2001 HONDA CIVIC

7 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (2 open), 1,357 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations42 open
Owner complaints1,357
Complaints citing a crash206
Complaints citing a fire20

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 7

19V5010002019-06-27

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V4990002019-06-27

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V1820002019-03-06

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An explosion of an inflator within the driver frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver, front seat passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

18V2680002018-04-26

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An incorrectly installed air bag may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

15V3700002015-06-15

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the passenger seat occupant or other occupants possibly causing serious injury or death.

15V3200002015-05-28

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

What owners report most

  • 289POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 200AIR BAGS
  • 89POWER TRAIN
  • 60AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
  • 43AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
  • 34EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 33ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 29SEAT BELTS

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Two 2001 HONDA CIVICs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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