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2013 Honda Civic steering problems

38 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2013 Honda Civic, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
38 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
25,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2013 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 25,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 25,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 71% 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 miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 21 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 25,000 miles, and 71% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

On april 23, 2014 at about 4:40 p. M. My son was driving 30 MPH which is 5 miles under the posted speed limit for that area where he lives. The road leading to the back entrance of his housing complex is a single one-way lane with a wide bicycle lane. This roadway curves slightly to the left leading into the entrance of his housing complex.

Reported at 3,100 miles, April 2014 CrashInjury

I was driving 5 minutes away from my home around a 30 mile an hour gradual bend. I suddenly had no power steering losing control momentarily ,I slowed down immediately trying to regain control of the vehicle while just missing going into the woods and almost creating an accident behind me. The check power steering assembly lights were flashing on the information board .this is extremely dangerous and unacceptable .my wife and daughter drive the car often and I'm not too sure the outcome would have been as good as…

Reported at 49,526 miles, July 2015

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