Honda Civic / 2018
2018 Honda Civic problems
Owners have filed 882 complaints about the 2018 Honda Civic with NHTSA. Steering accounts for 34.8% of them — far more than any other system, ahead of fuel system, gasoline at 10.8%.
Complaints882
Crashes41
Fires4
Injuries27
Deaths1
What owners report breaking
Steering 34.8% · 307
Unknown or other 13.8% · 122
Fuel system, gasoline 10.8% · 95
Fuel/propulsion system 9.1% · 80
Electrical system 6.9% · 61
Engine 6.5% · 57
Air bags 2.5% · 22
Structure 2.4% · 21
Severity
Of those complaints, 41 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire, 27 report an injury and 1 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 36 model years of the Honda Civic in this data, 2018 sits 7th by complaint volume. 2006 draws the most.
Filings are rising — 496 in the last three years against 229 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 30,000 miles.
In owners' own words
My wheel is not stable when I drive, it sticks, but at the same time car attempt to go to one side and, when I try to re-take my lane, the wheel is not smooth to the point that requires extra force to come back, and I feel I am going to invade the other line, this gets worse in long drives and warmer weather. This feels at one point dangerous and not safe to drive, because I get tired trying to keep the car straight. Steering
Car has rough steering inputs when making small corrections in a left only turn when traveling over 45 mph. The initial input to the left is smooth however when adjusting the wheel to the right to make a correction the wheel will get stuck and then have a jerk or rough correction which can cause large unwanted correction, especially at higher speeds. This issue is most likely the EPS failing in some way. Steering
When driving at highway speeds, the steering appears to be sticky. Trying to keep the car centered in the lane is difficult as there is increased resistance in steering. When applying more pressure, there seems to be a break-over point in which the steering grabs. This causes an over correction of steering. Problem occurs in both directions. Very difficult to maintain the center of the lane. Steering
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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