2016 HONDA CIVIC

5 safety recall campaigns, 1,358 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints1,358
Complaints citing a crash53
Complaints citing a fire7

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 5 of 5

26V3320002026-05-21

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER

Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.

23V8580002023-12-18

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.

16V7250002016-10-11

PARKING BRAKE

If the EPB is not applied, the vehicle may roll away, increasing the risk of a crash.

16V5260002016-07-11

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

If a side marker light does not function, vehicle visibility can be decreased to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.

16V0740002016-02-09

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

If a circlip is missing or incorrectly installed, the piston wrist pin may not be secure and may drift and damage the engine cylinder causing the engine to seize, and increasing the risk of a crash or a fire.

What owners report most

  • 429STEERING
  • 252UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 112ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 94ENGINE
  • 92SERVICE BRAKES
  • 47VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 44STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 34POWER TRAIN

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Two 2016 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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