2017 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 792 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Honda Civic. Steering is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. Next are electrical system (13%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 792 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 33 and 13
- Injuries and deaths
- 24 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 22,000 miles 328 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 | 152 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 77 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 44 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 25 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 328 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 22,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 46,000 miles (31 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 33 complaints mention a crash; 13 complaints mention a fire; 24 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Honda Civic with enough data (467 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
Airbags deployed in an accident (minimal impact/superficial damage) & deeply lacerated my right thumb. No warning lamps or symptoms of the problem prior. Car to be inspected by insurance claim adjuster & available for inspection.
I was turning into a parking lot where I then proceeded to park my car into a parking spot. I put the car in park and the car continued to move forward. The car ended up hitting the building that was 2 feet in front of me. The car then reversed on it's own and charged forward to hit the building again. The second time it hit the building the air bag went off. I tried to put the car in reverse manually to prevent it from hitting the building. When I did this , the car accelerated backwards .
Every now and then there will be brake proble while im driving car will stop in the for no reason.lastweek as I was reversing the car had an error stating electric parking brake problem and it wouldnt move. I shut the car off thwn turn it back on it went away as I was driving the error appears again while I was driving the car started to slow down so I pulled over in a parking lot and turn it off and waited
The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. The contact stated that a gasoline smell was detected in and around the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was driven to the closest independent repair shop and diagnosed with a fuel pump crack/failure. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) but the VIN was not included.