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2017 Honda Civic electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 103 complaints for the 2017 Honda Civic, 13% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
103 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
19,000 miles 53 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 5
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2017 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 19,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 27 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 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: 19,000 miles
Based on 53 complaints that include mileage. 87% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles27
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles2
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 53 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 19,000 miles, and 87% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Potential taketa recall. July 14, 2018. I had made a left hand turn into the parking lot of a local convenience store. Time was approximately 7 p.m.as I pulled into the parking spot, the drivers side front tire bumped the curb.the drivers side center airbag, located in the steering wheel did not deploy. It exploded! I thought someone had rammed into my car.

Reported at 11,000 miles, July 2018 Fire

I have had issues with my navigation system when I plug in my phone into the jack in the car. I have driven my vehicle to my honda dealer and they witnessed my vehicle actually remove my phone and replace it with someone else's phone in my vehicle. My vehicle will not recognize the phone also even though I have my bluetooth on my I phone and it will not pair with my vehicle as well numerous times. The tech at honda stated to me it is as if someone else is controlling the vehicle through your radio frequency.

Reported at 22,500 miles, November 2019

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