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Honda suspension problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 3,352 complaints involve suspension. The Civic accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2007 Civic with 250 suspension complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
3,352 about suspension, all Honda models
Most affected
Civic 26% of these complaints
Typical mileage
49,000 miles 1,898 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
143 and 4

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
Civic88526%
Accord61618%
CR-V35010%
Odyssey3109%
Pilot2969%
Prologue2427%
Passport1946%
Element1174%
VTX1300582%
GL1800451%

Worst model years for suspension

  1. 2007 Honda Civic250 complaints
  2. 2024 Honda Prologue218 complaints
  3. 2006 Honda Civic206 complaints
  4. 2008 Honda Civic100 complaints
  5. 1998 Honda Accord65 complaints

Suspension complaints by model year

Honda suspension complaints by model year 0 200 400 1990: 8 '90 1991: 4 1992: 5 1993: 9 '93 1994: 25 1995: 23 1996: 28 '96 1997: 54 1998: 143 1999: 117 '99 2000: 151 2001: 190 2002: 136 '02 2003: 160 2004: 128 2005: 140 '05 2006: 306 2007: 377 2008: 209 '08 2009: 101 2010: 99 2011: 83 '11 2012: 81 2013: 58 2014: 49 '14 2015: 61 2016: 48 2017: 28 '17 2018: 45 2019: 49 2020: 32 '20 2021: 29 2022: 51 2023: 17 '23 2024: 251 2025: 50 2026: 7 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19908
19914
19925
19939
199425
199523
199628
199754
1998143
1999117
2000151
2001190
2002136
2003160
2004128
2005140
2006306
2007377
2008209
2009101
201099
201183
201281
201358
201449
201561
201648
201728
201845
201949
202032
202129
202251
202317
2024251
202550
20267

Among the 1,898 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 49,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.