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2003 Honda Civic electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 51 complaints for the 2003 Honda Civic, 8% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
51 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
101,000 miles 36 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 2
Injuries and deaths
5 and 12

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 101,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 4 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 101,000 miles
Based on 36 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles4
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 36 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 101,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 2 fires, 5 injuries, 12 deaths.

What owners wrote

The air bags in my vehicle did not deploy in a front end collision that I was involved in. It caused me to fly forward and injure myself, almost hitting the front windshield. In addition to this problem, I have discovered that the cigarette lighter plug-in does not work in my vehicle. I have found that the transmission in my vehicle had a defective part that a car repair man fixed.

April 2004 CrashInjury

The problem is intermittent, ongoing for the past 2 years. The failure is that the transmission will not come out of park, there are no brake lights, there is no brake regeneration in the hybrid system, and the auto stop function does not work. Over the last 24 days there the car has been started 75 times with 24 times failure of the brake system to work. I've kept a log since the last dealer visit.

Reported at 7,500 miles, August 2006

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