Honda Civic / 2020
2020 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 298 complaints about the 2020 Honda Civic with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 11.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 10.4%.
Complaints298
Crashes23
Fires3
Injuries18
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Unknown or other 12.1% · 36
Electrical system 11.4% · 34
Power train 10.4% · 31
Forward collision avoidance 10.1% · 30
Air bags 9.7% · 29
Steering 9.4% · 28
Fuel/propulsion system 8.1% · 24
Service brakes 4.4% · 13
Severity
Of those complaints, 23 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 18 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 36 model years of the Honda Civic in this data, 2020 sits 26th by complaint volume. 2006 draws the most.
Filings are rising — 162 in the last three years against 116 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 15,400 miles.
In owners' own words
We were traveling east on hwy 63 going home. The lane departure assist came on but we were not out of lane. We kept traveling a little further and the steering was stiff. We were traveling about 53 mph and the car all of a sudden jerked very sharp to the right and we went off the road hitting parked truck and flipped it. The wheels just turned the right and would not let us turn the wheel Electrical system · reported at 3,695 miles
The contact owns a 2020 Honda Civic. The contact stated while pressing the key fob to unlock the doors, the doors remained locked. The contact had to manually unlock the doors. The contact attempted to lock the vehicle with the key fob however, the doors failed to lock as needed. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 28,000. Electrical system · reported at 28,000 miles
I have owned my vehicle for nearly 18 months and absolutely NO ACTION has been taken on Honda's part to remedy this solution with the capacitor in the circuit board of the front passenger seat weight sensor. Tired of waiting! I want results. This could lead to the front passenger frontal and knee airbags deploying unexpectedly. Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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