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2012 Honda Civic electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 60 complaints for the 2012 Honda Civic, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
60 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2012 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 41 complaints that include mileage. 63% 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 miles9
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 41 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 63% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires.

What owners wrote

I was driving a 2012 honda civic when the car in front of me slammed on their brakes and came to a complete stop due to something in the road. I slammed on my brakes and tried to avoid the car in front of me by swerving to the right. The driver side of the front of my car hit the back of the car in front of me. My car was completely smashed in the front. Air bags did not deploy. After I came to a complete stop, my car lit on fire. The car was burned and completely destroyed.

Reported at 53,000 miles, December 2014 CrashFire

The best way to describe the car is it acts like it is possessed. For further explanation, the car (when parked) will all of a sudden have all instrument panel lights flash like crazy. This happens when turning on the ignition and then if you take the key out of the ignition it will continue and eventually stop. Once it stops the battery is then dead. The car then needs to be jumped and will run fine for awhile until it happens again. Car is driven daily and this has only happened 4 times.

Reported at 8,000 miles, August 2012

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