2011 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 222 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Honda Civic. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 23% of complaints. Next are brakes (15%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 222 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 33 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 35,000 miles 164 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 | 59 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 32 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 23 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 164 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 35,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 64,000 miles (26 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 33 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% 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 2011 ranks 29th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Honda Civic with enough data (156 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 9 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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2011 honda civic. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 MPH, there was smoke coming from the passenger's side A/C vents. Additionally, there was a loud popping sound also coming from the passenger's side front A/C vent. The vehicle was pulled off the roadway and caught on fire. The fire department was notified and was able to extinguish the fire. The passenger in the front seat sustained a minor burn to her right leg. Medical attention was not sought.
At approximately 35 to 40 MPH when applying the brakes lately due to traffic slowing down in front I had absolutely no brake pedal at all. The pedal went immediately down to the floor and the vehicle had failed to slow or stop. To avoid accident I veered to the dirt shoulder and begin to spin out of control ending up back on the road and crashing into another vehicle.
Car lost control on the road and moved outside of the road when the side air bags got deployed. When they got deployed the air bags did not inflate. This has caused the head to be hit on the windows of the car pretty hard. How could it happen that the air bags god deployed but no air got inflated into the airbags. They just fell as if a cloth \ curtain was coming out without inflating. Attached pictures should give you an idea.
Brakes beginning to squeak again. Brakes replaced two times since purchase of car- 2011 new honda civic. This will be the third attempt to correct brakes! Dealership was unable to "duplicate" issue of acceleration while at the dealer so the car was not repaired. Automatic door locks were locking on their own, dealer fixed.