bones. She may have not sustained any injuries if the air bag would have deployed.
Both low beams failed at the same time. High beams unaffected. Inspected combination switch and connector, switch is failing and low beam wire and connector is discolored indicating overheating. It is obvious that NHTSA recall 04v086000 / honda service bulletin 04-015 applies to this vehicle even though the honda service bulletin and dealer claims it is out of range... Updated 02/06/12 .
Other problems reported for the 2002 Honda Civic
- Air bags 249 complaints
- Transmission 115 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 73 complaints
- Seat belts 51 complaints
- Electrical system 49 complaints
- Engine 48 complaints
- Suspension 36 complaints
- Cruise control 25 complaints