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2003 Honda Civic body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 26 complaints for the 2003 Honda Civic, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
26 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
123,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
11 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 123,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 123,000 miles
Based on 22 complaints that include mileage. 18% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 22 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 123,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 11 injuries.

What owners wrote

Takata recall previous complaint in feb. 2018, and no action taken, complaint # 11079970, air bag recall, resulting in no action taken from honda, head-on accident occurred, and air-bags should've deployed, but didn't. Injuries incurred. Honda has refused any partaking on matter. I was at a complete stop, in the turning lane, car appeared out of nowhere, and I hit her head-on to the drivers side front bumper, light, tire. This was a no-fault accident on the police report.

Reported at 185,000 miles, February 2018 CrashInjury

I noticed a few weeks ago that the hood had started to bounce somewhat while car was in operation, upon investigating I found the support that the hood latch assembly is attached ( bulkhead / cross member) had a hairline crack appearing. Within a matter of a few weeks the entire latch assembly had broken loose. Once this happens even the secondary latch is useless, at this point the only thing keeping the hood from flying open during the course of driving which involves air turbulence is a very thin gauge steel…

Reported at 158,000 miles, November 2015

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