2018 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 898 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Honda Civic. Steering is the most reported problem area, at 35% of complaints. Next are fuel system (19%) and electrical system (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 898 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 42 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 29 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 269 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 | 110 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 55 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 43 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 269 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 51,000 miles (61 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 42 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 29 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2018 ranks 8th 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.
Making a left turn at about 15 to 20 MPH when other car trying beat the light doing about 50 MPH resulting me hitting him broadside. The air bags deployed properly but the seat belt failed. The seat belt ripped out of floor of the car including the bolt that is supposed to hold it in place. As aresulr I was injured with a fractured sternum and rib.
Was in a car accident [XXX] and air never deployed instead a warning starting flashing saying something was wrong with my air . I was in 3 car pile up and terrain truck went under my car and slung it around cause me to hit the bridge and it bent there entire metal frame when u looked under it the doors where not even ànd hatch back was jammed with huge gap between it and the car it cause the front windshield to become detached from the glue holding it in place u could see little shavings of Glass all the way…
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving on a decline of a public garage road and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle stalled. The contact continuously depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle failed to respond, and the power steering became inoperable. The vehicle rolled at approximately 20-30 MPH and crashed into the wall of the garage. The wall sustained minor damage. There was no warning light illuminated.
"I was pulling into the parking lot, when the car started to accelerate on its own! I push the brake pedal to the max and it kept on going, over cement stoppers, grass, and finally a tree stop it from continuing! And I am not a zenior citizen yet!"
On march 27, 2020, I was driving to work when my car's ABS lights, brake system lights, stability control lights, and another light I did not recognize all lit up at the same time. My car began to swerve and suddenly my car's steering wheel and front wheels locked up. I lost control of the car and wasn't able to correct anything because the steering wheel and front wheels were both locked. I hit a farm fence with the left side of my car, and slid across the road into a ditch.