Honda common problems
Every used Honda on this site is read the same way: WrenchReport pulls the owner complaints and recall campaigns the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration holds for that build, then clusters them into repeating failure patterns with documented repair costs. Across the Honda builds buyers check most, that record holds 1,046 complaints and 9 recalls, behind 17 Mechanic's Warnings so far.
Two generations of Civic sit in this record, and a build’s patterns can shift sharply between them. The year matters before the mileage does.
- 2017 Honda Civic592 complaints · 6 recalls · 11 Warnings
- 2012 Honda Civic454 complaints · 3 recalls · 6 Warnings
A model year is not your car. Your VIN is.
Two Hondas of the same year can leave the factory differently. Check your VIN free and WrenchReport confirms what was actually built, then shows the severity tally for it.
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Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint and recall databases, read today for each Honda build. A pattern documented for a build is not a diagnosis of any one car.